The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has granted 10 new TV channel licences.

MIB has also cancelled three licences as they are no longer required by the owners.

In all, the total number of licences has gone up to 919 while the number of cancelled licences stands at 290.

 

The licences have been granted to Khusboo Multimedia, Hari Bhoomi Communications, Kasthuri Medias, and Ganesh Digital Networks (2 each), Shraddha M.H One TV and Live India Today Entertainment (1 each).

While eight of the channels are in the non-news category, two are news.

The ministry has also revoked licences of The Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Pvt Ltd and ZEEL.

BENGALURU: After the previous week’s uptick, due to the Ayodhya and other Supreme Court of India verdicts, English News viewership plunged to a new nadir in 2019 in week 47. The combined weekly impressions of the Top 5 English News channels in week 47 of 2019 (Saturday, 16 November 2019 to Friday, 22 November 2019, period or week under review) were just 1.780 million weekly impressions according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data. Combined ratings of Top 5 English News channels viewership declined 28 percent during the week under review from the 2.509 million weekly impressions recorded in the previous week (week 46).

Zee Hindustan will be now available in Tamil and Telugu. To help consumers understand the essence of national news in the language they would relate to, Zee Hindustan has now moved towards the most news consumable market covering three major states of India — Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Zee Hindustan channel was re-launched with the content format ‘Anchorless News Channel’. At the heart of the campaign was the determination to break the barrier of biasness and an ability to innovate with an unusual yet useful idea.

The main message of this campaign 'Ab Anchor Nahi, Khabrein Khud Bolengi, Kyun Ki Aap Samajhdaar Hai - Zee Hindustan now available in Tamil and Telugu’ was followed by the message– “since the news is speaking for itself what would the leading anchors of South Indian news channels do?” Even when it comes to news channels, we are biased with our favourite anchors. They colour our opinion, most of the stories come through the lens of star anchors that appear on news channels, and their fan base is humongous.

The broadcast industry seems to be going through a phase of consolidations, the most recent development being Sony Corp entering into talks with Network18.

The deliberations between the Japan-based conglomerate and Mukesh Ambani’s entertainment business, according to experts, clearly shows the need for consolidation and acquisition to stay ahead in the game where all players are trying their best to woo the audience.

As per reports, Sony will own 51 per cent stake in the joint venture, with the rest going to TV18. If the deal is struck, the new JV will own 63 channels along with two OTT platforms - Voot and SonyLIV, four film studios and two digital content studios, media agencies have reported.

MUMBAI: India is a large, chaotic, noisy democracy at work. And nothing encapsulates this better than the desire for news in Indians, be it through print, broadcast or even digital. Digital news in India, as per comScore’s latest report, receives an average of 282 million unique visitors (UVs) every month, making India the second-largest online news consuming nation in the world after China.

Digital news is also the most popular content category by reach, having a 96 per cent reach, just above social media, entertainment and retail at 95, 95, and 94 per cent. News penetration in India is actually higher than other key populations like China and the USA, says the report titled ‘Trends in Online News Consumption,’ that analysed data for the month of September.

MUMBAI: In week 47 of BARC India ratings, Colors Bangla re-entered the list at fourth position in the Bangla space. Last week the channel was replaced by Zee Bangla Cinema. This week the channel is out of the top five bangla channels' list. No changes were observed in Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Telugu and Kannada. In Bangla, Malayam, Kannada and Marathi spaces, the pecking order of the top five channels has seen slight changes. Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Sony Aath were the top five Bangla channels in week 45 of BARC India rating

MUMBAI: Star Plus, last week, retained its leading position in the urban market but on pay platform Sony SAB was leading. In week 47 of BARC India ratings Star Plus has grabbed leading position on pay platform and continues to be the number one channel in the urban market. Star Plus, Sony SAB, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Zee TV, Dangal, Star Bharat, Big Magic, &TV and Star Utsav were seen in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions in the urban market.

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.

The new offering will allow viewers to take a pick of their favourite on-screen characters across TV shows and curate their own Super Family. The players can place bets on how the chosen characters will act out in the day’s TV episode and stand to win different gratifications in case their predictions come true

MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) announced on Monday that independent directors Neharika Vora and Sunil Sharma along with non-independent director Subodh Kumar resigned and three new independent directors - R Gopalan, Surendra Singh and Aparajita Jain have been appointed. On the request of the Bombay Stock exchange (BSE) Zeel disclosed the reasons for the resignation. Irregularities in CSR spending, film advances worth Rs 2,200 crore, appropriation of Zee Entertainment's fixed deposits worth Rs 200 crore by a bank have been cited as reasons for the resignation of two of the directors along with others. “The board of directors have noted that all of the issues raised by the resigning directors have been duly discussed, deliberated and acted upon from time to time in the previous committee/ board meetings in which the said directors were also present,” ZEEL said in a statement.