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  • Sony Sab continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    Sony Sab continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    BENGALURU: Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Sony Sab continued as the most watched pay TV Hindi GEC in week 11 of 2019 (Saturday, 14 March 2020 to Friday, 20 March 2020, week or period under review). The channel had replaced Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors which until recently had been the most watched Hindi GEC for a few weeks in 2020.

    Most watched pay channels across genres in week 11 of 2020

    Five Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada, Kids, Telugu and Tamil genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres for week 11 of 2020. There were three channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), two channels each from Star India, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun Tv Network. Eight of the channels were GECs’, while there was one each from the Kids and Hindi Movies genres during the week under review.

    The list of top 10 pay channels across genres for week 11 of 2020 was the same up to rank 4 as compared to the previous week. Star India’s flagship Tamil GEC Star Vijay exited the list in week 11 of 2020 and was replaced by Viacom18’s kids channel Nick.Colors climbed up a place to fifth rank, while Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC dropped a place to sixth rank in week 11 of 2020 from fifth rank in the previous week. SPN’s Hindi Movies retained its 10 rank in the list in week 11 of 2020. SPN’s flagship GEC Sony Entertainment Television also dropped a place to eighth rank in week 11 of 2020 as compared to seventh rank in the previous week.

    Refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres for weeks 10 and 11.

    Most watched free channels across genres in week 11 of 2020

    Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal led BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 11 of 2020, as it had in the previous weeks. Dangal has generally been the most watched channel across genres ever since BARC recommenced publication of data in week 13 of 2019 after the implementation of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI’s New Tariff Order or NTO.

    During the period under review, four channels from the Hindi Movies and three channels from the Bhojpuri from Hindi GEC,two channels from the Bhojpuri and one channel from the Hindi Music genre comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels in week 11 of 2020.  Four of the channels were from Zeel and there were three channels from Enterr 10 Television, two channels from B4U and one channel from the SkyStar Network.

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels in week 10 of 2020 were the same as in the previous week with changes in ranks. B4U’s Bhojpuri channel B4UBhojpuri exited the list in week 11 of 2020, while SkyStar’s Hindi Movies channel ABZY Movies reentered the list.

    Please refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for weeks 10 and 11

    Most watched channels on all platforms across genresin week 11 of 2020

    Dangal continued its domination of BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres in week 11 of 2020 at rank 1 as it has in the recent past. The first five channels in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list during week 11 were the same in rank and file as in week 10 of 2020. One channel reentered the list -Nick, while Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Vijay exited it.

    Nine of the 10 channels in BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres in week 10 of 2020 were GECs’. Seven of the channels were Hindi GECs’, while there was one channel each from the Kids,Tamil and Telugu genres in the list. From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels from SPN, two channels each from Star India, Viacom 18 and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network.

    Refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres for weeks 10 and 11


     

  • BARC week 11: Zee Biskope leads in Bhojpuri market

    BARC week 11: Zee Biskope leads in Bhojpuri market

    MUMBAI: In the regional space of week 11 of BARC India ratings, Zee Biskope grabbed the leading position in the Bhojpuri market. The channel jumped from third position to first. Zee's other regional channel Zee Punjab is also leading in the Punjabi market this week. But Zee Keralam slipped down to fifth position from third in the last week. In the Telugu market, Star Maa Movies replaced Gemini Movies in the fifth position. 

    In the Bangla market, Star Jalsha, Zee Bangla, Jalsha Movies, Sony Aath and Colors Bangla were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings.

    Bangla

     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 STAR Jalsha 330581
    2 Zee Bangla 310034
    3 Jalsha Movies 84765
    4 Sony Aath 62715
    5 Colors Bangla 58414
    WB (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 

    In the Bhojpuri market, Zee Biskope, Bhojpuri Cinema, Big Ganga, B4U Bhojpuri and Danbang were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings.  

     
    Bhojpuri 
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Zee Biskope 59519
    2 Bhojpuri Cinema 55413
    3 Big Ganga 45041
    4 B4U Bhojpuri 36158
    5 Dabangg 13068
    Bihar/Jharkhand (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 

    In the Gujarati market, Colors Gujarati Cinema, Colors Gujarati, TV9 Gujarati, ABP Asmita and News18 Gujarati were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings.  

    Gujarati

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Colors Gujarati Cinema 35959
    2 Colors Gujarati 22019
    3 TV9 Gujarati 16698
    4 ABP Asmita 16635
    5 News18 Gujarati 11359
    Guj / D&D / DNH (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals, 

    In the Kannada market, Zee Kannada, Colors Kannada, Udaya TV, Star Suvarna,  and Udaya Movies were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings.  

    Kannada

     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Zee Kannada 486689
    2 Colors Kannada 212792
    3 Udaya TV 209928
    4 Star Suvarna 206562
    5 Udaya Movies 165729
    Karnataka (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 

    In the Malayalam market, Asianet, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers TV, Surya TV, and Zee Keralam were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings    

     

    Malayalam
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Asianet 313311
    2 Mazhavil Manorama 88404
    3 Flowers TV 75020
    4 Surya TV 72994
    5 Zee Keralam 68051
    Kerala (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 

    Zee Marathi, Colors Marathi, Star Parvah, Fakt Marathi and ZeeTalkies were the top Marathi channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings  
     

    Marathi
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Zee Marathi 242185
    2 Colors Marathi 179795
    3 STAR Pravah 172976
    4 Fakt Marathi 122941
    5 Zee Talkies 100769
    Mah/ Goa (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 

    Zee Punjabi, PTC Punjabi, Pitaara TV,  Maha Punjabi and DD Punjabi were the top five channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings.  
     

    Punjabi
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Zee Punjabi 50386
    2 PTC Punjabi 50235
    3 Pitaara TV 47414
    4 Maha Punjabi 27817
    5 Manoranjan Movies 22193
    Pun / Cha (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals,

    Sun TV, Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, KTV and Star Vijay Super were the top five Tamil channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings  
     

    Tamil
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 Sun TV 868544
    2 STAR Vijay 436306
    3 Zee Tamil 406964
    4 KTV 331956
    5 STAR Vijay Super 137411
    Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 
    Star Maa, Zee Telugu,  ETV Telugu, Gemini TV, and  Star Maa Movies were top five Telugu channels in week 11 of BARC India ratings  
     
    Telugu
     
    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 11
    1 STAR Maa 659254
    2 ETV Telugu 446625
    3 Zee Telugu 442705
    4 Gemini TV 374737
    5 Star Maa Movies 201007
    AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals, 
  • Southern channels continue Pay-TV viewership dominance across genres

    Southern channels continue Pay-TV viewership dominance across genres

    BENGALURU: In the recent past, channels in two South Indian languages, Tamil and Telugu, have been the most watched pay-TV channels across genres, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data. There have been exceptions to this. The weeks when the annual cricketing bonanza Indian Premier League had been played had sports channels dominating viewership of pay-TV channels. Further, though Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors became the second most watched pay-TV channel in the country in the start of 2020, the Sun TV Network’s Tamil GEC Sun TV led pay-TV viewership at rank one.

    Media reports from around the world stated that the World Health Organisation or WHO had declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. BARC data for week 10 of 2019 (Saturday, 7 March 2020 to Friday, 13 March 2020, week or period under review) of the top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres shows that Sun TV and Star India’s Star Maa were the first and the second most watched channels across genres. The duo had led pay-TV across genres weekly ratings for pervious week also.

    Most watched pay channels across genres in week 10 of 2020

    Five Hindi GECs, two Tamil and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada and Telugu genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres for week 10 of 2020. There were three channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun TV Network. Nine of the channels were GECs, while one was from the Hindi movies genre during the week under review.

    The list of top 10 pay channels across genres during the period was the same up to rank 7 as compared to the previous week. Star India’s flagship Tamil GEC Star Vijay climbed up to eighth place in week 10 of 2020 from tenth place in week 9. ZEEL’s flagship Kannada GEC dropped a place to ninth rank in week 10 of 2020 from eighth rank in the previous week. SPN’s Hindi Movies reentered the top 10 pay channels across genres list in week 10 of 2020, while the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Telugu GEC Gemini TV exited the list.

    Please refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres for weeks 9 and 10.

    Most watched free channels across genres in week 10 of 2020

    Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal led BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 10 of 2020, as it had in the previous weeks. Dangal has been the most watched channel across genres ever since BARC recommenced publication of data in week 13 of 2019 after the implementation of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI’s New Tariff Order or NTO.

    During the period under review, three channels each from the Bhojpuri, Hindi GEC and Hindi Movies genres and one channel from the Hindi Music genre comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels in week 10 of 2020.  Four of the channels were from Zeel and there were three channels each from B4U and Enterr 10 Television.

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels in week 10 of 2020 were the same as in the previous week with changes in ranks. Enterr 10 Television’s Marathi GEC Fakt Marathi exited the list in week 10 of 2020, while B4U’s Bhojpuri Movies channel B4U Bhojpuri reentered the list.

    Please refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for weeks 9 and 10

    Most watched channels on all platforms across genres in week 10 of 2020

    Dangal continued its domination of BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres in week 10 of 2020 at rank 1 as it has in the recent past. The first eight channels in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list during week 10 were the same as in week 9 of 2020 with a some shuffling of ranks. Two channels reentered the list -Zeel’s Hindi GEC Big Magic and Star Vijay, while two channels – Zeel’s Zee Kannada and Sun Tv Network’s Gemini TV exited it.

    All the 10 channels in BARC’s weekly lists of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres in week 10 of 2020 were GECs’. Seven of the channels were Hindi GECs’, while there were two Tamil and one Telugu channel in the list. From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels from Star India, two channels each from SPN and Zeel and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network and Viacom18.

    Please refer to the figure below for ratings of the Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres for weeks 9 and 10

  • ZEE Biskope to air world television premiere of ‘Sher Singh’ on the occasion of Holi

    ZEE Biskope to air world television premiere of ‘Sher Singh’ on the occasion of Holi

    MUMBAI: ZEE BISKOPE, the 24-hr dedicated Bhojpuri movie channel, is all set to keep up its promise of offering a bouquet of category firsts to its consumers on the occasion of Holi. Adding to the exuberance of the festival, the channel will keep its audience enthralled and entertained with the World Television Premiere of the 2019 Pawan Singh blockbuster ‘Sher Singh’ on Tuesday, 10 March at 6:30 pm in the Jila Top slot.  

    Celebrating the myriad shades of entertainment this Holi, ZEE Biskope will launch the first ever digital mascots of a Bhojpuri movie channel – Bhaiyaji & Gamchaji. The character of Bhaiyaji will portray a cool, carefree and true Bhojiwood buff who engages with the audience showcasing his expertise in Bhojpuri movies. Gamchaji who personifies the symbolic Gamcha of the region, will be complimenting Bhaiyaji. The duo will be revealed on the channel’s social pages this Holi.  Adding to the galore, the channel will also launch its brand song video across digital & television platforms.

    Just when you think that’s all for the festival of colours, ZEE Biskope brings out more from its kitty. Right after Holi, the channel will extend its marketing campaign further with digital wall paintings across Bihar, Jharkhand & UP. These would be illustrated visuals featuring the top 3 superstars of Bhojiwood and brand ambassadors of ZEE BISKOPE – Nirahua, Pawan Singh & Khesari Lal Yadav. The channel will also launch #LahariyaChallenge on-ground through a canter activity across Arrah & Chhapra where participants will be gratified for their entertaining performance on ZEE Biskope ’s brand song.

    Talking about the Holi launches, Zee Biskope & Big Ganga business head Amarpreet Singh Saini said, “Since its launch, ZEE BISKOPE has always offered its viewers with category firsts. Holi will be no exception. Be it the launch of the digital mascots – Bhaiyaji & Gamchaji or the illustrated digital wall paintings; be it #LahariyaChallenge or the brand song, the channel has meticulously catered unique offerings throughout, with a viewers first approach. The brand has big plans for the market in the coming months to keep up the momentum.”

    ZEE Biskope aims to be create a platform for its viewers to celebrate authentic Bhojpuri entertainment to its unabashed best. Keeping the viewer at the core of what ZEE Biskope stands for, the channel offers them a content library of 300+ movies that spans an array of diverse, yet popular, genres that include romance, drama, action and comedy. The channel is available on DD Free Dish (channel no 31), d2h (channel no 859), Dish TV (channel no 1555), Siti Cable (channel no 214) and Darsh Digital (channel no 189). It’ll soon be available on all other major cable and DTH platforms.

  • Colors’ streak as most-watched pay Hindi GEC across genres continues

    Colors’ streak as most-watched pay Hindi GEC across genres continues

    BENGALURU: Network18/Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors became the most watched Hindi GEC on the pay platform across genres in week 2 of 2019. The channel continued its most watched pay Hindi GEC channel across genres streak in week 7 of 2020 (Saturday, 15 February 2020 to Friday, 21 February 2020, period or week under review) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data for the top 10 channels across genres on all platforms and top 10 pay channels across genres. Hence week 7 of 2020 was the sixth consecutive week that the channel was the most watched pay Hindi GEC across genres. It must be noted that Enterr10 Television’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal continued its run as the most watched channel across genres on all platforms as well as on the FTA platform.

    All the 10 channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres on all platforms in week 7 of 2020 were GECs. Six were Hindi, two were Telugu and there was one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres. There were three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network Ltd and Network18/Viacom18. Nine of the most channels were on the pay platform, while one was FTA. 

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Pay channels Across Genres

    As mentioned above, Colors was the most watched pay Hindi GEC across genres per BARC weekly data for top 10 pay channels across genres in week 7 of 2020. BARC commenced publishing data in the public domain of the top 10 pay channels across genres in week 35 of 2020. During the 19 weeks of 2019 for which data was publicly available, the first two ranks in BARC’s weekly pay TV across genres lists were generally held by Tamil and Telugu GECs. Colors has broken that trend in 2020 – the two most watched channels in the country were Tamil and Hindi GECs. The Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV was the most watched pay channel across genres in week 7 of 2020.

    Nine of the channels were GECs while one channel was from the kids’ genre in BARC weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres in week 7 of 2020. There were five Hindi GECs, two Telugu GECs and one channel each from the Kannada GEC, kids and Tamil GEC genres in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres in week 7 of 2020. From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network  in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay channels Across genres in week 7 of 2020 were same as in the previous week with some shuffling of ranks. ETV Telugu, the Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC exited the list in week 7 of 2020 and was replaced by a kids channel from its own network – NICK. Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free channels Across Genres

    Dangal and Zeel’s Hindi GEC Big Magic continued to be the most watched free channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 free channels across genres in week 7 of 2020 at ranks one and two respectively. Nine of the channels in BARC’s FTA across genres list in week 7 of 2020 were the same as in the previous week. Zeel’s Zing exited the list while its recently launched Bhojpuri channel Zee Biskope entered. 

    There were four channels from Enterr10 Television and three channels each from B4U Network and Zeel. Four of the channels were Bhojpuri, three were Hindi movies, two were Hindi GECs and there was one channel from the Marathi genre in BARC’s weekly list in week 7 of 2020. Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 6: Four Zee regional channels lead regional markets

    BARC week 6: Four Zee regional channels lead regional markets

    MUMBAI: In week six of BARC India ratings, Zee's four regional channels  Zee Bangla, Zee Biskope, Zee Marathi and Zee Kannada led in Bangla, Bhojpuri, Marathi and Kannada markets respectively. Zee Punjabi and Zee were seen holding second position in their respective market, whereas Zee Tamil holds third position in the Tamil market. 

    In Bangla market, Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies, Zee Bangla Cinema and Colors Bangla were the top Bangla channels in week 06 of BARC India ratings. Last week Star Jalsha held the leading position in the Bangla market. This Colors Bangla also entered replacing Sun Bangla in the list.

    Bangla

    In Bhojpuri market, Zee Biskope, Bhojpuri Cinema, Big Ganga, B4U Bhojpuri and Dabangg were the top five Bhojpuri channels. No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five Bhojpuri channels in week 06 of BARC India ratings. 

    Bhojpuri

    In Gujarati market, Colors Gujarati Cinema, Colors Gujarati, ABP Asmita, TV9 Gujarati and VTV News were the top five Gujarati channels in week six of BARC India ratings. No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five Gujarati channels. 

    Gujarati

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    In Kannada market, Zee Kannada, Colors Kannada, Udaya TV, Star Suvarna, and Udaya Movies were the top five Kannada channels and no changes were observed in the pecking order of channels in week six of BARC India ratings.

    Kannada

    In Malayalam market, Asianet, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers TV, Surya TV and Zee Keralam, were the top five channels in week six of BARC India ratings

    Malayalam

    Zee Marathi, Colors Marathi, Star Parvah, Fakt Marathi and Star Talkies were the top Marathi channels in week six of BARC India ratings 

    Marathi

    PTC Punjabi, Zee Punjabi, Pitaara TV, Maha Punjabi and DD Punjabi were the top five Punjabi channels in week six of BARC India ratings.

    Punjabi

    Sun TV, Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, KTV and Star Vijay Super were the top five channels in week six of BARC India ratings. This week Star Vijay Super replaced last week's new entrant Adithya Tv at fifth position. 

    Tamil

    Star Maa, Zee Telugu,  ETV Telugu, Gemini TV, and  Gemini Movies were top five Telugu channels in week six of BARC India ratings. This week Zee Telugu has moved up to second position and Gemini Movies has replaced Star Maa Movies in fifth position.

    Telugu

     

  • Zee Biskope leads in Bhojpuri market for second consecutive week

    Zee Biskope leads in Bhojpuri market for second consecutive week

    MUMBAI: Zee Biskope, a 24-hour dedicated Bhojpuri movie channel primarily for the Bihar, Jharkhand & East UP markets, has ranked as the No. 1 Bhojpuri Channel in the country for the second consecutive week since its launch. The channel has strengthened its position as the market leader in the category with GRP of 148 (BARC; Bihar Jharkhand; U+R; 2+; Wk 04’20). With an impression of 58355 (BARC; Uttar Pradesh; U+R; 2+; Wk 04’20; Impressions’000), Zee Biskope has topped the chart in Uttar Pradesh as well. ZEEL now enjoys about 45 per cent of market share in the Bhojpuri category with Zee Biskope and BIG Ganga taken together.

    ZEE BISKOPE which was launched recently aims to be the ultimate destination of authentic Bhojpuri entertainment. The channel is available on DD Free Dish (channel no 31), Dish TV (channel no 1555), Siti Cable (channel no 214) and Darsh Digital (channel no 189). It’ll soon be available on all other major cable and DTH platforms.

    Speaking on the achievement Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) cluster head Samrat Ghosh said, “Zee Biskope opening as the market leader is a rare feat by any channel in the recent history. The numbers not only strengthened ZEEL’s market share but also went on to prove the power that Bhojpuri category recons at HSM level primarily due to viewership from migrated population. It’s a market with huge potential and with our new offering, we are all set to keep this momentum going while reaching out the best of Bhojpuri entertainment to our audience.”

    Zee Biskope and Big Ganga business head Amarpreet Singh Saini said, “This achievement has been a result of building every element of the brand meticulously. As a first, Zee Biskope has associated with the top three superstars of Bhojiwood – Nirahua, Pawan Singh and Khesari Lal Yadav as brand ambassadors. The channel’s library boasts over 300+ blockbuster titles with the best of latest WTPs lined up every weekend to keep viewers excited throughout. Be it the slot names curated in Bhojpuri style, the brand song exuberating regional essence or the mega launch event in Patna with our brand ambassadors, we have strategically crafted Zee Biskope’s launch with big plans. Adding to the galore, we would soon launch the industry’s first ever digital mascots – Bhaiya ji and Gamcha ji and have digital wall paintings across the region to reach out to the masses. The brand is loaded with ammunitions in its kitty to keep up the leadership.” 

    The brand signifies a space which enables viewers to rejoice their Bhojpuriyat at their unabashed best. Touted as the go-to destination for Bhojpuri movies; Zee Biskope offers a slew of robust content spread across an array of genres highly popular amongst Bhojpuri audience, such as romance, drama, action and comedy. With a strong library, Zee Biskope boasts biggest blockbuster movies of last 5 years and the biggest hits of the top 3 superstars of Bhojiwood – Nirahua, Pawan and Khesari. The channel’s library enjoys movies across eras – region’s legends (Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan), current superstars (Nirahua, Pawan & Khesari) and upcoming favourites (Chintu Pandey and Yash Mishra). With chartbuster movies, exclusive titles, movie-based programming throughout the day the channel is geared up to aggressively deliver its core proposition “Aathon Pahariya Loota Lahariya” (enjoy Bhojpuri entertainment throughout the day).

  • Colors continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    Colors continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    BENGALURU: Network18/Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors had climbed up to rank 3 in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 3 of 2020 (previous week or period). Colors is a pay TV channel. Enterr10 Television’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal had regained top spot after a short hiatus of one week from the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in the previous week.The same ranking status continued on in week 4 of 2020 (Saturday, 25 January 2020 to Friday, 31January 2020, week or period under review). Hence Colors was the most watched pay TV Hindi GEC in week 4 of 2020 for the second week in a row.

    As a matter of fact, the first seven ranks during the period under review in BARC’s top 10 channels across genres on all platforms weekly list were the same in rank and file as in the previous week. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) pay TV flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) pushed up one place to eighth rank in week 4 of 2020 from week 3, while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) flagship Kannada GEC Zee Kannada dropped a place to ninth rank. Viacom18’s kids channel Nick exited BARC’s weekly across genres on all platforms list in week 4 of 2020 and was replaced by Zeel’s Hindi Movies channel Zee cinema.

    Six Hindi GECs’ and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu genres made up BARC’s Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 4 of 2020. There were three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN and Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network and Viacom18/Network18 in the list in week 4 of 2020. Nine of the channels were on the pay platform and one channel was FTA.
    The combined ratings of the Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 4 of 2020 were lower than those of the previous week.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020

    Sun TV continued its run as the most watched pay channel in week 4 of 2020. It topped BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. The first six ranks in week 4 of 2020 were the same as in week 3. SET climbed to eighth rank, while Zee Kannada dropped to ninth rank in week 4 of 2020 as compared to the previous period. Viacom18’s Nick was replaced at tenth rank by Zee Cinema during the period under review.

    Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu GECs’ and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada and Tamil genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. There were three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Network18/Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in BARC’s weeklylist of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. The combined ratings of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020 were lower than those of the previous week.

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020

    The first 4 channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020 were the same as in the previous week. Enterr10 TV’s Bhojpuri channel Bhojpuri Cinema jumped up three places to fifth rank during the week under review from its previous week’s eighth position. Zeel’s Music channel Zing entered the list at ninth rank, while pubcasterDoordarshan’s Sports channel DD Sports exited BARC weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. 

    Four Bhojpuri channels, two channels each from the Hindi GEC and Hindi Movies genres and one channel each from the Marathi and Music genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels each from Enterr10 Television and Zeel and two channels from B4U network in the list in week 4 of 2020. Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020.

    Of note was Zeel’snew Bhojpuri channel Zee Biskope – the channel retained its place and rank in its second week since coming under BARC’s ambit.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • ZEEL unveils marketing, promotion and distribution strategies for Zee Biskope

    ZEEL unveils marketing, promotion and distribution strategies for Zee Biskope

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has a new ambitious member joining it's cluster – the upcoming 24-hour dedicated Bhojpuri movie channel Zee Biskope. The channel will be rolled out on the auspicious day of Sankranti, 14 January 2020.

    ZEEL aims to brand the channel on the popularity of three Bhojpuri stars — Nirahua, Pawan Singh and Khesari Lal Yadav. “These three stars are the glue between the audience and the Bhojpuri film industry and there’s crazy love for a hero in the region,” ZEEL’s business head of Zee Biskope and Ganga Amarpreet Saini said while speaking to Indiantelevision.com.

    He added, “As the face of the brand these three stars are definitely going to generate a lot of connection. We will also be broadcasting movies wherein these heroes are more associated with people, which is the bigger phase of the marketing campaign.”

    Expanding its regional footprint, Zee Biskope is an additional channel in the movie segment, along with the existing general entertainment channel (GEC) — Big Ganga in Bhojpuri market.

    As a part of marketing strategy, the broadcaster will have movie screening of 2019 blockbusters in the largest hall in Patna on 18 January 2020. The event will witness the attendance of these three Khans of Bhojpuri, along with media, distributors and of course audience.

    Meanwhile, the business head of Zee Biskope and Ganga laying out the further marketing plan stated: “The brand will also have two animated mascots called Bhaiyaji and Gamchaji, discussing the new releases, television premieres, and interactions with the audience and stars of the Bhojpuri industry.”

    ZEEL being the largest entertainment network, Saini said, “We will leverage the strength of our network as a primary source of driving awareness about the channel. We also have our established brands in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and Jharkhand. We will also leverage their strengths to create awareness.”

    He went on to explain that if need be for incremental and additional reach beyond our network, they would consider some non-network channels to promote the movie channel. This option will only be attempted post exhausting our network’s strength.

    The Bhojpuri movie channel will also be promoted on all possible platforms, including digital, television along with on-ground initiatives and activities to create a tangible relationship with viewers.

    Zee Biskope would be a paid channel available on all cable and DTH services at Rs 0.10 per month, Saini said.

    Meanwhile, ZEEL’s cluster business – east Samrat Ghosh said, “Unlike regional markets, Bhojpuri television market is apparently very new and the majority of advertisers would be national players. Local advertisers couldn’t afford national channel because of price sensitivity.”

    Ghosh said that with an increase in viewers’ traction, the eyeballs are gradually shifting to Bhojpuri market wherein local advertisers also see a lot of mileage in advertising their products. He further added that local advertisers are at a negligible level compared to national advertisers.

    Ghosh also said that the channel is on the verge of signing new national advertisers, along with existing associations with different brands.

    With the tag line ‘AathonPahariya Luta Lahariya’ (enjoy Bhojpuri entertainment throughout the day), the channel’s philosophy is to allow viewers to rejoice Bhojpuriyat 24*7 and efforts have been made to enhance and celebrate this Bhojpuriyat in the best possible ways.

    With over 300 plus library strength, the channel will broadcast exclusive world television premiere movies every weekend, however, a week before television there would be a digital premiere of exclusive movies on ZEE5.

    As the broadcaster’s primary focus is to show authentic Bhojpuri movies on the new channel, Zee Biskope and Ganga’s business head said, “Going forward, we would also broadcast larger-than-life south dubbed movies in Bhojpuri language seeing dubbed movies traction in this market.”

    Meanwhile, Saini also said, “The idea to offer a movie channel along with the existing GEC channel in the market is to achieve leadership in the Bhojpuri segment.” ZEEL so far is the only broadcaster to provide both GEC and movie channel in this market.

    The last couple of years’ maximum contribution to the rise of the broadcasting industry has come from regional markets. In this regard, ZEEL’s cluster business head said, “We are keen to explore other markets, but to launch a new regional channel or not that depends on a business opportunity.”