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  • How Hindi GEC channels fared in first quarter of 2017

    BENGALURU: The Hindi general entertainment (GE or GEC) space has always been fascinating – be it from the viewers or networks or advertisers point of view. Major networks such as Star India, Viacom 18 (or Network 18), the Subhash Chandra headed Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) or Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPN) have launched multiple channels in standard as well as high definition (HD) format.

    How have the channels performed during the first 13 weeks (Saturday 30 December 2016 to Friday 31 March 2017)? This paper, based on Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data, attempts to throw some light the most watched Hindi GE channels during the first quarter of 2017. It is based on statistical analysis of Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data from the following markets: HSM(U+R), HSM (Rural), HSM (Urban): NCCSAll : 2+ Individuals for weeks 1 to 13 of 2016 (Saturday, 30 December 2017 to Friday, 31 March 2017, HSM means Hindi Speaking Market).

    This paper must be read with a caveat: It deals only with the players present in BARC’s top 10 lists of channels per week. The sums/percentages of other genres/players’/channels of other players as well other channels of players in this paper ratings or Impressions (000s) Sums other than those indicated in BARC’s top 10 lists of channels have not been considered/mentioned in this paper during the period under consideration and those numbers could be more/higher. Further, Combined Total or Weekly Impressions (CWI) mentioned in this paper means the sum of all the Impressions (000s) Sums for all the weeks under consideration of a network and/or channel and/or programme/s.

    So how did the Hindi GEC channels fare?

    While the overall networks’ primary channels – Star Plus, Colors, and Zee TV in that order were the three most watched channels in the Hindi GEC genre during the first quarter of 2017, the numbers for the Hindi GEC (Rural) during the same period tell a completely different story. The networks’ second or third channels ruled the Hindi GEC (Rural) roost. Rishtey, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol, Star Utsav were ahead of their older siblings in the Hindi GEC (Rural) markets during the first 13 weeks of 2017. Reliance Broadcast Network’s (RBNL) Big Magic also found a place in the top 10 most watched channels list for 10 of the 13 weeks of 2017 in the Hindi GEC (Rural) markets.

    The Hindi GEC (Urban) market was similar to the overall Hindi GEC market, except that the three most watched channels in this market were Star Plus, Colors and Sony Entertainment Television with Zee TV at fourth spot.

    Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC (Rural) audiences preferred the shortened versions of cricket on DD National more than the Hindi GEC (Urban) market during primetime, more specifically some One day internationals and some T20 matches between India and England, if one were to go by BARC’s top 5 most watched programmes list across the three markets (NCCSAll : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals). Though DD National figured in the top 10 most watched channels list of all the three markets at different frequencies during the period under consideration, during primetime, its cricket programmes featured in the five top programmes list  for five and six weeks in the Hindi GEC and the Hindi GEC (Rural) markets respectively, but not in the Hindi GEC (Urban) market.

    Hindi GEC

    Eleven channels appeared in the top 10 channels weekly list during the first thirteen weeks of 2017. The overall Hindi GEC space was dominated by Star India’s Star Plus during the first thireen weeks of 2017. The Combined Weekly Impressions for the channel were 1,91,85,359 (000s) Sums during the period under consideration. Network 18’s Colors with CWI of 82,58,798 (000s) Sums was second followed by Zeel’s Zee TV with CWI of 61,91,072 (000s) Sums. Network 18’s Rishtey with CWI of 61,25,507 (000s) Sums and SPN’s Sony Pal with CWI of 57,35,709 (000s) Sums were at fourth and fifth place respectively.

    Please refer to the figure below for other data:

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    In terms of frequency of ranks in a week, it was again Star Plus that was ranked 1 for nine weeks out of the 13, followed by Colors which was ranked 1 in three of the 13 weeks. Sony Pal was ranked 1 in one week (week 13) during the 13 weeks under consideration.

    Please refer to the Rank table below:

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    Hindi GEC (Rural)
    In the Hindi GEC Rural space, twelve channels appeared in the top 10 channels weekly list during the first thirteen weeks of 2017. Network 18’s Rishtey was the most watched channel in weeks 1 to 13 of 2017 with CWI of 45,99,618 (000s) Sums.SPN’s Sony Pal was next with 43,55,224 (000s) Sums followed by Zeel’s Zee Anmol with 42,19,032 (000s) Impressions at third place.

    Please refer to the list below.

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    Rishtey was ranked 1 as the most watched channel in seven of the first 13 weeks of 2017 in the Hindi GEC (Rural) genre. Sony Pal was next – it was ranked 1 for five weeks during the same period, followed by Star India’s Star Utsav which was ranked 1 for one week during the first 13 weeks of 2017. Zee Anmol was next – it was ranked 2 for 7 weeks, followed by DD National which was ranked 3 for one week of 2017.

    Please refer to the list below.

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    Hindi GEC (Urban)
    Twelve channels appeared in the top 10 channels Hindi GEC (Urban) list during weeks 1 to 13 of 2017. Like the Hindi GEC genre, Hindi GEC (Urban) audiences preferred Star India’s Star Plus the most during this period. The channel had CWI of 61,17,130 (000s) Sums. Colors was the second most watched channel in the Hindi GEC (Urban) market with a CWI of 56,12,131 (000s) Sums followed by SPN’s Sony Entertainment Television with a CWI of 38,15,488 (000s) Sums. Zee TV was the fourth most watched channel in the Hindi GEC (Urban) market with CWI of  35,69,444 (000s) Sums.

    Please refer to the chart below for the list of most watched channels in the Hindi GEC (Urban) genre during the first quarter of 2017.

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    Star Plus was ranked first as the most watched channel in the Hindi GEC (Urban) space for 11 of the first thirteen weeks of 2017. Colors was ranked 1 for two of the first thirteen weeks in the same space, followed by Sony Entertainment Television which was ranked third for 10 of the first 13 weeks of 2017. Zee TV was next, with a frequency of three for rank 3 during the same period.

    Please refer to the list below:

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  • Sun TV continues ratings dominance across genres in BARC week 13

    BENGALURU: The Kalanithi Maran-headed Sun TV continued its dominance over ratings in week 13 (Saturday, 25 March 2017 to Friday, 31 March 2017) Top 10 Channels Across Genre: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals as per Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data.

    Three channels each from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel – Zee TV, Zee Telugu and Zee Anmol) and the Network 18 (Colors, ETV Telugu and Rishtey) stables were present in the top 10 channels across genres list for week 13. They were joined by two channels from the Sun Network (Sun TV and Gemini TV), one channel each mentioned above from Star India and SPN networks.

    From the languages or market’s point of view, six channels from the Hindi-speaking market, three from the Telugu market and one from the Tamil market were present in the top 10 channels list based on Impressions (000s) Sums.

    Sun TV clocked ratings of 12,14,083 Impressions (000s) Sums in week 13, followed by Star India’s Star Plus with a distant 7,45,942 Impressions (000s) Sums at second place. Sony Pictures Network’s (SPN) Sony Pal moved up to third place in the list with 7,09,372 Impressions (000s) Sums from last week’s fifth place.

    At the fourth place was Network 18’s Colors with 670812 Impressions (000s) Sums followed by Gemini TV which retained its week 12 fifth spot in week 13 with 6,66,919 Impressions (000s) Sums. Zee TV with 5,79,994 Impressions (000s) Sums was sixth followed by a sister channel – Zee Telugu with 5,43,129 Impressions (000s) Sums at the seventh spot.

    Network 18’s ETV Telugu was at eighth spot with 5,24,475 Impressions (000s) Sums, followed by Network 18’s Rishtey at the ninth spot with 5,01,508 Impressions (000s) Sums. Zeel’s Zee Anmol completed the list at the tenth spot with 4,85,640 Impressions (000s) Sums.

  • Star Plus & Sony Pal continue to dominate GEC market

    MUMBAI: In week 11 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data, Star Plus continued to lead both the market Urban and (U+R). Sony Pal maintained its leadership position. 

    Hindi GEC

    Star Plus continued to lead the Hindi GEC (U+R) with 744974 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors with 612603 Impressions (000s) on second slot and Sony Pal on third with 574333 Impressions (000s).

    In week 10, Zee TV at number four with 537768 Impressions (000s) and Rishtey stood at five with 503153 Impressions (000s). Zee Anmol bagged number six with 459800 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab grabbed seven spot with 448564 Impressions (000s). Sony Entertainment Television, Star Utsav and Life OK ranked on the eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 445854 Impressions (000s), 432893 Impressions (000s) and 388575 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural 

    Sony Pal maintained its number one position with 425279 Impressions (000s) followed by Rishtey  with 381798 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol  stood on 362940 Impressions (000s).

    Star Utsav stood on number four with 322965 Impressions (000s) and Star Plus bagged fifth position with 263964 Impressions (000s). Zee TV and Colors  grabbed sixth and seventh spot with 240172 Impressions (000s) and 202985 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sab TV, Life OK and Sony Entertainment Television garnered eighth, ninth and tenth spot with 155846 Impressions (000s), 151381 Impressions (000s) and 139375 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi GEC Urban 

    Star Plus led the chart with 481010 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second position with 409617 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Entertainment Television grabbed third position with 306478 Impressions (000s).  Zee TV and Sab TV bagged 297596 Impressions (000s) and 292718 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Life OK stood on number six with 237194 Impressions (000s). Sony Pa, &TV and Rishtey bagged seventh, eighth and ninth slot with 149054 Impressions (000s), 142488 Impressions (000s) and 121355 Impressions (000s) respectively.
    Star Utsav grabbed tenth spot with week and registered 109928 Impressions (000s).

  • Star Plus & Rishtey retain respective market leadership

    MUMBAI: In week 8, Star Plus continued to dominate the Urban+Rural and Urban market with a  leadership position whereas Rishtey too maintained its top position. Colors maintained its second spot this week. Apart from top channels, Sony’s free to air (FTA) channel Sony Pal has gained the positive ratings across markets.  

    Hindi GEC

    Star Plus led the genre with an increase in number with 712076 Impressions (000s) against  657742 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors with 640525 Impressions (000s) on second slot and Rishtey on third with 537507 Impressions (000s).

    In week 8 Sony Pal climbed up at number four with 523334 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV stood at five with 508260 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol stepped down at number six with 504534 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television grabbed seven spot with 467421 Impressions (000s).

     Star Utsav, Sab TV and Life OK ranked on the eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 448900 Impressions (000s), 390487 Impressions (000s) and 390466 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Rishtey and Zee Anmol respectively bagged the first and second positions in this category with 409571 Impressions (000s) and 400799 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal  on third slot with 373988 Impressions (000s).

    Star Utsav stood on number four with 342382 Impressions (000s) and Star Plus bagged fifth position with 235398 Impressions (000s).

    Zee TV and Colors  grabbed sixth and seventh spot with 227197 Impressions (000s) and 211405 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Big Magic garnered eighth, ninth and tenth spot with 154190 Impressions (000s), 142834 Impressions (000s) and 129779 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Urban

    In this category, Star Plus led the chart with 476677 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second position with 429120 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Entertainment has maintained its position at third slot with 324587 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on number four with 281062 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV on fifth with 269453 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK stood on number six with 236276 Impressions (000s). Sony Pa, &TVl and Rishtey bagged seventh, eighth and ninth slot with 149345 Impressions (000s), 135671 Impressions (000s) and 127935 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Star Utsav grabbed tenth spot with week and registered 106518 Impressions (000s). 

  • ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs’ on Zee TV via dittoTV

    MUMBAI: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, a singing talent hunt show, is back with a bang! Hugely popular over the last 22 years, the show is set to launch the sixth season of its sub series for kids on 25 February. Li’l Champ fans can watch the show live as it airs on their smartphones on Zee TV, available only on dittoTV.

    The latest season will witness the comeback of the musical duo – music composer-actor, Himesh Reshammiya, and the voice behind the hit songs from Jodhaa Akbar and Ghajini, Javed Ali, in the panel of judges. Also making her debut on the judges panel will be popular Indian singer, Neha Kakkar.

    Z5 India Business head of digital Archana Anand said, “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs is one of India’s most awaited television shows, with a wide fan following. The show brings together the best untapped talent from across the country and gives them a platform to launch their careers as playback singers. We are excited to bring to our subscribers the 6th season of the kid’s reality show, where participants have been shortlisted from over 60,000 entries post a set of gruelling auditions. As it is a weekend show, many people may miss out on the live airing since they may be out or may not have easy access to a television set. dittoTV now makes it possible for them to conveniently watch Li’l Champs as it airs, anywhere on any internet-enabled device, and at an extremely affordable price point”

    Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs season 6 will be aired every Saturday and Sunday, at 9 pm.

    The dittoTV app is available on Android and iOS platforms, with a monthly subscription charge of INR 20.

  • Star Plus takes over Colors, Rishtey retains top position: BARC wk 7

    MUMBAI: Star Plus pushed Colors to the second spot in Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC (Urban) genres in the BARC India ratings week 7 emerging on the top in these two categories. Rishtey retained its first position in the Hindi GEC (rural) category whereas Zee Anmol and Star Utsav respectively bagged the second and third slot interchanging their last week’s positions.

    Hindi GEC

    Star Plus led the genre with 657742 Impressions (000s) immediately followed by Colors with 571698 Impressions (000s) on second slot and Rishtey on third with 428466 Impressions (000s) 

    Zee TV and  Zee Anmol respectively bagged the fourth and fifth spots with 414538 Impressions (000s)and 406528 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on number sixth with 398584 Impressions (000s)and Sony Entertainment on seventh with 396285 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav, Life Ok    and Sab TV ranked on the eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 392261 Impressions (000s), 373881 Impressions (000s) and 325293 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Rishtey and Zee Anmol respectively bagged the first and second positions in this category with 317113 Impressions (000s) and 313648 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on third slot with 294662 Impressions (000s). 

    Sony Pal stood on number four with 278664 Impressions (000s) and Star Plus bagged fifth position with 198474 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors TV and Zee TV grabbed sixth and seventh spot with 184729 Impressions (000s) and 169147 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Big Magic garnered eighth, ninth and tenth spot with 126148 Impressions (000s), 114837 Impressions (000s) and 109681 Impressions (000s) respectively. 

    Hindi GEC Urban

    In this category, Star Plus led the chart with 459268 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors on second position with 386969 Impressions (000s). 

    Sony Entertainment has maintained its position at third slot with 281448 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on number four with 247733 Impressions (000s) and Sab TV on fifth with 245561 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee TV stood on number six with 245392 Impressions (000s). & TV, Sony Pal and Rishtey bagged seventh, eighth and ninth slot with 134598 Impressions (000s), 119920 Impressions (000s) and 111353 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Star Utsav grabbed tenth spot in week 7 and registered 97600 Impressions (000s).  

  • Akash Chawla bids adieu to ZEEL after 12 years

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises company Zee Studio’s executive vice-president – films, and business head Akash Chawla has resigned after a long stint of 12 years.

    A source close to the network confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com. In May last year, ZEEL elevated Chawla along with Deepak Rajadhyaksha for key roles in Zee TV to drive the organisational goals.

    In addition to his portfolio as Essel Vision Productions Limited and Zee Studio’s business head, he was given the additional charge as the business head of Zee TV.

    In his earlier broadcasting stint, Chawla successfully spearheaded the marketing function for the flagship and national channels like Zee TV, Zee Cinema and Zee Classic. He also played a pivotal role in the launch of channels such as &pictures, Zee Anmol and Zindagi.

    Chawla joined ZEEL in 2005 as Zee TV brand head where he was in charge of brand strategy and building the brand to be No. 1 in market share and strong in brand equity. Prior to Zee, he worked with TAM as the marketing manager. As a part of the TAM S-Group, he had the responsibility to maximise non-TRP revenue from Mumbai and Delhi.

  • Viacom’s Colors & Rishtey lead the charts in BARC week 6

    MUMBAI: Colors continued to be the leader this week of both Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC Urban market whereas Rishtey emerged as the number one channel in week 6 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data.

    Hindi GEC

    Colors continued to take the leadership position with 625658 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on second position with 609140 Impressions (000s) and Rishtey with 437837 Impressions (000s) stood on number three.

    Zee TV maintained its position in top five channels and grabbed number four spot with 410432 Impressions (000s).

    Star Utsav, Sony Entertainment Television and  Zee Anmol  bagged fifth, sixth and seventh position with 405037 Impressions (000s), 404351 Impressions (000s) and 376640 Impressions (000s) respectively.

    Life OK stood on number eight with 373056 Impressions (000s).  Sony Pal and Sab TV garnered ninth and tenth spot with 367942 Impressions (000s) and 332092 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Rural

    In week 6, Rishtey emerged as the number one channel in rural market  with 328788 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on number second with 298881 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol on third with 286533 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal on number four with 260068 Impressions (000s) and Colors stood on fifth position with 198180 (000s) impressions. Star Plus was on sixth slot this week with 181851 (000s) impressions.

    Zee TV grabbed the seventh spot with 170538 (000s) impressions followed by Life OK with 132654 (000s) impressions on eighth and Sony Entertainment Television on ninth with 121982 impressions (000s).

    Big Magic stood last with 115966 (000s) impressions.

    Hindi GEC Urban

    In Urban market, Colors continued to be the leader with 427478 Impressions(000s) followed by Star Plus on second 427289 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 282368 Impressions (000s) stood on number three.

    Sab TV grabbed fourth spot with 244145 Impressions (000s). Life OK  stood on fifth slot with 240402  impressions (000s) and Zee TV on sixth with 239893 Impressions (000s).

    With no further change in the ranking order &TV, Rishtey and Sony Pal stood on seventh, eighth and on ninth with 131591 impressions (000s), 109048 impressions (000s) and 109048 impressions (000s) respectively. Star Utsav bagged the tenth spot with 106156  impressions (000s).

    Also Read :

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/zee-studio-exits-hbo-enters-top-5-170216

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/times-tv-gets-into-a-gunfight-with-cnbc-tv18-on-budget-day-claims-170214

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/marketing/brands/fmcg-companies-bjp-in-barcs-top-ten-list-170210

     

  • Zee TV’s Zulfia Waris to join Discovery Network

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises ltd (ZEEL)’s non-fiction and events programming head Zulfia Waris has resigned.

    A source close to the development informed www.indiantelevision.com that Waris has already served her notice period in Zee. Waris, who had joined Zee TV in July 2015, will now be joining Discovery Network as the vice-president (female and family) from 1 March, 2017.

    Prior to joining Zee TV, Waris was the VP and head of development of weekend fiction and non fiction for Star Plus for more than two years. Waris was associated with Star India in various roles. She joined Channel V in July 2008 as a senior executive producer for programming and served there for over than four years.

    In 2013, she moved to head the non-fiction development for Star Network where she developed non-fiction concepts and formats with in-house teams and production houses.

    Also Read:

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/people/zee-tvs-zulfia-waris-to-join-discovery-network-170213

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/people/sameer-rao-joining-discovery-in-senior-role-161121

  • Star India goes whole hog on mobile

    MUMBAI: Even as fierce rival Zee Entertainment continues with its ban on the use of mobiles in its corporate headquarters at Marathon Futurex in Mumbai, Star India has taken steps to make its HQ mobile friendly – a stone’s throw away from the Subhash Chandra promoted firm. 2,500 employees, who work in the 32 floor swanky Urmi Estate in central Mumbai,  can  enter the Star India premises using their handsets. Last year, the media conglomerate issued mobile IDs to employees and also installed numerous iCLASS SE readers at doors and gates throughout the building  (apparently 19 or 20 floors of it are occupied by Star India).

    The solution was provided by HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions  courtesy its HID Mobile Access solution, powered by Seos, “As India’s largest multimedia company, we have extremely high security standards,” says Star India senior vice-president (administration & facilities) Sumir Yadav. “HID Global, known for being the market leader of access control solutions, was able to fulfill all our requirements. With HID Mobile Access, we can now take advantage of the latest technology in this mobile-first age and achieve better security without being intrusive or compromising the user experience.”

    He reveals that the company relied on smart cards for building access in the past. The cards were easily damaged and often misplaced, resulting in costly re-issuance of badges. Another weakness of the card-based access system was its inefficiency. Each new or replacement card had to be provisioned manually, costing Star India time and money as it continued to grow over the years.

    With the popularity of smartphones and other smart devices soaring in India in recent years, Yadav started to look for a new solution that could enable Star India to make use of employees’ smart devices for better physical security. “Mobility has always been rated highly in our offices, so from the get-go we knew the new access control solution had to work with smartphones,” adds Yadav.

    The deployment, from the initial planning to the solution going online, took Star India only 12 weeks, and has been in operation since January 2016.

    Mobile IDs, a core component of HID Mobile Access  were provisioned via the solution’s robust online portal, making it possible for Star India’s IT administrators to issue or revoke mobile IDs quickly, easily and efficiently. Whenever a new employee joins the company, the IT administrators can effortlessly enroll them into the system by simply sending the employee an email invitation. The system-generated email contains directions and an activation code for the recipient to download and use the HID Mobile Access App. Upon entering the code and successfully activating the app, the employee can begin using his or her mobile device to unlock doors and gates at Star India.

    “HID Mobile Access is very intuitive to use and helping to create a mobile-driven and secure workplace is the goal of our mobile access solution,” says HID Global India & SAARC director of sales, physical access control Vishwanath Kulkarni. “We are pleased that both Star India employees and the company’s IT administrators managing the solution are enjoying the experience.”  

    Feedback on HID Mobile Access from Star India employees has been positive, and the company is currently exploring options to deploy it to secure its canteen as well as its collaboration spaces. It is also considering expanding the scope of the solution to cover the management of its visitor and enable secure printing in the future.

    HR managers are all praise for Star India’s initiative but they question how long Zee is going to continue with its mobile fatwa issued a couple of years ago wherein employees were barred from using their mobile phones at their desks; the devices are kept in custody and calls forwarded to their land lines.

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