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Global pay TV subscription market decline hits $228.5 billion in 2021: MPA report
The pay TV subscription market excluding online video subscription hit $228.5 billion globally in 2021, according to Motion Pictures Association (MPA) Theme Report. This is a decline from 2020 when the pay TV subscription market was at $233.1 billion.... https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/global-pay-tv-subscription-market-decline-hits-2285-billion-in-2021-mpa-report-220315
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Contender GECs to make bigger dent in the free-to-air market
This year, the contender channels such as Shemaroo TV, The Q, and Azaad TV will be able to make a bigger dent in the FTA market due to the absence of big broadcasters’ Hindi general entertainment channels on Prasar Bharati’s DD Free Dish....
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Prasar Bharati's revenue from DD Free Dish auction sees a dip of 12% to Rs 645 crore
Prasar Bharati has raked in Rs 645 crore from the allotment of 59 MPEG-2 slots on its free direct to home (DTH) platform DD Free Dish in the recently concluded 58th annual e-auction, industry sources have informed exchange4media. In the previous e-auction, the pubcaster had raked in Rs 731.34 crore from sale of 57 MPEG-2 slots of DD Free Dish.
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Free Dish MPEG-2 slots: Prasar Bharati to conduct 59th e-auction on pro-rata basis
Prasar Bharati is holding an e-auction for MPEG-2 slots on DD Free Dish on a pro-rata basis for a period of one year. The 59th e-auction will be tentatively held on March 22.
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DD Freedish e-auctions: Average bidding price descends below Rs 8 Crore
New Delhi: On the fourth day of the ongoing e-auctions for DD Freedish, the average bidding price has descended below Rs 8 Crore.
The Hindi news channel Aaj Tak which claimed the slot for Rs 15.35 Crore in 2021 has bagged the slot at Rs 7.60 Crore.
TV9 Bharatvarsh picked up the slot at Rs 8.05 crore. Last year, the channel had paid Rs 18.15 crore to claim a slot.
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News Flash: Aaj Tak, TV9 Bharatvarsh, India TV, News24, Zee Hindustan, India News bag DD Freedish slots
On the fourth day of the e-auctions for DD Freedish, the average bidding price has come down below Rs 8 crore in the second round of bidding which started Friday morning. The average price paid by news channels in the first round held on Wednesday was 9.95 crore.
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DD Freedish MPEG-2 e-auctions: 48 slots allocated for 6 genres in 3 days
48 channels across six categories - spiritual, GEC, movies, music, news and regional, have bagged a slot each at the e-auctions for MPEG-2 slots on DD Freedish in three days. Until now, Prasar Bharati has pocketed Rs 567 crore from the auctions.
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Big 4 broadcasters likely to pull out their Hindi GECs from DD Free Dish
With India's big four TV networks giving the first day of DD Free Dish annual e-auction a miss yesterday, the industry is buzzing with talks that these broadcasters are likely to pull out their general entertainment channels (GECs) from the Prasar Bharati- owned free direct to home (DTH) platform once again. However, the broadcasters are likely to continue offering non-GECs on DD Free Dish, informed sources who are aware of the matter said.
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‘BARC TV news data release on track’
The process of BARC resuming news viewership data is on track, a number of news channels have confirmed to exchange4media. The industry is expecting that the data roll-out will take place as mentioned earlier on March 17.
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Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Colors Rishtey on their way out of DD Freedish again
Five slots each in Bucket A+, A, B were auctioned on Tuesday. However, none of the big four placed aggressive bids and hence did not win any slots in Bucket A+. The broadcasters are unlikely to bid aggressively on Wednesday as well and the remaining slots will most likely go vacant