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  • IBN7 goes on Ram Ki Khoj with a special series

    IBN7 goes on Ram Ki Khoj with a special series

    MUMBAI: One of the world’s most popular epic, Ramayana has always been an integral part of the Indian mythology. From generations, it has been told and retold through TV series, movies, cartoons and animation films. And now, IBN7, India’s channel of impact, is all set to explore Sri Lanka with its new series – Ram Ek Khoj recalling the legends and tales associated with the island nation and the Ramayana.

    From someone claiming to have supernatural powers and being descendant of Ravana to miraculous waters of the stream next to Ashok Vatika, from the places indicating the existence of Ravana and Lord Hanuman to validating whether a city of gold actually existed, this special series will showcase these and many similar mysteries for the first time in the history of Indian news channels. The channel has lined up five one-hour episodes that attempts to discover and decode the mysteries that have been around for centuries.

    Focussing on the historical significance of places, people and culture of Sri Lanka along with the religious relevance, the IBN7 team will also connect with locals who worship Ravana as their deity.

     

  • IBN7 goes on Ram Ki Khoj with a special series

    IBN7 goes on Ram Ki Khoj with a special series

    MUMBAI: One of the world’s most popular epic, Ramayana has always been an integral part of the Indian mythology. From generations, it has been told and retold through TV series, movies, cartoons and animation films. And now, IBN7, India’s channel of impact, is all set to explore Sri Lanka with its new series – Ram Ek Khoj recalling the legends and tales associated with the island nation and the Ramayana.

    From someone claiming to have supernatural powers and being descendant of Ravana to miraculous waters of the stream next to Ashok Vatika, from the places indicating the existence of Ravana and Lord Hanuman to validating whether a city of gold actually existed, this special series will showcase these and many similar mysteries for the first time in the history of Indian news channels. The channel has lined up five one-hour episodes that attempts to discover and decode the mysteries that have been around for centuries.

    Focussing on the historical significance of places, people and culture of Sri Lanka along with the religious relevance, the IBN7 team will also connect with locals who worship Ravana as their deity.

     

  • Tata Sky brings the ithaas of Ramayana to you

    Tata Sky brings the ithaas of Ramayana to you

    MUMBAI: Tata Sky, India’s leading DTH service provider brings Ramayana, the popular and timeless Indian epic once again on to television with a twist. Starting this month, the Ramayana tales will a part of Tata Sky’s interactive platform – Actve Music every Sunday.

    Tata Sky gives its subscribers an opportunity to relive a total of 1300 minutes of exhilarating audio entertainment of the Ramayana at convenient time slots throughout their Sundays with voice over’s from some of Indian cinemas most profound and famous personalities such as Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, Javed Jafri, Om Puri etc. The classic epic is divided into 120 episodes of 10 mins each which will be played on Bhakti Sagar channel every Sunday.

    Commenting on this unique introduction, Vikram Mehra, Chief Commercial Officer at Tata Sky said, “In today’s day and age every parent seems to be struggling to ensure that their child in the 21st century, should be aware of Indian history and religious folks, one way or the other. This offering ensures that customers from all age groups to enjoy the offering, relaxed on a Sunday with their entire family in the comfort of their homes.”

    Tata Sky’s Actve Music has time and again revamped itself, catering to the likes of its subscribers, this time by introducing music genres such as Classical, Kannada Devotional, Spiritual Music, Blues and Jazz, English Hits & Classics. Actve Music’s USP continues to be a 24×7 music platform with subscriber’s choice of music with no ad-breaks, no RJ or VJ interruption. Now with the Ramayana on Actve Music subscribers have an enduring epic as new offerings to enjoy.

     

  • Star Plus continues to rule the GEC genre

    MUMBAI: The pecking order of the top four Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) remains unchanged and Star Plus continues to lead the genre.

    As per TAM data (HSM, C&S, 4+) provided by the Hindi GECs, Star Plus has added 11 GRPs to pocket 264 GRPs for the week ended 1 September. Its fiction shows continue to do well but the viewership of leading property ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum‘ dropped to 5.6 TVR from 6.7 TVR in the preceeding week.

    Colors shed 14 GRPs but is still the second most watched channel in the genre backed by its fiction shows like ‘Balika Vadhu‘ (5.5 TVR), ‘Parichay‘ (2.6 TVR) and ‘Madhubala‘ (2.5 TVR) that have seen increase in eyeballs. The channel collected 244 GRPs for the week ended 1 September. Colors might see the performance bettering next week because it‘s launching Sahara-One‘s singing reality show ‘Sur-Kshetra‘ on 8 September.

    Holding on to the No.3 position is Zee TV which lost 10 GRPs to end the week with 227 GRPs. The reason for the loss in numbers could be the fall in ratings of its newly launched shows like ‘Ramayana‘ and ‘Dance Ke Superkids‘. The epic show, which had opened with 2.7 TVR, had ratings of 1.3 in the week. Meanwhile, ‘Dance Ke Superkids‘ fell from 5.6 TVR to 4.4 TVR.

    Sony Entertainment Television (Set) lost a GRP to record 210 GRPs. The grand finale episode of Indian Idol-6 that ran for almost two-and-a-half hours clocked 3.3 TVR on Saturday. Its most watched fiction show ‘Bade Ache Lagte Hai‘ rated 3.4 TVR (last week 3.3 TVR). The channel is launching its biggest game show, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati -6‘, on 7 September. Hosted by Amtibach Bachan, the show is expected to up Sony‘s ratings and hierarchy in the Hindi GEC pecking order.

    Life OK with 132 GRPs (last week 126) is the next in the ladder while just a GRP away is Sab with 131 GRPs (last week 126). Sahara One with 35 GRPs (last week 37) follows.