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  • News18 Lokmat impact on the roads of Maharashtra

    News18 Lokmat impact on the roads of Maharashtra

    Mumbai: News18 Network has always been at forefront of highlighting key issues that echo the voice of the common man and engage all the necessary stakeholders to encourage development and progress.

    Continuing this commitment to spearheading issues of the common man and bringing it to the notice of the policymakers News18 Lokmat kick-started special campaign ‘Tassibaddal Kshamasv’ (spotlight on bad roads of state).

    The campaign is a three-four week-long campaign, which echoes the voice of Maharashtrians by showing the spotlight on the bad roads of the state.

    During every monsoon, the roads of the state suffer the maximum damage which includes state highways and roads in the cities and that has been always ignored by authorities.

    The echoes of this campaign forced the government to take necessary actions and resulted in roads getting repaired at state highways and in the cities of Maharashtra. The campaign has been applauded by the common Maharashtrians who felt their voices were heard in the corridors of government.

  • News18 Lokmat celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi with ‘Bappa Morya Re’

    News18 Lokmat celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi with ‘Bappa Morya Re’

    Mumbai: As people across the country celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, News18 Lokmat has announced its illustrious bouquet of programming called “Bappa Morya Re” between 10 and 19 September. The channel has roped in Dabur Honitus as title sponsor for the special show.

    Celebrating the spirit of Ganesh Utsav the programming would revolve around various specialties that the festival brings along with it. From visiting various Ganesh pandals to showing what are special varieties of prasads are prepared in this festival, “Bappa Morya Re” would be showing various untold stories and facts related to Ganesh festival. It would showcase the videos and pictures shared by viewers of their homes with special Ganesh decorations done by them, said the statement.

    Additionally, the Gauri celebration from across Maharashtra would be aired in the special show “Gauri Alya Ghari”. News18 Lokmat would also visit houses of various celebrities and showcase how they are celebrating the festival this year in the special show “Celebrity Bappa”. Interesting stories of their childhood memories with regards to Ganesh Utsav and what are the various food delicacies they prepare during the festival, it said.

    On the Ananth Chaudasi, News18 Lokmat would telecast live visarjan from various parts of Maharashtra.

  • IndiaCast issues disconnection notice to Independent TV

    IndiaCast issues disconnection notice to Independent TV

    MUMBAI: Viacom18 and TV18’s distribution arm IndiaCast has issued a disconnection notice to direct-to-home operator (DTH) Independent TV (Reliance Big TV) over non-payment of subscription fees.

    IndiaCast, which also distributes Eenadu Television channels in India barring the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, intends to yank off all its channels from the operator within three weeks of the notice, which has been published in a Hindi daily.

    “This is to inform all the subscribers of Reliance Big TV/Independent TV that some or all channels of Viacom18 and ETV Network will be shut down after 3 weeks starting from the issue date of public notice because of unpaid dues,” the notice says.

    In case the two parties fail to resolve the dispute, Independent TV consumers could miss out on channels like ETV, ETV Plus, ETV, Life, ETV Cinema, ETV Abhiruchi, ETV Telangana and ETV Andhra Pradesh, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNN News18, News18 India, News18 Tamil Nadu, News18 Lokmat, History channel, FYI TV18, News18 Kerala, MTV, Colors, Rishtey, Nick, Vh1, Sonic, Comedy Central, Colors Infinity, MTV Beats, Rishtey Cineplex, Colors Super, Colors HD, MTV Beats HD, Colors Gujarati, Colors Marathi, Colors Bangla, Colors Kannada, Colors Odia, News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttaranchal, News18 MP Chhattisgarh, News18 Rajasthan, News18 Urdu, News18 Bihar Jharkhand, News18 Kannada and Colors Tamil.

    In accordance with the TRAI’s tariff order, IndiaCast recently bundled the networks’ 57 channels (42 SD and 15 HD) in three packs – budget, value and family. The networks have also introduced 10 channel bundles, in SD and HD versions, mapped to its markets (Hindi, North East, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bengal, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telugu and Tamil) to allow the consumer to choose from.

  • News18 Lokmat appoints Umesh Kumawat as managing editor

    News18 Lokmat appoints Umesh Kumawat as managing editor

    MUMBAI: Network18 has today announced the appointment of Umesh Kumawat as managing editor of News18 Lokmat that positions itself on top of the ladder in the regional broadcast news industry. The company is is a joint venture of two media powerhouses in India, Network 18’s TV18 Broadcast Ltd. and the Lokmat Media Pvt Ltd, running Maharashtra’s newspaper.

    He comes with close to nineteen years of experience in journalism. Prior to Network18, he was senior editor with ABP News for fourteen years. Previously he has been a part of  media brands like Aajtak, Zee News and TV 9.  He has also been honored with many awards in the field of journalism.

    Kumawat said, “I’m delighted to be leading the team at News18 Lokmat and being a part of Network18 Group, which is one of the most renowned media houses in India. It is an honor to be a part of such a well-respected media house that comprises of an incredibly talented team. I look forward to bringing authentic, speedy and reliable news and stories to our audience. It is my goal to make the channel an essential part of the viewer’s everyday life.”

  • BARCs most watched new regional News channels

    BARCs most watched new regional News channels

    BENGALURU: It is now 4 weeks since Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) started publishing segmented data of regional news channels in 4 languages in the public domain. Three of the languages are from East India – Assamese News, Bangla News and Oriya News and one is from West India – Marathi News. BARC commenced ranking the top 5 News channels in each of the markets represented by theses languages from week 35 of 2018 (Saturday, 25 August 2018 to Friday, 31 August 2018) onward.

    The four languages from the middle portion (geographically) of the country represent the following markets/states:

    Assamese News: Assam /North East/Sikkim (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals

     

    Bangla News: West Bengal (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals

    Marathi News: Maharashtra/Goa (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals

    Oriya News: Odisha (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals

    Geographically, it could be averred that these languages are from the middle regions of India.

    Earlier, in week 1 of 2018 (Saturday, 30 December 2017 to Friday, 5 January 218), BARC had commenced publishing its weekly lists of Top 5 News channels for each of four South Indian languages – Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.

     

    In the case of the four mid Indian languages, the same five channels were present in BARC’s lists of top 5 News channels of all the four languages during all the four weeks that the data is available at the time of writing of this report. As a matter of fact, for three of the East Indian languages, all the five channels for each language followed the same order of ranks. In the case of Marathi News ranks showed a bit of an anomaly.

    In general, the News channel for each of the four languages from mid India that has been ranked one had for more viewers that the channel that was ranked two. There was also a marked difference in viewership between a higher rank and its succeeding rank.

    Please refer to the figures below showing how the News channels for each language were ranked and the rounded off average of four weeks weekly impressions in (000s):

     

    As mentioned above there was an anomaly in ranks in the case of Marathi News channels.

    It is early days yet to get an accurate measure of the performance of the top 5 News channels of each of the mid Indian languages. Time will  rank the channels more correctly.

  • Saam TV to launch OTT platform within 6 months

    Saam TV to launch OTT platform within 6 months

    MUMBAI: Sakal Group’s Saam TV recently went from being a full-fledged infotainment channel to a news channel with a focus on hyper-local content.

    Talking to Indiantelevision.com, Saam TV executive editor Nilesh Khare said, “In mid 2017, the organisation decided to change the channel to news and information channel and we implemented the new content strategy from 15 January 2018. Our channel is stable on 21 per cent viewership market share for the past five weeks.”

    Very soon, it will launch its news app and OTT platform in six months. It will be talking to WhatsOn, Hotstar and some other OTT players for the content. The channel has deals with Dailyhunt and Jio too.

    The channel has synergised with the parent company to create its own content which is completely in-house. The presentation, pattern and the graphic are also done by the in-house team. The editorial team of the channel includes 38 reporters in Maharashtra.

    Currently, the channel is focused on content and ratings and depending on the response to Saam TV, another channel launch could be on the anvil.

    The channel has many national and regional advertisers on board which includes Cadbury, Zee, Honda and Sony. Sony is launching a new Marathi general entertainment channel Sony Marathi on 19 August and the first TV campaign has been launched on Saam TV.

    According to the numbers provided by the broadcaster, the channel in its seven months of relaunch claims to have taken pole position with 21.34 per cent of the total viewership in the Marathi market with a target audience above 15 years in the time band of 6 am till 12 am.  

    Saam TV is followed by ABP Majha with 21.27 per cent share, Zee24 Taas at third position with 19.95 per cent viewership share, according to numbers provided by Saam TV.

    The Marathi news market consists of more than half a dozen channels including ABP Majha, News18 Lokmat, Zee24 Taas, TV9 Marathi and Jai Maharashtra to name a few. It is a hotly contested market with several broadcasters fighting tooth and nail for the top position.

  • Uday Nirgudkar joins News18 Lokmat as group editor

    Uday Nirgudkar joins News18 Lokmat as group editor

    MUMBAI: Uday Nirgudkar has joined Network18 as the group editor regional (west) for its Marathi news channel News18 Lokmat. Nirgudkar joins from Zee Media where he was the channel head for Zee24 Taas and CEO and editor-in-chief of DNA, an English newspaper from the same group.

    He has more than two decades of experience at leadership positions in various industries like infrastructure, BPO, education and has spent considerable time in media. Nirgudkar is a recipient of many awards for contribution and excellence in journalism. He has authored Marathi bestsellers such as Local-Global CEO and All about Winning Elections.

    Nirgudkar is an MBA & PhD from University of Pune & a science graduate from Mumbai University. A prolific speaker and author, he has an excellent understanding of the socio-cultural-political fabric of Maharashtra.