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  • News Nation stays in top 5: BARC week 43

    News Nation stays in top 5: BARC week 43

    MUMBAI: In the Hindi news rural genre, News Nation took the fifth spot again this week after the channel replaced Zee News in week 42. Aaj Tak yet again stood on top in the Hindi news (U+R) genre with 135463 impressions ‘000. In the Hindi news urban genre ABP News held on to the fifth place with 46309 impressions ‘000.

    English News

    Republic TV maintained its lead in the first position in the English news genre with 824 impressions ‘000. Times Now at second and CNN News18 at third hold onto their respective positions with 748 impressions ‘000 and 284 impressions ‘000. India Today Television stood at fourth position with 247 impressions ‘000. NDTV 24X7 was placed at fifth position with 240 impressions ‘000.

    English Business News

    The English business news genre saw no changes this week again. CNBC TV18 continued to stay on the first place with 481 impressions '000. ET Now and BTVI withstand their second and third positions with 202 impressions '000 and 59 impressions '000. CNBC TV18 Prime HD also held on to its fourth position with 12 impressions '000.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak once again stood on top in the Hindi news (U+R) genre with 135463 impressions ‘000. News18 India retained the second place with 96261 impressions ‘000. ABP News and India TV were at third and fourth positions with 95988 impressions ‘000 and 93325 impressions ‘000 respectively. Zee News was placed at fifth position with 87750 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak is positioned first in the Hindi news rural genre with 64608 impressions ‘000. ABP News, News18 India and India TV are at second, third and fourth positions with 49679 impressions ‘000, 39687 impressions ‘000 and 38569 impressions ‘000, respectively. News Nation with 36839 impressions ‘000 took the fifth place again this week after replacing Zee News in week 42.
    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood on top with 70854 impressions ‘000. News18 India at second place with 56574 impressions ‘000. India TV and Zee News were at third and fourth places with 54756 impressions ‘000 and 51507 impressions ‘000, respectively. ABP News held on to the fifth place with 46309 impressions ‘000.

  • Republic TV continues its dominance streak in BARC week 42

    Republic TV continues its dominance streak in BARC week 42

    MUMBAI: Republic TV continued to lead the English news genre as per All India BARC data week 42. No changes were noticed this week in the English news and English business news genre. Aaj Tak maintained its lead across every Hindi news genre for yet another week. Hindi news urban genre remained unchanged. Zee News is not present in the top five list of Hindi news genre (rural). News Nation enters the top five list in Hindi news (rural) market.

    English News

    Republic TV maintained its lead in the first position in the English news genre with 917 impressions ‘000. Times Now at second and CNN News 18 at third hold onto their respective positions with 723 impressions ‘000 and 293 impressions ‘000. India Today Television is at fourth position with 264 impressions ‘000. NDTV 24X7 is at fifth position with 222 impressions ‘000.

    English Business News

    No changes were observed this week as well. CNBC TV18 continued to rule in the English business news genre with 518 impressions '000. ET Now and BTVI maintained their second and third positions with 180 impressions '000 and 50 impressions '000. CNBC TV18 Prime HD also retained its fourth position with 7 impressions '000.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak continued to lead the Hindi news (U+R) genre with 123942 impressions ‘000 followed by News18 India with 95544 impressions ‘000. ABP News and India TV are at third and fourth position after interchanging their positions with 94649 impressions ‘000 and 8886 impressions ‘000 respectively. Zee News sits at fifth position with 83702 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak held onto its first position with 60622 impressions ‘000. ABP News, News18 India and India TV are at second, third and fourth positions with 50087 impressions ‘000, 41431 impressions ‘000 and 37463 impressions ‘000, respectively. News Nation enters the top five list at the fifth spot with 36454 impressions ‘000.

    Zee News was at the fifth spot last week but not this.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood on top with 63320 impressions ‘000. News18 India at second place with 54113 impressions ‘000. India TV and Zee News were at third and fourth places with 51344 impressions ‘000 and 49017 impressions ‘000, respectively. ABP News in the fifth place with 44561 impressions ‘000.

  • ZMCL reports more than quadruple profit for second quarter

    ZMCL reports more than quadruple profit for second quarter

    BENGALURU: The Essel group’s television news broadcasting arm Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZMCL) reported a 355.1 per cent growth (more than four-fold) in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) for the period ended 30 September 2018 (Q2 2019, quarter or period under review) as compared (year-on-year comparison, y-o-y) to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q2 2018, year ago quarter). PAT in Q2 2019 was Rs 17.25 crore as compared to Rs 3.79 crore in Q2 2018. ZMCL reported operating EBITDA at Rs 40.5 crore in Q2 2019, which was 355.1 per cent more than the Rs 3.79 crore in Q2 2018.

    The company’s consolidated operating revenue increased 35.5 per cent y-o-y in Q2 2019 at Rs 168.66 crore as compared to Rs 124.51 crore in the year ago quarter. Total income increased 34.7 per cent y-o-y in Q2 2019 to Rs 170.66 crore from Rs 126.71 crore in Q2 2018.

    In its earnings release ZMCL reported 34.5 per cent y-o-y growth in advertising revenue for Q 2019 at Rs 149.43 crore from Rs 111.10 crore. Subscription revenue increased 11.8 per cent y-o-y to Rs 13.1 crore in Q2 2019 from Rs 10.73 crore. Other sales and services also almost quadrupled (increased by 3.6 times) in Q2 2019 to Rs 6.11 crore from Rs 1.68 core in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    Let us look at the other numbers reported by ZMCL

    ZMCL’s total expenditure in Q2 2019 increased 31.2 per cent y-o-y to Rs 144.78 crore from Rs 110.37 crore. Employee benefits expense in the quarter under review increased 20.3 per cent y-o-y to Rs 37.36 crore from Rs 31.06 crore in Q2 2018. The company’s marketing promotion and distribution expenses in Q2 2019 increased 47.7 per cent to Rs 23.03 crore from Rs 15.59 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter.

    Operating costs in Q2 2019 increased 25.9 per cent to Rs 24.49 crore from Rs 19.45 crore. Other expenses in Q2 2019 increased 35.5 per cent to Rs 42.91 crore from Rs 31.66 crore in Q2 2018.

    It may be noted that ZMCL has sold its entire equity stake in Ez-Mall Online to a related party at an aggregate consideration of Rs 8.60 crore. Accordingly, Ez-Mall Online ceased to be a subsidiary of ZMCL with effect from 30 June 2018 and gain on disposal of investments of approximately Rs 41.21 crore has been recognised during the previous quarter and shown as exceptional items. Also, during the previous quarter, ZMCL completed acquisition of balance 40 per cent equity stake in its subsidiary Zee Akaash News Private Ltd (ZANPL). Accordingly, ZANPL became a wholly owned subsidiary of the company with effect from 1 June, 2018 and figures for the current quarter are not comparable with previous periods presented in the consolidated financial results says the company.

  • ZEE News kicks off its election programming with ‘Bhai vs Bhai’

    ZEE News kicks off its election programming with ‘Bhai vs Bhai’

    MUMBAI: As election season kicks in, Zee News has launched a series of new shows which highlight and discuss the issues around upcoming assembly elections and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Among these are 'Taal Thok Ke: Special Edition' which caters to the issues related to elections with esteemed panel of politicians and 'India ka DNA Test City Edition' in which ZEE News anchors and reporters discover which way the election wind is blowing in different cities.

    Another content innovation which will hook the viewers is 'Bhai vs Bhai'. The new show will start airing from October 10 and will be telecast at 7pm from Monday to Friday.

    'Bhai vs Bhai' will be hosted by two brothers – Shehzad and Tehseen Poonawalla. While Shehzad – earlier in Congress – rose to prominence after he claimed Rahul Gandhi's election as party's president was rigged, his brother Tehseen has been in the news for filing several PILs in high profile cases like the Rafale deal, Aadhaar case and against the protests before release of 'Padmaavat'.

    ZEE News believes that the political discourse which happens in families in India is very important, and that is why this new 'family show' will be hosted by two brothers. Both the hosts will hold debates, conversations and arguments with the same fervour which is usually heard during debates among family members. The show will also include a segment called 'Pariwar Ki Baat' in which we will go door-to-door and talk to different families in order to know the actual issues and gauge the mood of general public.

    'Pariwar ki Baat' in itself will be a unique show which will showcase real political arguments that happen between a father and a son, two brothers or other family members.

    ZEE News believes politics should not be ignored, otherwise it will ignore the public. 'Bhai vs Bhai' will be family dose of politics, a school which we invite you to be a part of. This school is going to teach you 'smart politics'.

    This is an attempt to make people politically aware before the 2019 elections. Apart from making people aware about Constitution, democracy, rights and duties, our shows will also take up day-to-day affairs to build a logical public opinion on them.

  • Aaj Tak most watched Hindi News channel in 2018

    Aaj Tak most watched Hindi News channel in 2018

    BENGALURU: The most watched Hindi news channel in the Hindi speaking market (HSM)–be it urban (U), rural (R) or combined (U+R) is India Today TV Network’s Aaj Tak during the first 37 weeks of 2018. The channel was present during all the first 37 weeks of 2018 according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data for weeks 1 to 37 of 2018 (Saturday, 30 December 2017 to Friday, 14 September 2018) in all the three weekly lists for HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R).
    Overall, Aaj Tak topped BARC’s weekly lists for HSM (U+R) during the first 37 weeks of 2018 in terms of overall viewership. In HSM (U+R), Zee News was the second most watched Hindi news channel during the first 37 weeks of 2018, followed by India TV. Only three channels appeared in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U+R) during all the first 36 weeks of 2018. Aaj Tak was ranked first for 35 of the first 37 weeks of 2018, followed by Zee News and India TV which were ranked first for one week each in BARC’s weekly lists of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U+R).

    In HSM (R), Aaj Tak was the only channel that was present in BARC’s weekly lists during all the first 37 weeks of 2018. The next closest channel in terms of presence in BARC’s HSM (R) lists was News Nation, which was present for 34 of the first 37 weeks of 2018. Zee News was next – it was present for 30 of the first 37 weeks of 2018 in BARC’s top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (R).
    In terms of average viewership during the first 37 weeks of 2018, after Aaj Tak, ABP News was second – the channel was present in BARC’s HSM (R) lists for 27 of the first 36 weeks of 2018. Zee News was third in HSM (R) in terms of average viewership during the 29 of the first 36 weeks it was present in BARC’s HSM (R) lists.
    Four channels were present in BARC’s weekly lists of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U) during all the first 37 weeks of 2018. Aaj Tak also topped the BARC weekly lists in HSM (U) followed by Zee News, India TV and ABP News in terms of overall viewership during the first 37 weeks of 2018. Aaj Tak was ranked first for 29 of the first 37 weeks of 2018, followed by Zee News which was ranked first for 6 of the first 36 weeks of 2018 and India TV which was ranked first for two of the first 37 weeks of 2018.
    News 18 India just missed the bus by just 1 week. It was present for 36 of the first 37 weeks of 2018 in BARC’s weekly lists of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U). In terms of average weekly viewership, News 18 India would be ahead of ABP News. News 18 India had higher average weekly viewership during the 36 weeks that it was present in BARC’s weekly lists as compared to the average weekly viewership of ABP News during the 37 weeks that it was present in BARC’s weekly lists.
    News Nation was present for 6 of the first 36 weeks of 2018 in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi news channels in HSM (U+R). Besides Aaj Tak,HSM rural audience’s showed a preference for News Nation in terms of its presence in the respective BARC weekly lists. However, the channel would be ranked sixth based on its average weekly impressions during the 34 of the first 37 weeks of 2018 that it was present in BARC’s lists in HSM (R), behind Aaj Tak, ABP News, Zee News, News 18 India and India TV respectively. In the case of urban HSM audiences, News Nation was present for only one week in the respective BARC’s lists during the first 37 weeks of 2018.

  • Republic TV leads English news in BARC week 36

    Republic TV leads English news in BARC week 36

    MUMBAI: Mirror Now stood at fifth position in the English news genre according to All India BARC data week 35. No changes were observed this week in the English business news genre. Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre (U+R). Moreover, Aaj Tak and ABP News also continued to dominate in Hindi news rural areas. India TV and Zee News swapped their third and fourth positions in Hindi news urban areas.

    English News

    Republic TV continued to dominate the English news genre with 882 impressions ‘000. Times Now, CNN News 18 and India Today Television retained their second, third and fourth positions with 831 impressions ‘000, 428 impressions ‘000 and 298 impressions ‘000 respectively. Mirror Now stood at fifth position with 253 impressions ‘000.

    English Business News

    No changes were observed this week as well. CNBC TV18 continued to rule in the English business news genre with 596 impressions ‘000. ET Now and BTVI maintained their second and third positions with 171 impressions ‘000 and 121 impressions ‘000. CNBC TV18 Prime HD also retained its fourth position with 23 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre with 140600 impressions ‘000 as compared to News18 which stood in second position with 107827 impressions ‘000.

    ABP News and Zee News are at the third and fourth slots with 106803 impressions ‘000 and 94307 impressions ‘000 after interchanging their positions. India TV stood at fifth position with 93183 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak and ABP News also continued to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 66999 impressions ‘000 and 54103 impressions ‘000. News18 India also retained its third position with 47024 impressions ‘000. News Nation and Zee News exchanged their fourth and fifth positions respectively with 41111 impressions ‘000 and 39248 impressions ‘000 .  

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak and News18 India maintained its first and second positions in Hindi news genre (U) with 73601 impressions ‘000 and 60803 impressions ‘000 respectively. India TV and Zee News swapped their third and fourth positions with 55689 impressions ’000 and 55060 impressions ‘000 respectively. ABP News retained its fifth position with 52700 impressions ’000.

  • Republic TV continues to dominate English news in BARC week 35

    Republic TV continues to dominate English news in BARC week 35

    MUMBAI: Republic TV continued to lead the English news genre according to All India BARC data week 35. No changes were observed this week in the English business news genre. ABP News and Zee News interchanged their positions in the Hindi News genre (U+R). Moreover, Aaj Tak maintained its top position in all three categories of Hindi news genre.

    English News

    Republic TV continued to dominate the English news genre with 1010 impressions ‘000. Times Now, CNN News 18 and India Today Television retained their second, third and fourth positions with 908 impressions ‘000, 589 impressions ‘000 and 239 impressions ‘000 respectively. NDTV 24X7 stood at fifth position with 132 impressions ‘000.

    English Business News

    No changes were observed this week as well. CNBC TV 18 continued to rule in the English business news genre with 740 impressions ‘000. ET Now and BTVI maintained their second and third positions with 163 impressions ‘000 and 114 impressions ‘000. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD also retained its fourth position with 26 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre with 134500 impressions ‘000 as compared to 140496 impressions ‘000 last week. News18 retained its second position with 103112 impressions ‘000.

    ABP News and Zee News are at the third and fourth slots with 102918 impressions ‘000 and 95950 impressions ‘000 after interchanging their positions. India TV stood at fifth positions with 91811 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak and ABP News also continued to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 66983 impressions ‘000 and 53340 impressions ‘000. News18 India and Zee News are at third and fourth positions respectively with 44909 impressions ‘000 and 40484 impressions ‘000. News Nation secured fifth position with 40227 impressions ‘000.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 67517 impressions ‘000. News18, Zee News, India TV and ABP News stood at second, third, fourth and fifth positions with 58203 impressions ‘000, 55466 impressions ‘000, 55351 impressions ‘000 and 49578 impressions’000 respectively.

  • News genre sees viewership spike in week 33 due to Kerala floods

    News genre sees viewership spike in week 33 due to Kerala floods

    MUMBAI: The news genre saw a tremendous growth in the viewership after the Kerala floods according to All India BARC data week 33. Republic TV continued to lead the genre.

    News18 India dropped to fifth position in two Hindi news genres, Aaj Tak continued to rule Hindi news genre. Zee News jumped up to second position this week in Hindi news (U+R).

    English News

    Republic TV continued to dominate the English news genre with 1499 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 936 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second position with 1296 impressions (000s) sum. Meanwhile, CNN News 18 found itself at third position with 943 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 485 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by India Today Television at fourth position with 523 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV maintained its fifth position with 247 impressions (000s) sum. 

    English Business News

    CNBC TV 18 continued to rule in the English business news genre with 589 impressions (000s) sum. ET Now and BTVI maintained their second and third positions with 192 impressions (000s) sum and 115 impressions (000s) sum. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD found itself at fourth position with 33 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 18 impressions (000s) sum last week.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre with 214534 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 132715 impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee News climbed two slot to the second position with 149055 impressions (000s) sum followed by ABP News at the third position with 148073 impressions (000s) sum compared to 101215 impressions (000s) sum last week. India TV found itself at fourth position with 122864 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India dropped three slots to fifth position despite increase in the viewership from 101841 impressions (000s) sum to 113025 impressions (000s) sum.  

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak also continued to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 102312 impressions impressions (000s) sum as compared to 62162 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 75166 impressions (000s) sum, followed by Zee News with 61765 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India dropped a slot to the fourth position with 51622 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 41798 impressions (000s) sum last week. India TV was at the fifth position with 46413 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 39731 impressions (000s) sum last week. 

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 112222 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 70553 impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee News climbed a spot to the second position with 87291 impressions (000s) sum. Both India TV and ABP News climbed a slot to the third and fourth positions with 76452 impressions (000s) sum and 72907 impressions (000s) sum respectively. News18 India dropped three slots to the fifth position with 61402 impressions (000s) sum.

  • Times Now regains top slot in English news genre

    Times Now regains top slot in English news genre

    MUMBAI: After a long gap of 64 weeks, Times Now has dethroned Republic TV from its top slot. The Arnab Goswami-led channel’s streak was broken as it occupied the pole position since its launch on 6 May 2017. 

    In Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 31, Aaj Tak led the charts in all the three markets. Zee News exited the top five in Hindi news rural market.

    Recently, Republic TV had complained to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India about Times Now getting the channel re-slotted under Hindi news genre on distribution platforms, impacting viewership data.

    English News

    This week Times Now found itself at the top position in English News genre with 734 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 806 impressions (000s) sum last week. Whereas Republic TV was at second position with 705 impressions  (000s) sum, followed by India Today Television at third position with 246 impressions (000s) sum. CNN News 18 and NDTV24x7 maintained their fourth and fifth positions with 236 impressions and 174 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18  maintained its top position in English business news genre with 705 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 644 impressions (000s) sum, followed by ET Now and BTVI at second and third positions with 197 impressions (000s) sum and 96 impressions (000s) sum. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD was at fourth position with 25 impressions  (000s) sum as compared to 28 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to rule the Hindi news genre with 149487 (000s) sum impressions as compared to 164150 impressions (000s) sum last week. Whereas India TV jumped to second position with 115894 impressions (000s) sums, ABP News maintained its third position with 101045 impressions. Zee News moved down to fourth position with 100705 impressions (000s) sum, as compared to 107966 impressions (000s) last week. News 18 India was at fifth position with 99687 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak also continued to to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 73376 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 76189 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 47674 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at third position with 45738 impressions. News18 India replaced Zee News with 41201 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation was at fifth position with 40320impressions (000s) sum as compared to 40241 impressions (000s) sum last week.     

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 76112 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 87961 impressions (000s) sum. India TV found itself at second position  with 70156 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News was at third position with 60523 impressions (000s) as compared to 67186 impressions (000s) last week. News 18 India and ABP News maintained theur fourth and fifth with 58486 impressions and 53371 impressions  (000s) sum respectively.

  • BARC week 29: Zee News replaces News18 India in Hindi news rural

    BARC week 29: Zee News replaces News18 India in Hindi news rural

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council data for week 29 showed Republic TV continuing to dominate the English news genre, whereas Aaj Tak led in Hindi genre. Zee News replaced News18 India in Hindi news Rural.

    English News

    Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV stood unbeaten at top position in English news genre with 1057 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 777 impressions (000s) last week. Times Now found itself at second position with 970 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India Today Television at third position  with 293 impressions (000s) sum. Mirror Now and CNN News 18 maintained their fourth and fifth positions with 265 impressions (000s) and 201 impressions (000s) sum.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 maintained its top position with 673 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 537 impressions (000s) sum last week. ET Now is in second position with 212 impressions (000s) sum.  BTVI and CNBC TV 18 Prime HD maintained their third and fourth positions with 77 impressions (000s) sum and 16 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak stood at first position with 150333 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 125034 impressions (000s) sum last week. Where as  Zee News is at second position  with 103078 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at third position with 101256 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News stepped down to fourth position with 94355 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 85738 impressions (000s) sum last week. News18 India maintained its fifth position with 93105 impressions (000s) sum.     

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak continued to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 69245 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 54097 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 45859 impressions (000s) sum. India TV is at third position with 39560 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News replaced News18 India at fourth position with 39264 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation stepped down to fifth position with 38263 impressions as compared to 32969 impressions (000s) sum last week.

    Hindi news urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 81078 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 70936 impressions (000s) sum last week.  Zee News maintained its second position with 63814 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV and News18 India at third and fourth positions with 61697 impressions (000s) sum and 54989 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News maintained its fifth position with 48496 impressions (000s) sum.