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  • Discover iconic Bollywood classics on National Cinema Day with Tata Play Binge

    Discover iconic Bollywood classics on National Cinema Day with Tata Play Binge

    Mumbai: Cinema, a mesmerizing art form, has painted our lives with endless stories, laughter, tears, heart-thumps and created unforgettable memories. National Cinema Day celebrates this love for cinema by bringing us closer to the art. In the spirit of this celebration, Tata Play Binge, the aggregator platform that is home to over 22 OTT apps, brings a meticulously curated list of Bollywood classics that embody the very essence of Indian cinema. From powerful action to heart-melting romance to moving drama, the platform is home to all and more. On this special day, join us in embracing the magic of movies and reliving iconic moments from some of Bollywood’s biggest hits that epitomises Indian cinema’s signature storytelling. These movies have been responsible for making what the world sees as Bollywood today!

    Mughal-E-Azam on Zee5

    This iconic classic was released in 1960, Mughal-e-Azam is a timeless Indian historical drama directed by K. Asif. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast including Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, and the beautiful Madhubala, it was  the highest-grossing film of the yesteryear that went on to grab the Filmfare Award in 1961 for ‘Best Film’ as well as the ‘National Film Awards’ for ‘Best Feature Film in Hindi.’ Mughal-e-Azam became such an iconic part of Indian cinema that it was re-released in color, allowing a new generation of viewers to experience its grandeur and timelessness. Mughal-e-Azam has single-handedly been the stepping stone of Bollywood Cinema which has not only created an audience for such movies but have also paved the way for writers and makers to explore compelling storylines.

    Sooryavansham on Sony Liv  

    Sooryavansham should be made the unofficial flag bearer of movies that people watch for guilty pleasure. Featuring the legendary Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, the movie is an endearing Bollywood classic that exudes family-centric charm and melodrama. Notably, this iconic movie earned Amitabh Bachchan the prestigious Best Actor Award by the All India Critics Association (AICA) in the year 2000 and became the most telecasted film on television!

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge on Apple TV+

    DDLJ, short for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, is an iconic Indian cinematic masterpiece, redefined the romantic genre and solidified Shah Rukh Khan’s status as the ‘King of Romance’.  The movie was a huge blockbuster earning it the Filmfare Awards, National Film Award, Screen Awards and most recently the Star Box Office India Awards for ‘Box Office India Milestone’ in 2014. DDLJ continues to successfully run in old Mumbai theaters till date making every generation fall in love with King-Khan and have over promising expectations from love stories in general!

    Vivah on Lionsgate Play

    With the tagline journey from engagement to marraige and featuring the talented duo Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao, this movie is a heartwarming tribute to the institution of arranged marriage in Indian culture. The film was declared a hit and became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, establishing Shahid as a leading actor in Bollywood. And yes, it’s the source of the memorable “Jal lijiye” meme that continues to tickle the funny bone of enthusiasts.

    Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham on Netflix

    Affectionately known as K3G and masterfully directed by the maestro Karan Johar, this cinematic extravaganza boasts an ensemble cast of legends including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, and Kareena Kapoor Khan. The film bagged a Filmfare for Kajol as Best Actress while winning the cast many more awards as it broke box office records and was the second highest-grossing film in India that year. It also marked a new era of Hindi films releasing internationally, paving the path for Indian cinema to reach a global audience.

    Nayak on Disney+ Hotstar

    Directed by the visionary S. Shankar, this Indian political drama, featuring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji takes audiences on a captivating journey through the tangled web of political corruption, media influence, and the moral obligations of public figures. It was one of the most expensive movies of its time. Even though it bombed at the box office, it managed to gather a cult following, primarily because of its theme and still finds an audience every time it runs on television.

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  • Zee Anmol again most watched Hindi channel across genres

    Zee Anmol again most watched Hindi channel across genres

    BENGALURU: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd's (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was ranked second, as in the previous week,  in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 46 of 2018 (Saturday, 10 November 2018 to Friday, 16 November 2018). At its usual place at first rank in BARC’s weekly list for week 46 of 2018 was the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. Hence, Zee Anmol was the most watched Hindi channel, be it Hindi GEC or Hindi movies during the week under review.

    Seven Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Hindi movies, Tamil and Telugu channels made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 46 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, as has also become a norm, there were four channels from Star India, two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zeel and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18.

    As mentioned above, at its normal first rank in week 46 was the Tamil GEC Sun TV with 935.190 million weekly impressions as compared to 1,116.456 million weekly impressions in week 45 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and four programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    At second place was Zee Anmol in week 46 of 2018. The channel scored 775.164 million weekly impressions as compared to 815.684 million weekly impressions in week 45. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and was ranked ninth in HSM (U). The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R).  Another two programmes aired on the channel – Mahek was ranked third  and Ek Main Aur Ek Tu was ranked fifth in HSM (R).

    Star India’s pay-TV channel Star Bharat climbed up to third rank in week 46 of 2017 from seventh rank in the previous week. The channel scored 722.909 million weekly impressions in week 46 as compared to 668.070 million weekly impressions in week 45. Star Bharat was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), fourth in HSM (R) and was ranked fifth in HSM (U). The Hindi mythology Radhakrishn on the channel was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GECs programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus retained its previous week’s fourth rank in week 46 of 2018 with 696.102 million impressions as compared to 683.120 million weekly impressions in week 45. Star Plus was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U) and ninth in HSM (R). The 4 Lion Films soap Kulfi Kumar Bajewala aired on Star Plus was present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U) at fourth rank.

    Zee TV climbed up a place in week 46 of 2018 to fifth rank as compared to sixth place in week 45. Zee TV scored 694.459 million weekly impressions in week 46 of 2018 as compared to 681.144 million weekly impressions in week 45. Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), seventh in HSM (R), and fourth in HSM (U) during the week. Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were at fourth and third ranks respectively in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and third and second respectively in HSM (U).

    Dropping three places to sixth rank in week 46 of 2018 was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 679.864 million weekly impressions as compared with 693.071 million weekly impressions in week 45. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Five programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in the same market.

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav dropped two places to seventh rank in week 46 of 2018 with 678.124 million weekly impressions as compared to 681.541 weekly impressions in week 45. Star Utsav was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), and in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U).

    SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal re-entered BARC’s across genres list in week 46 of 2018 with 664.2681.54159 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was ranked seventh in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (R) and was ranked eighth in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah on Sony Pal was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max dropped one place to rank nine in week 46 of 2018 with 644.646 million weekly impressions as compared to 630.586 million weekly impressions in week 45. Sony Max was ranked first in BARC’s weekly lists of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R), and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The Hindi Feature Films (HFF)  – World Television Premier or WTP Raj Mahal 4,  HFF-Sooryavansham

    WTP-HFF-Nawabzaadev and HFF-DJ were ranked second, third, fourth and fifth respectively in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U).

    Dropping down a rank was Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors in week 46 of 2018 with 642.486 million weekly impressions as compared to 621.799 million weekly impressions in week 45. Colors was ranked seventh, tenth and third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), HSM (R) and HSM (U) respectively. The Balaji Telefilms produced third season of the supernatural drama Naagin 3 was ranked first in BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

  • Sony Max once again tops Hindi channels across genres

    Sony Max once again tops Hindi channels across genres

    BENGALURU: For the fifth time in this calendar year (CY 2018), Sony Pictures Network India Hindi movies channel Sony Max was ranked second in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ individuals in week 35 of 2018 (Saturday, 25 August 2018 to Friday, 31 August 2018). The channel was earlier ranked second in weeks 28, 29, 30 and 31 of 2018 in BARC’s across genres lists. At its normal first place was the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. Hence, Sony Max was the most watched Hindi channel in week 35 of 2018.

    Six Hindi GECs, two Hindi movies channels and one channel each from the Tamil and Telugu genres made it to BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 35 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, as is also becoming a norm were four Star India channels, two channels each from SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from Sun TV Network and Viacom18.

    As mentioned above, at its normal first rank in week 35 was theTamil GEC Sun TV with 999.006 million weekly impressions as compared to 1017.394 million weekly impressions in week 34 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and four of the 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    Climbing up five ranks to second place in week 35 of 2018 was Sony Max with 721.447 million weekly impressions as compared to 664.337 million weekly impressions in week 34.  Sony Max was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in the HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R).  Hindi feature film (HFF) Sarrianodu and the world television premier (WTP) of the Telugu feature dubbed into Hindi, A AA  on Sony Max were among BARC’s list of the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R). Further, four HFF – Sarrianodu, A AA, DJ and Kanchana on Sony Max were also among BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime list in HSM (U).

    Climbing down a rank to third place in week 35 of 2018 was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 701.762 million weekly impressions as compared to 807.267 million weekly impressions in week 34. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked  first in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Climbing up a rank to fourth rank in week 35 of 2018 was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star India with 687.926 million impressions as compared to 674.437 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Plus was ranked second in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Director’s Kut Productions-produced Hindi soap Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U).

    Also climbing up a rank to fifth place in week 35 of 2018 was another SPN Hindi Movies channel Sony Wah with 669.499 million weekly impressions as compared to 667.474 million weekly impressions in week 34. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and first in HSM (R) and fifth in HSM (U). Hindi feature film (HFF) Sooryavansham that featured on Sony Wah was among the top 5 most watched Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) for the week in BARC’s list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R).One more HFF- Yevadu on Sony Wah was also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    Climbing down three ranks to sixth place in week 35 of 2018 was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 647.750 million weekly impressions as compared to third rank and 697.191 million weekly impressions in week 34. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Four of the five top programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Also climbing up a rank to seventh place was Star India’s Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 632,025 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 659.579 million weekly impressions in week 34. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), sixth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    Dropping down four ranks to eighth place in week 35 of 2018 was another Star India FTA Hindi GEC with 629.138 million weekly impressions as compared to 684.340 million weekly impressions in week 34. Star Utsav was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The soap Rabba Ve aired on Star Utsav was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Retaining its previous week’s ninth rank in week 35 of 2018 was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 620.187 million weekly impressions as compared to 628.308 million weekly impressions in week 34. Zee TV was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), fifth in HSM (U) and eighth in HSM (R) during the week. Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Also retaining its previous week’s tenth rank in week 35 of 2018 was Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 595.830 million weekly impressions as compared to 622.131 million weekly impressions in week 34. The third season of the Balaji Telefilms-produced supernatural drama Naagin 3 was among BARC’s top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

  • 7 Star India, Sony Pictures channels amongst top 10 across genres

    7 Star India, Sony Pictures channels amongst top 10 across genres

    BENGALURU: Four channels from Star India and three channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) were among Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres for week 33 of 2018 (Saturday, 11 August 2018 to Friday, 17 August 2018). The three other channels in the list were from two networks – two channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun TV Network Limited.

    BARC’s across genres list for week 33 comprised of six Hindi GEC channels, two Hindi Movies channels and one channel each from the Tamil and the Telugu GEC genres.

    As is the norm, Sun TV led the across the genres list at first place in week 33 with ,1027.548 million weekly impressions as compared to 1,133.028 million weekly impressions in week 32 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and four of the 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    Retaining its previous week’s second rank was Zeel’s free to air or FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol in week 33 of 2018 with 762.485 million weekly impressions as compared to 749.977 million weekly impressions in week 32. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking market – HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked  fifth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max returned to BARC’s across genres list in week 33 of 2018 with 718.388 million weekly impressions.  Sony Max was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in the HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R).  S S Rajamouli’s sequel Bahubali -2 or Bahubali the Conclusion was ranked first in BARC’s list of the top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).  Three other Hindi feature films – Sooryavansham, Tiger Zinda Hai and Paisa Vasool were also among BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime list in HSM (U).

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav also retained its fourth rank in week 33 of 2018 with 717.238 million weekly impressions as compared and 675.211 million weekly impressions in week 32. Star Utsav was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The soap Rabba Ve aired on Star Utsav was ranked third in BARC’s weekly in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Dropping down two ranks from the previous week to fifth place in week 33 of 2018 was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus with 698.754 million impressions as compared to 726.112 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Plus was ranked third in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Director’s Kut Productions produced Hindi soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked sixth in BARC’s across genres list for week 33 of 2018 with 683.334 million weekly impressions as compared to fifth rank and 659.642 million weekly impressions in week 32. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. All the five top programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    At seventh rank was SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Wah with 681.055 million weekly impressions in week 33 of 2018 as compared to 628.865 million weekly impressions in week 31. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (R) and fifth in HSM (U). Hindi feature films (HFF) that featured on Sony Wah – Sultan and Shivaji the Boss were among the top 5 most watched Hindi Movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) for the week in BARC’s list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). A third HFF- Koi Mil Gaya on Sony Wah was also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    At eighth rank was SPN’s FTA women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal rank in week 33 of 2018 with 621.147 million weekly impressions as compared to tenth rank and 618.547 million weekly impressions in week 32. Sony Pal was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), was ranked third in HSM (R) and was ranked eighth in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    At ninth rank was Star India’s Hindi GEC Star Bharat in week 33 of 2018 with 619.664 million weekly impressions compared to seventh rank and 619.402 million weekly impressions in week 32. Star Bharat was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), sixth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    At tenth rank was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 619.458 million weekly impressions in week 33 of 2018 as compared to sixth rank and 657.079 million weekly impressions in week 32. Zee TV was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (U) and seventh in HSM (R) during the week. One programme that was aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, was ranked second in HSM (U+R)  and was ranked fifth in HSM (U) in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week. Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV was also ranked fourth in HSM (U) in BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

  • IPL 11 catapults Star Sports 1 Hindi to second place in across genres

    IPL 11 catapults Star Sports 1 Hindi to second place in across genres

    BENGALURU: The eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 11 began on Saturday, 7 April 2018, the first day of Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) week 15 of 2018. As has become a norm, the league poaches eyeballs from all other genres in the country on weekdays during primetime. This time IPL broadcast rights were awarded to Star India. Right in the first week of IPL 11, Indian’s penchant for the battle between the willow and leather shows, based on BARC’s weekly data for top 10 channels across genre in week 15 of 2018. Star India’s sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi (SS1H) made a grand entry and how!

    Six Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Tamil GEC, Telugu GEC, Hindi movies and sports genres comprised BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genres–All India (U+R): 2+ individuals. Half the number of top-10 channels were from Star India, two each were from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel), and one was from the Sun TV Network.

    In week 15, Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV barely made it to the top spot in the list with 935.993 million weekly impressions. Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top-five Tamil channels and all the top-five programmes during primetime featured on Sun TV in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets.

    Close on Sun TV’s heels at second rank in BARC’s across-genre list was Star India’s SS1H with 945.856 million weekly impressions. The channel ranked first in BARC’s list of top-five sports channels during the week under review. The top-five sports programmes during primetime featured on SS1H, with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) match being the most watched sports programme during prime time.

    At third place in week 15 of 2018 was Zeel’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 678.472 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was also ranked third in week 14 of 2018. Zee Anmol topped BARC’s lists of top-10 Hindi GEC in the Hindi-speaking markets (HSM) in urban and rural (U+R) and rural (R). Balaji Telefilms-produced family soap Kumkum Bhagya on Zee Anmol was the most watched Hindi GEC programme during prime time in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another programme on the channel, Ganga, was also among BARC’s five most-watched Hindi GEC programmes during prime time in HSM (R).

    The Star Network FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat dropped to fourth rank in week 15 of 2018 from second place in week 14 with 675.961 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was ranked second in BARC’s list of top-10 channels in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (U) and fourth in HSM (R). The show Kya Haal Mr Panchal was the fourth most-watched Hindi GEC programme during prime time in HSM (U+R).

    SPN’s women-focused channel Sony Pal dropped a rank to fifth place in week 15 of 2018 as compared to fourth place in the previous week. Sony Pal scored 655.047 million weekly impressions during the week under consideration in BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genres. Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (R). Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah was among the five most-watched Hindi GEC programmes during prime time in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Two more programmes that featured on the channel– crime show CID and Baalveer—were also among BARC’s top-five Hindi GEC programmes during prime time in HSM (R).

    Another Star India FTA Star Utsav was ranked sixth in week 15 of 2018 with 578.783 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and ranked third in HSM (R).

    Zee’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its previous week’s seventh rank in week 15 of 2018 with 543.830 million weekly impressions. Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top-10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) and fourth in HSM (U). Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhayga’s Mahasangam, which was featured on Zee TV, was the second most-watched show during prime time in HSM (U+R) and the most-watched show during primetime in HSM (U). Another soap, Ishq Subhan Allah, was the third most-watched Hindi GEC programme in HSM (U+R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked eighth in week 15 of 2018 with 515.466 million weekly impressions. Star Maa was the top-ranked Telugu channel in BARC’s list of top-five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana markets. Three programmes, including a Telugu feature films Raja the Great that featured on Star Maa, were among BARC’s top-five Telugu programmes during primetime.

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was ranked ninth in week 15 of 2018 with 497.243 million weekly impressions. Star Plus was ranked second in BARC’s list of top-10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U). Two programmes on Star Plus, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Ye Hai Mohabbatein, were among BARC’s list of top-five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U).

    SPN’s movie channel Sony Max was ranked tenth in week 15 of 2018 with 489.489 million weekly impressions. Sony Max topped BARC’s list of top-five Hindi movies channels during the week in HSM and was among the top-five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Hindi feature film DJ was among the top-five Hindi movie programmes during prime time in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Sooryavansham and Kanchana Returns were also among the top-five Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

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  • Four Star India channels again among top 10 in across genre list

    Four Star India channels again among top 10 in across genre list

    BENGALURU: Four channels from Star India once again made it to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genre (all India – U+R: 2+ individuals) for week 7 of 2018 (Saturday, 10 February 2018 to Friday, 16 February 2018). The four channels with their ranks in week 7 of 2018 in the top 10 channels across genre list were – Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat which climbed to second rank from the preceding week’s third place; Telugu GEC Star Maa which also climbed up a rank to seventh place in the week under review; FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav which descended a rank to eighth place in week 7 of 2018 to make way for its aforementioned Telugu GEC sibling; and Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus which entered the top 10 channels list in week 7 of 2018 at ninth place. Earlier, in the previous year, the same four Star India channels had made it to the top 10 channels across genre in week 47 of 2017 (Saturday, 18 November 2017 to Friday, 24 November 2017).

    Four Star India channels, two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Network 18 (Viacom 18) and the Sun TV Network made up the top 10 channels across genres list for week 7 of 2017. From the genre perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels and one channel each from Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu genres comprised the list of top 10 channels across genre in week 7. Four of the channels were free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC channels.

    At its regular first place was the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with 984.137 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was also ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Puducherry/Tamil Nadu markets. As is also the norm, all the top 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in the Puducherry/Tamil Nadu markets were aired on Sun TV.

    Star Bharat was ranked second in week 7 of 2018 with 755.591 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the Hindi speaking markets (HSM) in the urban (U) and rural (R) areas and was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 channels in HSM (U) during the week. Two Hindi soaps – Nimki Mukhiya and Kya Haal Mr Panchaal that were aired on Star Bharat were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R).

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol slipped a rank in week 7 of 2018 to third place with 716.918 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was ranked second in BARC’s lists of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) and ranked first in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya  that was aired on Zee Anmol was among the top 5 programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another soap, Ganga, that was aired on the channel was among the top 5 Hindi GEC channels in HSM(R).

    SPN’s women focused FTA Sony Pal retained its previous week’s fourth rank in week 7 of 2018 with higher ratings of 684.220 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was ranked third and second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC’s in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) respectively. Three programmes that were aired on Sony Pal – Bal Veer, Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah and CID were among the top 5 programmes in HSM (R).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV climbed up a rank to fifth place in week 7 of 2018 with 587.318 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors stepped down one rank to sixth place with 587.184 million weekly impressions. Colors was also ranked fourth in the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R). Two programmes  that were aired on Colors– a soap – Udaan and a reality show Rising Star were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Star Maa was at seventh rank with 561.696 million weekly impressions. The channel topped BARC’s list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets. Three programmes that were aired on Star Maa in week 7 of 2018 were among the top 5 Telegu programmes during primetime in the AP/Telangana markets.

    Star Utsav was ranked eighth in week 7 of 2018 in BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre with 553.212 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R). Star Plus was ranked ninth during the week under consideration with 533.697 million weekly impressions. Star Plus also ranked third in BARC’s list of top10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U).

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max completed the list of top10 channels across genre in week 7 of 2018 with 501.759 million weekly impressions. Sony Max topped BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). It was also among the top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM(R) with fifth rank. Hindi feature film Sooryavansham was among the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and Theri and Kanchana Returns in HSM (U).

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  • Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    BENGALURU: After a hiatus of a week, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of the top-10 channels across genre (All India [U+R] : 2+ Individuals). Six Hindi GEC channels, two Telugu GEC channels and one each of Hindi Movies and Tamil GEC channels made up the top-10 across genre list for week 4 of 2018 (Saturday, 20 January 2018 to Friday, 26 January 2018). From the network’s perspective, the top-10 channels across genre were three Star India Pvt Ltd (Star India) channels, two channels each from the Sun Network Ltd, SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel from Network 18. Four of the channels in the list were free-to-air (FTA).

    The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV held onto to its first rank in the list in week 4 of 2018 with 1,047.704 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was also the most watched Tamil channel in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets according to BARC’s weekly list of top-five Tamil channels during the week under review. All the top-five Tamil programmes during prime time were from Sun TV.

    Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol also retained its second rank with 722.702 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was also the most watched Hindi GEC in the Hindi Speaking Urban + Rural (HSM (U+R) and HSM rural [HSM (R)] markets. The Balaji Telefilms produced family drama series Kumkum Bhagya and the Grazing Goat Pictures-produced soap Jamai Raja were among the top five most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). These programmes were aired on Zee Anmol.

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat also retained its previous week’s third rank in week 4 of 2018 with 697.485 million weekly impressions. The Qissago Telefilms-produced serial Nimki Mukhiya was among BARC’s five most watched Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM (U+R) markets during primetime.

    Sony Max was ranked fourth in week 4 of 2018 with 639.675 million weekly impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s top five Hindi Movies channels weekly list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). The sequel of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus – Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was among the five most watched movies in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Hindi feature film (HFF) Sooryavansham, that was aired on the channel in week 4 was amongst the five most watched programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Another HFF that was aired on the channel, Bhairava, was also among the top-five Hindi movies in HSM (U).

    SPN’s women focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked fifth in week 4 of 2018 with 600.018 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked second in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC channels list in HSM (R). Balveer and Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on the channel were among the most watched Hindi programmes in HSM (R) during prime time.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked sixth in week 4 of 2018 with 595.585 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that were aired on Zee TV were BARC’s top two Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Network18’s (or Viacom18 if you may) flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked seventh in week 4 of 2018 with 583.116 million weekly impressions. Colors was the most watched Hindi GEC channel in the week in HSM (U). The Rashmi Sharma Telefilms-produced story of a transgender, Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Utsav, was ranked eighth in week 4 of 2018 with 569.417 million weekly impressions. Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked ninth during the week under review with 532.247 million weekly impressions. The channel was the most watched Telugu GEC in the AP/ Telangana (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. Two programmes that featured on Star Maa – Kumkuma Puvvu and Koyilamma were among the top five Telugu programmes during primetime.

    The Sun Newtork’s Telugu GEC Gemini TV completed BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genre list in week 4 of 2017 with 522.878 million weekly impressions. Gemini TV was the second most watched Telugu GEC programme in AP/Talengana.

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  • Bahubali & King Kong etc aid Sony Max continuance in Top 10

    BENGALURU: This is the second week in a row after the tenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 10) that good movies have found a place for Sony Pictures Network (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max in the weekly top 10 channels list across genre. The Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) list of top 10 channels for week 25 (Saturday, 17 June 2017 to Friday, 23 June 2017) has Sony Max at sixth rank with 543.438 million weekly impressions, far improved from the ninth rank with 460.016 million weekly impressions for week 24. The movies Bahubali – The Beginning, King Kong, Double Attack 2 and Sooryavansham, which were among the five most watched weekly programmes in the Hindi Movies and Hindi Movies Urban markets seemed to have helped in the presence and escalation of the movie channel in a list that is generally dominated by either GECs’ or channels that air sports events aka cricket.

    Three channels from the SPN stable, two channels each from the Sun TV Networks, Viacom 18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) stables and one from the Star India group made it to the BARC India weekly top 10 channels across genres list for week 25 of 2017. Putting it another way – One channel each from the Tamil GEC, Telugu GEC and Hindi Movies genres and seven channels from the Hindi GEC genre made up the BARC weekly top 10 channels list for week 25.

    With the end of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in the early part of week 24, Star India’s Star Sports 1 Hindi exited the weekly top ten channels across genres in week 25. Sun TV continued to lead the list at first place with 1017.773 million weekly impressions, followed by Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC channel Star Plus with 640.486 million impressions at second place. Zeel’s Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was at third place with 581.906 million weekly impressions followed by SPN’s Hindi GEC women centric channel Sony Pal with 563.41 million impressions at fourth rank – a rank that the channel has retained for the third week in a row.

    Network 18 (Viacom 18) channel Rishtey was at fifth place with 550.796 million weekly impressions – this was the fourth week in a row that Rishtey maintained the fifth place in BARC’s weekly top 10 channels across genre list. As mentioned above, Sony Max was at sixth place, followed by another Viacom 18 channel – its flagship Hindi GEC – Colors with 525.45 million weekly impressions at seventh place. Colors had been ranked tenth in the previous week.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 516.04 million weekly impressions was at eighth place followed by the Sun Network’s Telugu flagship GEC Gemini TV with 493.489 million weekly impressions at ninth place. SPN’s Hindi channel specializing in comedy and lighthearted drama shows – Sony Sab completed the dectet with 454.614 million weekly impressions.