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90s tunes see revival on music channels

MUMBAI: Popular music from the 1990s is being revived on music TV channels today. Sony Mix, 9X Jalwa, B4U Music and Mastiii are among channels reintroducing the music on television while keeping the focus sharply on Bollywood numbers.

Film songs of 90s vintage have charisma of their own. In the romanticism of the previous era, a girl’s blush or flickering of eyelashes, were signs of sparks flying. Recently launched channel MTV Beats has also intends to come up with a new show with music from that decade.

Once upon a time, Doordarshan, with its exclusive black-and-white recordings and private TV played old songs but have since then been sidelined to just radio stations. Retro songs are the anchor by which the older generations recall their younger times, friends, company and even long-forgotten incidences of first love.

Well, nostalgia is good business. According to reports, Bollywood accounts for more than 90 per cent of the revenue of India’s Rs 10.6 billion pop music industry.

In an earlier interview with Indiantelevision.com, Viacom18 head-youth, music and English entertainment Ferzad Palia said that their target audience for the channel are youngsters. He said that the channel’s viewership grew tremendously as what others have done in 10-12 years, they have managed to accomplish in a few months. “Music genre is so commoditised that everyone is playing the same music. Since the number of releases is the same, creating differentiation is very important. People loved us because we were different and we don’t want to lose that and that’s across the whole MTV universe.”

A good music channel is one where everyone finds their favourites at their own suitable time. So, while some channels play old classics at night, some play latest hits, and others play evergreen numbers throughout the day.

SAB & MAX cluster EVP and head Neeraj Vyas told us earlier that the channel will always have the quotient of playing older songs since it gains audience attraction. The music in the late last century is what Vyas calls as ‘ageless music’ that is prominent in reality shows, parties and singing contests. Sony Mix’s day kicks off with slow music followed by the 90s era. Later in the day, it telecasts mellow and soft songs followed by new tracks up till 9 pm. The last three hours of the night are dedicated to retro music.

MTV Beats will soon launch its new show Flashback from Monday to Friday 9 pm to 12 am while B4U plays Awaaz de Kahaan during the same time slot. Mastiii channel airs Evergreen Hits between 1 pm and 3 pm and at the 9 pm time slot, the network plays The Golden Era with Annu Kapoor and Raat k Humsafar.

Old melodies on music channels bring nostalgia. A walk down memory lane does a world of good every now and then for ardent music lovers.

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March 21, 2018
Sony Pictures Networks India inaugurates its first music room at Bhondsi Jail, Gurugram

MUMBAI: Staying true to its CSR commitment of Ek India Happywala, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has partnered with India Vision Foundation to launch its first music training room at the Bhondsi jail in Gurugram. SPN’s CSR programme focusses on creating a positive impact in our ecosystem and is built around 3 pillars; empowerment, education and environment. The Dhun Project falls under the pillar of empowerment through music that was initiated in 2016, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Sony MIX.

In the second year, ‘The Dhun Project’ aims to use the powerful medium of music for the rehabilitation of prison inmates, thus preparing them for a successful reintegration into society post their prison term. By believing that music can bring about harmony, SPN along with the India Vision Foundation is working towards inducing change in the mind-set of prison inmates, by helping them discover their talent and hone their music skills.

Through ‘The Dhun Project’, SPN will also be setting up training centres in four additional prisons across the nation – Rothak & Sonipat of Haryana Prison and Dasna & Kasna prison in Uttar Pradesh. Furthermore, the network along with India Vision Foundation have appointed special trainers (vocal and instrumental) who will visit the music centre on a regular basis to train the prison inmates. The training centre is well-equipped with instruments such as a drum set and pad, tabla, dholak, harmonium, guitar and electric keyboards.

February 20, 2018
Coexistence of music channels and digital devices is shortlived: Neeraj Vyas

MUMBAI: Digital platforms are threatening the very existence of music channels today. With rising cost of licencing music, the profitability of channels has drastically dropped.

Speaking to Indiantelevision.com, SAB & MAX cluster EVP and head Neeraj Vyas says that music channels carry more advertising than any other genre but the slots are sold at extremely low rates. “It’s a genre that doesn’t get its due from the advertising industry. We need to wake up quickly.”

Music channels are barely making money these days but he strongly believes they deserve more. “Given the kind of eyeballs we generate, we certainly deserve a bigger share from the advertising pie and that correction is something we as a genre and we as an industry need to come together and work on. That’s going to be critical for everyone’s survival going ahead,” he says.

Vyas went on to say that it may not be viable for music channels to sustain beyond a point with licensing prices going up every year and the only monetisation avenue will be through ad sales. He is aware that stickiness to television is limited today when it comes to music. New songs are repeatedly played after which they are downloaded from paid apps. “TV will help you discover the sound and fall in love with the song,” he says. Be he warns that the happy co-existence between music channels and digital devices is short-lived and three years later the scenario will change.

The music genre gained a bit from the advent of digitisation. “Three to four months ago, the genre was decaying at around 115 to 120 GRPs. There were 16-17 channels. Today it has grown to 150-155 with consistency,” he highlights.

As far as Sony Mix is concerned, the channel will always have the quotient of playing older songs since it gains audience attraction. The music in the late last century is what Vyas calls as ageless music which is also replicated in reality shows, parties and singing contests.

The channel was launched to end the dominance of advertisement and trailers on other music channels. Moreover, the few songs played by the networks were for free from the music labels for 15-20 days. “I think what we lack even now to some extent is the playout reality. So from then till now, we are clear that we will stay musical, add more eras and variety,” he adds.

Sony Mix’s day kicks off with slow music followed by the 90s era. Later in the day, it shows mellow and soft songs followed by new tracks up till 9 pm. The last 3 hours of the night is dedicated to retro music.

The network follows cross promotional activities under their cluster of 29-30 channels along with brand strategy and brand films in its space. When asked whether the BARC ratings are an accurate indicator of viewership, Vyas said that it has taken its time. “Various developments have kept on happening from individual to household data to universe expansion. It is definitely a lot more settled than what it was a few months back” he feels.

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January 5, 2018
Music channels bet on shows to boost viewership

MUMBAI: Seems like music channels are playing second fiddle to online music platforms when it comes to playing tracks. In an attempt to grab more eyeballs, pure-play music channels on television are moving away from the music content and focusing more on the youth-centric shows.

A study done by video intelligence platform Vidooly Media Tech said that Indian users largely consume music content on YouTube. In the music segment, Hindi and electronic music were the two most popular genres among YouTube users and the music videos generated over 3 billion views.

Observing the trend in the television space, the channels that kick-started their existence as a pure-play music channels are now experimenting with reality shows or shifting their focus to youth-centric content. Several music channels have changed their programming line-up in a bid to put their finger on the viewer’s pulse.

Launched in 1996, MTV rolled out its first reality show in 2003 – Roadies. After that, there was no turning back as the channel cut down music content in favour of youth-based shows. Roadies has completed 15 seasons while Splitsvilla is on its 10th. The list goes on with Dropout, Girls on Top, Kaisi Ye Yaariyan, India’s Next Top Model, Love School etc. Bigg Boss 11 is the latest addition which will be its first time on the music channel.

One can ask the question – what happens to the music content ratio? It might have decreased because of the captive audience in India, or it might be a deliberate strategy to move towards youth-centric shows or because of the report by Vidooly that said about the music content consumed more over YouTube.

Adding more to the context, Channel V launched in 1994 and during its heydays, the channel launched several iconic campaigns. Later, In search of greener pastures, Channel V became youth focussed. Attempts were made to rebrand Channel V as a reality show channel, moving away from its music-only programming. The plans, however, did not come to fruition as the channel shifted its focus away from music and it lost much of its popularity and TRPs. Therefore, viewership dropped drastically. In 2016, this mistake was corrected: it went back to playing music videos on loop. Nevertheless, it was too late for Channel V to regain popularity, and Star India decided to shut down operations.

There comes another channel called Zing, formerly known as Zee Muzic and Music Asia, which is an India-based music television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, which broadcasts in Hindi and other regional languages. It also features humour, animation, spoofs and celebrity lifestyle in addition to music. Shows like Pyaar Tune Kya Kia, Aye Zindagi and Love Diaries are among the shows added to the list with an intention to grab the eyeballs of the viewers.

The Times Group’s Indian glamour and entertainment television channel—Zoom which started out as a music, Bollywood and serial channel, pulled serials quite quickly off the air, within months it was a music + Bollywood news channel. The OTT platform Viu is now experimenting with the OTT-to-TV format. It has tied up with lifestyle channel Zoom to broadcast its shows, Spotlight and Gehraiyaan to bring in larger audiences.

Breaking away from the mould, Sony Mix still stays pure to music. MTV Beats is one that shows celebrity-curated theme-based music shows like Fit Stop with Sunny Leone and House Party with rapper Badshah. Mastiii has shows that are related to music too.

Also, Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ 9XM has the popular The Bakwaas Show where film stars come to promote their films. Do Pal Ka Interval is a humorous take on the upcoming Bollywood movies based on their trailer and story.

Although the music content on music channels is steadily diminishing, the jury is still out on whether consumption of music will become an online phenomenon. Only time will tell if the move to reality shows will pay dividends in the long run for the channels.

December 9, 2017
Colors Infinity, Comedy Central gain highest OTS in genres: Chrome DM

MUMBAI: With growth of 2.22 per cent, the English GEC genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 46 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media. In this category, Colors Infinity gained the highest OTS with 47.7 per cent and Comedy Central was the second most benefitted in terms of OTS with 46.2 per cent in six metros.

OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes.

The sports genre ranked second in the gainers category with growth of 1.49 per cent OTS on an all-India including 1L+ market basis. DD Sports gained the highest OTS with 94.7 per cent whereas Star Sports 2 gained the second slot on the list with 81.3 per cent OTS.

The third position in the gainer’s list of OTS was grabbed by the Religious genre with a growth of 1.31 per cent OTS on an HSM (Hindi-speaking market) excluding 1L market basis. In this category, OTS of Sanskar was leading the genre with 92.9 per cent whereas Aastha stood second with 91.6 per cent OTS.

Business news genre stood in fourth position in the list with 1.06 per cent growth in which Zee Business lead with 85.5 per cent whereas CNBC Awaz grabbed second position with 83.4 per cent OTS in six metros.

Last but not the least, the fifth position in gainers list is taken by the English news genre with a growth of 0.31 per cent. In this category, Rajyasabha TV topped the OTS chart with 94.5 per cent whereas Loksabha TV was the second topper with 94.4 per cent in six metros.

Among the losers, Kids genre was the most affected genre with a drop of 1.61 per cent OTS on an all-India including 1L market basis with Nickelodeon topping the chart with 88.1 followed by Cartoon Network with 84.2 per cent OTS.

The Youth genre recorded a fall of 0.81 per cent OTS on an HSM excluding 1L market basis. In this category, MTV grabbed highest OTS with 90.8 per cent followed by Channel V with 88.8 per cent OTS.

Infotainment reserved the third position in the losers list with a drop of 0.50 per cent. History TV 18 and NGC bagged the top two positions with 90.1 per cent and 90.1 per cent, respectively, on an all India including 1L market basis.

Music took the fourth position in the losers list with a drop of 0.32 per cent. In this category, Sony Mix got first position with 90.1 per cent and 9XM reserved the second position with 88.7 per cent OTS on an HSM excluding 1L market basis.

Last among the losers was the Hindi movies genre that stood at the fifth position with a fall of 0.26 per cent OTS with Max leading the chart with 94.3 per cent, followed by Star Gold with 93.4 per cent OTS on an HSM excluding 1L market basis.

November 22, 2017
9XM & Bindass Play slip, Mastiii retains lead

MUMBAI: Mastiii remained on the top of the chart, but witnessed a slight dip in numbers in week 32 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India (U+R) ratings.

The channel received 165639 Impressions (‘000s) sum in comparison to last week’s 170033 Impressions (‘000s) sum. B4U Music remained stable with 108487 Impressions (‘000s) sum in the second position.

The channels that witnessed change were — Sony MIX and 9XM. The 9X Media channel that was in the third position last week got pushed to the fourth place with 95493 Impressions (‘000s) sum. This placed Sony MIX in the third spot with 107529 Impressions (‘000s) sum.

Channel V and Bindass Play too went on to exchange their positions. Channel V claimed the eighth spot with 40853 Impressions (‘000s) sum as Bindass Play got pushed in the ninth place with Impressions (‘000s) sum.

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August 21, 2017
Sony Mix celebrates sixth year glory with renditions of idents

MUMBAI: Sony Mix has unveiled seven renditions of their channel’s signature ident, with some of the country’s most popular singers and musicians. These renditions are an expression of what the channel stands for and seamlessly ties back to its tagline – ‘Dekho, Suno, Gungunao’.

The music idents for Sony Mix have been created by renowned musicians like Sonu Nigam, Javed Ali, Jonita Gandhi, Nandini Shankar, Rakesh Chaurasia, Rhythm Shaw and Purbayan Chatterjee. These idents are a reflection of the channel’s refreshed look that was launched earlier this month, marking the completion of its six glorious years in India.

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) Max Cluster and Sony Mix senior EVP and business head Neeraj Vyas said, “ Being leaders in the music and entertainment industry, we are proud to come up with a unique concept of creating channel idents. This is the first time any music channel has come up with a signature tune and created their renditions. The singers and musicians have done utmost justice to the idents by lending their voices to it and we are confident that our music-loving audiences will be humming these idents as they go about the daily affairs.”

Below are the details to each rendition of the ident: Rendition #1: Javed Ali

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For his rendition, Javed Ali wanted to experiment with a combination of Indian classical music and Sufi music. Sufi music is derived from the works of Sufi poets with a huge influence of a percussion instrument and a single vocalist. Beginning with the ‘Thaan’ and ending with a beautifully composed ‘Alaap’, Javed Ali’s voice and his singing style is an amazing catalyst that creates magic in this tune.

Commenting on the rendition, Javed Ali says, “There is always magic created when the team that you work with has complete faith in you. The journey of creating this rendition started off when I met a very able music composer, Raju Singh. When I heard the tune, I knew that this will strike that emotional chord with the viewers.

Rendition #2: Rakesh Chaurasia

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The renowned flutist Rakesh Chaurasia’s rendition to the MIX signature tune lends itself to a symphony with the Tabla. He has added a few key flute techniques like fluttering and the sound of Shakuhachi as catalysts to this beautiful rendition.

“I had worked with Raju Singh ji on the original version of the MIX signature tune a few years ago and it was an honor to work with him again for MIX. This time the concept was very interesting as we focused on one instrument at a time for the same tune. It was a great experience as I had to give this tune my touch and technique with the bamboo flute. We thought this would take time, but the composition was so good that it hardly took us a couple of hours to come up with the rendition,” says Rakesh.

June 13, 2017
‘Refreshed’ Sony Mix aims to bring in more fluidity and minimalism, says Vyas

MUMBAI: Sony MIX, the dedicated Hindi music and entertainment channel from Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), has unveiled its renewed brand look, including a modernised and simplified design, marking six glorious years of operations in India. The new look reflects the channel’s timeless vision of being the most music-centered destination on Indian television. The new channel elements were rolled out on 1 May, 2017.

The fresh play out strategy reinforces the channel’s promise of more variety for everybody in a household and more music than any other music channel. As part of the refreshed look, viewers will now enjoy an enhanced visual experience of music in full screen for daypart ‘Raina Beeti Jaye’ and contemporary music. The audience can also look forward to the return of The Jam Room, MIX Solos and Raina Beeti Jaye- Jashn in the coming weeks.

Sony MIX boasts of the largest library in Hindi music genre with content from the top 8 music labels as it successfully caters to young audiences as well as those who are young at heart. The channel’s focus on music from across eras is reinforced with its unique three focused day parts – with music from the DDLJ era to music for the 15-21 year old age group in the evenings, to retaining the timeless classics from retro eras in the night.

Sony Pictures Networks India Sr EVP & Business Head, Hindi Music Cluster and Hindi Movies Cluster- Neeraj Vyas said: “Over the last six years, Sony MIX has been one of the leaders in India’s music and entertainment industry. Through its pioneering informative and mood-based programming, the music channel has set itself up as a destination dedicated to music in India. Our refreshed look, retains the brand colours that represent ‘Sapt Sur’, with a contemporary touch to stay attuned to the present times. The fresh packaging aims to bring in more fluidity and minimalism to enhance our viewer’s visual experience.”

Over its glorious six-year journey, Sony MIX has maintained an undeterred focus on content by producing a wide variety of packaged show offerings; right from user generated content to people profiles and factoids executed in the most unmistakably musical fashion.

May 4, 2017
Sony Mix’s ‘Media Ke Surtaj’ season 2 ends amid fanfare

MUMBAI: The Grand Finale of the second season of ‘Media Ke Surtaj’ was held on Friday at Bungalow 9 in Mumbai. Organized by SPN’s music cluster channels, Sony MIX and Sony Rox HD and hosted by RJ Salil.

A Karaoke competition amongst media professionals, Media Ke Surtaj, brought out hidden singing talent among media agency professionals. The audition rounds were held across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in agencies like OMD, Carat, Lodestar, Initiative, Publicis, Madison, ZenithOptimedia and GroupM between March 15 to 24, 2017. Elevated levels of enthusiasm and participation were displayed among all the participants and 180 contestants were shortlisted for Friday’s finale.

The event was massive and the audience swayed and cheered all along the event. The winners were selected in two categories namely, the Popular choice and the Critics’ choice. Each category had two sub-categories, i.e, Solo & Duet. The video of each participant’s audition is up on display up on www.mediakesurtaj.com for an audience poll. The voting closed on April 7th, receiving a tremendous response with overall 32000+ votes being registered. The popular choice category winners were selected based on the maximum votes received. The jury for the Critics’ Choice Awards included the masters of the industry including music composer Ajay Singha and singer Ash King, among others.

Ecstatic at the win, the Popular Choice Solo winner, Pankaj Dobhal from ZenithOptimedia, exclaimed, “I had not expected to win a singing competition my entire life. Doing something beyond your daily routine feels great and I would like to thank everyone who voted for me and had faith in my voice.” With all excitement, Critics’ choice Duet winners, Craig Viegas & Prachi Kalkar, GroupM said, “Singing has always been our hobby, never knew that it would get us such a big reward. We would like to thank Sony MIX for this initiative and giving us such a great platform to showcase our hidden talents.” Apart from these, Popular choice Duet category winners were Ashish Rane & Neelam Shridhankar from Carat Media and the Critics’ choice Solo category award was bagged by Gaurav Chopra from GroupM.

The winners of the popular choice category won prizes worth INR 20,000/-, and the critics’ choice category got an all-expense paid trip to Dubai for 2.

Talking about this innovative programme, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) Max Cluster & Sony Mix senior EVP and business head Neeraj Vyas said, “I feel, for most of us music is an integral part and one of the key drivers in our daily lives. Hence, we decided to use this musical platform to encourage media professionals to showcase their hidden talent while they get a break from their daily routine. We at SPN were elated with the first season of Media Ke Surtaj and extremely overwhelmed with the response received in this second season as well and will hopefully expand to new horizons soon.”

April 24, 2017
How niche channels have fared so far in 2017

BENGALURU: A number of brands often advertise on niche or speciality television channels to target specific audiences. A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic. In this paper, the author has attempted to study the performance of five genres based on Broadcast India Research Council of India (BARC) data in terms of Weekly Impressions (000s) Sumsfor the top five channels for weeks 1 to 12 of 2017 through statistical analysis.

The five genre are (in alphabetical order)

(1) English Entertainment (6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 2+ Individuals)
(2) Infotainment (6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 2+ Individuals)
(3) Kids’ (All India (U+R) : NCCS All : 2 – 14 years Individuals)
(4) Lifestyle (6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 2+ Individuals)
(5) Music (All India (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals)

This paper must be read with a caveat: It deals only with the players present in BARC’s top 5 lists of channels per week and programmes per week for each genre. The sums/percentages of other genres/players’/channels of other players as well other channels of players in this paper ratings or Impressions (000s) Sums other than those indicated in BARC’s top 5 lists of channels and programmes have not been considered/mentioned in this paper during the period under consideration and those numbers could be more/higher. Further, Combined Total Impressions or Combined Weekly Impressions mentioned in this paper means the sum of all the Impressions (000s) Sums for all the weeks under consideration of a network and/or channel and/or programme/s.

In terms of Combined Weekly Impressions in (000s) Sums of the top five channels of each genre during the 12 week period under consideration in this paper, Music is the biggest genre, followed by the Kids genre. Please refer to the following table: It may be noted that BARC data for both these genres is from both urban and rural markets, as compared to data from 6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 2+ Individuals for the other three genres.BARC provides data for the most successful programmes for the Kids’ genre only.

Music Genre

The top channels that have appeared in the top 5 Music channels – All India (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals list during weeks 1 to 12 of 2017 generally play Hindi Music. Some of the channels play pure Bollywood music, others a mixture of Bollywood and Hindi Music, and Hindi Classical Music while some others play a mix of Bollywood with a spattering of other Indian language and international music.

Five channels – Mastiii, B4U Music, 9XM, Sony MIX, 9X Jalwa have generally been present in the list during the 12 weeks under consideration, except during week 11, when MTV Beats came in at rank 5, while 9X Jalwa exited it in that week.

Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network’s subsidiary TV Vision’s music channel Mastiii– (Hindi Classic Music) has been the top channel in the Music genre during all the 12 weeks of 2017 as per BARC data for the period. B4U Music from the B4U Group, owned by Lakshmi Mittal, Kishore Lulla and GokulBinani was the second most watched channel during the period. The9X Group’s music channel 9XM came at third spot followed by Sony Pictures Network India’s Hindi film music channel Sony MIX. The 9X Group’s Hindi Classic Music channel 9X Jalwa was the fifth most watched channel during the first 12 weeks of 2017.

Please refer to the chart below for channels and ranking.

Kids’ genre

Five channels have been consistently present in the top 5 Kids channels list All India (U+R) : NCCS All : 2 – 14 years Individuals during all the first 12 weeks of 2017. They are NICK, Cartoon Network, Pogo TV, Hungama and Disney Channel.

Viacom’schildren’s 24-hour pay channel in Hindi, with the option of English, Tamil and Telugu audio feed on DTH, NICK (Nickelodeon) has topped the top 5 channels list during the period under consideration in this paper. Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network India was the second most watched children’s channel during weeks 1 to 12 of 2017. The channel primarily airs animated shows in four different languages: English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Turner’s Pogo TV was the third most watched kids channel during the period, followed by Disney Channels Worldwide’sHungama TV having Hindi, Telugu and Tamil dubbed content at fourth place. The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Channel available in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil(although many shows broadcast on the channel are only available in Hindi) was ranked fifth during the period under consideration.

Please refer to the list below.

As mentioned above, BARC provides data for the most successful programmes for the Kids’ genre only. Hindi films and programs based on the Indian animated series Motu Patlu on NICK and Pogo TV and Indian animated comedy adventure ChhotaBheem on Pogo TV were among the most successful children’s programs during the weeks under consideration.

Infotainment

Five channels from the Infotainment genre – Discovery Channel, History TV 18, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet and Nat Geo Wildfound a place in the top 5 channels list in terms of Combined Weekly Impressions (000s) Sums during the first 12 weeks of 2017.

Discovery Communications Discovery Channel in Hindi, Telugu and Bengali along with English and a dedicated channel in Tamil was the most watched Infotainment channel during the first twelve weeks of 2017. Viacom’s History TV18 in eight languages – English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu was the second most watched channel during the period under consideration. 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society’s National Geographic Channel came next, followed by Discovery Communications Animal Planet. 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society’s Nat Geo Wild was the fifth most watched channel during the period under consideration in this paper.

Lifestyle

Five channels have been consistently present in the top Lifestyle channel list (6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 2+ Individuals) during the first twelve weeks of 2017. They wereLiving Foodz, Fox Life, Food Food, FYI TV18 and TLC.

The Essel Group’s Living Foodz channel was the most watched Lifestyle channel in weeks 1 to 12 of 2017. Fox Broadcasting Company’s Fox Life was the second most lifestyle channel during the same period. Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Malaysian Astro, and Mogae Consultantschannel Food Food came next, followed by A+E Networks and TV18’s FYI TV18 channel that is available in 8 languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali at fourth place. Discovery Communications TLC was the fifth most watched Lifestyle channel during the first 12 weeks of 2017.

Please see the list below:

English Entertainment

During the first twelve weeks of 2017, the English Entertainment genre was dominated mainly by five channels – Comedy Central, STAR World, Zee Café, Colors Infinity SD and AXN, except for 3 of the 12 weeks when Fox’s FX channel entered the list, while AXN exited it.

Viacom’s Comedy Central topped the lists in seven of the twelve weeks under consideration, followed by Star India’s Star World which topped the lists for five weeks. The Essel Group’s Zee Café was third, with Viacom 18’s Colors Infinity SD. Sony Pictures Network India’s AXN at fifth place.

Please refer to the chart below:

April 3, 2017