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  • Comedy Central gains in BARC week 42

    Comedy Central gains in BARC week 42

    MUMBAI: Comedy Central secured leadership position in the English general entertainment channel (GECs) genre in All the India (Urban + Rural) market. On the other hand, Zee Café, which was leading last week, stood at number three according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data in week 42.

     

    Comedy Central led the English GEC genre with 195 (000Sums) followed by AXN in the second slot with 144 (000Sums) followed by Zee Cafe with 124 (000Sums).

     

    Star World with 94 (000Sums) and Colors Infinity SD with 70 (000Sums) bagged the fourth and fifth berth respectively.

  • Zee Café ushers in the festivities, with three brand new shows, this November

    Zee Café ushers in the festivities, with three brand new shows, this November

    MUMBAI: This festive season your favorite shows are back and with a Bang! Get ready to watch your most loved shows along with your family and have a super November only on Zee Café.

     

    The Good Wife makes a comeback on Zee Café with the 6th Season. This season, Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) persuades Alicia (Julianna Margulies) to run for State’s Attorney, and while Florrick, Agos & Associates is on the verge of bringing in Diane Lockhart as a partner, Cary must face disturbing allegations. Catch the premiere of this legal drama on 26 November every Monday to Thursday at 11:00 pm.

     

    Follow the lives of your favorite Vampires along with the U.S only on The Vampire Diaries’ Season 7. Help the elite group of FBI agents analyze the most dangerous Criminal Minds’ in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.

     

    Get to know your mesmerizing celebrities little better, as Niranjan Iyengar indulges in a tete-a -tete, with them on Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan Season 2. The Season two of the show will have its finale episode in November with Katrina Kaif. Also bid adieu to the original vampire family with the season 2 finale of The Originals. 

     

    Indulge in Sunday Brunch twice this month. Watch Jack Black as he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers only on School of Rock on 1 November at 10:00 am. While Vivian Ward, a streetwise, down-on-her-luck working girl, has a chance encounter with Edward Lewis, a handsome corporate mogul, which leads to an improbable love affair only on Pretty Woman 29 November at 10:00 am.

     

    Sundays just got better. Zee Café introduces two new shows Selfie and Young and Hungry. Watch the entire series on 8 and 22 November  respectively. Also, do not forget to tune in to The Astronaut Wives Club, every, Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 PM starting 28 November.

     

    We continue to tickle your funny bone with Two And a Half Men and The Millers Season 1-2, Monday to Friday at 8:00-9:00 pm. Let your Quirky side out with The Big Bang Theory season 9, every Saturday at 9:00 PM. 

  • BARC week 41: Zee Cafe continues to lead English GECs; Colors Infinity enters top 5

    BARC week 41: Zee Cafe continues to lead English GECs; Colors Infinity enters top 5

    MUMBAI: Zee Cafe maintained its leadership position in the English general entertainment channel (GECs) genre in All the India (Urban + Rural) market while Colors Infinity entered in the top five channels of the genre according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data in week 41.

     

    Zee Café in the English GEC led the genre in the first spot with 103 (000Sums) followed by AXN on second slot with 98 (000Sums) and Comedy Central with 92 (000Sums) on the third slot.

     

    Viacom 18’s English GEC Colors Infinity SD and Colors Infinity HD bagged the fourth and fifth berth with 88 (000Sums) and 58 (000Sums) respectively.

     

    In week 40 of BARC India urban data, the top three positions were same. Zee Cafe led the chart with 235 (000Sums) followed by AXN on second slot which scored 126 (000Sums) and Comedy Central on third spot scored 114 (000Sums). 

  • BARC rural roll out sees Zee Anmol, Star Ustav in top 5 Hindi GECs

    BARC rural roll out sees Zee Anmol, Star Ustav in top 5 Hindi GECs

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India released the much awaited all India data, which includes rural India, a first in the country. With the introduction of rural data, Zee Network’s free to air (FTA) channel Zee Anmol and Star India’s Star Utsav have managed to find their place in top five Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) in week 41.

     

    DD National registered an Average Time Spent (ATS) of 53 mins and 39 secs, which is the highest among Hindi GECs. 

     

    In the Hindi GEC space, Star Plus maintains its leadership and grabbed the first position with 804214 (000Sums) followed by Colors in second slot with 708747 (000Sums) in week 41.

     

    Zee Network’s FTA channel Zee Anmol jumped to number three with 609189 (000Sums), while Zee TV managed to hold the fourth position with 588017 (000Sums). In fifth spot was Star Utsav with 500809 (000Sums).

     

    Life OK with with 459427 (000Sums) and DD National with 381659 (000Sums) grabbed the sixth and seventh positions respectively. Sony Entertainment Television with 371261 (000Sums), Sab with 280409 (000Sums) and Rishtey with 270072 (000Sums) garnered the eighth, ninth and tenth slot respectively.

     

    Highlights of BARC India Week 41 (10-16 October) ratings: 

    · Star Plus maintains its leadership with 804214 Rat (000s) followed by Colors at 708747 Rat (000s).

    ·  Zee Anmol jumps to number three with 609189 Rat (000s).

    ·  DD National registered an Average Time Spent (ATS) of 53 Min 39 Sec highest among Hindi GECs. 

    ·  Rishtey is amongst top 10 Hindi GECs with 270072 Rat (000s).  

    ·  In the news genre, Times Now maintains its leadership with 560 Rat (000s) followed by CNN IBN at 233 Rat (000s).

    ·  Sports sees major spike in ratings. Star Sports 1 holds number 1 position with 162592 Rat (000s) on the back of Paytm ODI Trophy 2015- India vs South Africa.

    ·  Star Gold becomes No 1 Hindi Movie channel with 486374 Rat (000s) with the premier of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

    ·  Aaj Tak is number one in Hindi News genre with 72067 Rat (000s).

    ·  Sun TV with 1092231 Rat (000s) topped the Tamil GEC genre. It also becomes the No 1 channel on All India basis ahead of Star Plus and Colors.

    ·  ETV Telugu maintains No 1 position in Telugu GEC market with 424252 Rat (000s). 

    ·  Colors Kannada maintains its ranking order in the Kannada GEC space with 211268 Rat (000s).

    ·  Zee Marathi with 116598 Rat (000s) leads the Marathi GEC genre.

    ·  In the Malayalam GEC genre, Asianet topped the chart with 413385 Rat (000s).

    ·  Star Jalsha tops Bengali GEC space with 241463 Rat (000s).

    ·  Discovery Channel stays ahead of competition with 6433 Rat (000s).

    ·  Kids genre sees spike in ratings, Nick is the number one kids channel with 97227 Rat (000s).

    ·  MTV is the No 1 Youth channel with 14219 Rat (000s).

    ·  ET Now tops the English Business news genre with 484 Rat (000s).

    ·  Movies Now maintains its leadership in English Movies genre with 3200 Rat (000s) followed by Sony Pix at 1893 Rat (000s). 

    ·  Zee Café maintains its leadership in English Entertainment genre with 103 Rat (000s). 

     

    “I am delighted to present to the Broadcast and Advertising industry the All India Ratings. We have been able to give to the country a view of ‘What India Watches’ as promised,” said BARC India CEO Partho Dasgupta.

  • The Salvatore are back on Zee Cafe

    The Salvatore are back on Zee Cafe

    MUMBAI: Zee Café is all set to take you on a trip back to Mystic Falls, where the American teen drama unfolds among our favorite vampires. Watch the show exclusively, along with the U.S. as Zee Café airs the brand new season seven of The Vampire Diaries, at 11:00 p.m on 23rd October onwards.

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    With a huge fan following in India, the premiere of season seven, along with the U.S. has been much awaited. The show stars Ian Somerhalder, Steven R McQueen, Sara Canning, Katerina Graham, Candice Accola and Paul Wesley in the upcoming season.

     

    The new season promises to add a lot of spice as the Salvatore brothers navigates through love. Unfortunately, Nina Dobrev fans will definitely miss the character of Elena Gilbert after her adieu in the sixth season.  What remains to be seen is how the characters shape up in the absence of one of the main protagonists of the show.

     

    Will Damon survive the loss of Elena from his life? Will Lily succeed creating a rift between the Salvador brothers Damon and Stefan? In the middle of all this unrest will Stefan and Caroline’s love story survive till the end? What kind of havoc will the heretics bring in the lives of our favorite mystical beings?

     

    You will get the answers to all these and more in the season. What’s more interesting is that you get to be at par with the audience in the U.S. as you enjoy the love stories and heartbreaks that develop in Mystic Falls.

     

    So hold on to that bucket of popcorn while you watch The Vampire Diaries. Season premieres on Friday 23rd October at 11 pm.  

  • DishTV ups HD channels offering to 48 with Zee Cafe HD

    DishTV ups HD channels offering to 48 with Zee Cafe HD

    MUMBAI: After adding Ten Golf HD to its offering earlier this month, direct-to-home (DTH) operator DishTV has now added Zee Café HD, taking its HD channel and services’ count to 48.

     

    This is the largest HD offering in the country so far by a DTH operator. As of August, rival DTH operator Videocon d2h had 39 HD offerings.

     

    Zee Café HD syndicates popular American television shows like Pretty Little Liars, Two And A Half Men, Gotham and Look Who’s Talking With Niranjan amongst others to appeal to the English-speaking population of India.

     

    Dish TV chief operating officer Salil Kapoor said, “Being a pioneer and market leader Dish TV has always stood up to its promise of providing maximum width and depth of content with an overall of 500+ channels & services. DishTV has always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and believes in providing the maximum and the best in entertainment to its subscribers.”

     

    “Our endeavor is to increase affinity with our audiences by providing them the choice of content they would like to watch. And now by adding Zee Café HD exceedingly popular English entertainment channel in our channel bouquet, we take pride to offer maximum Hi-Definition content to our customers and we will continue to expand our offerings with further additions,” he added.

  • Zee Cafe launches America’s suspense thriller show Criminal Minds

    Zee Cafe launches America’s suspense thriller show Criminal Minds

    MUMBAI:  America’s suspense-thriller show Criminal Minds is all set to get you to #ThinkLikeACriminalstarting on 14 October at 10pm on Zee Cafe.

     

    Led by special agent Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner, each member of the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) brings in their– unique art of profiling to track – the predators’ motivations and identify their emotional triggers in –an attempt to stop them.

     

    Based in Quantico, Virginia, the BAU is a subsection of the FBI and are called in by the local police departments to assist with crimes that are of an extremely violent nature where the perpetrator is unknown. 

     

    The highlight of the show is the fact that, viewers not only get to watch the profilers solve the crime, but also get to understand the criminal’s psychological intention while he commits it. The BAU uses evidence from the case and matches that information to historic precedents and psychological analyses as a means to solve the case.

     

    Get hooked to the series as you watch Derek Morgan, Dr. Spencer Reid, Jennifer Jareau and the team solve some unusual thrilling cases

  • Chrome week 40: Sports genre leads with 1.1% hike

    Chrome week 40: Sports genre leads with 1.1% hike

    MUMBAI: The sports genre across India led the pack with a growth of 1.1 per cent with DD sports at the top of the chart with 74.4 per cent opportunity to see (OTS) in week 40 reported by Chrome Data Analytics and Media.

     

    Second on the list is the Hindi News genre in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM), which witnessed 0.9 per cent growth. India TV bagged the pole position in the section with 95.5 per cent OTS.

     

    English Entertainment grabbed the third slot in the six metros with growth of 0.7 per cent with Zee Café led the section with 49.3 per cent OTS.

     

    The Kids’ genre witnessed a rise of 0.3 per cent with Nickelodeon on the top with 78.6 per cent OTS.

     

    Amongst the losers this week were English Movies, Business News, Infotainments and Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs).

     

    The English Movie section in six metros witnessed a drop of 3.2 per cent with Movies Now securing the first position with 57.4 per cent OTS.

     

    Business News in six metros dropped by three per cent with CNBC Awaaz securing the top slot with 72.9 per cent OTS.

     

    The Infotainment channels genre across India dropped by one per cent. DD Kisan with 81.2 emerged as the most affected channel in the genre.

     

    This was followed by the Hindi GEC genre, which saw a fall of  0.7 per cent and bagged the fourth berth with DD National leading the tally with 96.4 OTS.

  • Chrome Week 39: Zee Cafe tops English entertainment genre

    Chrome Week 39: Zee Cafe tops English entertainment genre

    MUMBAI: The English Entertainment channels’ genre continues to stand ahead of the others and has secured leadership position with a growth of 3.8 per cent. In the genre, Zee Café was seen at the top with 50.3 per cent opportunity to see (OTS) in week 39 as per Chrome Data Analytics and Media.

     

    In the second slot was the sports channels genre with a hike of 0.9 per cent  across India. DD Sports continued to led the genre with 74.4 per cent OTS in the segment. 

     

    In third spot was the Infotainment genre, which witnessed a hike of 0.4 per cent. DD Kisan led the section with 81.5 per cent OTS.

     

    In the Hindi speaking market (HSM), the Hindi general entertainment channels (GEC) genre witnessed 0.4 per cent hike with DD National leading with 96.4 per cent OTS.

     

    In the six metros, Business News was amongst the top losers and witnessed a fall of 3.1 per cent with CNBC Awaaz leading the genre with  75.6 OTS. This was followed by English News in six metros in second place, which was down by 1.6 per cent with Lok Sabha TV leading the genre with 87.2 per cent OTS.

     

    The Hindi News segment across HSM saw a drop of 1.5 per cent and India TV led the tally in the space with 95 per cent OTS.

     

    Music genre dropped by 1.4 per cent in HSM with 9XM on top of the chart with 86.4 per cent OTS.

  • Zee names Sharlton Menezes as biz head of digital content

    Zee names Sharlton Menezes as biz head of digital content

    MUMBAI: In a recent internal re-shuffling, Zee Digital Convergence Limited (ZDCL) has named Sharlton Menezes as business head of original digital content. 

    Menezes was earlier heading programming and marketing at Zee Café and Zee Studio. 

    In his new role, Menezes will be responsible for production, distribution and monetisation of original video content. He will directly report to ZDCL CEO Debashish Ghosh.

     

    He will also be responsible for optimising the current TV show content created by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and look after traffic and revenues on YouTube and other emerging Video on Demand (VOD) platforms. 

    Menezes will work closely with digital video production content head Vineeta Shridhar, Zeel Digital business head Hemant Inamdar, and Ditto TV business head Manoj Padmanabhan to ensure effective impact of the digital content across all platforms.