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  • Star Plus led GEC urban in BARC week 50

    Star Plus led GEC urban in BARC week 50

    MUMBAI: Zee TV and Star Bharat interchanged their third and fourth positions in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 50 of 2018. Rishtey and Zee TV swapped their sixth and seventh positions in the rural market. Zee Anmol and Sony Pal swapped their eighth and ninth positions in the urban market.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol and Star Plus retained their first and second positions respectively with 778209 impressions ‘000s and 745182 impressions ‘000s. Zee TV and Star Bharat interchanged their third and fourth positions with 695276 impressions ‘000s and 667805 impressions ‘000s respectively.

    Star Utsav, Colors, Sony Pal, Sony Entertainment Television, Dangal TV and Sony Sab continued to be on fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 619540 impressions ‘000s, 552334 impressions ‘000s, 500363 impressions ‘000s, 476220 impressions ‘000s, 413567impressions ‘000s and 411676 impressions ‘000s. 

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Star Bharat and Dangal TV retained their first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively with 626723 impressions ‘000s, 417302 impressions ‘000s, 345993 impressions ‘000s, 326684 impressions ‘000s and 319031 impressions ‘000s.

    Rishtey and Zee TV swapped their sixth and seventh positions respectively with 292228 impressions ‘000s and 273469 impressions ‘000s. Star Plus, Big Magic and Colors retained their eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 230770 impressions ‘000s, 203717 impressions ‘000s and 172559 impressions ‘000s.

    Hindi Urban GEC

    Star Plus and Zee TV continued to be at first and second positions respectively with 514412 impressions ‘000s and 421807 impressions ‘000s. Colors and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their third and fourth positions with 379774 impressions ‘000s and 354395 impressions ‘000s respectively.

    Star Bharat, Sony Sab and Star Utsav continued to be at fifth, sixth, seventh positions respectively with 341121 impressions ‘000s, 310319 impressions ‘000s and 202238 impressions ‘000s. Sony Pal and Zee Anmol swapped their eighth and ninth positions respectively with 154370 impressions ‘000s and 151485 impressions ‘000s.  &TV retained its tenth position with 117245 impressions ‘000s.

  • India’s biggest dance reality show – Super Dancer, is back with its third season

    India’s biggest dance reality show – Super Dancer, is back with its third season

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is all set to redefine weekends with yet another exciting chapter of the nation’s favourite dance reality show – Super Dancer. The distinguished home-grown format of Super Dancer, in its third edition, not just celebrates the skill of dancing but applauds the passion and determination with which the young aspirants imbibe this skill. The show promises to take the nation through a journey that leads them to Dance Ka Kal. Retaining its trio of original Super Judges; Bollywood superstar – Shilpa Shetty, Eminent Filmmaker – Anurag Basu and celebrated choreographer – Geeta Kapur, the show will be hosted by, Rithvik Dhanjani and Paritosh Tripathi. It will premiere on 29th December and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 PM only on Sony Entertainment Television.

    Produced by Frames Production Company, Super Dancer – Chapter 3 is a perfect mélange of power-packed performances, non-stop excitement and fun with performances that will keep you hooked!! 

    Opening its doors to a new generation of young dancers, who dream of making it BIG on the small screen, Super Dancer Chapter 3 auditioned talent across 11 cities. From amongst the many aspirants, only 12 will be seen competing for the most coveted title. The show will provide young dance protégés with an unique opportunity to exhibit their talent on a national platform, leveraging the 3D’s of Dancing – Desire, Discipline and Determination. 

  • Sony Entertainment Television promises daily dose of hope and happiness with its new show – ladies special

    Sony Entertainment Television promises daily dose of hope and happiness with its new show – ladies special

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television’s latest prime time offering Ladies Special brings forth the journey of three starkly different personalities, belonging to different socio-economic backgrounds, who happen to meet each other on a Ladies Special local train.With an engaging narrative that weaves three stories ofhope, friendship, aspiration and womanhood, the show will redefine the audience’s outlook towards life. The stories and characters are rooted in the reality of middle class life in Urban India and so are their aspirations and anxieties.Produced by Vipul D. Shah’s Optimystix Entertainment, Ladies Special will premiere on Nov 27and will air every Mon-Fri at 9:30PM only on Sony Entertainment Television.

    Meghna Nikade, represents the everyday struggles of a working woman, a hardworking wife and a mother. While she was raised in a lower middle class set up where dreams and aspirations were always measured and limited, she is determined to provide the best for her children. is it wrong for her to expect more for her children considering her family’s income is limited? 

    Bindu Desai, who hails from a small town in Gujarat, was ecstatic when she married a doctor from the city of dreams – Mumbai. But her happiness was shattered on the first night of her wedding when her husband confessed that he was in love with someone else. Yet, the optimistic Bindu, builds a relationship based on friendship and trust with her husband with a promise to reunite him with his love. She approaches every hurdle in her life with so much optimism that it’s not only infectious but makes the problem at hand look trivial. But how long will this optimism be able to hide her pain? 

    Prarthna Kashyap, has gracefully stepped out of the shadows and taken charge to provide for her family. Without her the family will wither. While she had the opportunity to settle down and leave her family behind, she did not.  Being a woman, why does putting family at the forefront come at a cost?

    These stories are not only relatable but a strong representation of women at large. Like they say, a strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, let’s go, tries again, and perseveres… but doesn’t let go of her hopes and aspirations no matter what life throws at her. Starring popular television and theatre personalities like Girija Oak(Meghna Nikade), Bijal Joshi(Bindu Desai) and Chhavvi Pandey(Prarthna Kashyap), get your ummeed ka ticket for this beautiful journey called life.

  • Sony Entertainment Television leads GEC urban in BARC week 46

    Sony Entertainment Television leads GEC urban in BARC week 46

    MUMBAI: Star Bharat and Star Utsav swapped their second and third positions in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 46 of 2018. Sony Pal and Star Utsav interchanged their second and third positions as compared to the previous week in the rural market.

    Sony Entertainment Television came third in the urban market.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol retained its leadership position with 772355 impressions ‘000s. Star Bharat and Star Utsav swapped their second and third positions respectively with 714851 impressions ‘000s and 663803 impressions ‘000s.

    Sony Pal climbed to the fourth position from seventh as compared to the previous week with 659732 impressions ‘000s. Zee TV jumped to the fifth position from its fourth position with 656010 impressions ‘000s. Star Plus and Colors stood at sixth and seventh positions respectively with 655510 impressions ‘000s and 613069 impressions ‘000s respectively. Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Sab and Dangal TV continued to be on eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 598255 impressions ‘000s, 469953 impressions ‘000s and 431286 impressions ‘000s.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol retained its first position with 631735 impressions ‘000s. Sony Pal and Star Utsav interchanged their second and third positions as compared to the previous week with 479286 impressions ‘000s and 457753 impressions ‘000s respectively.

    Star Bharat, Dangal TV, Rishtey, Zee TV, Big Magic, Star Plus and Colors continued to be on fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 368876 impressions ‘000s, 336778 impressions ‘000s, 292921 impressions ‘000s, 257556 impressions ‘000s, 223135 impressions ‘000s, 210023 impressions ‘000s and 192990 impressions ‘000s.

    Hindi Urban GEC

    Sony Entertainment Television bagged came third with 446019 impressions ‘000s. Star Plus jumped to the second position from first position as compared to the last week with 445487 impressions ‘000s. Colors, that was on second position last week, stood at third position now with 420079 impressions ‘000s.

    Zee TV, Star Bharat, Sony Sab, Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and &TV retained their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 398454 impressions ‘000s, 345975 impressions ‘000s, 341477 impressions ‘000s, 206050 impressions ‘000s, 180446 impressions ‘000s, 140620 impressions ‘000s and 118864 impressions ‘000s.

  • Sony Entertainment Television appoints Sagnik Mukherjee as AVP marketing

    Sony Entertainment Television appoints Sagnik Mukherjee as AVP marketing

    MUMBAI: Sagnik Mukherjee is set to join Sony Entertainment Television as associate vice president marketing, a source close to the development confirmed to Indiantelevision.com.

    Previously, Mukherjee was brand head (AVP) – brand management and marketing at &TV for five years. Before &TV, Mukherjee worked with The Walt Disney as manager, product planning and programming strategy for all movie channels of the network.

    Equipped with more than 13 years of experience, Mukherjee had previously worked with companies like UTV, Lodha Group, Bennett Coleman and Co, Career Forum and Novar.

    Mukherjee has a degree in BE, Instrumentation from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology. He is also an alumnus of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad.

  • Sony Entertainment Television’s campaign for Main Maayke is winning hearts!

    Sony Entertainment Television’s campaign for Main Maayke is winning hearts!

    MUMBAI: With the evolution of time and sensibilities, in today’s culture, the relationship between the parents and their daughters doesn’t change much pre and post marriage. Especially when it comes to being adequately involved in each other’s lives. However, in few cases, parental involvement can also turn into obsessive interference and this creates a new challenge for the married couple. Exploring one such mother-daughter relationship and the interference of this mother in her daughter’s marriage, Sony Entertainment Television launched a slice of life dramedy – Main Maayke Chali Jaungi Tum Dekhte Rahiyo. This mother strongly believes in beti ko bas vida kiya hai, alvida nahin, maintaining a strong presence in her daughter’s life post marriage much to the dismay of her son-in-law!

    With an interesting and relatable plot, the campaign highlighting the launch of the show was also distinct and striking! Taking cues from the refreshing concept of the show, the channel creatively used its show logo – a bedecked suitcase as a metaphor to highlight the thought of the show. This was used across mediums innovatively to engage with the consumers.

  • Sony Entertainment Television triggers a distinct campaign for main maayke chali jaaungi tum dekhte rahiyo

    Sony Entertainment Television triggers a distinct campaign for main maayke chali jaaungi tum dekhte rahiyo

    MUMBAI: With the evolution of time and sensibilities, in today’s culture, the relationship between the parents and their daughters doesn’t change much pre and post marriage. Especially when it comes to being adequately involved in each other’s lives. However, in few cases, parental involvement can also turn into obsessive interference and this creates a new challenge for the married couple. Exploring one such mother-daughter relationship and the interference of this mother in her daughter’s marriage, Sony Entertainment Television launched a slice of life dramedy – Main Maayke Chali Jaungi Tum Dekhte Rahiyo. This mother strongly believes in beti ko bas vida kiya hai, alvida nahin, maintaining a strong presence in her daughter’s life post marriage much to the dismay of her son-in-law!

    With an interesting and relatable plot, the campaign highlighting the launch of the show was also distinct and striking! Taking cues from the refreshing concept of the show, the channel creatively used its show logo – a bedecked suitcase as a metaphor to highlight the thought of the show. This was used across mediums innovatively to engage with the consumers.

  • Star Utsav leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 31

    Star Utsav leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 31

    MUMBAI: Star Utsav emerged as the leader by dethroning Colors in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 31 of 2018 in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market. Star Bharat and Rishtey swapped their fourth and fifth positions in the rural market while Star Plus pushed Colors to the second position and emerged as the leader as compared to the previous week in the urban segment.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Star Utsav emerged as the leader by dethroning Colors with 672028 impressions (000s) sum. Zee TV stood at second position with 662938 impressions (000s) sum. Zee Anmol climbed to the third position from ninth position as compared to the previous year with 652641 impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Bharat, Star Plus, Colors, Sony Pal, Rishtey, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab stood at fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 638043 impressions (000s) sum, 629941 impressions (000s) sum, 602352 impressions (000s) sum, 582609 impressions (000s) sum, 526501 impressions (000s) sum, 498865 impressions (000s) sum and 456529 impressions (000s) sum respectively. 

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Star Utsav and Sony Pal retained their first, second and third positions respectively with 512949 impressions (000s) sum, 476194 impressions (000s) sum, and 404831 impressions (000s) sum. Star Bharat and Rishtey swapped their fourth and fifth positions with 388943 impressions (000s) sum and 322204 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Dangal TV, Zee TV, Big Magic, Colors and Star Plus retained their sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 307573 impressions (000s) sum, 261511 impressions (000s) sum, 198768 impressions (000s) sum, 184927 impressions (000s) sum and 179438 impressions (000s) sum respectively. 

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Star Plus pushed Colors to the second position and emerged as the leader in 450504 impressions (000s) sum. Colors stood at second position with 417425 impressions (000s) sum.

    Zee TV, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Sab, Star Bharat, Star Utsav, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol retained their third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth positions with 401427 impressions (000s) sum, 365339 impressions (000s) sum, 345253 impressions (000s) sum, 315840 impressions (000s) sum, 195834 impressions (000s) sum, 177778 impressions (000s) sum and 139693 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Rishtey emerged as the new entrant by dethroning &TV from the tenth position with 137558 impressions (000s) sum.

  • Sensational singing aspirants with their inspiring stories strike the right chord on the 10th season of Indian Idol

    Sensational singing aspirants with their inspiring stories strike the right chord on the 10th season of Indian Idol

    MUMBAI: With the advent of monsoon, Sony Entertainment Television opens up a refreshing new chapter of Indian Idol with #MausamMusicKa. In its 10th season this year, Indian Idol is set to raise the bar yet again with not just impressive talent but also their inspiring stories. Taking on the responsibility of judging will be, renowned singer and music composer, Vishal Dadlani, popular singer and youth icon, Neha Kakkar, and the veteran singer and music director, Anu Malik. The spontaneous and talented Maniesh Paul, anchors the show as its charming host.

    This year, Indian Idol will see some inspiring journeys of contestants who want to prove that their talent surpasses the societal norms of appearance, cast or religion. From an accomplished playback singer from Odisha, to a stage performer from Shimla who doesn’t want to give up singing even though his eyesight is giving up on him; from a trained singer who has been rejected by a music band because of their conventional expectations to 19-year-old who supports his entire family with his singing, will all be judged on the same parameters. It’s their grit and determination that has got them this far and will help them turn over a new leaf hereon.

    Staying true to the promise of enhancing the viewer engagement with an interactive second screen, Sony Entertainment Television, via the SonyLIV app will provide an opportunity to the viewers to be an integral part of the contestants’ journey on Indian Idol. From guessing contestant’s selection during auditions to cheering for their favourite contestants during the gala round and singing along with their choice contestants, the viewers will be involved with a lot more. 

    From the several who audition, those chosen will undergo the Theatre Round from which the judges will further shortlist contestants, for the Top 12. The competition amongst the Top 12 will intensify with the audience and the judges rooting and voting for their favourite contestants’ week on week till the next Indian Idol is chosen. Neha Kakkar has been a part of the Indian Idol journey before as a contestant and as a judge currently, will be seen guiding them towards perfection along with her co-judges Vishal Dadlani and Anu Malik.

    Based on format created & owned by FremantleMedia and 19TV Ltd, the multi-faceted chemistry between the judges combined with sensational singing talent promises to make this season of Indian Idol an ultimate entertainer on Indian television. Join the super trio of judges as they embark on this new journey to discover India’s next ‘Indian Idol’.

  • KBC registrations start with a record of 22.7 lakh entries

    KBC registrations start with a record of 22.7 lakh entries

    MUMBAI: On 6 June when Amitabh Bachchan beckoned India to answer a question, kickstarting the registrations for the 10thseason of Kaun Banega Crorepati at 8:30 PM, just before the launch of Zindagi Ke Crossroads, the show went on to achieve a milestone. For the very first time, the show clocked in maximum participation over a single question – 27.2 lakh entries from aspirants across the country.

    For the first time in the history of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the registration has seen a mass hysteria of this volume. While the opportunity to sit on the hot seat is achieved by a lucky few, the show is synonymous with changing the fate of people who aren’t afraid to use their power of knowledge.

    Sony Entertainment Television head of digital products Amogh Dusad says, “We are hoping that the entire nation continues to participate with the same fervour till 22 June. Every time we set out with a new season of KBC with certain expectations, we are pleasantly surprised with the growing popularity that the show commands. This year too is no different and it only reinforces the power of knowledge that is waiting to be unleashed.”

    Kaun Banega Crorepati is a show that redefined the family game show genre on Indian Television and is awaited with bated breath by the audience each season. Registrations for this season are open till 22 June wherein at 8:30pm a question will be released by Amitabh Bachchan. The mode of registration is to correctly answer these questions via SMS, IVRS or through Sony LIV.