Tag: Zee Cinema

  • Zee Cinema to air World Television Premiere of ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ this Valentine’s Day

    Zee Cinema to air World Television Premiere of ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ this Valentine’s Day

    It is often said that ‘there is no right time and place for love, it can happen anytime, anywhere’! With this thought at its core, the romantic drama ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ celebrates limitless love. Stated to be Sunny Deol’s third directorial venture, the movie narrates a love story that strives to understand the emotion and essence of a first-time romance, with all its innocence, doubts and complexities. Bringing to life this story are the captivating debutants i.e. Deol Scion – Karan Deol along with the charming Sahher Bambba in the lead. 

    This Valentine’s Day, 14 February experience the escapade of love with the World Television Premiere of the biggest love story ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ at 8 pm only on Zee Cinema.

    Along with quintessential love story, Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas has a holistic music album comprising of fun and heart-warming tracks. The title track ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ that is a rendition of Dharmendra ji’s old song successfully struck a chord with the audience with its soul-stirring lyrics. Making the soundtrack more interesting is the debutante Karan Deol’s rap in the song ‘Aadha Bhi Zyaada’.

    Also, giving an ode to the carefree life are the peppy songs ‘Ho Jaa Awara’ & ‘Ishaq Chaliya’ that gets you hooked at the very first go.

    Commenting on the title of his debut film and its importance, Karan Deol said, “I am a die-hard romantic and starting my acting career with a romantic film is ideal. Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas was one of my grandfather’s iconic songs and the film is a tribute to the evergreen song. Hence it is not only special but is also something I am very proud to be associated with. He had told me once, that acting is technically reacting and reciprocating to actions and I should not complicate it. I intend on keeping these pearls of wisdom in mind going forward as well. While the movie is a love story, it also has an action aspect to it, which is unveiled as the film progresses. To sum it up, the film is about external factors which influence the love of the couple and try to stop the romance from blossoming. With the movie all set to premiere on Zee Cinema, I just hope that people will see my work and appreciate the efforts I have put in.”

    Commenting on his grandson’s debut film, the proud grandfather Dharmendra Ji says, “It was an emotional moment for me when I got to know my grandson decided to join the industry and continue our family legacy. I remember telling him to be a good observer as life is beautiful struggle. It is also very important for an actor to be like a sponge, absorbing and learning new things because this is a very unpredictable industry. When the film was about to release, I had the same jitters as if it was my own film releasing but at the same time, I was also excited. And, Karan did make all of us proud. I wish him all the luck and whoever has missed this film in the theatres do catch the World Television Premiere on 14 th February only on Zee Cinema.”

    Actor turned director Sunny Deol commented, “Although this film wasn’t my first stint as a director, it gave me a feeling like no other film has. I was launching my son and directing his debut film, so there was nervousness but more than that my excitement had no bounds. Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas is an innocent love story that captures the raw emotions of lovers and our intention while making the film was to capture this very vulnerable emotion. Last year we released the first poster of the movie on 14 February and this year the movie is premiering on television on Valentine’s Day. So, do catch the movie on 14 th February only on Zee Cinema to witness this captivating love story.”

    Set against picturesque mountains of Himachal Pradesh, the movie revolves around the life of Karan Sehgal (Karan Deol), a mountaineer who runs a trekking camp, Ujhi Dhaar. On the other hand, Saher Sethi (Sahher Bambba), is a hard-to-please video blogger who enrolls with Karan’s company for a trek with the intention of exposing the overpriced trek. Over the course of one week, the two who are poles apart sail through adverse conditions during the trek, share emotional outbursts and form a connection. While both are attracted to each other, they don’t realize it until they bid each other goodbye post the trek. However, their contrasting backgrounds come to the forefront which influences their love story.

  • This Republic Day, watch the World Television Premiere of ‘Saaho’ on Zee Cinema

    This Republic Day, watch the World Television Premiere of ‘Saaho’ on Zee Cinema

    MUMBAI: All set to up the ‘JOSH’ this 26 th January is the World Television Premiere of the biggest action blockbuster of the year ‘Saaho’. Directed by Sujeeth, Saaho showcases a power struggle amongst the crime lords to rule over the underworld. This action entertainer gives the audience an opportunity to see the Bahubali superstar Prabhas step away from his royal prince avatar to don the role of a swanky undercover agent. With a gripping storyline and hair-raising action sequences, this movie marks the debut of Prabhas in Bollywood opposite the stunning Shraddha Kapoor. The movie also features Chunky Pandey, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Jackie Shroff in crucial roles. So, this Sunday, get ready to witness the ultimate battle between the underworld and police with the biggest action thriller of the year ‘Saaho’ at 8 pm only on Zee Cinema.

    Saaho ropes in some of the best names in the industry like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Guru Randhawa, Tanishk Bagchi and Badshah to create a fabulous jukebox for the movie. With songs such as Psycho Saiyaan, Enni Soni, Bad Boy, and Baby Won’t You Tell Me, the music album of
    Saaho went on to be a chartbuster. Comprising of a catchy dance number like Psycho Saiyaan, to including Enni Soni which was labelled ‘the love anthem of the year’, to the beautiful diva Jacqueline Fernandez grooving to Bad Boy; Saaho’s music album made sure listeners had the songs on loop. 

    Commenting on the action sequences in the film, Prabhas said,  "While the action element is high in Saaho, the movie is more about doing it with style. We set the bar high as a target and wanted to achieve it with the level of action scenes and VFX. While Hollywood has done it many times in the past, we wanted to be the first to do it for an Indian audience. So, we made a film that is new and technologically advanced and I hope that the audience watches and loves the movie when it premieres on Zee Cinema."

    Elaborating on her experience in Saaho, Shraddha Kapoor said, “Saaho is my biggest grosser till date and I am cherishing every bit of it. I feel like I am on top of the world as all our hardwork paid off. My experience of working with team Saaho was great and a memorable one. It was an honor for me to work in this film as it was my first multi-lingual film and I am glad I was chosen for it. I am really excited about how it’s going to reach a larger audience through the World Television Premiere on Zee Cinema. Hope everybody enjoys it.”

    Set against the backdrop of Waaji city, Saaho narrates the story of the ultimate battle to gain complete power over the underworld. After the sudden death of Roy – the crime boss of Waaji, Devaraj who is the son of a former don announces himself as the next leader. However, Roy’s son Vishwank foils his plans by inheriting his father’s throne. Amongst all of this, the gangsters try to get their hands-on Roy’s wealth, that is kept in an underground chamber and can only be accessed through a black box, hidden somewhere in Mumbai. On the other hand, a thief (Neil Nitin Mukesh) involved in a series of robbery lands up robbing the black box. This leads to a nationwide man hunt led by an undercover agent Ashok Chakravarthy (Prabhas) along with his team comprising of Amritha (Shraddha Kapoor) and David (Murali Sharma). When the thief is caught, the team is left shocked as they find out the actual truth behind the robberies and stumble upon Saaho.

  • BARC Week 49: Across genres list shared equally by Hindi and South Indian GECs

    BARC Week 49: Across genres list shared equally by Hindi and South Indian GECs

    BENGALURU: There were five channels each from Hindi GEC and three South Indian languages in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49 of 2019 (Saturday, 30 November 2019 to Friday, 6 December 2019, week or period under review). There were three channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada and Telugu genres in the top 10 across genres on all platforms weekly list for week 49 of 2019.

    There were three channels each from Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Sun Tv Network and Viacom 18 in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49.

    Eight of the channels in the across genres on all platforms list in week 49 were same as in the previous week. Zee’s Tamil channel Zee Tamil Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay reentered the weekly list at the cost of SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television  (SET) and the Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu. The first seven channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49 of 2019 were same in rank and file. Zeel’s Zee Kannada climbed up a place in week 49 to eighth rank in week 49 from ninth place in the previous week. One channel, the most watched one – Dangal TV was free to air (FTA), while the other nine were on the pay TV platform.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay TV channels Across Genres

    It was the three South Indian languages channels that dominated BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019. There were six channels – three from Tamil, two from Telugu and one from Kannada genres in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres during the period under review.Besides the six South Indian channels, there were four Hindi GEC’s in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019.

    Nine of the channels in the weekly pay TV across genres list in week 49 0f 2019 were same as in the previous week with a slight shuffling of ranks. SET exited the list and was replaced by Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay. There were three channels each from Star India and Zeel, two channels from Network18/Viacom18 and one channel each from SPN and Sun Tv Network in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs’ at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free channels Across Genres

    Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres

    The first nine channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week with slight changes in the ranks. Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 exited the list in week 49 of 2019 to be replaced by Zeel’sMusic channel Zing.

    There were three channels each from Enterr 10 Television, the B4U Network andZeel and one channel from SkyStarin BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 49 of 2019. There were three channels each from the Hindi Movies  and the Bhojpuri genres, two were Hindi GECs’ and there was one channel each from the Marathi and Music genres in week 49 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Television viewership went up by 0.2 million weekly impressions in. week 49 of 2019 as compared ton week 48 while OTT viewership remained the same at 0.2 billion weekly impressions as per BARC weekly data for TV+OTT for week 49 of 2019. Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • Santoor Sandal and Turmeric becomes top brand in BARC week 48 rankings

    Santoor Sandal and Turmeric becomes top brand in BARC week 48 rankings

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 23 November and 29 November 2019.

    The data reflects top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 48 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    Minor shuffles were observed in the week 48 rankings of BARC, as compared to the past week. As expected, Hindustan Unilever Ltd remained the top advertiser. It had made 191003 ad insertions on TV. 

    Reckitt Benckiser reclaimed its position on the second spot, after a minor slip in the past week, with 62287 insertions.

    ITC Ltd slipped down a spot to rank third. Its impression count was 61685. Wipro Ltd. climbed up two spots and rank fourth with 44039 insertions. 

    Ponds India found itself on the fifth spot, two ranks down from week 47, with 42943 insertions.

    Other top advertisers in the list were as follows: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Brooke Bond Lipton India, Smithkline Beecham, Cadbury India Ltd, and Procter & Gamble respectively.

    Rank

    Advertiser

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 48

       

    1

    HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD

    191003

       

    2

    RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD

    62287

       

    3

    ITC LTD

    61685

       

    4

    WIPRO LTD

    44039

       

    5

    PONDS INDIA

    42943

       

    6

    GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD

    39458

       

    7

    BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD

    34798

       

    8

    SMITHKLINE BEECHAM

    27864

       

    9

    CADBURYS INDIA LTD

    22208

       

    10

    PROCTER & GAMBLE

    19906

       

    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

     

    Top Brands: 

    The top brands also witnessed little reshuffles in the BARC week 48 rankings. Lux Toilet Soap was replaced from the top slot by Santoor Sandal and Turmeric, which ranked up two places, with 16803 insertions. Lux Toilet Soap came in second with 16504 insertions.

    Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion slipped down a rank, with 14410 insertions. Trivago maintained its position on fourth rank with 13699 insertions. Dettol Toilet Soaps re-entered the list at fifth spot after a small break with 12629 insertions.

    Other top brands in the list were as follows: Santoor Beauty Soaps, Horlicks, Lizol, Flipkart Video Originals, and Clinic Plus Shampoo, respectively.

    Rank

    Brands

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 48

       

    1

    SANTOOR SANDAL AND TURMERIC

    16803

       

    2

    LUX TOILET SOAP

    16504

       

    3

    VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION

    14410

       

    4

    TRIVAGO

    13699

       

    5

    DETTOL TOILET SOAPS

    12629

       

    6

    SANTOOR BEAUTY SOAPS

    12455

       

    7

    HORLICKS

    11166

       

    8

    LIZOL

    9966

       

    9

    FLIPKART VIDEO ORIGINALS

    9860

       

    10

    CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO

    9184

       

    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

  • Eight of top ten across genres channels from 4 major networks

    Eight of top ten across genres channels from 4 major networks

    BENGALURU: Week 48 of 2019(Saturday, 23 November 2019 to Friday, 29 November 2019, week or period under review) saw two each channels from four major networks amongst Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms. Star India, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) had one channel from the Hindi GEC genre and one channel each from three South Indian genre language in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list for the week under review. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) had two channels from the Hindi GEC genre during the period.

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list for week 48 were the same as in week 47 with a slight tweak in the ranks. The Network18/Viacom18 associated ETV Telugu reentered BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list  at the cost of Zeel’s Tamil GEC Zee Tamil during week 48 of 2019. The combined weekly impressions of the top 10 channels across genres on all platforms were slightly lower because viewership of the 9 persisting channels declined slightly in week 48 of 2019 as compared to the previous week.

    As has become a norm, Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal headed BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list on all platforms in week 48 of 2019, followed by the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. As mentioned above, the other 8 channels were from 4 major networks.  Six Hindi GEC’s, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms. Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list if top 10 channels on all platforms across genres were on the pay TV platform while one was FTA.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres saw one change – Network18/Viacom18’s Telugu GEC ETV entered the list at the cost of the same network’s kids channel Nick. 

    BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 48 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels each from the Tamil  and Telugu genres and one channel from the Kannada, genre in  BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 48 of 2019.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs’ at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres was the same  in rank and file in week 48 of 2019 as in the previous two weeks. Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 48 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs’ and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 48 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Though TV viewership seems to have remained stagnant in week 48 of 2019 as compared to the previous week at 14 billion impressions, OTT viewership seems to have doubled according to BARC data. Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BENGALURU: There was not too much change in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019 (Saturday, 16 November 2019 to Friday, 22 November 2019, week or period under review) as nine of the channels were same as in week 46. Even the ranks of the first eight channels in week 47 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. One channel – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Big Magic exited the list in week 47 of 2019 to be replaced by Zeel’s Tamil GEC Zee Tamil as compared to the previous week.

    Entertainment viewership falls in week 47 of 2019 as compared to the previous week

    Though overall entertainment viewership seemed to have dropped according to BARC’s weekly data for TV+OOH viewership, there was not too much impact on the combined viewership numbers of the Top 10 channels across genres lists on All Platforms, on the Pay TV platform and the FTA platform as is obvious from the charts that follow. TV viewership dropped to 14 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019 from 14.4 billion in week 46. An analysis of the rough data furnished by BARC, OTT viewership seems to have fallen by almost 50 percent during the week under review as compared to the previous week. Simple mathematical calculations show that OTT viewership in week 46 was 0.2 billion weekly impressions, which fell to about 0.1 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below for TV and OTT viewership numbers for weeks 46 and 47 of 2019.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Kannada and the Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18.

    One channel – Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal was FTA, while the other nine channels were Pay TV in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay TV channels

    BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 47 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    As mentioned above, the first eight channels were same in rank and file in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 47 of 2019 as compared to week 46. There was one change in the list – Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay (ranked 10 in week 46) exited it in week 47 to be replaced by Zee Tamil at rank 9. Viacom18’s kids channel NICK moved down to rank 10 in week 47 from rank 9 in week 46 of 2019.

    Also, as has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below

    Top 10 Free to Air channels

    The weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres was the same in rank and file in week 47 of 2019 as in the previous week.Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 47 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BENGALURU: Three channels from the 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 and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 46 of 2019. Zeel earlier had three channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 42 of 2019. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada joined the acquired Hindi GEC and free to air (FTA) Big Magic and flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV in week 46 of 2019 (Saturday, 9th November 2019 to Friday, 15th November 2019, week or period under review).Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms.

    Seven of the channels were Hindi GECs, and there was one channel each from the Kannada, Tamil and Telugu genres in the list in week 46 of 2019. All the channels (including the non-Hindi ones) in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres were general entertainment channels or GECs. Eight of the channels in the list were pay TV, two, both Hindi GECs, were FTA.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier, Ultimately, Dangal retook the numerouno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    Sun TV has been ruling BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform and it continued its dominance at the pole position in week 46 of 2019. BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Star India, two channels each from SPN, Star, Viacom18 and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 46 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    One channel, at rank 10, was replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019. Star Vijay re-entered the list at the cost of SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max. The other nine channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 46 of 2019 were the same as in week 45, with some reshuffling of ranks.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 46 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 46 of 2019. The FTA channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Free channels during week 46 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week with a slight shuffling in ranks.

    Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BENGALURU: Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data for week 44 of 2019 (Saturday, 26 October 2019 to Friday, 1 November 2019, week or period under consideration) for Top 10 Channels Across Genres revealsthat the combined ratings of Pay TV were lower as compared to the previous week. At the same time, Free to Air of FTA channels gained viewership in week 44 of 2019 as compared to the previous week in terms of combined weekly ratings of the Top 10 channels of each platform. The channels, genres and rankings in the respective weekly lists were not all the same for both weeks – week 44 and week 43 of 2019 in the case of BARC Across Genres on All Platforms and Across Genres on Pay Platform lists.

    Combined weekly impressions of the Top Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 at 6,824.793 million were 3.1 percent lower than the 7,043.023  million weekly impressions for week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 at 6,322.534 million were 1.8 percent lower than the 6,437.237 million weekly impressions in week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top 10 Free channels in week 44 of 2019 at 2,594.861 million were 4.1 percent higher than the 2,491.909 million weekly impressions in week 43.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    The Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC re-entered ETV Telugu BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Kannada GEC Zee Kannada exited the list. The rest of the channels in the list for week 44 of 2019 were same as in the previous week with a some shuffling in ranks. 

    Six Hindi GECs’, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kids and Tamil genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from Star India and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from Enterr10 Television, The Sun Tv Network and Zeel. Nine of the channels in week 44 were on the pay platform, while one was on the Free platform. 

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. The one change was the entry of ETV Telugu and the exit of Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu. Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu and one channel each from the Kannada, the kids and the Tamil genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network. As has become almost a norm, the two most watched pay channels were not Hindi GECs’ – they were Tamil (Sun TV) and Telugu (Star Maa).

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres during the week under review was the same as in the previous week (week 43 of 2019) with a slight shuffling in ranks. Four Hindi Movies channels, three Bhojpuri channels, two Hindi GECs’ and one channel from the Marathi genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels from Enterr10 Television, three channels from B4U, two channels from Zeel and one channel from Skystar.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BENGALURU: 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 and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 42 of 2019 (Saturday, 12 October 2019 to Friday, 18 October 2019). Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada and Telugu GEC Zee Telugu joined its flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV at the cost of Star India’s Star Vijay and Viacom18’s Kids channel Nick.

    Six of the channels were Hindi GECs, two were from the Telugu genre and there was one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres in the list.

    Of the 10 channels in the list, nine were on the pay platform, while the lone FTA entrant was from the Hindi GEC genre from Enterr 10 Television Network’s Dangal that managed to retain its numero uno rank in week 42 of 2019, as it has over the past few weeks.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier. Ultimately, Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most-watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 42 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Telugu genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Tamil genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019

    Two channels were replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019. Zee Kannada and Zee Telugu re-entered the list at the cost of Star Vijay and SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max.

    As was the case in the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from the B4U Network, three channels from Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 42 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 42 of 2019. One Sports channel – Star India’s FTA Star Sports First exited BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 42 of 2019, while Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 re-entered the list in week 42 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below:

  • BARC week 40: Dangal most watched channel across genres

    BARC week 40: Dangal most watched channel across genres

    BENGALURU: Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier.
    During the Indian cricketing bonanza tourney, the IPL, it is Star India Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi that often held onto the numero uno status. Between week 13 and week 40 of 2019, it is Dangal that has held first rank in BARC’s weekly lists for 16 of the 28 weeks. Dangal has held on to first place for four consecutive weeks until week 40. Further, since B4U Movies exited BARC’s weekly list across genres on all platforms in week 38 of 2019, Dangal is the only FTA channel in its fold. The other 9 channels have been pay channels. Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list.

    It must be noted that BARC had stopped publishing viewership data in the public domain since week 6 of 2019 to allow ratings to stabilise after the implementation of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) New Tariff Order. BARC recommenced putting up ratings in the public domain only in week 13 of 2019.

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019

    Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and Telugu genres comprised BARC’s Weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres for week 40 of 2019 (Saturday, 28 September 2019 to Friday, 4 October 2019, week or period under review). From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019.

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 40 of 2019 was the same as in week 39 with some shuffling of ranks. Please refer to the figure below:

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019

    Except for Dangal, BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had the same nine channels as the above across genres on all platforms list. The tenth channel in week 40 of 2019 was different from week 39 – Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada exited the list to be replaced by Viacom18’s Kids genre channel Nick in week 40 of 2019.

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had five Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies genre, Kids genre and Telugu genres. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and SPN, two channels from Viacom18 and one channel each from the Sun Tv Network and Zeel.

    Please refer to the figure below

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019 had the same channels as in week 39 with some shuffling in ranks. 

    Three channels each from Hindi Movies genre and Bhojpuri genre, two channels from the Hindi GEC genre and one channel each from the Marathi and Sports genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 40 of 2019. There were three channels each from B4U and Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from SkyStar and Star India networks.

    Please refer to the figure below.