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  • Barc week 40’22: 1st India News consolidates leadership in Rajasthan

    Barc week 40’22: 1st India News consolidates leadership in Rajasthan

    Mumbai: 1st India News has claimed that, according to Barc data for Week 40, the channel is ahead of News18 Rajasthan with a 44 per cent share in the 15+ ALL TG.(SOURCE: Barc TG: 15+ ALL; MKT: Rajsthan (urban); Wk 40, 2022; 24 Hrs ; share of top  three channels basis impressions 000’s )

    On a weekly basis, 1st India News has consistently outperformed the competition in the Rajasthan urban market among the key TG of 15-50 year old males and female ABC TG.

    In the same TG, 1st India Rajasthan has prevailed over the competition on a week-on-week basis, with a 46 per cent share in week 39 and a 45 per cent share in week 40, respectively. (Source : Barc  TG: 15-50 years MF ABC; MKT: Rajasthan (urban ) ; Wk 39 & 40, 2022; 24 hrs ; share of top  three channels basis impressions 000’s)

    1st India News chief business officer Manoj Jagyasi said, “For regular updates and high-impact news days, viewers tune into 1st India News for its credible and diverse news content. Key national advertisers and top clients in Rajasthan trust 1st India News to effectively deliver on their brand campaigns. We offer a wide range of customised media solutions, which has increasingly attracted the interest of advertisers and media agencies alike”

    1st India News, which was founded in 2013, has a strong reporter network of over 2,000 reporters and has placed a reporter in each Rajasthan constituency. The channel is usually the first to report on breaking news. According to the most recent Barc data, 1st India News is the preferred news channel among discerning Hindi news viewers in Rajasthan.

  • Barc Wk 37-40’22: News18 India outperforms GECs in terms of reach

    Barc Wk 37-40’22: News18 India outperforms GECs in terms of reach

    Mumbai: News18 India has outperformed popular GECs in terms of reach. News18 India claimed that they have outperformed top general entertainment channels such as Star Plus, Sony and Zee TV with a cumulative reach of 8.7 crore.

    According to Barc data (HSM; All 15+; Avg. Wk 37-40’22), the cumulative reach of Star Plus stood at 7.6 crore, whereas the cumulative reach of Sony and Zee TV stood at 6.56 crore and 6.52 crore, respectively.

    Commenting on the viewership data, Network18 Hindi News CEO Karan Abhishek Singh said, “News18 India has a reach significantly better than all the major GECs. Our reach and viewership numbers show the kind of audience trust we enjoy. For advertisers, it’s a great opportunity to use the news genre as their preferred vehicle and to take their brand to audiences in a much more efficient and impactful way.”

    For over three months now, News18 India has been number one in terms of both viewership and reach in the Hindi news genre.

    This week, News18 India maintained its lead in the national Hindi news channel segment with 15.9 percent (Wk. 40’22, TG: 15+, HSM), compared to TV9 Bharatvarsh’s 13.0 per cent, India TV’s 12.6 per cent, and AajTak’s 12.5 per cent market share.

    The channel has performed exceptionally well in the highly sought-after 9 – 10 p.m. prime time slot.

    Kishore Ajwani of News18 India has a market share of 18.4 per cent, while Sudhir Chaudhary of AajTak is ranked fourth with a market share of 14.1 per cent.

    Furthermore, News18 India has nearly three times the viewership of ABP News during the prime time period of 9 to 10 p.m.

  • India TV’s Group CEO Vinay Maheshwari moves on to explore new professional avenues

    India TV’s Group CEO Vinay Maheshwari moves on to explore new professional avenues

    Mumbai: India TV group CEO Vinay Maheshwari has decided to move on from the news network, according to a company statement. A champion of impact-driven leadership, he believes that the key to growth is to build a formidable team that will drive business and push towards success. During his six-month short-term tenure, Maheshwari has spearheaded the organisation to expand its business, achieve growth and drive profits.

    Vinay who had joined India TV in March 2022, will now move on to explore other professional avenues.

    India TV’s managing director Ritu Dhawan said, “India TV thanks Vinay for the passion and commitment he brought to the company. We appreciate his immense contribution in such a short time. We wish him the best in all his future endeavours.”

    Vinay Maheshwari said, “It was great working with India TV group though for a short tenure. Working with Rajatji and Rituji was a wonderful experience. Enjoyed every bit of it. I wish India TV all the success.”

    He is also an advisor to family-led businesses and helps many organisations to turn around their business. He is skilled in incubating ideas, coaching and innovating.

    Prior to this, he was also associated with Dainik Bhaskar Group and Hindustan Times in leadership positions.

  • Print beats TV, radio; Twitter most credible digital news medium: Ormax report

    Print beats TV, radio; Twitter most credible digital news medium: Ormax report

    Mumbai: Print media continues to lead with a credibility index of 62 per cent, followed by television (55 per cent) and radio (54 per cent). Social media platform Twitter is still the most credible digital medium for news, according to media analytics and consulting firm Ormax Media, which launched the third edition of its ‘Fact Or Fake?’ report on Tuesday. 

    Traditional media have higher news credibility than digital media, though most digital media have seen a marginal improvement in their credibility in this track. Twitter witnessed a drop in its credibility index over time: 57 per cent (September 2020) to 47 per cent (April 2021) to 42 per cent (December 2021). Furthermore, The Media Credibility Index is unchanged since the last track (65 per cent), highlighting that fake news continues to be a huge concern amongst the Indian news consumers, said the report.

    The report measures the credibility of various news media, as well as the perception around ‘fake news,’ through a survey of 2,000 news consumers across 15 states in India. The first edition was released in September 2020, followed by the second edition in April 2021.

    “Fake news, and lack of news credibility in general, continues to be a growing concern globally. Almost two out of three Indians see fake news as a problem, and that should be a major cause of worry for all news companies,” stated Ormax Media founder and CEO Shailesh Kapoor. “We launched this report in 2020 to enable more informed conversations on this topic. In the subsequent editions, we plan to study these indices by languages, to understand if there’s a difference in news credibility between Hindi, English and other major Indian languages.”

  • Star India free to disconnect Good News Media if it fails to adhere to payment schedule; TDSAT

    Star India free to disconnect Good News Media if it fails to adhere to payment schedule; TDSAT

    New Delhi: Star India has decided to reactivate its signals to Good Media News Pvt Ltd and also execute an interconnect agreement by the end of this month provided there is no breach in the payment schedule agreed before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.

    Demand drafts of Rs.48 lakhs, as the first installment of dues amounting to Rs 2,84,91,264 were handed over to Star India Counsel Rajasekhar Rao.

    However, Chairman Aftab Alam and members Kuldip Singh and B B Srivastava said in case of any breach of the payment schedule, it will be open to Star to disconnect the supply of the signals to the petitioner and to intimate the Tribunal in that regard.

    On the insistence of Star India, one Mukesh Malhothra who is a promoter of Good Media News, also became personally liable for the default and agreed in an affidavit that he would stand as guarantor and undertake to be personally liable for any default in the payment schedule or breach in the same by the Petitioner as far as the payment of acknowledged outstanding dues are concerned.

    The petition had been filed by Good Media News against disconnection of signals against Media Network & Distribution India Ltd.

  • Star India free to disconnect Good News Media if it fails to adhere to payment schedule; TDSAT

    Star India free to disconnect Good News Media if it fails to adhere to payment schedule; TDSAT

    New Delhi: Star India has decided to reactivate its signals to Good Media News Pvt Ltd and also execute an interconnect agreement by the end of this month provided there is no breach in the payment schedule agreed before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.

    Demand drafts of Rs.48 lakhs, as the first installment of dues amounting to Rs 2,84,91,264 were handed over to Star India Counsel Rajasekhar Rao.

    However, Chairman Aftab Alam and members Kuldip Singh and B B Srivastava said in case of any breach of the payment schedule, it will be open to Star to disconnect the supply of the signals to the petitioner and to intimate the Tribunal in that regard.

    On the insistence of Star India, one Mukesh Malhothra who is a promoter of Good Media News, also became personally liable for the default and agreed in an affidavit that he would stand as guarantor and undertake to be personally liable for any default in the payment schedule or breach in the same by the Petitioner as far as the payment of acknowledged outstanding dues are concerned.

    The petition had been filed by Good Media News against disconnection of signals against Media Network & Distribution India Ltd.

  • Q2-2014: ZMCL holds ground despite economic downturn

    Q2-2014: ZMCL holds ground despite economic downturn

    BENGALURU: Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) unaudited results for Q2-2014 reveal that though advertising revenue for Q2-2014 at Rs 59.92 crore showed a growth of 20.5 per cent as compared to the Rs 43.92 crore for Q2-2013, it kept pace with the Rs 59.9 crore for the immediate preceding quarter (Q1-2014). ZMCL’s advertising revenue in Q4-2013 was Rs 52.19 crore.

     

    “The economy may have sputtered a bit but it is expected to be on track soon. What is important is that we continue to base our strategy on a sound understanding of our consumers and provide them with relevant and unique content experiences in the news domain,” said ZMCL non executive chairman of the board Subash Chandra.

     

     Let us take a look at ZMCL’s other Q2-2014 figures

     

    Operating revenue for Q2-2014 grew by 18.5 per cent to Rs 83.02 crore from Rs 70.03 crore in Q2-2013 and by 6.9 per cent from the Rs 77.68 crore reported in Q1-2014 (immediate preceding quarter).  

     

    ZMCL’s subscription revenue for Q2-2014 at Rs 24.9 crore grew by 11.9 per cent y-o-y from the Rs 22.26 crore in Q2-2013, and by 18.6 per cent from the Rs 18.6 crore in Q1-2014. Revenue from Other Sales and Services for Q2-2014 at Rs 5.2 crore grew more than a third (35.1 per cent) as compared to the Rs 3.85 crore in Q2-2013 and by 37.6 per cent as compared to the Rs 3.78 crore in Q1-2014.  

     

    Total expense at Rs 75.54 crore for Q2-2014 was 21.5 per cent more than the Rs 62.17 crore for Q2-2013 and 10.5 per cent more than the Rs 68.37 crore in Q1-2014.https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif

     

     ZMCL’s recorded a fall in PBT of (-7.8 per cent) to Rs 6.47 crore in Q2-2014 from Rs 7.02 crore in Q2-2013. However PBT of Rs 14.99 crore for the half year ended 30 September 2013 was higher by 35.8 per cent as compared to the PBT of Rs 11.04 crore for the corresponding period of the previous year. Q2-2014 EBITDA also fell by (-4.8 per cent) to Rs 74.8 crore from Rs 78.6 crore reported in Q2-2013. However, ZMCL says that its existing news channels grew their EBITDA by 25.2 per cent on YTD basis at Rs 30.83 crore improving their EBITDA margins from 18.6 per cent to 21 per cent.

     

    Added Chandra, “Our company has embarked to consolidate our news media presence by bringing together our television, print and internet content under a single umbrella. This will enable us to reach out to our consumers in seamless and anytime, anywhere mode. Our commitment to grow larger in size, impact and shareholder value remains as is and we continue to take steps towards the same.”

     

    ZMCL group CEO news cluster Bhaskar Das said, “We launched Zee Rajasthan Plus in Rajasthan in early July and will soon launch in other regional markets. Furthermore with sustained push for cable digitisation, we expect more and more of our viewers to get associated with us. New media, which has been another focus area for us, has continued to show strong growth numbers.”

     

    ZMCL whole time director Alok Agarwal said, “Our network wide initiative Bharat Bhagya Vidhata has received tremendous feedback and social media engagement from the viewers, thinkers and the political fraternity alike by reaching a sum total of over 100 million television viewers cumulatively  and having over 11.5 million reach for #BBV  for the campaign. In addition we continue to leverage our network synergies to create further operational efficiencies in gathering and packaging our content and at the same time grow our revenues by providing creative sales solutions to our clients.”