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  • BARC week 43: Genre leaders continue to lead

    BARC week 43: Genre leaders continue to lead

    MUMBAI: The English entertainment genre was dominated by Comedy Central whereas Movie Now stayed put in the top position in the English movies’ genre. FX made an entry in the list of Top 5 channels this week. 

    According to the week 43 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Discovery channel continued to rule the infotainment space. Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.
    English Entertainment
    Comedy Central stood at the number one position with 325 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 240 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position was secured by AXN with 142 Impressions (‘000s) while FX held the fourth position with 100 Impressions (‘000s). Colors Infinity SD took the fifth spot with 86 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 3468 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 3336 Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2378 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third position. HBO secured the fourth position with 1774 Impressions (‘000s) whereas Zee Studio with 1531 Impressions (‘000s) was at the fifth place.

    Infotainment
    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 4582 Impressions (‘000s) followed by History TV 18 at the second spot with 4025 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet with 2825 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic channel with 2559 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 1972 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle
    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 2037 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 1038 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 786 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 613 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 278 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Diwali: English shows, movies to watch out for

    Diwali: English shows, movies to watch out for

    MUMBAI: It’s that time of the year when the entire nation is bedecked with colorful lights. The most exuberant of all Indian festivals is knocking at our doors, and television channels are doing their bit to make it a Happy Diwali for their viewers!

    For all those binge-viewers who like staying back home glued to the television, apart from feasting and gifting, the English entertainment and movie channels have dished out an exclusive line up of shows and movies for the festivities.

    As the Diwali fireworks light up the night sky, viewers will get to amplify this year’s Diwali bonanza. After perusing the available options on channels like Colors Infinity, Comedy Central, Movies Now, Romedy Now, Sony Pix, Zee Café, Zee Studio and VH1, Indiantelevision.com recommends a few shows that viewers can gape at this festive season.

    Colors Infinity

    While everyone indulges in some quintessential Diwali rituals of playing cards and eating King-size meals, the channel will air Queen Helena, played by Elizabeth Hurley, along with Princess Eleanor and Prince Liam starrer The Royals. The viewers can binge-watch the season 1 and season 2 on 29 October and 30 October 10:30 am onwards.

    Comedy Central

    Comedy Central is all set to light up the weekend with an unconventional and amusingly opinionated family of the Carmichaels! The channel will air The Carmichaels Show on 29 and 30 October 4 pm onwards.

    Movies Now

    The channel plans to showcase special properties this Diwali, called Fireworks and Boom Boom Blast. Fireworks began from 24 October and will air movies at 9 pm. The line-up of movies includes Dracula Untold, Fast Five, 2012, Godzilla, Edge Of Tomorrow & Furious 6.

    The other property which started from 3 October ended on 28 October which showcased movies like, Into The Storm, The Darkest Hour, Godzilla, Spiderman 2 and Olympus Has Fallen.

    Romedy Now

    The channel is set to broadcast a new property called Diwali Delights. In this property, popular titled like, The Duff, What if, We’re the Millers, About Time, A Little Bit of Heaven, Blended, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Endless Love, Begin Again, Cuban Fury, etc will be aired from 24 October to 4 November every Monday to Friday at 11 pm. 

    Sony Pix

    The channel will air Pitch Perfect 2 at 12:59 pm followed by the Lone Ranger at 3:13 pm. Battleship will be aired at 6:12 pm, followed by Pitch Perfect 2 at 8:59 pm. King Kong will telecast at 11:24 pm.

    Zee Café

    The channel will usher into the festivities by 12 am with The Whispers show till 4:45 am followed by America’s Got Talent till 6:15 am. Post that, an hour of Just for Laughs followed by Lethal Weapon up to 9 am. The Big Bang Theory will air till 9:30 am leading to back-to-back episodes of Mysteries of Laura till 12 pm.  Pretty Little Liars will air till 6 pm followed by Lethal Weapon and The Big Bang Theory. The channel will air The Shannara Chronicles at 8pm, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders at 9 pm, Code Black at 10 pm, The Real O’Neals at 11 pm and Two & a Half Men at 11:30 pm. 

    Zee Studio

    Zee Studio is all set to air Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol on 30 October at 4:20 pm followed by The Expendables 2 at 7 pm. The Amazing Spiderman 2 will air at 9 pm whereas Transformers: Age of Extinction will telecast at 11:50 pm.

    Vh1

    Celebrate this Diwali with the Vh1 One in a Billion– Diwali Special. Viewers can watch some of the best music videos that have achieved the milestone of having over a billion views in the digital world. The property will telecast on 31 October at 12 pm and 8 pm.

  • Diwali: English shows, movies to watch out for

    Diwali: English shows, movies to watch out for

    MUMBAI: It’s that time of the year when the entire nation is bedecked with colorful lights. The most exuberant of all Indian festivals is knocking at our doors, and television channels are doing their bit to make it a Happy Diwali for their viewers!

    For all those binge-viewers who like staying back home glued to the television, apart from feasting and gifting, the English entertainment and movie channels have dished out an exclusive line up of shows and movies for the festivities.

    As the Diwali fireworks light up the night sky, viewers will get to amplify this year’s Diwali bonanza. After perusing the available options on channels like Colors Infinity, Comedy Central, Movies Now, Romedy Now, Sony Pix, Zee Café, Zee Studio and VH1, Indiantelevision.com recommends a few shows that viewers can gape at this festive season.

    Colors Infinity

    While everyone indulges in some quintessential Diwali rituals of playing cards and eating King-size meals, the channel will air Queen Helena, played by Elizabeth Hurley, along with Princess Eleanor and Prince Liam starrer The Royals. The viewers can binge-watch the season 1 and season 2 on 29 October and 30 October 10:30 am onwards.

    Comedy Central

    Comedy Central is all set to light up the weekend with an unconventional and amusingly opinionated family of the Carmichaels! The channel will air The Carmichaels Show on 29 and 30 October 4 pm onwards.

    Movies Now

    The channel plans to showcase special properties this Diwali, called Fireworks and Boom Boom Blast. Fireworks began from 24 October and will air movies at 9 pm. The line-up of movies includes Dracula Untold, Fast Five, 2012, Godzilla, Edge Of Tomorrow & Furious 6.

    The other property which started from 3 October ended on 28 October which showcased movies like, Into The Storm, The Darkest Hour, Godzilla, Spiderman 2 and Olympus Has Fallen.

    Romedy Now

    The channel is set to broadcast a new property called Diwali Delights. In this property, popular titled like, The Duff, What if, We’re the Millers, About Time, A Little Bit of Heaven, Blended, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Endless Love, Begin Again, Cuban Fury, etc will be aired from 24 October to 4 November every Monday to Friday at 11 pm. 

    Sony Pix

    The channel will air Pitch Perfect 2 at 12:59 pm followed by the Lone Ranger at 3:13 pm. Battleship will be aired at 6:12 pm, followed by Pitch Perfect 2 at 8:59 pm. King Kong will telecast at 11:24 pm.

    Zee Café

    The channel will usher into the festivities by 12 am with The Whispers show till 4:45 am followed by America’s Got Talent till 6:15 am. Post that, an hour of Just for Laughs followed by Lethal Weapon up to 9 am. The Big Bang Theory will air till 9:30 am leading to back-to-back episodes of Mysteries of Laura till 12 pm.  Pretty Little Liars will air till 6 pm followed by Lethal Weapon and The Big Bang Theory. The channel will air The Shannara Chronicles at 8pm, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders at 9 pm, Code Black at 10 pm, The Real O’Neals at 11 pm and Two & a Half Men at 11:30 pm. 

    Zee Studio

    Zee Studio is all set to air Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol on 30 October at 4:20 pm followed by The Expendables 2 at 7 pm. The Amazing Spiderman 2 will air at 9 pm whereas Transformers: Age of Extinction will telecast at 11:50 pm.

    Vh1

    Celebrate this Diwali with the Vh1 One in a Billion– Diwali Special. Viewers can watch some of the best music videos that have achieved the milestone of having over a billion views in the digital world. The property will telecast on 31 October at 12 pm and 8 pm.

  • Sony Pix to telecast ‘Jurassic World’ on 22 October

    Sony Pix to telecast ‘Jurassic World’ on 22 October

    MUMBAI: Sony Pix will take the viewers on a thrilling, adventurous journey with cloned dinosaurs in their Billion Dollar Premiere property. The channel plans to air Jurassic World on 22 October at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Owing to its visual spectacle and nail-biting narrative, the movie got an opening of over US$500 million worldwide.

    “Jurassic World is the second highest grossing film of 2015 with Rs 1.6 billion in revenues. It was a natural choice for us to showcase a film of this scale first on our channel as Sony Pix is synonymous with Hollywood Blockbusters. In fact, other blockbusters of 2015 like Furious 7 and Minions also premiered first on Sony Pix. So our strategy is to invest in great content that will leave our viewers Amazed,” said Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) English entertainment cluster executive vice-president and business head Saurabh Yagnik.

    Apart from having A-listers actors like Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Brian Tee, the movie also stars veteran actor Irrfan Khan in a suave role of Simon Masrani.

    Khan said, “I have always enjoyed working in Hollywood movies and being a part of a record breaking movie – Jurassic World was a great opportunity. I am glad that Sony PIX will be airing the movie for the first time on Indian Television and this must-watch family entertainer will surely reach out to a larger audience. Kids, teens or grown-ups, this film is sure to be loved by all those who watch it!”

  • Sony Pix to telecast ‘Jurassic World’ on 22 October

    Sony Pix to telecast ‘Jurassic World’ on 22 October

    MUMBAI: Sony Pix will take the viewers on a thrilling, adventurous journey with cloned dinosaurs in their Billion Dollar Premiere property. The channel plans to air Jurassic World on 22 October at 1 pm and 9 pm.

    Owing to its visual spectacle and nail-biting narrative, the movie got an opening of over US$500 million worldwide.

    “Jurassic World is the second highest grossing film of 2015 with Rs 1.6 billion in revenues. It was a natural choice for us to showcase a film of this scale first on our channel as Sony Pix is synonymous with Hollywood Blockbusters. In fact, other blockbusters of 2015 like Furious 7 and Minions also premiered first on Sony Pix. So our strategy is to invest in great content that will leave our viewers Amazed,” said Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) English entertainment cluster executive vice-president and business head Saurabh Yagnik.

    Apart from having A-listers actors like Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Brian Tee, the movie also stars veteran actor Irrfan Khan in a suave role of Simon Masrani.

    Khan said, “I have always enjoyed working in Hollywood movies and being a part of a record breaking movie – Jurassic World was a great opportunity. I am glad that Sony PIX will be airing the movie for the first time on Indian Television and this must-watch family entertainer will surely reach out to a larger audience. Kids, teens or grown-ups, this film is sure to be loved by all those who watch it!”

  • Colors Infinity returns; Star World HD departs

    Colors Infinity returns; Star World HD departs

    MUMBAI: Colors Infinity made a comeback whereas Star World HD made an exit in this week’s data. According to Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Comedy Central toppled Zee Cafe whereas Star World HD made an exit from the top 5 player list in the English entertainment genre.

    In the English movies genre, Star Movies replaced Movies Now.

    Discovery channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre. Zing was at the number one position in the youth space.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central took the no 1 position this week with 321 Impressions (‘000s). AXN HD came up to the second place with 224 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe at the third spot with 219 Impressions (‘000s). The fourth position was taken by AXN with 167 Impressions (‘000s) while Colors Infinity took the fifth berth with 145 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Star Movies replaced Movies Now dominating the space with 2844 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2833  Impressions (‘000s).  Movies Now with 2563 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions followed by Zee Studio with 1485 Impressions (‘000s) and HBO with 1386 Impressions (‘000s)  taking the fourth and fifth position respectively.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel with a decline in the ratings continued to dominate the space with 4555 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 4981 Impressions (‘000s) in week 40. History TV 18 took the second spot with 3735 Impressions (‘000s). National Geographic Channel with 3148 Impressions (‘000s) and Animal Planet with 2876 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2249 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with increased ratings from 1738 Impressions (‘000s) in week 40 to 2210 Impressions (‘000s) this week. Food Food took the second berth with 823 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 731 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 502 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 322 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

    Youth

    Zing ranked the chart with 9208 Impressions (‘000s) followed by MTV at the second spot with 7625 Impressions (‘000s). Bindass took the third position with 6551 Impressions (‘000s). Zoom with 5496 Impressions (‘000s) and Channel V with 3469 Impressions (‘000s) were at the fourth and fifth position respectively.

  • Colors Infinity returns; Star World HD departs

    Colors Infinity returns; Star World HD departs

    MUMBAI: Colors Infinity made a comeback whereas Star World HD made an exit in this week’s data. According to Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Comedy Central toppled Zee Cafe whereas Star World HD made an exit from the top 5 player list in the English entertainment genre.

    In the English movies genre, Star Movies replaced Movies Now.

    Discovery channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre. Zing was at the number one position in the youth space.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central took the no 1 position this week with 321 Impressions (‘000s). AXN HD came up to the second place with 224 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe at the third spot with 219 Impressions (‘000s). The fourth position was taken by AXN with 167 Impressions (‘000s) while Colors Infinity took the fifth berth with 145 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Star Movies replaced Movies Now dominating the space with 2844 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2833  Impressions (‘000s).  Movies Now with 2563 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions followed by Zee Studio with 1485 Impressions (‘000s) and HBO with 1386 Impressions (‘000s)  taking the fourth and fifth position respectively.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel with a decline in the ratings continued to dominate the space with 4555 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 4981 Impressions (‘000s) in week 40. History TV 18 took the second spot with 3735 Impressions (‘000s). National Geographic Channel with 3148 Impressions (‘000s) and Animal Planet with 2876 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2249 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with increased ratings from 1738 Impressions (‘000s) in week 40 to 2210 Impressions (‘000s) this week. Food Food took the second berth with 823 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 731 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 502 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 322 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

    Youth

    Zing ranked the chart with 9208 Impressions (‘000s) followed by MTV at the second spot with 7625 Impressions (‘000s). Bindass took the third position with 6551 Impressions (‘000s). Zoom with 5496 Impressions (‘000s) and Channel V with 3469 Impressions (‘000s) were at the fourth and fifth position respectively.

  • Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    MUMBAI: According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Zee Café toppled Comedy Central in the English entertainment genre. Colors Infinity SD made an exit in this week’s data making way for AXN to enter the Top 5 channels list. The English entertainment players saw an increase in the viewership this week. Movie Now continued to rule in the English movies’ genre.

    Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Zee Café took the no 1 position this week with 351 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central with 337 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position was taken by AXN HD with 300 Impressions (‘000s) while Star World HD held the fourth position with 214 Impressions (‘000s). AXN the fifth spot with 102 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 2905 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2466  Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2426 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1865 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1854 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 4981 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 3794 Impressions (‘000s). History TV 18 with 3531 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3059 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2497 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1738 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 817 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 759 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 544 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 374 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    MUMBAI: According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Zee Café toppled Comedy Central in the English entertainment genre. Colors Infinity SD made an exit in this week’s data making way for AXN to enter the Top 5 channels list. The English entertainment players saw an increase in the viewership this week. Movie Now continued to rule in the English movies’ genre.

    Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Zee Café took the no 1 position this week with 351 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central with 337 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position was taken by AXN HD with 300 Impressions (‘000s) while Star World HD held the fourth position with 214 Impressions (‘000s). AXN the fifth spot with 102 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 2905 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2466  Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2426 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1865 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1854 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 4981 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 3794 Impressions (‘000s). History TV 18 with 3531 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3059 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2497 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1738 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 817 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 759 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 544 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 374 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Sony Pix to air best films from James Bond franchise

    Sony Pix to air best films from James Bond franchise

    MUMBAI: Envy him for his sophisticated gadgets or love him for his charming attitude, you definitely cannot ignore this iconic secret agent, who will sweep you off your feet with his impeccable style and wit. The name’s Bond…James Bond – the panache that remains unparalleled since 1962. Catch the most complicated cases getting solved by code name 007 only on Sony Pix with Bond PIXathon. Watch some of the best films from the James Bond franchise back-to-back all day long on 2 October from 10 am onwards.  

    Bond movies have succeeded in keeping the viewers on the edge of their seats. While the oh-so-charming Pierce Brosnan, will keep you enthralled with his back-to-back three movie marathon, Tomorrow Never Dies at 10 am, The World Is Not Enough at 12:30 pm and Die Another Day at 3:15 pm, there is more in the offing. The channel will then move on to satiate your appetite by showcasing movies of the drop dead gorgeous, Daniel Craig- Casino Royale at 6 pm and Quantum of Solace at 9 pm.

    The Bond series have a lot to offer – from the well suited Bond style and the theme tune, to the gadgets used and the quintessential dialogues. What started as a fictional character by novelist Ian Fleming in the year 1953, went on to become a successful 26-movie series with 6 actors playing the title character of James Bond till the year 2015. The franchise has grossed nearly $7 billion to date, making it the third-highest-grossing film series. 

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