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  • Sun TV most viewed channel in week 44: Barc data

    Sun TV most viewed channel in week 44: Barc data

    Mumbai: Clocking 3226.18 (‘000s) AMA, Sun TV regained the top slot in week 44 (30 October to 5 November) according to data released by Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc). The broadcast network was in the third position last week with 2530.41 AMA. Star Sports 1 Hindi maintained its hold at the second spot with 2832.51 weekly AMA.

    Week 43’s top grosser Star Plus was at number three, as the GEC garnered 2504.93 (‘000s) this week. Star Maa, Star Utsav, Star Vijay, Colors, Sony SAB, Zee TV, and Zee Telugu grabbed the remaining positions.

    Sun TV dominated the Mega Cities at 596.75 (‘000s). Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Plus, Colors, and Star Vijay followed.  Sun was the leader in the South Market as well with 3215.53 AMA. The remaining slots were occupied by Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Telugu, and Zee Kannada.

    Within the regional markets, Star Pravah continued to lead in Maharashtra/Goa with 1354.91 AMA. At 1087.66 (‘000s) Star Jalsha was the most viewed channel in West Bengal, Tarang (478.78) in Odisha, Zee Kannada in Karnataka with 1249.2AMA, Star Utsav (213.02) in Rajasthan, as well as in UP/Uttarakhand where it clocked 405.55 (‘000s). 

  • Star Sports 1, HD, Hotstar & BWF YouTube to show World Badminton C’ship from 330pm today

    Star Sports 1, HD, Hotstar & BWF YouTube to show World Badminton C’ship from 330pm today

    MUMBAI: The World Badminton Championships 2017 are scheduled to be telecast live from Monday (21 August) at 3:30 pm India time from Glasgow in Scotland on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD. Simultaneously, it will be live-streamed on Star India’s Hotstar and YouTube. The BWF championships will conclude on Sunday (27 August). 

    The BWF World Championships is held every year except for the year of an Olympic Games. It is a showcase of the very best in the sport and it determines who are the World Champions in each of the five disciplines, men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The championships is an individual event and each Member Association is invited to enter their players through the world ranking qualification. For each event, the joint third place winner gets a bronze medal, the runner-up silver and the winner is awarded a gold medal and title “World Champion”.

    Since Prakash Padukone’s bronze medal in 1983, India never won a medal in men’s section at the world championships. Srikanth, who has been handed a comparatively easier draw among the four, will start his championships campaign against Russia’s Sergey Sirant.

    Ajay Jayaram, B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, and Sameer Verma will represent India in men’s singles while PV Sindhu, Rituparna Das, Saina Nehwal and Tanvi Lad will participate in women’s singles. Three teams — Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy and Arjun MR/Shlok Ramchandran will represent the country in men’s doubles. Ashwini Ponnappa/Sikki Reddy, Sanjana Santosh/Arathi Sara Sunil and Meghana Jakkampudi/Poorvisha S Ram would play in women’s Doubles.

    Four Indian teams of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/K Maneesha, Ashwini Ponnappa/Sumeeth Reddy, Prajakta Sawant/Yogendran Krishnan and Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Sikki Reddy would play in the mixed doubles event.

    India’s hopes for medals depend on Australian Open and Indonesian champion Kidambi Srikanth, and Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu. The mixed doubles team of Sikki Reddy and Pranav Jerry Chopra could probably win too.

    Schedule for Indian players on 21 August

    Men’s singles

    Sergey Sirant Vs Srikanth Kidambi — 6.10pm approx.

    Pablo Abian Vs Sameer Verma — 8.30pm approx

    Men’s doubles

    Chung Eui Seok/Kim Dukyoung Vs Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy — 8.45pm approx

    Women’s singles

    Airi Mikkela Vs Rituparna Das — 9.50pm approx.

    Chloe Birch Vs Tanvi Lad — 8.30pm approx

    Women’s doubles

    Natalya Voytsekh/Yelyzaveta Zharka Vs Sanjana Santosh/Arathi Sara Sunil — 8.30pm

    Mixed doubles

    Sawan Serasinghe/Setyana Mapasa Vs Ashwini Ponnappa/Sumeeth Reddy — 3.30pm

    Tam Chun Hei/NG Tsz Yau Vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/K Maneesha — 6.10pm approx

    Lu Ching Yao/Chiang Kai Hsin Vs Prajakta Sawant/Yogendran Krishnan — 6.30pm

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  • Star Sports1 & 1HD to telecast Vijender’s bout on Saturday, supported by Casio & Poker India

    Star Sports1 & 1HD to telecast Vijender’s bout on Saturday, supported by Casio & Poker India

    MUMBAI: Pro-boxing champion Vijender Singh will be facing the former world champion Francis Cheka in his toughest-ever professional fight. The Olympic bronze medallist will be fighting the Tanzanian to defend his WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title which he won after defeating Kerry Hope in July 2016.

    The event, which has had its share of problems due to demonetisation, will be telecast on Star Sports Network.

    Although struggling owing to demonetisation, the promoter of the fight — IOS Group managing director and chief executive officer Neerav Tomar said that they have been able to garner enough support and sponsorships for the fight. “We have around 8-10 sponsors and we are talking to a few more. Despite the crisis, there has been very good response,” Tomar added. Casio is one of the major sponsors on board for the bout, and Poker India is the official gaming partner for the event, highly-placed sources told Indiantelevision.com

    Tomar also informed that they’re set to open a pro-boxing school and have zeroed in on 30-odd wrestlers. “16 July will be the day for which boxing fans of our country are waiting for. I am sure this event will be a big boost for Indian boxing and will open roads for other boxers who are keen to turn professional,” he remarked.

    The former national squash player also said Delhi would get a refreshing taste of a high-adrenalin boxing show on Saturday.

    The fight is scheduled to take place on Thyagraj Sports Complex, New Delhi, starting at 7pm. It will be broadcast on Star Sports 1/1HD and the live tickets can be booked on www.bookmyshow.com, prices ranging from Rs 1000 – Rs 12000. The fight has created a lot of excitement amongst viewers in recent times, with Francis Cheka verbally attacking the Olympic champion at every given opportunity.

    Cheka has gone on record saying India would be put to shame in the match as he was going to show why he’s been the world and intercontinental champion. Vijender has been calm and composed, his usual self, saying he’ll show Cheka who is better, in the ring.

    Vijender also gave a thumps-up to demonetisation, saying it was a knock-down punch on corruption. The Olympic bronze medallist said that the move was sure to have long-term benefits. The Indian boxer is on an unbeaten 7-0 spree, and will be more than happy to prove his critics wrong eighth time running.

  • Star Sports1 & 1HD to telecast Vijender’s bout on Saturday, supported by Casio & Poker India

    Star Sports1 & 1HD to telecast Vijender’s bout on Saturday, supported by Casio & Poker India

    MUMBAI: Pro-boxing champion Vijender Singh will be facing the former world champion Francis Cheka in his toughest-ever professional fight. The Olympic bronze medallist will be fighting the Tanzanian to defend his WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title which he won after defeating Kerry Hope in July 2016.

    The event, which has had its share of problems due to demonetisation, will be telecast on Star Sports Network.

    Although struggling owing to demonetisation, the promoter of the fight — IOS Group managing director and chief executive officer Neerav Tomar said that they have been able to garner enough support and sponsorships for the fight. “We have around 8-10 sponsors and we are talking to a few more. Despite the crisis, there has been very good response,” Tomar added. Casio is one of the major sponsors on board for the bout, and Poker India is the official gaming partner for the event, highly-placed sources told Indiantelevision.com

    Tomar also informed that they’re set to open a pro-boxing school and have zeroed in on 30-odd wrestlers. “16 July will be the day for which boxing fans of our country are waiting for. I am sure this event will be a big boost for Indian boxing and will open roads for other boxers who are keen to turn professional,” he remarked.

    The former national squash player also said Delhi would get a refreshing taste of a high-adrenalin boxing show on Saturday.

    The fight is scheduled to take place on Thyagraj Sports Complex, New Delhi, starting at 7pm. It will be broadcast on Star Sports 1/1HD and the live tickets can be booked on www.bookmyshow.com, prices ranging from Rs 1000 – Rs 12000. The fight has created a lot of excitement amongst viewers in recent times, with Francis Cheka verbally attacking the Olympic champion at every given opportunity.

    Cheka has gone on record saying India would be put to shame in the match as he was going to show why he’s been the world and intercontinental champion. Vijender has been calm and composed, his usual self, saying he’ll show Cheka who is better, in the ring.

    Vijender also gave a thumps-up to demonetisation, saying it was a knock-down punch on corruption. The Olympic bronze medallist said that the move was sure to have long-term benefits. The Indian boxer is on an unbeaten 7-0 spree, and will be more than happy to prove his critics wrong eighth time running.

  • Sports channels take a bow across genres in BARC week 12

    Sports channels take a bow across genres in BARC week 12

    MUMBAI: First, it was the Asia Cup and now the ICC World T20 that have helped Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 1 respectively to take a place among the top four channels across genres in week 12 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data. And in the meanwhile, Sun TV continued to lead across genres and retained its pole position.

    Sun TV garnered first position with 919879 Impressions’ 000. Pushing Star Plus to third position, Star Sports 3 bagged the second slot with 906939 Impressions’ 000 followed by Star Plus with 776500’ Impressions.

    Star Sports 1 garnered the fourth spot across genres with 724204 Impressions’ 000 followed by Colors at fifth berth with 697306 Impressions’ 000 and Zee TV on sixth place with 670488 Impressions’ 000. Zee Anmol grabbed the seventh position with 570049 Impressions’ 000.

    In week 12, DD National made it’s entry in top ten once again on number eight with 549970 Impressions’ 000 while Sony Pal and Star Utsav bagged ninth and tenth slot with 536230 Impressions’ 000 and 521855 Impressions’ 000 respectively.

  • Sports channels take a bow across genres in BARC week 12

    Sports channels take a bow across genres in BARC week 12

    MUMBAI: First, it was the Asia Cup and now the ICC World T20 that have helped Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 1 respectively to take a place among the top four channels across genres in week 12 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data. And in the meanwhile, Sun TV continued to lead across genres and retained its pole position.

    Sun TV garnered first position with 919879 Impressions’ 000. Pushing Star Plus to third position, Star Sports 3 bagged the second slot with 906939 Impressions’ 000 followed by Star Plus with 776500’ Impressions.

    Star Sports 1 garnered the fourth spot across genres with 724204 Impressions’ 000 followed by Colors at fifth berth with 697306 Impressions’ 000 and Zee TV on sixth place with 670488 Impressions’ 000. Zee Anmol grabbed the seventh position with 570049 Impressions’ 000.

    In week 12, DD National made it’s entry in top ten once again on number eight with 549970 Impressions’ 000 while Sony Pal and Star Utsav bagged ninth and tenth slot with 536230 Impressions’ 000 and 521855 Impressions’ 000 respectively.

  • BARC week 41: Star Sports 1, Nick, Mastii, Discovery Channel, MTV top their genres

    BARC week 41: Star Sports 1, Nick, Mastii, Discovery Channel, MTV top their genres

    MUMBAI: According to the BARC data on All India (U+R) basis, Star Sports 1 became number one in the sports genre, while Nick continues to lead the kids genre. On the other hand, MTV led the youth genre, while Mastii bagged the first position in the music genre and Discovery Channel came out top in the infotainment genre in week 41.

     

    SPORTS

    In the sports genre, Star Sports 1 led the pack with 162592 (000Sums) followed by Star Sports 3 in second slot with 154779 (000Sums) and Ten Sports on third spot with 98566 (000Sums). In the fourth slot Star Sports 2 scored 22473 (000Sums), whereas Sony Six with 19590 (000Sums) was on fifth berth.  

     

    KIDS

    In the Kids genre, Nick continues to lead with 97227 (000Sums) followed by Pogo TV in second spot with 89903 (000Sums) and Cartoon Network with 79384 (000Sums) in the third place. Disney Channel with with 49298 (000Sums) and Hungama with 45675 (000Sums) held the fourth and fifth respectively.

     

    YOUTH

    MTV led the pack in the youth genre with 14219 (000Sums) followed by Zing on second with 10274 (000Sums) and Bindass on third 9645 (000Sums). Zoom secured fourth place with 6698 (000Sums), whereas Channel V was at fifth place with 4383 (000Sums).

     

    MUSIC

    In the music genre, Mastii captured the numero uno position with 113588 (000Sums) followed by B4U with 96364 (000Sums) and 9XM with 78800 (000Sums). 9X Jalwa grabbed fourth slot with 46876 (000Sums), whereas Sony MIX with 38591(000Sums) was in the fifth place.

     

    INFOTAINMENT

    Discovery Channel garnered first place with 6433 (000Sums) followed by National Geographic Channel in the second spot with 4138 (000Sums) and Animal Planet with 3326 (000Sums) in the third slot. History TV 18 secured the fourth spot with 3128 (000Sums) and Nat Geo Wild was on the fifth berth with 1382 (000Sums) respectively.

  • India vs Bangladesh series helps Star Sports to take top slot: BARC ratings

    India vs Bangladesh series helps Star Sports to take top slot: BARC ratings

    MUMBAI: Television audience measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) ratings for week 25 week proves that cricket is the undisputed champion when it comes to sports content consumption.

     

    In recent times Ten Sports, courtesy to WWE and its special programs have been consistently leading the list of top viewed sports channel. But the India VS Bangladesh series helped Star Sports to dethrone Ten Sports and grab the pole position.

     

    Star Sports 1 which relays the English feed garnered viewership of 42,364 (000s sum), the Hindi telecast of the series helped Star Sports 3 garner 38,679 (000s sum) to bag the second position.

     

    Ten Sports declined to third berth with 37,483 (000s sum).

     

    In the general entertainment category (GEC) category, Star Plus with 406,084 (000s sum) remained comfortably at the top spot followed by Colors with 340,709 (000s sum). Zee TV with 254,699 (000s sum) booked the third berth while Life OK with 245,804 (000s sum) was slotted at number four. PK movie helped Sony Entertainment Television (SET) to grab a berth in top five, the channel registered 236,328 (000s sum) to secure the fifth slot.

     

    Coming to the top programs, Amir Khan starrer PK emerged as the top viewed program in the GEC space with 103,33 (000s sum), followed by Star Plus’ Saath Nibhana Saathiya with 6,803 (000s sum).

     

    Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai from the same broadcaster grabbed the third slot with 5,272 (000s sum). On the other hand Colors’ Sasural Simar Ka and Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat secured fourth and fifth slot with 4,990 (000s sum) and 4,641 (000s sum) respectively.

     

    In the English news space Times Now with 445 (000s sum) lead the tally followed by India Today Television with 315 and NDTV 24/7 with 185 (000s sum).

     

    Meanwhile CNBC TV 18 continued to lead the English business genre with 165 (000s sum) followed by ET Now with 130 (000s sum), NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 59 (000s sum).

     

    On the other hand Hindi News genre observed dominance of Aaj Tak as the channel garnered 31,566 (000s sum) to book the top slot. India TV followed at second slot with 26,042 (000s sum) while ABP news grabbed the third berth 25,474 (000s sum).

  • MIB gives licence to 12 new channels

    MIB gives licence to 12 new channels

    MUMBAI: 12 new channels have been added to the list of permitted private satellite TV channels in India after they received licence clearances from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB). As of 31 August 2014, there are 810 channels in all as compared to 798 till 28 August 2014.

     

    Of the 12 additions, one is a news channel and the rest are non-news. The total news and current affairs channels in the country are now 398 and non-news and current affairs are 412.

     

    The new channels that have received clearances include Blue, ESPN, ESPN HD, Star Sports Highlights, Star Cricket Asia, Janam and Green TV.

     

    Meanwhile, existing channels Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 4 have got permission for languages English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and any other language as permitted under the Constitution of India.

     

    Star Sports HD1 and Star Sports HD2 have got permission for languages English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo and Dogri. New channels under Star India that got permission- ESPN, ESPN HD, Star Sports Highlights and Star Cricket Asia also have permission for all the above languages.

     

    The number of TV channels permitted for uplink from and downlink to India has increased from 671 to 682 with 376 (earlier 375) news and 306 (earlier 296) non-news channels. The number of channels permitted for uplink from India has increased from 34 to 35 with six news and 29 (earlier 28) non-news channels.

     

    TV channels that can only downlink in India stayed constant at 93 with 16 news and 77 non-news channels.

  • Sachins farewell frenzy works in favour of Star Sports

    Sachins farewell frenzy works in favour of Star Sports

    MUMBAI: He isn’t called the God of cricket for no reason. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar certainly has some supremacy that creates magic. His farewell test match has emerged as the highest rated test match on television in India in the last eight years. According to the TAM ratings provided by the channel, the match garnered 1739 average TVTs (TG: C&S 15+, M, SEC ABC) that remains unmatched since 2005.

     

    The two test matches in the India-West Indies series were telecast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD1 in English, while Star Sports 3 showcased the match in Hindi. Star Sports network channels together had the maximum channel share across all genres during the six days when the test series was on in terms of overall TVTs generated during the day.

     

    Even online, the Sachin frenzy worked well for the Network. The series was also streamed live on www.starsports.com that attracted 3.5 million unique visitors during the two matches of the India West Indies test series. A Sachin Memory Project that captured Sachin’s 24 years with videos and stories was also launched on the website and has received rave reviews with many regarding it as the best salutation to the cricketer.

     

    The series along with the 360-degree marketing campaign launched around it has made the Star Sports brand really big. Its campaigning involved interesting programming, innovative production, disruptive marketing to add buzz around the maestro’s farewell series. The network also launched three high quality programs to engage deeper with the cricket fans.

     

    Besides, a distinctive “Cheer for Sachin” campaign featuring stars from Bollywood, cricket and television stars calling Sachin fans to cheer ‘Sachin Sachin’ was also popular. Many other on-ground activities were also initiated to make the test series memorable for fans who came together to watch the maestro in action.

     

    Star India head of sports business Nitin Kukreja said, “We are delighted with the ratings. We are humbled that maestro’s farewell series was played on our network and wanted to give him a befitting farewell. I am happy to note that cricket fans have appreciated our efforts. Our strategic investment in the Hindi language feed over the past year or so is now paying us huge dividends. We will continue in our endeavor to promote sports culture in the country.”