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  • Azmat Jagmag exits Warner Bros. Discovery

    Azmat Jagmag exits Warner Bros. Discovery

    MUMBAI: After nearly three years shaping pop culture moments at Warner Bros Discovery, Azmat Jagmag has called time on her stint at the media giant.

    Jagmag, who joined in 2021 as head of marketing for south Asia before taking over as partnerships and solutions marketing head for INSEAK, led some of the company’s most ambitious regional pushes. She oversaw the India launch of discovery+, spearheaded the scale-up of Max across South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan with over 15 telecom and MVPD partners, and drove social and marketing campaigns that turned viral from Mumbai to Los Angeles.

    Before WBD, Jagmag founded Masala Chai, a content-marketing outfit that launched indie music label Jjust Music and helped reposition Puja Entertainment as a modern studio. Earlier, at Zee Entertainment, she spent over a decade leading brand and marketing strategy, pushing Zee TV and Zee Anmol to leadership positions and driving campaigns that bagged multiple industry awards.

    Across her 18-year career, she has launched and scaled some of India’s most recognisable media brands, from SonyLiv to Cartoon Network. Recognised by Google as a leading woman in new-age media, she also co-authored a brand case study for IIM Ahmedabad.

    As she signs off from WBD, Jagmag says the journey has been about turning “logic to magic”—a mantra that has defined her career across broadcast, DTC, movies and music. The next chapter, she teases, is already in the works.

  • Zeel Q2 PAT down by 58.3%; revenue up by 2.5%

    Zeel Q2 PAT down by 58.3%; revenue up by 2.5%

    Mumbai: Zee Enterprise Entertainment on Friday reported that second quarter revenue grew by 2.5 per cent to Rs 20,284 million compared to the same quarter in the previous fiscal. Q2 FY23 Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) was down 28 per cent to Rs 2,973 million. It was impacted by slower growth in revenue and elevated investment in content, marketing, and technology. Ebitda margin was 14.7 per cent compared to 20.8 per cent for the same quarter in the previous fiscal. Profit after tax (PAT) fell by 58.3 per cent to Rs 1,128 million. Profit Before Tax fell by 50.7 per cent to $1,769 million.

    It said that a challenging macroeconomic environment continues to impact operating performance. Domestic ad revenues came in at Rs. 9,610 million, a decline of 7.7 per cent. Ad revenue growth was hampered by FTA withdrawal (Zee Anmol) and a difficult macroeconomic environment. Other sales and services revenue YoY is up 92 per cent aided by theatrical revenues and other syndication deals. Programming and technology costs increased due to higher theatrical releases, investments in Zee5 and higher programming hours in the linear business. Subscription revenue was up 4.2 per cent compared to the same quarter in the previous fiscal year.

    Q2 FY23 subscription revenues were aided by catch-up revenue from the previous quarter in the linear business and underlying organic growth in Zeee5 and music subscription revenues. Other sales and services revenue was up by 92 per cent aided by theatrical revenues and other syndication deals. The increase in marketing costs on a YoY basis is on account of new content launches and higher theatrical releases. Internationally, in Q2 FY23 ad revenue was Rs 518 million and subscription revenue was Rs 1,060 million.

    It stated that it would continue to invest in ZeeTV, Zee Marathi, Zee Tamil, and Movies in order to increase market share.

    Further, it strengthened its market position in Bangla, Odiya, Telugu and in the Kannada market. Q2 FY23 all-India TV network share was 16 per cent. QoQ it was up by 30 bps.

    Its OTT platform Zee5 reported Q2 revenues of Rs1,671 million, marking a 28 per cent growth over the same period in the previous fiscal. Zee5 global MAUs in Q2 FY23 were 112.4 million. This was an increase of 19 million over the same period in the previous fiscal year. The average watch time per month in Q2 FY23 was 198 minutes, an increase of 12 minutes over the same period in the previous fiscal. Over 66 shows and movies (including six originals) were released during the quarter.

    For Zee Studio, four Hindi and six regional movies were released during the quarter. Zeel also said that Zee Music Company is the second-largest music label with 89 million subscribers on YouTube.

  • BARC week 21: Star Utsav tops the list of Hindi GEC platforms

    BARC week 21: Star Utsav tops the list of Hindi GEC platforms

    Mumbai: Star Utsav has topped the list of most-watched Hindi GEC channels across all platforms, released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) for week 21 (22 May to 28 May 2021). The channel also bagged the top spot in the list of free platforms, while it was placed sixth in the list of paid platforms. 

    In the list of paid platforms, Star Plus continued its dominance with 2792.69 Average Minute Audience (AMA), followed by Sony SAB in the second spot with 2520.82 AMA. Colors and Sony Entertainment Television bagged the third and fourth spot in the pay platform with 1449.93 and 1294.56 AMA respectively. The remaining channels in the top 10 list of Hindi GEC pay platforms are Zee TV (1278.53), Star Utsav (928.53), Star Bharat (721.95), Sony Pal (629.86), Dangal (467.47), and Colors Rishtey (429.25). Star Utsav topped the category of free platforms with 2037.08 AMA, followed by Colors Rishtey (1077.12) and Zee Anmol (1043.52) in the second and third spots respectively. Sony Pal bagged the fourth spot in the free category with 945.33 AMA.

    Other television channels that found their place in this BARC list of free Hindi GEC are Dangal (778.15), The Q (772.12), Big Magic (326.58), Shemaroo TV (137.4), DD National (21.77), and DD Retro (21.29). The most-watched Hindi GEC in the rural market is Star Utsav with 2104.48 AMA. Other Hindi GECs included in the top 10 list of the rural market are Colors Rishtey, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal, Star Plus, Dangal, Sony SAB, The Q, Zee TV, and Colors. 

    In the urban market, Star Plus topped the list with 1869.27 AMA, followed by Sony SAB (1721.53), Colors (983.04), and Sony Entertainment Television (918.03) in the second, third and fourth spots respectively. Other channels in this list of top Hindi GECs in the urban regions are Star Utsav, Zee TV, Sony Pal, Star Bharat, Dangal, and Colors Rishtey. 

    Star Utsav topped the all-category list which is a compilation of both pay and free platforms with 2965.61 AMA, followed by Star Plus, Sony SAB, and Sony Pal in the second, third and fourth spots respectively. Other channels in the all-category list are Colors Rishtey, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Zee Anmol, Zee TV, and Dangal. 

  • Zee Anmol & Zee Anmol Cinema make a comeback on DD Free Dish

    Zee Anmol & Zee Anmol Cinema make a comeback on DD Free Dish

    MUMBAI: With a view to consolidate its viewer base and reclaim its leadership position in the HSM rural market, Zee is all set to re-enter the FTA (free-to-air) space with its return to DD Free Dish from 10 June.

    Zee Anmol was a consistently present in the HSM rural market till last year, the popular GEC channel enjoyed immense popularity in the FTA market with its deep-rooted understanding of the rural viewer, their sensibilities, entertainment needs and preferences. The role of entertainment and in spreading positivity and hope amongst viewers is further pronounced now and Zee Anmol is set to provide that with an exciting content line-up for the Free Dish audiences who had limited choices till now. Zee hopes to reclaim 25 per cent market share with a leadership position in Rural and is gunning for a large share of the FTA revenue space.

    Catering to the demand for strong inspirational content amongst rural audiences, especially women in the age range of 15 to 30 years that constitutes the core TG for the segment, Zee Anmol is set to showcase moving stories of strong female archetypes and their real journeys of grit and resilience from the ZEEL library, with shows such as Choti Bahu, Doli Armano Ki and the immensely popular Kumkum Bhagya forming the tent-pole properties of the channel’s initial line-up right after its shift to DD Free Dish.

    Zee chief consumer officer Prathyusha Agarwal said, “Over the years, Zee Anmol has shared a special relationship with rural India through its deep-rooted understanding of the rural viewer. In the current scenario, we see a tremendous increase in demand for differentiated content on DD Free Dish, especially as a learning from recent wins in Bhojpuri with Zee Biskope and Punjab markets with Zee Punjabi. Our library at Zee has riveting stories of women with vision and resilience that have the potential of inspiring women in the rural markets who are in search of a role model to look up to. We see this as an opportunity for Zee Anmol to reclaim its leadership position in the HSM Rural market through the channel’s reintroduction on DD Free Dish.”

    With Zee Anmol Cinema’s comeback, the channel aims to occupy a distinct position in the Hindi movie space by establishing a personal connect with our viewers. Keeping the consumers sensibilities in mind, the channel is all set to entertain the viewers with family entertainers like Simmba, 2.0, Satyamev Jayate, Commando 3, Race 3, Spyder, Suriya S3, Saamy 2, K3 – Kaali Ka Karishma amongst others. With the robust content line up, the channel aims to offer an entertaining experience to the family-oriented audience.

    Staying true to its brand promise, ‘Aapki Family Ka Cinema Hall’, the channel with its exclusively curated content aims to satiate the preferences of rural audiences who are rooted to their family ties and values and aspire the urban lifestyle. With a diverse content repository of 1500+ movies, the channel will air a slew of choicest movies spanning across different genres targeted to a wholesome family viewing experience.

    Zee Hindi Movies cluster, business head Ruchir Tiwari, said “Rural markets take the centre stage with more than half of the TV viewership coming from the heartland. With the on-going health concerns, there is an increasing need for entertainment across the country, especially FTA channels considering spending power is decreasing. The recent jump in viewership of movie genre is a testimony to that.  With this move, we are hoping to, once again, reach out to a large, content hungry audience base and become their number one choice for wholesome family entertainment.”

  • Big four broadcasters come back on DD Free Dish

    Big four broadcasters come back on DD Free Dish

    MUMBAI: All the big four broadcasters that pulled out of DD Free Dish in 2019 after the new tariff order was implemented have come back on Prasar Bharati’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform. Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol, Colors Rishtey and Zee Anmol Cinema have successfully bid on the 45th e-auction for placement.

    Last year, top broadcasters agreed with the decision to no longer show any Hindi general entertainment and film channels on Doordarshan's free dish service. Industry sources said that broadcasters take such a decision so that cable and DTH customers cannot shift to DD Free Dish service.

    According to reports, DD Free Dish has a base of 30 million households across India which offers huge reach helping in advertising revenue. However, the major broadcasters said earlier that converting the channels as pay channels helped them in subscription revenue despite a dip in ad revenue.

    Notably, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) announced that Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol and Colors Rishtey would be available to all viewers across the country for a period of two months free of charge on all DTH and cable networks due to the lockdown. 

  • Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Colors Rishtey free to viewers for two months

    Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Colors Rishtey free to viewers for two months

    MUMBAI:  Four leading broadcasters have come forward to waive off all tariffs and charges for a period of two months, informed the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol and Colors Rishtey will be available to all the viewers.

    IBF says, "While the constituents of the IBF face significant uncertainties, given the impact on advertising revenue for the industry due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we stand together to support the government’s effort to help people in these difficult times. As there is a state of lockdown in the country and the government has urged the people to maintain 'social distancing' and stay at home, four major broadcasting networks have come forward and decided to waive off all tariffs and charges for four channels for a period of two months." 

    Sony-run Sony Pal, Star India-run Star Utsav, Zee TV-operated Zee Anmol and Viacom18’s Colors Rishtey will be available to all viewers across the country for a period of two months free of charge on all DTH and cable networks.The broadcasting fraternity feels that this will provide people who are restricted to their homes, wholesome entertainment and invigorating content and will help provide relief during the period of lockdown.  

  • BARC week 30: Zee Anmol enters list of top 10 Hindi GEC in rural HSM

    BARC week 30: Zee Anmol enters list of top 10 Hindi GEC in rural HSM

    MUMBAI: In week 20 of BARC India ratings, Zee Anmol has entered the list of Hindi GEC rural HSM. The channel has replaced Sony Pal which was at the 10th position last week. This week Zee Anmol was at the 9th position. Star Ustav which was at the 9th position has moved one step down. There were no changes observed in the position of the leading Hindi GECs. 

    Hindi GEC Rural HSM

    There are no changes observed in the list of top 10 Hindi GECs on free platform.

    Top 10 Hindi GECs on Free Platform

    On the pay platform of Hindi GECs, Sony Sab has moved to third position from fourth in the last week. Colors has moved one step down at fourth position from third in the last week. 

    Top 10 Hindi GECs on Pay Platform

    In urban HSM, Dangal has moved to 6th position and Big Magic to 8th position. Star Bharat and &TV has moved down to seventh and ninth position respectively.

    Hindi GEC Urban HSM 

  • Zee group leads all areas in BARC GEC week 5 data

    Zee group leads all areas in BARC GEC week 5 data

    MUMBAI: Star Plus jumped to the fifth from third position in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 5 of 2018. Dangal TV stood at third position from ninth position in the rural market. Zee TV dominated the urban space with its first position in the urban areas.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol and Zee TV continued to be in first and second positions respectively. Star Utsav climbed from fifth position to third position. Star Bharat maintained its fourth position. Star Plus jumped to the fifth from third position. Colors and Sony Entertainment Television swapped their sixth and seventh positions respectively. Sony Pal, Dangal TV and Rishtey retained their eigth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol continued to be in first position. Star Utsav climbed a slot to second from third position. Dangal TV stood at third position from ninth position. Rishtey and Sony Pal interchanged their fourth and fifth positions. Star Bharat, Zee TV, Star Plus and Colors maintained their sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth positions respectively. Sony Entertainment Television emerged as the new leader by bagging tenth position.     

    Hindi Urban GEC

    Zee TV dominated the urban space with its first position. Sony Entertainment Television retained its second position. Star Plus jumped to the third position from first position. Colors, Star Bharat, Sony Sab, Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and &TV maintained their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

  • Star Plus gains leadership position in BARC urban areas in week 4

    Star Plus gains leadership position in BARC urban areas in week 4

    MUMBAI: Star Plus and Star Bharat interchanged their third and fourth positions in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 4 of 2018. Colors and Star Plus interchanged their eighth and ninth positions respectively iron the rural market. Star and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their first and second positions in the urban areas.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol and Zee TV continued to be on first and second positions respectively. Star Plus and Star Bharat interchanged their third and fourth positions. Star Utsav, Colors Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Pal, Dangal TV and Rishtey retained their fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Star Utsav, Dangal TV, Sony Pal, Rishtey, Star Bharat and Zee TV retained their first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions respectively. Colors and Star Plus interchanged their eighth and ninth positions. Big Magic continued to be on tenth position.

    Hindi urban GEC

    Star Plus and Sony Entertainment Television swapped their first and second positions respectively. Zee TV, Colors, Star Bharat, Sony Sab, Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and &TV retained their third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

  • ZEEL launches ‘Zee Family Pack’ at Rs 39 per month for 23 channels

    ZEEL launches ‘Zee Family Pack’ at Rs 39 per month for 23 channels

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL) has launched an offer price for its Hindi speaking audience till 31 January 2019. The ‘Zee Family Pack’ which was priced at Rs 45 per month for a suite of 24 channels is now being provided at Rs 39 per month for 23 channels.

    Tailor-made to fulfil multiple demands from family, the ‘Zee Family Pack’ targets the Hindi speaking market (HSM). The Zee Family Pack includes leading channels such as Zee TV, &TV, Zee Cinema, &Pictures, Zee Bollywood, Zee News, Zee Anmol, Big Ganga, Zing, Living Foodz and many others, cutting across multiple genres such as entertainment, movies, news, music and lifestyle thereby offering content that caters to every member of the family, every day. 

    To cater to the multi-genre needs of the premium viewers whose primary language is English, Zee has created the Zee Prime Pack English SD that includes premium channels such as Zee Café, & Flix, Living Foodz and WION priced at Rs 25 per month and the HD pack that includes & Prive HD in addition to these at Rs 35 per month.

    With a total of 59 channels (43 SD & 16 HD) in 11 languages reaching a total of 148 million households every day, ZEEL has been offering audiences in India entertainment cutting across genres.