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  • Zee Anmol leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 1 2018

    Zee Anmol leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 1 2018

    MUMBAI: Zee Anmol is back as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market after a gap of one week, dethroning week 52 (2017) leader Star Bharat, in the first week of 2018, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) all India data. Star Utsav dropped two slots to sixth position this week from the fourth position last week in Hindi GEC urban + rural markets.

    Star Plus jumped to the second slot this week from third slot last week whereas Zee TV slipped to third slot this week in Hindi GEC urban market. Moreover, &TV and Star Utsav exchanged their ninth and tenth positions in GEC urban markets this week as against the previous week. In the GEC rural markets, Star Plus and Colors swapped their ninth and tenth positions, according to week 1 of BARC India data analysis as compared to  week 52.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol garnered the top position in the genre with 685344 Impressions (000s) sum followed by Star Bharat on second position with 678228 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Colors stood at the third positions with 598060 Impressions (000s) sum, whereas Zee TV climbed to the fourth position with 569854 Impressions (000s) sum. Sony Pal jumped to the fifth position with 557297 Impressions (000s) sum from sixth slot last week and Star Utsav fell to sixth position with 546867 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Plus, Rishtey, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab have retained their seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth spots with 545437 Impressions (000s), 455178 Impressions (000s), 422853 Impressions (000s) and 379657 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Sony Utsav, Sony Pal, Star Bharat and Rishtey retained their first, second, third, fourth and fifth slots with 513567 Impressions (000s) sum, 396160 Impressions (000s) sum, 378521 Impressions (000s) sum, 346269 Impressions (000s) sum and 323827 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Dangal TV, Zee TV and Big Magic stood at their sixth, seventh and eight positions with 258281 Impressions (000s) sum, 219205 Impressions (000s) sum and 171606 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Star plus and Colors interchanged their ninth and tenth slots with 159556 Impressions (000s) sum and 158773 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors retained its lead position with 439287 Impressions (000s) sum. Star Plus jumped up one slot to the second position with 385880 Impressions (000s) sum, whereas Zee TV slipped to third position with 350649 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Bharat, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Sab, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol retained their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth positions with 331958 Impressions (000s) sum, 297308 Impressions (000s) sum, 286626 Impressions (000s) sum, 178776 Impressions (000s) sum and 171776 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    &TV and Star Utsav swapped their ninth and tenth positions with 155992 Impressions (000s) sum and 150707 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

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  • BARC week 51: Zee Anmol leads Hindi (R+U) & rural market

    BARC week 51: Zee Anmol leads Hindi (R+U) & rural market

    MUMBAI: Zee Anmol dominated two markets this week – by dethroning Star Bharat in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market and continued ruling in rural markets – according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data.

    Colors continued to rule the urban markets with a slight fall in the impressions. Star Utsav and &TV exchanged their ninth and tenth positions in GEC urban markets this week as compared to the previous week.

    Star Utsav and Sony Pal swapped their fifth and sixth positions as compared to week 50 in the Hindi GEC (U+R) market.

    Dangal TV jumped to sixth and Zee TV fell to seventh in Hindi GEC rural market this week.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol has emerged as the leader in the genre with 692817 impressions (000s) followed by Star Bharat at second position with 692427 Impressions (000s).

    Colors and Zee TV stood at the third and fourth positions with 598691 and 584373 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Star Utsav jumped to fifth position with 568254 impressions (000s) sum, while Sony Pal fell to sixth position with 542658 impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Plus, Rishtey, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab have retained their seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth spots with 531495 impressions (000s), 467713 impressions (000s), 403512 impressions (000s) and 371595 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol garnered the leading position with 520761 impressions (000s) sum. Sony Utsav and Sony Pal retained their second and third slots respectively with 417285 impressions (000s) sum and 367643 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Star Bharat and Rishtey stood at the fourth and fifth position with 359720 impressions (000s) and 340623 impressions (000s), respectively.

    Dangal TV and Zee TV interchanged their slots with Dangal TV at sixth place with 232190 impressions (000s) sum and Zee TV on seventh slot with 229254 impressions (000s) sum this week.

    Colors, Star plus and Big Magic also retained their eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 161018 impressions (000s), 155558 impressions (000s) and 153796 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors, Star Plus, Zee TV, Star Bharat and Sony Entertainment Television retained their first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions with 437673 impressions (000s), 375937 impressions (000s), 355119 impressions (000s) and 332706 impressions (000s) sum and 292281 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Sony Sab, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol also retained their sixth, seventh and eight positions with 278135 impressions (000s), 175014 impressions (000s) and 172055 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Star Utsav and &TV swapped their ninth and tenth positions with 150969 impressions (000s) and 143501 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

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  • Sony Entertainment climbs to second position, Zee Anmol retains lead in two markets

    Sony Entertainment climbs to second position, Zee Anmol retains lead in two markets

    MUMBAI: While Zee Anmol retained lead in two markets, KBC-backed Sony Entertainment bagged the second position with high ratings in the urban market. Zee Anmol retained lead in Hindi (U+R) and rural markets, whereas Star Plus led the urban market in week 37 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data.

    Hindi GEC

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL)’s two entertainment channels bagged the first and second slots with 672253 Impressions (000s) and 632973 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Star Bharat slipped a slot to the third position with 607820 Impressions (000s) sum. Star Plus grabbed the fourth spot with 587286 Impressions (000s) and Colors stood at number five with 544690 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Sony Pal, Sony Entertainment Television and Rishtey grabbed sixth, seventh and eighth positions with 527814  Impressions (000s), 522791  Impressions (000s) and 404107 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Sab TV and Star Utsav pocketed the ninth spot with 378796 Impressions (000s) and 267858 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    GEC Rural

    Zee Anmol retains its top slot in BARC week 37 rating witnessing a steep fall from 647267 Impressions (000s) sum to 521080 Impressions (000s) sum. Star Bharat drops a slot to the third position with a slight decrease in rating from 378234 Impressions (000s) sum to 330055 Impressions (000s) sum. Sony Pal saw a hike in the rating with 369332 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to last weeks 347856 Impressions (000s) sum which brings it to second slot.

    Rishtey, Zee Tv and Star Utsav are at fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively with drop in the rating and garnering 296130, 249133 and 201697 Impressions (000s) sum respectively in BARC week 37. Star Plus and Colors are at seventh and eighth positions respectively with 178174 and 169836 Impressions (000s) sum.

    DD national exits from top 10 list of BARC week 37 ratings.

    Big Magic climbed a slot to the ninth position with 139363 Impressions (000s) sum. Sony Entertainment Television enters top 10 list at the tenth position with 126753 Impressions (000s) sum.   

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus regained its top position with 409111 Impressions (000s). Sony Entertainment Television climbed up at number two with 396037 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV stood at number three with 383840 Impressions (000s).

    Colors TV bagged stood at number four with 374853 Impressions (000s) sum followed by Sab TV on number five with 278795 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Bharat and &TV stood on number six and seven with 277765 Impressions (000s) sum and 167123 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol  and Rishtey grabbed the eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 158482 Impressions (000s) sum, 151173 Impressions (000s) and 107976 Impressions (000s) sum.

  • Sony Ent extends Kapil Sharma’s contract by a year

    MUMBAI: Speculation has been rife for several months now that Sony Pictures Networks India’s Sony Entertainment Television was going to dump the comedy man Kapil Sharma and his show. The reason: the viewership and following was consistently dropping, and the price that it was forking out for it was really high.

    But, the gossip has been put to rest now with SET announcing that it has renewed its partnership with Kapil and his team at K9 Productions. The extended contract between the two is valid for another year. The channel says it decided to go ahead with Kapil as his show continues to reinvent itself as the benchmark in comedy entertainment.

    Adds  SET EVP & head Danish Khan: “The Kapil Sharma Show bring smiles to millions of viewer every weekend nights across the globe. Kapil is an extraordinary talent and we are delighted to have further cemented our relationship with extension of this contract. We are confident that the show and its talented cast will continue to enthrall the audiences across the globe.”

    Sources indicate that the renewed contract has some caveats attached to it. For starters, they say, that its budget has been shaved by close to 25 per cent; in keeping with the shows downward trend in ratings.  The  cast of the show is also reportedly being pruned in keeping with the lower budget. Reports had suggested that the earlier contract was for Rs 110 crore.

    However, that was at  a time when Kapil was still ruling the ratings, and he  had parted ways with Colors. At that time, Kapil was being paid close to Rs 1.25 crore per episode, which catapulted him into the highest paid TV star list. Forbes had stated that his earnings totted up to Rs 30 crore in 2016.

    SET has expanded its weekend programming since by bringing in another comedy show called The Drama Company.

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  • YouTube’s Top 50: T-Series tops & SET India bags 5th slot

    MUMBAI: T-Series stay put in its #1 spot on the top of the charts for the 11th week in a series. One of the India’s largest music labels and movie studio’s destination on YouTube popped up 26% to close out the week with more than 321.3 million views. Way far behind in the second place was Ryan ToysReview. The aging toddler saw his channel go up 4% in its week-over-week view count to top out at nearly 214.8 million views, TubeFilter reported.

    A total of 5,401,711,439 views were amassed by the top 50 most viewed YouTube channels worldwide this week. Tubefilter Charts is a weekly rankings column from Tubefilter with data provided by OpenSlate.

    In the #3 spot was Ed Sheeran. The international star’s new music video for “Galway Girl” is keeping him in the top list at more than 187.7 million views. Puerto Rican musician Luis Fonsi was in the fourth place with over 184.1 million views on the week.

    In the fifth position was SET India. The YouTube home of Sony Entertainment (India) jumped up 19% to end the week with almost 183.1 million views.

    The distribution of the this week’s Top 50 YouTube channels by country of origin is as follows:

    US: 22 channels in the Top 50.
    India: Seven channels
    Great Britain: Six
    Brazil: Three

    The honor of one of the Top Gainers on the chart this week goes to The Late Late Show with James Corden. CBS’ talk show generally does well on the world’s largest video sharing site when its host offers up a new iteration of Carpool Karaoke. The channel witnessed a 232% week-over-week increase in views.

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  • Sony Sab upgrades in two genres, SET drops out of Top 10

    MUMBAI: Although leaders maintained their respective leads in all the genres, Sony Entertainment dropped out of the Top 10 list of Hindi GEC rural, and was replaced by Life OK in BARC week 15.

    Sony Sab jumped from the ninth to the seventh position in GEC (U+ R) whereas it climbed from fifth to third position in GEC (Urban) while Rishtey upgraded itself by two levels from the ninth position, according to the all-India ratings. In GEC (rural), Star Utsav replaced Zee Anmol on the third position.

    Hindi GEC

    Star Plus continued to maintain its leadership in the space and grabbed the first spot with 678258 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on the second slot with 599008 Impressions (000s) and Colors on third with  590632 Impressions (000s).

    Rishtey grabbed the fourth spot with 530127 Impressions (000s). Zee TV stood at number five in week 15 with 511986 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav bagged the sixth spot with 446036 Impressions (000s).  Sab TV, Zee Anmol and Sony Entertainment Television garnered seventh, eighth and ninth spots with 434006 Impressions (000s), 426141 Impressions (000s) and 390474 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Life OK registered 347207 Impressions (000s) on the tenth spot.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    In week 15, Sony Pal pocketed the first position with 464588 Impressions (000s) followed by Rishtey on the second slot with 395211 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav stood at number three with 334630 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol stood on number four with 326174 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV bagged the fifth position with 226920 Impressions (000s). Star Plus  and Colors  grabbed sixth and seventh spot with 221702 Impressions (000s) and 196819 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Big Magic, Sab TV and Life OK collected 158304 Impressions (000s), 145307 Impressions (000s) and 130514 Impressions (000s), respectively on eight, ninth and tenth position. Sony Entertainment Television exited the Top 10 list of Hindi GEC Rural.

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus led the chart with 456555 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on the second position with 393812 Impressions (000s).

    In week 15, Sab TV managed to grab the third slot with 288698 Impressions (000s) and pushed Zee TV on number four. The channel registered  285065 Impressions (000s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its fifth slot with 268781 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK stood on number six with 216693 Impressions (000s) whereas Rishtey, Sony Pal and &TV bagged seventh, eighth and ninth slot with 134915 Impressions (000s), 134419 Impressions (000s) and 120696 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Star Utsav grabbed the tenth spot  with 111405 Impressions (000s).

  • Star Plus takes over Colors, Rishtey retains top position: BARC wk 7

    MUMBAI: Star Plus pushed Colors to the second spot in Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC (Urban) genres in the BARC India ratings week 7 emerging on the top in these two categories. Rishtey retained its first position in the Hindi GEC (rural) category whereas Zee Anmol and Star Utsav respectively bagged the second and third slot interchanging their last week’s positions.

    Hindi GEC

    Star Plus led the genre with 657742 Impressions (000s) immediately followed by Colors with 571698 Impressions (000s) on second slot and Rishtey on third with 428466 Impressions (000s) 

    Zee TV and  Zee Anmol respectively bagged the fourth and fifth spots with 414538 Impressions (000s)and 406528 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on number sixth with 398584 Impressions (000s)and Sony Entertainment on seventh with 396285 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav, Life Ok    and Sab TV ranked on the eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 392261 Impressions (000s), 373881 Impressions (000s) and 325293 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Rishtey and Zee Anmol respectively bagged the first and second positions in this category with 317113 Impressions (000s) and 313648 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on third slot with 294662 Impressions (000s). 

    Sony Pal stood on number four with 278664 Impressions (000s) and Star Plus bagged fifth position with 198474 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors TV and Zee TV grabbed sixth and seventh spot with 184729 Impressions (000s) and 169147 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Big Magic garnered eighth, ninth and tenth spot with 126148 Impressions (000s), 114837 Impressions (000s) and 109681 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Hindi GEC Urban

    In this category, Star Plus led the chart with 459268 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second position with 386969 Impressions (000s). 

    Sony Entertainment has maintained its position at third slot with 281448 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on number four with 247733 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV on fifth with 245561 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee TV stood on number six with 245392 Impressions (000s). & TV, Sony Pal and Rishtey bagged seventh, eighth and ninth slot with 134598 Impressions (000s), 119920 Impressions (000s) and 111353 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Star Utsav grabbed tenth spot in week 7 and registered 97600 Impressions (000s).  

  • Sony Entertainment launches historical series ‘Peshwa Bajirao’

    Sony Entertainment launches historical series ‘Peshwa Bajirao’

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television is bringing to television viewers the glorious life of India’s only undefeated warrior/commander — Peshwa Bajirao, his unconventional ways, his principles in life, his passion and his ideologies.

    A warrior such as him is not born; he was nurtured and raised with values& principles by his mother Radhabai and the astute strategies of war with a fearless approach to life were ingrained into him by his father Balaji Vishwanath. It was in the court of Maharaja Shahu where he learned the art of politics and diplomacy which made him a conqueror of both land and heart.

    Peshwa Bajirao’s short but impactful life makes for a riveting story.

    Sony Entertainment Television EVP & Business Head Danish Khan said, “The inspirational and compelling story of Peshwa Bajirao is relevant to our lives and times. His love for the motherland, his unconventional approach in tackling challenges and his upbringing makes for a delightful and motivational television watch. We are delighted to partner Sphereorigins’ Sunjoy Waddhwa, Nilanjana Purkayasstha and their young creative team to bring this story alive.”

    Sphereorigins CMD Sunjoy Waddhwa said, “We are very happy to be associated with Sony TV for the historical series “Peshwa Bajirao”. The show is based on the fierce Maratha warrior. The story focuses on the life of a legendary Peshwa, from his childhood to a great and fierce ‘yodha’. We have infused all the authenticity of the story on the sets, as well as in the costumes, jewellery, armour, furniture etc. We, at Sphereorigins, are excited at the launch of the show and are optimistic that the audience will enjoy it”.

    Rudra Soni, who will be seen as Bajirao, said, “I am extremely delighted to play the great warrior, Peshwa Bajirao. It is a moment of pride to be associated with this show as I was very fond of playing this character right from the time I did the movie Bajirao Mastani in which I played young Nanasaheb. I was really inspired after reading the story of Peshwa Bajirao and the Marathi legacy in depth.”

    Anuja Sathe, who plays the role of Radhabai, says, “It’s a huge responsibility to play the role of Bajirao’s mother, Radhabai, and I am sure people will like the authenticity we are offering. I am glad people are anticipating and expecting one of the most riveting story telling on Indian television and Peshwa Bajirao is going to be one.”

    Manish Wadhwa, to be seen as Balaji Vishwanath, says, “Given the grandness and victorious story of Peshwa Bajirao, the responsibility of parenting and making Baji a warrior was a challenge. I hope the audience connect with the show as a lot of effort has been put behind it.”

  • Sony Entertainment launches historical series ‘Peshwa Bajirao’

    Sony Entertainment launches historical series ‘Peshwa Bajirao’

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television is bringing to television viewers the glorious life of India’s only undefeated warrior/commander — Peshwa Bajirao, his unconventional ways, his principles in life, his passion and his ideologies.

    A warrior such as him is not born; he was nurtured and raised with values& principles by his mother Radhabai and the astute strategies of war with a fearless approach to life were ingrained into him by his father Balaji Vishwanath. It was in the court of Maharaja Shahu where he learned the art of politics and diplomacy which made him a conqueror of both land and heart.

    Peshwa Bajirao’s short but impactful life makes for a riveting story.

    Sony Entertainment Television EVP & Business Head Danish Khan said, “The inspirational and compelling story of Peshwa Bajirao is relevant to our lives and times. His love for the motherland, his unconventional approach in tackling challenges and his upbringing makes for a delightful and motivational television watch. We are delighted to partner Sphereorigins’ Sunjoy Waddhwa, Nilanjana Purkayasstha and their young creative team to bring this story alive.”

    Sphereorigins CMD Sunjoy Waddhwa said, “We are very happy to be associated with Sony TV for the historical series “Peshwa Bajirao”. The show is based on the fierce Maratha warrior. The story focuses on the life of a legendary Peshwa, from his childhood to a great and fierce ‘yodha’. We have infused all the authenticity of the story on the sets, as well as in the costumes, jewellery, armour, furniture etc. We, at Sphereorigins, are excited at the launch of the show and are optimistic that the audience will enjoy it”.

    Rudra Soni, who will be seen as Bajirao, said, “I am extremely delighted to play the great warrior, Peshwa Bajirao. It is a moment of pride to be associated with this show as I was very fond of playing this character right from the time I did the movie Bajirao Mastani in which I played young Nanasaheb. I was really inspired after reading the story of Peshwa Bajirao and the Marathi legacy in depth.”

    Anuja Sathe, who plays the role of Radhabai, says, “It’s a huge responsibility to play the role of Bajirao’s mother, Radhabai, and I am sure people will like the authenticity we are offering. I am glad people are anticipating and expecting one of the most riveting story telling on Indian television and Peshwa Bajirao is going to be one.”

    Manish Wadhwa, to be seen as Balaji Vishwanath, says, “Given the grandness and victorious story of Peshwa Bajirao, the responsibility of parenting and making Baji a warrior was a challenge. I hope the audience connect with the show as a lot of effort has been put behind it.”

  • Sony Entertainment CEO Lynton stepping down; Hirai to take on more responsibility

    Sony Entertainment CEO Lynton stepping down; Hirai to take on more responsibility

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton will on 2 February reportedly step down as he plans to focus on his role as the chairman of the board of Snap Inc., owner of Snapchat.

    The entertainment industry is undergoing major transformative changes, and Lynton’s expertise in the media and entertainment space had been invaluable. Lynton implemented structural and management changes at Sony which would help its music business sustain its good momentum, and the pictures business to set the path for restoring profitability, although Sony recognises the challenges in the motion-pictures business would take some time.

    Lynton will however stay on as co-CEO of Sony Entertainment for six months, overseeing the music and pictures businesses, and as the CEO of Sony Corporation of America and Sony Pictures Entertainment, so as to help a smooth change-over, the World Screen has reported.

    Tokyo-based Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai is scheduled to take on an enhanced hands-on role within the company’s television, movie and music division.

    Lynton has said that it had been an extraordinary 13 years and an honour to work with Sony’s some of the most creative and talented people in the entertainment space. He said he had been involved with Snapchat since its early days, and, given its rise since, decided the time was ripe to focus on his role as the Snap Inc. board chairman.

    Hirai said he wanted to thank Lynton for his strong leadership at Sony throughout his illustrious career.