MUMBAI: &TV associate vice president Rakesh Jain has joined Life OK as vice president – fiction.
“In his new role, he will be looking after Life OK’s fiction content. He will also play a vital role in starting new fiction content for the channel,” a source close to the development informed Indiantelevision.com.
Jain was a part of &TV since inception, and was handling Bhabhi Jhi Ghar Pe Hai.
MUMBAI: In week 49, Colors once again moved ahead and emerged as the number one channel in Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) genre, while Star Plus saw a decline in ratings. However, it managed to garner the second slot according to TAM Media Research data.
Colors bagged the first spot with 236 GRPs in week 49. Star Plus witnessed a decline in ratings to settle at the second slot with 230 GRPs as against 251 GRPs in previous week, followed by Sab TV in the third spot with 146 GRPs and Zee TV in the fourth place with 141 GRPs.
Life OK secured fifth position in the genre with 123 GRPs. Sony Entertainment TV with 119 GRPs came in at the sixth place, whereas &TV was at the seventh position in the genre with 71 GRPs.
MUMBAI: The general entertainment channel of media mogul Subhash Chandra’s media conglomerate, Zee TV, is all set to take Sunday programming one notch higher with its new offering Janbaaz Sinbad at the 7pm time slot.
The new fiction show has been pitched against Star Plus’ top rated prime time soaps Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. This could just be a beginning of a new era in television. So far only Star was experimenting with original content on Sunday, but with the entrance of Zee, the competition is sure to to heat up. There are other GEC’s too which are exploring weekend opportunities according to sources.
“Jointly produced by Sagar Pictures and Ashvini Yardi, Janbaaz Sinbad will be a one hour long weekend show. The show will hit TV screens from 27 December,” informed a source close to the development.
Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, Sagar Pictures producer Meenakshi Sagar said, “Janbaaz Sinbad is about the adventure of Sinbad and good versus. evil. So audiences will see a very different side through this show that they haven’t watched yet on Indian television. The fantasy and adventure genre has not been yet explored much on Indian television since a very long time, so to capture that market we came up with Sinbad.
Meenakshi informed, “It will be longer than a 45 mins show because every episode is like a movie, and that cannot be shown in a shorter duration. There is drama, adventure and action which required more than 45 mins.”
Janbaaz Sinbad is set in the realms of fictional fantasy – the story of an adventure hero on a voyage to discover the undiscovered. Sinbad the sailor gets thrown into a tumultuous journey across every sea, through dangerous face-offs with wizards, sorceresses, strange tribes and creatures. His quest is not one of tiding over the mere manifestations of evil, but uprooting evil itself.
“Advertisers are looking for eyeballs, so its up to the audience whether they accept the time band or not. As of now, in terms of viewership for early evening time slot that I can recall, the numbers are not lucrative,” said a senior media planner on the condition of anonymity. He further added, “Ads rates are based on viewership and keep changing. Higher the viewership, higher will be the ad rates.”
&TV has no original content airing on the Sunday 7pm time slot, while Life OK airs Savdhaan India: India Fights Back repeat telecast at 7pm. Sony Entertainment Television has a CID repeat telecast on during the same time band. Sab TV telecasts Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma (Repeat) and Colors starts its original programming at 8 pm time band with its new weekend fiction show Naagin.
MUMBAI: Sun TV saw a rise in ratings and secured the leadership position across genres in week 47 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, all India (U+R) data.
Sun TV garnered first position with 1177131 (000Sums) followed by Star Plus with 880351 (000Sums) in second place and Zee Anmol on the third spot with 755888 (000Sums).
Colors with 752613 (000Sums) grabbed fourth spot followed by Zee TV at the fifth position with 689444 (000Sums). Star Ustav grabbed the sixth position with 546827 (000Sums).
Sony Max with 509918 (000Sums) bagged the seventh position in the segment while Zee Cinema stood at number eight, up from last week’s tenth position with 470171 (000Sums). Life Ok stepped down to number nine with 469811 (000Sums), while ETV Telugu stood at the tenth spot with 439697 (000Sums).
MUMBAI: Sun TV leads the ratings across genres (check). Star Plus dominates the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) while AXN emerged as the number one channel in week 46 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, all India (U + R) data.
Sun TV leads with 1042012 (000Sums) followed by Star Plus on second spot with 864288 (000Sums) and Colors in the third place with 751722 (000Sums). Zee Anmol, the free to air (FTA) channel of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), grabbed the fourth place 720000 (000Sums). Zee TV, Star Ustav and Sony Max bagged fifth, sixth and seventh berth with 708635 (000Sums), 520093 (000Sums) and 516832 (000Sums) respectively. Sony Entertainment Television’s movie channel Sony Max, Life OK, ETV Telugu and ZEEL’s movie channel Zee Cinema garnered seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth spot with 516832 (000Sums), 489691 (000Sums), 471478 (000Sums) and 437419(000Sums) respectively.
Hindi GECs
Star Plus with a rise in ratings led the Hindi GEC genre with 795810 (000Sums) followed by Zee Anmol at the second position with 719433 (000Sums) and Colors on third spot with 708918 (000Sums). ZEEL’s entertainment channel Zee TV bagged the fourth position with 647845 (000Sums). Star India’s FTA channel Star Utsav grabbed the fifth berth with 518725 (000Sums). Life OK and Sony Entertainment Television garnered sixth and seventh berth with 477905 (000Sums) and 388715 (000Sums) respectively. Sony Pal , Sab TV and Rishtey bagged eighth, ninth and tenth slot with 359570 (000Sums), 357130 (000Sums)and 318657(000Sums) respectively.
English GECs
AXN emerged as the number one channel and secured the leading position in the genre with 223 (000Sums) followed by Star World on second place with 174 (000Sums) and Zee Café on third spot with 128 (000Sums). Comedy Central and Colors Infinity SD grabbed the fourth and fifth slot with 86 (000Sums) and 69 (000Sums) respectively.
MUMBAI: Sun TV remained at the pole position across all genres. Star plus continued to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) genre. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (Zeel) free to air (FTA) channel Zee Anmol bagged the second place this week also. Color gained a place to the third spot whereas Zee TV fell to fourth place in week 45 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India all India (U + R) data. In the English GEC genre Star World continued to lead.
Hindi GECs:
Star Plus led the Hindi GEC genre with 748197 (000Sums), while Zee Anmol bagged the second position with 717923 (000Sums). Colors secured third spot with 656542 (000Sums), Zee TV fell to fourth position with 638475 (000Sums), followed by STAR Utsav gaining one spot and rising to fifth place with 499228 (000Sums).
Life Ok fell to sixth place with 441912 (000Sums). FTA channel Sony Sab stood at the sixth spot with 337535 (000Sums), whereas Sony Pal slipped to seventh position with 306217 (000Sums). Sony Entertainment Television climbed down to eighth spot with 301587 (000Sums), while Rishtey remained at the tenth slot as in previous week with 282623 (000Sums).
English GECs:
Star World bagged the first position with 174 (000Sums) followed by Comedy Central with 165 (000Sums). AXN slipped to third position with 158 (000Sums). Zee Café came down to fourth position with 146 (000Sums) whereas Colors Infinity SD stood at fifth position with 97 (000Sums)
Regional Channels:
Zee Marathi lead in the Marathi channels genre with 135219 (000Sums), while the second spot was bagged by Colors Marathi with 67544 (000Sums). The third spot was gained by Zee Talkies with 64649 (000Sums) followed by Star Pravah with 47330 (000Sums) at fourth position. The fifth place was bagged by Maiboli with 24298 (000Sums).
In the Tamil Regional channels genre, Sun TV retrained the first spot with 1108892 (000Sums). KTV bagged the second spot with 360611 (000Sums) followed by Star Vijay on third spot with 208399 (000Sums). Fourth and Fifth spots were bagged by Polimer with 110618 (000Sums) and Jaya TV with 103161 (000Sums).
MUMBAI: Tamil general entertainment channel (GEC) Sun TV continued to hold leadership position across genres in India while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) movie channel Zee Cinema made a comeback in top ten list according to week 44 all India (U+R) data from Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). A channel, which was featured in the top 10 list across genres in week 41 and failed to hold on to its positions in week 42 and week 43, Zee Cinema made a comeback at tenth position with 451864 (000Sums).
Despite once again losing ratings points this week, Sun TV continued to hold pole position in week 44 with 1068033 (000Sums) against 1087793 (000Sums) in the previous week, followed by Hindi GEC leader Star Plus in the second spot with 858020 (000Sums) and Zee TV in the third place with 758225(000Sums). In week 42, Sun TV had 1151458 (000Sums) ratings.
Colors was at the fourth spot with 730852 (000Sums) while Zee Anmol grabbed fifth position with 730119 (000Sums). Sony Max ranked sixth with 600358 (000Sums).
Life OK jumped to seventh spot with 547301(000Sums) followed by Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav on the eighth spot on the list with 512490 (000Sums).
ETV Telugu grabbed ninth position with 482302 (000Sums) followed by Zee Cinema mentioned above.
MUMBAI: Tamil general entertainment channel (GEC) Sun TV continues to maintain its number one position across genres in India according to week 43 all India (U+R) data from Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
What’s more, there’s one new entrant in Top 10 channels list in Star India’s Telugu language channel Maa TV. On the other hand, DD National dropped off the radar from the Top 10 channels in week 43.
Sun TV witnessed the downfall in ratings but secured pole position in week 43 with 1087793 (000Sums) against 1151458 (000Sums) in the previous week, followed by Hindi GEC leader Star Plus in the second spot with 860191 (000Sums) and Zee Anmol in the third place with 723314 (000Sums).
Zee TV was in the fourth spot with 707981 (000Sums) while Colors, which was on third position last week, grabbed fifth the position with 687321 (000Sums). Sony Max ranked sixth with 640992 (000Sums).
Maa TV made its entry in the Top 10 list across genres at the seventh position with 561415 (000Sums) followed by Life OK on the eighth spot on the list with 523069 (000Sums).
Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav bagged the ninth spot with 498007 (000Sums), while ETV Telugu made a comeback at the tenth spot this week.
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (Zeel) free to air (FTA) channel Zee Anmol has continued to maintain its position at second number, even as Star Plus maintained its leadership position in week 43 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India all India (U + R) data in Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC).
Star Plus led the Hindi GEC genre with 786132 (000Sums), while Zee Anmol bagged the second position with 722316 (000Sums). Colors secured third spot with 652023 (000Sums).
Zee TV maintained its position at the fourth spot with an increase in ratings with 647114 (000Sums) as against 595088 (000Sums) against last week.
Life OK climbed jumped to the number five position from number six last week, replacing DD National with 509186 (000Sums).
Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav stood at the sixth spot with 496899 (000Sums), whereas Sab TV was spotted in the seventh position with 374070 (000Sums). DD National, which was at fifth place last week, dropped down to the eighth slot with 365853 (000Sums), while Sony Entertainment Television grabbed the ninth position in the segment with 333260 (000Sums) followed by Rishtey in the tenth slot with 313555 (000Sums).
MUMBAI: Star Plus retained its leadership position in the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) genre, while Colors secured the second position according to the TAM Media Research data of week 43.
Star Plus bagged first place with 222 GRPs against the previous week’s 239 GRPs followed by Colors in the second slot with 210 GRPs.
Zee TV grabbed third berth in the genre with 142 GRPs. Sab was placed in the fourth position with 130 GRPS as against 118GRPs in week 42.
Life OK witnessed rise in ratings and secured the fifth place with 125 GRPs against 114 GRPs in previous week followed by Sony Entertainment TV in the sixth slot with 105 GRPs.
With the marginal increase in ratings, &TV stood at seventh position with 60 GRPs against 54 in week 42 in the genre.