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  • Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    MUMBAI: Zee TV’s new weekend offering Brahmarakshas led the top five programmes list in Hindi GEC segment but Star Plus continues to dominate the genre in week 39, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India.

    On the other hand, in the rural market, Star Utsav replaced Zee Anmol to claim the leadership position while Star Plus continues to be a leader in urban HSM as well.

    Hindi GEC

    Even though Zee TV’s two shows Brahmarakshas – Jaag Utha Shaitan and Kumkum Bhagya led the Hindi GECs top five, Star Plus continues to lead the genre with 690400 Impressions (000s) followed  by  Colors on second spot with 544831 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV on third with 522878 Impressions (000s).

    Star India’s free-to-air channel Star Utsav grabbed the fourth spot with 457548 Impressions (000s) while Zee’s FTA Zee Anmol with 439027 Impressions (000s) stood at number five.

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Pal bagged the sixth, seventh and eighth spot with 430236 Impressions (000s), 424918 Impressions (000s) and 410720 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Sab TV and Rishtey stood at ninth and tenth with 371912 Impressions (000s) and 325388 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus continues to dominate the Hindi GECs genre with 456411 Impressions (000’s) followed by Colors on second with 370875 Impressions (000’s) and Zee TV on third with 30052 Impressions (000s).

    Leading with The Kapil Sharma Show in top five programmes of Hindi GEC, Sony Entertainment Television maintained its fourth place in the list with 298670 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK grabbed the fifth spot with 265376 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab TV on sixth with 263713 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 132576 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    In Hindi speaking market,  free-to-air channels Star Utsav, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol grabbed the last three spots with 110677 Impressions (000s), 106315 Impressions (000s) and 100384 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Star Utsav toppled Zee Anmol in week 39 to claim the leadership position with 346871 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on second slot with 338643 Impressions (000s) and  Sony Pal on the third spot with 304404 Impressions (000s). Rishtey  maintained its fourth position with 239750 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus bagged the fifth spot with 233990 Impressions (000s). Zee TV stood at sixth spot in rural HSM with 222326 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 173956 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at number eight with 164861 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at the ninth place with 126248 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at the tenth spot garnered 108199 Impressions (000s).

  • BARC week 36: Sun TV continues to rule the roost by far across genres

    BARC week 36: Sun TV continues to rule the roost by far across genres

    BENGALURU: Except for a blip during the IPL weeks, the Tamil regional GEC Sun TV has held firm to its apex position in the top ten channels list based on ratings as per BARC data. While Hindi GECs’ dominated the top ten channels, taking seven of the spots, two other regional channels (besides Sun TV) have edged into the list over the past few months. Regional channels grabbed the numero uno, fifth and eighth spots in the list.

    Among the top ten channels in BARC week 36 of 2016 were three Star India Channels; two channels each from or associated with the Sun Network, the Essel Groups ZEEL, Network 18; and one from Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd.

    And so Sun TV continued to rule the roost in BARC in week 36 with 1069531 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, followed by Star Plus, Zee TV and Colors from the Hindi GEC space at second, third and fourth positions respectively. Star Plus had 787960 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, while Zee TV had 612813 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, and Colors had 603413 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

    On fifth position was another regional channel from the Sun Network – the Telugu GEC Gemini with 574960 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. Zee Anmol and Sony Max followed at sixth and seventh spots with 488422 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum and 463425 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. Another regional channel associated with the Network 18 stable – ETV Telugu come in at eighth place with 453836 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. The last two spots were taken by Star India’s Star Utsav with 437286 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum and Life OK with 423635 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum at ninth and tenth place in that order.

  • BARC week 36: Sun TV continues to rule the roost by far across genres

    BARC week 36: Sun TV continues to rule the roost by far across genres

    BENGALURU: Except for a blip during the IPL weeks, the Tamil regional GEC Sun TV has held firm to its apex position in the top ten channels list based on ratings as per BARC data. While Hindi GECs’ dominated the top ten channels, taking seven of the spots, two other regional channels (besides Sun TV) have edged into the list over the past few months. Regional channels grabbed the numero uno, fifth and eighth spots in the list.

    Among the top ten channels in BARC week 36 of 2016 were three Star India Channels; two channels each from or associated with the Sun Network, the Essel Groups ZEEL, Network 18; and one from Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd.

    And so Sun TV continued to rule the roost in BARC in week 36 with 1069531 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, followed by Star Plus, Zee TV and Colors from the Hindi GEC space at second, third and fourth positions respectively. Star Plus had 787960 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, while Zee TV had 612813 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum, and Colors had 603413 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

    On fifth position was another regional channel from the Sun Network – the Telugu GEC Gemini with 574960 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. Zee Anmol and Sony Max followed at sixth and seventh spots with 488422 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum and 463425 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. Another regional channel associated with the Network 18 stable – ETV Telugu come in at eighth place with 453836 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum. The last two spots were taken by Star India’s Star Utsav with 437286 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum and Life OK with 423635 Weekly Impressions (000s) sum at ninth and tenth place in that order.

  • Star Plus leads in urban+ rural; Zee Anmol in rural markets: BARC

    Star Plus leads in urban+ rural; Zee Anmol in rural markets: BARC

    MUMBAI:  Star Plus and Zee Anmol remained the undisputed leaders in Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) genre in urban and rural Hindi-speaking market, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)’s all India data of week 36.

    Urban +Rural (HSM)

    Star Plus continued as the undisputed leader in the general entertainment channel genre with 743856 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on second slot and registered 578775 Impressions (000s) and  Colors on third with 576900 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol stood on number four with 485943 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav bagged the fifth position with 434673 Impressions (000s) and Life OK grabbed the sixth spot with 412379 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Sony Pictures Network’s three channels retain their position this week. Its free-to-air channel Sony Pal stood at number seven with 382183 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television on the eighth position with 381091 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV on the ninth recorded 368837 Impressions (000s). Rishtey at the 10th level registered 339335 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    Zee Anmol retains its leadership position in week 36 with Jodha Akbar, Bandini and Kasam Hai Tujhe Aa Abhi Ja grabbing top three slots with 375864 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav at second position with 333119 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 285311 Impressions (000s). Rishtey grabbed fourth position with 254813 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV fell to number five with 253179 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus bagged the sixth spot this week with 245241 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 183869 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at the eighth position with 142869 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment at the ninth place with 115165 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at 10th spot garnered 100309 Impressions (000s).

     

  • Star Plus leads in urban+ rural; Zee Anmol in rural markets: BARC

    Star Plus leads in urban+ rural; Zee Anmol in rural markets: BARC

    MUMBAI:  Star Plus and Zee Anmol remained the undisputed leaders in Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) genre in urban and rural Hindi-speaking market, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)’s all India data of week 36.

    Urban +Rural (HSM)

    Star Plus continued as the undisputed leader in the general entertainment channel genre with 743856 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on second slot and registered 578775 Impressions (000s) and  Colors on third with 576900 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol stood on number four with 485943 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav bagged the fifth position with 434673 Impressions (000s) and Life OK grabbed the sixth spot with 412379 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Sony Pictures Network’s three channels retain their position this week. Its free-to-air channel Sony Pal stood at number seven with 382183 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television on the eighth position with 381091 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV on the ninth recorded 368837 Impressions (000s). Rishtey at the 10th level registered 339335 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    Zee Anmol retains its leadership position in week 36 with Jodha Akbar, Bandini and Kasam Hai Tujhe Aa Abhi Ja grabbing top three slots with 375864 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav at second position with 333119 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 285311 Impressions (000s). Rishtey grabbed fourth position with 254813 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV fell to number five with 253179 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus bagged the sixth spot this week with 245241 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 183869 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at the eighth position with 142869 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment at the ninth place with 115165 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at 10th spot garnered 100309 Impressions (000s).

     

  • Chrome Week 35- English Movies genre registers two percent rise

    Chrome Week 35- English Movies genre registers two percent rise

    MUMBAI: The English movies genre emerged as the gainer in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis in six metros cities by registering an increase of two per cent. Movies Now was the leader with 47.2 per cent OTS in week 35.

    Next up, the English entertainment genre with a 1.7 per cent gain in the same market took the second spot in the list of top gainers. Comedy Central led the tally with 46.0 per cent OTS.

    The Business news channels’ genre in the same market too noted a growth of 1.7 per cent with CNBC Awaaz emerging as the chart topper with 82.4 per cent OTS.

    Last but not the least, Religious channels in the Hindi speaking market observed a 0.7 per cent rise with Aastha in the number one slot with 97.9 per cent OTS.

    Meanwhile, witnessing a drop of 1.8 per cent, the English News channels’ genre in the six metros topped the loser category with Lok Sabha TV scoring 92.5 per cent OTS.

    On the other hand, with a drop of 1.1 per cent, the Hindi GEC genre in HSM was in the second spot with Star Utsav registering a 97.1 per cent OTS.

    The Hindi Movies genre in an identical market recorded 1.1 per cent drop with Max a scoring a 92.5 per cent OTS. With the drop of 0.6 per cent Music genre in same market stood last in the list with 9 XM in the number one slot with 90.2 per cent OTS.

  • Chrome Week 35- English Movies genre registers two percent rise

    Chrome Week 35- English Movies genre registers two percent rise

    MUMBAI: The English movies genre emerged as the gainer in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis in six metros cities by registering an increase of two per cent. Movies Now was the leader with 47.2 per cent OTS in week 35.

    Next up, the English entertainment genre with a 1.7 per cent gain in the same market took the second spot in the list of top gainers. Comedy Central led the tally with 46.0 per cent OTS.

    The Business news channels’ genre in the same market too noted a growth of 1.7 per cent with CNBC Awaaz emerging as the chart topper with 82.4 per cent OTS.

    Last but not the least, Religious channels in the Hindi speaking market observed a 0.7 per cent rise with Aastha in the number one slot with 97.9 per cent OTS.

    Meanwhile, witnessing a drop of 1.8 per cent, the English News channels’ genre in the six metros topped the loser category with Lok Sabha TV scoring 92.5 per cent OTS.

    On the other hand, with a drop of 1.1 per cent, the Hindi GEC genre in HSM was in the second spot with Star Utsav registering a 97.1 per cent OTS.

    The Hindi Movies genre in an identical market recorded 1.1 per cent drop with Max a scoring a 92.5 per cent OTS. With the drop of 0.6 per cent Music genre in same market stood last in the list with 9 XM in the number one slot with 90.2 per cent OTS.

  • Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: In Urban + Rural Hindi speaking market (HSM) Star India’s both the channels Star Plus and Star Utsav grabbed the first two position in top ten Hindi GECs list whereas Zee TV pushed down to three and Colors bagged the fourth spot. 

    In rural HSM, Star Utsav continues to dominate the market and Star Plus again ruled the Urban HSM in week 32 as per the Broadcast Audience Research Council ( BARC) all India data

    Urban + Rural HSM

    With a rise in rating Star Plus continues to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel genre with 691536 Impressions (000) against 659591 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav replaced Zee TV on second position with 598686 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on third spot with 586734 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors fell on number four with 586734 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 490427 Impressions (000s) and Life OK stood on sixth with 426878 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 32, Sony Pal stood at seventh with 395033 Impressions (000s) and SPN’s other channels Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television grabbed eight and ninth spot with 375475 Impressions (000s) and 352633 Impressions (000s) respectively. 
    Rishtey bagged the tenth spot with 262899 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    In week 32, Star Utsav maintained its leadership position with 4461095 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol  at second position with 369868 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 300109 Impressions (000s). Zee TV maintained its fourth position with 253205 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus garnered fifth place with 216470 Impressions (000s)  and Rishtey bagged sixth spot with 194410 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 182605 Impressions (000s). Life Ok stood at eight with 154643 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at ninth place with 97182  impressions (000s) while  Big Magic stood tenth 95019 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole  position with 475066 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at second place with 403412 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 333529 Impressions (000s) stood at number three.

    Sab TV grabbed the fourth spot with 283193 Impressions (000s) followed by Life Ok at fifth with 272235 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 255451 Impressions (000s).

    In urban HSM,  &TV maintained its number seven position with 158318 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav with 137591 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Zee Anmol bagged ninth spot with 120560 Impressions (000s).  Sony Pal  bagged tenth spot with 94924 Impressions (000s).
     

  • Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: In Urban + Rural Hindi speaking market (HSM) Star India’s both the channels Star Plus and Star Utsav grabbed the first two position in top ten Hindi GECs list whereas Zee TV pushed down to three and Colors bagged the fourth spot. 

    In rural HSM, Star Utsav continues to dominate the market and Star Plus again ruled the Urban HSM in week 32 as per the Broadcast Audience Research Council ( BARC) all India data

    Urban + Rural HSM

    With a rise in rating Star Plus continues to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel genre with 691536 Impressions (000) against 659591 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav replaced Zee TV on second position with 598686 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on third spot with 586734 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors fell on number four with 586734 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 490427 Impressions (000s) and Life OK stood on sixth with 426878 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 32, Sony Pal stood at seventh with 395033 Impressions (000s) and SPN’s other channels Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television grabbed eight and ninth spot with 375475 Impressions (000s) and 352633 Impressions (000s) respectively. 
    Rishtey bagged the tenth spot with 262899 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    In week 32, Star Utsav maintained its leadership position with 4461095 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol  at second position with 369868 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 300109 Impressions (000s). Zee TV maintained its fourth position with 253205 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus garnered fifth place with 216470 Impressions (000s)  and Rishtey bagged sixth spot with 194410 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 182605 Impressions (000s). Life Ok stood at eight with 154643 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at ninth place with 97182  impressions (000s) while  Big Magic stood tenth 95019 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole  position with 475066 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at second place with 403412 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 333529 Impressions (000s) stood at number three.

    Sab TV grabbed the fourth spot with 283193 Impressions (000s) followed by Life Ok at fifth with 272235 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 255451 Impressions (000s).

    In urban HSM,  &TV maintained its number seven position with 158318 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav with 137591 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Zee Anmol bagged ninth spot with 120560 Impressions (000s).  Sony Pal  bagged tenth spot with 94924 Impressions (000s).
     

  • Eight TV channels win Freedish slots, bid price goes above Rs 5 cr

    Eight TV channels win Freedish slots, bid price goes above Rs 5 cr

    NEW DELHI: Setting a new record of getting for Rs 5.3 crore against the reserve price of Rs 4.3 crore, Doordarshan’s DTH platform Freedish bagged as many as eight new channels in the e-auction held last week.

    The channels that successfully bid for slots are Zee Anmol, Rishtey, Star Utsav, Fight Soirts, B4U Music, APN, Vision TV (Housefull Movies), and India 24×7.

    The reserve price which had been Rs 3.7 crore was raised to its present level for the 25th e-auction in January. indiantelevision.com had learnt that the bid amount went up to Rs 4.7 crore in earlier e-auctions. The reserve price in the 15th e-auction was Rs 3 crore and was raised to Rs 3.7 crore in the 16th auction.

    A senior Doordarshan official told indiantelevision.com that the next auction would be held in September, though the exact date had not yet been finalized.

    The official refused to give the figure at which individual channels won the auction, as the exact amount after various adjustments was not yet clear.

    Freedish – which currently carries eighty TV channels and 23 radio channels –also carries two channels as FTA which are otherwise pay channels – Aajtak and Big TV.

    The official clarified that Freedish will be able to carry more channels as it is shortly going on to MPEG4. While it could carry about sixteen channels per transponder but MPEG 4 allows up to 24 TV channels per transponder, apart from radio channels.

    The official said the Indian conditional access system (iCAS) is being used to keep a tab on the number of subscribers, but it would remain free-to-air.

    The platform at present has space for eighty channels including its own channels and Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV and also carrues 24 All India Radio channels.

    The e-Auction was conducted by M/s. C1 India Pvt. Ltd., Noida which also conducted the first stage of the FM Radio Phase III auctions on behalf of Prasar Bharati.

    The participation amount (EMD) in the e-Auction was Rs.1.5 crore which was deposited in advance. Incremental amount for the auction was Rs 10 lakh.

    Of the bid price, Rs 1.1 crore will be deposited within one month of placement and another Rs 1.1 crore within two months along with service tax of 14.5 per cent on the bid amount.

    The balance bid amount will be deposited within six months, failing which the deposited amount will be forfeited and the channel discontinued after a 21-day discontinuation notice.