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  • Sun Network channels rule ratings in south India

    Sun Network channels rule ratings in south India

    BENGALURU: Despite the setback in the Kannada general entertainment television channel space where the Kalanithi Maran-run Sun TV Network’s Udaya Movies was placed at number 4 and Udaya TV at number 5 in BARC rankings, in the other southern regional space, its channel continue dominance.

    Sun’s Udaya TV which was once numero uno in the Kannada GEC space had to be satisfied with fifth rank among the top five channels with just 89,024 weekly impressions (000s) Sums in week 1 of 2017 (Saturday 31 December 2016 to Friday 6 January 2017). The Kannada GEC space is one of the smallest among the four Southern Sisters (now five with the split up of Andhra Pradesh) – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

    However in the really big markets – the Tamil and the Telugu space – the Sun Network’s channels Sun TV with 1,178,344 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Gemini TV 522,890 weekly impressions (000s) Sums were ranked number 1, and in the smaller Malayalam space it’s Surya TV with 90,293 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was placed at number 2. It must be noted that across all genres including Hindi GEC, Sun TV holds rank no 1 with 1,282,328 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    Another network whose channels have consistently been among the top five in the Southern regional space is Star India.

    In the Kannada TV space Star India’s Suvarna TV with 189,519 weekly impressions (000s) Sums stood third, behind Colors Kannada which was number 1 with 299,783 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Subhash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Zee Kannada that had 214,243 weekly impressions (000s) Sums. Udaya Movies was number 4 with 148,557 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    In the Tamil GEC space, Star India’s Star Vijay TV with 206,384 weekly impressions (000s) was at number 4, behind Sun TV at pole position, the Sun Network’s KTV with 255, 995 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Zee Tamil with 222,931 weekly impressions (000s) Sums. Jaya TV stood fifth in the Tamil GEC space with 83,107 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    In the Telugu GEC space, Star India’s Maa TV with 383,650 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was ranked fourth behind Gemini TV at number 1, ETV Telugu at no 2 with 438,475 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Zee Telugu with 402,015 weekly impressions (000s) Sums at third place. The Sun Network’s Gemini movies with 177,922 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was fifth.

    In the Malayalam GEC space, Star India’s Asianet ruled the roost with 323,454 weekly impressions (000s) Sums, followed by Surya TV at second place as mentioned above. Mazhavil Manorama stood third with 78315 weekly impressions (000s) Sums, followed by Flowers TV with 75,451 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Star India’s Asianet Movies with 73159 weekly impressions (000s) Sums at number 5.

  • Sun Network channels rule ratings in south India

    Sun Network channels rule ratings in south India

    BENGALURU: Despite the setback in the Kannada general entertainment television channel space where the Kalanithi Maran-run Sun TV Network’s Udaya Movies was placed at number 4 and Udaya TV at number 5 in BARC rankings, in the other southern regional space, its channel continue dominance.

    Sun’s Udaya TV which was once numero uno in the Kannada GEC space had to be satisfied with fifth rank among the top five channels with just 89,024 weekly impressions (000s) Sums in week 1 of 2017 (Saturday 31 December 2016 to Friday 6 January 2017). The Kannada GEC space is one of the smallest among the four Southern Sisters (now five with the split up of Andhra Pradesh) – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

    However in the really big markets – the Tamil and the Telugu space – the Sun Network’s channels Sun TV with 1,178,344 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Gemini TV 522,890 weekly impressions (000s) Sums were ranked number 1, and in the smaller Malayalam space it’s Surya TV with 90,293 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was placed at number 2. It must be noted that across all genres including Hindi GEC, Sun TV holds rank no 1 with 1,282,328 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    Another network whose channels have consistently been among the top five in the Southern regional space is Star India.

    In the Kannada TV space Star India’s Suvarna TV with 189,519 weekly impressions (000s) Sums stood third, behind Colors Kannada which was number 1 with 299,783 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Subhash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Zee Kannada that had 214,243 weekly impressions (000s) Sums. Udaya Movies was number 4 with 148,557 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    In the Tamil GEC space, Star India’s Star Vijay TV with 206,384 weekly impressions (000s) was at number 4, behind Sun TV at pole position, the Sun Network’s KTV with 255, 995 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Zee Tamil with 222,931 weekly impressions (000s) Sums. Jaya TV stood fifth in the Tamil GEC space with 83,107 weekly impressions (000s) Sums.

    In the Telugu GEC space, Star India’s Maa TV with 383,650 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was ranked fourth behind Gemini TV at number 1, ETV Telugu at no 2 with 438,475 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Zee Telugu with 402,015 weekly impressions (000s) Sums at third place. The Sun Network’s Gemini movies with 177,922 weekly impressions (000s) Sums was fifth.

    In the Malayalam GEC space, Star India’s Asianet ruled the roost with 323,454 weekly impressions (000s) Sums, followed by Surya TV at second place as mentioned above. Mazhavil Manorama stood third with 78315 weekly impressions (000s) Sums, followed by Flowers TV with 75,451 weekly impressions (000s) Sums and Star India’s Asianet Movies with 73159 weekly impressions (000s) Sums at number 5.

  • Sun TV announces two back to back soaps for Kannada GEC Udaya starting today

    Sun TV announces two back to back soaps for Kannada GEC Udaya starting today

    BENGALURU:  The Sun Network Limited (SNL) announced two back to back soaps that will start airing on its Kannada GEC Udaya starting today, April 11. The two shows – Aramane (Aspirations) and Sundari (Beauty) will air daily Monday to Friday at the 7.30 to 8.00pm and 8.00 to 8.30pmprimetime slots respectively.

    Aramane is the story of an estranged couple and how their children try to inadvertently bring them together. Sanjay Pradhan is a superstar celebrity living with one of his daughters who wants her father to get married to someone as she yearns for a caring mother. She is made to believe that her mother is not alive, which is untrue. In the meanwhile, Sanjay’s wife Yamuna is leading a reticent life in a small village with her other daughter Smitha who wants to reunite her mother with the father. But she does not know who her father is. The answers to why Yamuna left her husband and if the couple will ever re-unite are just some of the many intriguing parts of the story to unfold.

    Sundari is the journey of a 16-year-old girl whose family is settled in a foothill village of Western Ghats, besides the serene Sharavathi river. Studying in high school, Sundari has a friend called Naveen since childhood and this story narrates the life of these two. Sundari tries to evoke the nostalgia of viewers by narrating beautiful moments of her school life. How a small incident in her teenage life impacts her life forever is the crux for Sundari.

    Speaking about the two shows, Udaya TV programming head Sudheendra said, “Sundari is a unique story of teenagers depicted as 10th standard students and addresses the feelings of teenage minds. Normally teenage kids will be out of parents’ sight for around 8 hours in a day. Parents feel secured about their children as they think that they’re safe in their schools. But, this is the time when teenagers get exposed to a lot of new things, new emotions. No one knows what these kids do when they are in their schools, particularly with their friends. Those trivial things that take place during this stage will have a long lasting impact in their lives. The story deals with these issues and narrates the journey of an innocent, pretty girl Sundari.”

    “We live in a time where the personal lives of big and small screen celebrities seem to pique the interest of the media as well as the common man. But we forget the fact that once they remove their makeup, the celebrities are also just like us. They too have their families, worries, tensions and issues. Aramane very subtly deals with this theme. Sanjay Pradhan the central character of the story is a yesteryear superstar of the silver screen and he is separated from his wife. While one daughter is staying with him the other is with his wife. The story is all about the struggle of his two daughters where the daughter with her mother is trying to find out her lost father and the other daughter wants her father to get re-married. To summarize, it’s a very emotional and a sentimental story, yet very realistic,” said Sudheendra about Armane.

    To get a sample of what’s in store, watch the promos that have already started creating a buzz.

     

  • Sun TV announces two back to back soaps for Kannada GEC Udaya starting today

    Sun TV announces two back to back soaps for Kannada GEC Udaya starting today

    BENGALURU:  The Sun Network Limited (SNL) announced two back to back soaps that will start airing on its Kannada GEC Udaya starting today, April 11. The two shows – Aramane (Aspirations) and Sundari (Beauty) will air daily Monday to Friday at the 7.30 to 8.00pm and 8.00 to 8.30pmprimetime slots respectively.

    Aramane is the story of an estranged couple and how their children try to inadvertently bring them together. Sanjay Pradhan is a superstar celebrity living with one of his daughters who wants her father to get married to someone as she yearns for a caring mother. She is made to believe that her mother is not alive, which is untrue. In the meanwhile, Sanjay’s wife Yamuna is leading a reticent life in a small village with her other daughter Smitha who wants to reunite her mother with the father. But she does not know who her father is. The answers to why Yamuna left her husband and if the couple will ever re-unite are just some of the many intriguing parts of the story to unfold.

    Sundari is the journey of a 16-year-old girl whose family is settled in a foothill village of Western Ghats, besides the serene Sharavathi river. Studying in high school, Sundari has a friend called Naveen since childhood and this story narrates the life of these two. Sundari tries to evoke the nostalgia of viewers by narrating beautiful moments of her school life. How a small incident in her teenage life impacts her life forever is the crux for Sundari.

    Speaking about the two shows, Udaya TV programming head Sudheendra said, “Sundari is a unique story of teenagers depicted as 10th standard students and addresses the feelings of teenage minds. Normally teenage kids will be out of parents’ sight for around 8 hours in a day. Parents feel secured about their children as they think that they’re safe in their schools. But, this is the time when teenagers get exposed to a lot of new things, new emotions. No one knows what these kids do when they are in their schools, particularly with their friends. Those trivial things that take place during this stage will have a long lasting impact in their lives. The story deals with these issues and narrates the journey of an innocent, pretty girl Sundari.”

    “We live in a time where the personal lives of big and small screen celebrities seem to pique the interest of the media as well as the common man. But we forget the fact that once they remove their makeup, the celebrities are also just like us. They too have their families, worries, tensions and issues. Aramane very subtly deals with this theme. Sanjay Pradhan the central character of the story is a yesteryear superstar of the silver screen and he is separated from his wife. While one daughter is staying with him the other is with his wife. The story is all about the struggle of his two daughters where the daughter with her mother is trying to find out her lost father and the other daughter wants her father to get re-married. To summarize, it’s a very emotional and a sentimental story, yet very realistic,” said Sudheendra about Armane.

    To get a sample of what’s in store, watch the promos that have already started creating a buzz.