Mumbai: Toppling Star Plus, Sun TV became the most watched channel in Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc) week 47 (20 to 26 November). The channel garnered weekly AMAs of 2783.24 (‘000s). It was at the second position last week with 2694.33 AMA. Star Plus grabbed the next spot with 2743.38 AMA. At 2709.69, Star Maa stood at third position. Star Utsav, Colors, Star Vijay..

Direct to home (DTH) company Dish TV has denied media reports that its promoters are in talks with telecom major Bharti Airtel for stake sale. A business daily has reported that Bharti Airtel is in early talks with Dish TV promoters to buy their 5.93% stake at Rs 20 a share.

In a regulatory filing, Dish TV said that it is not aware of any such transaction. "Dish TV India would like to state that there is no information available with the company which is required to be reported under extant SEBI Regulation (Regulation 30), which may have bearing on the stock price of the company. Further, we would also state that the company is not aware of the transaction which has been reported in the above-mentioned news report."

In week 47 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data, Sun TV which was at the second spot in the last week claimed the first spot with 2783.24 (000) AMA. Star which was at the first spot in week 47 stood at the second spot with 2743.38 (000) AMA followed by Star Maa with 2709.69 (000) AMA. Star Utsav claimed the 4th spot with 2255 (000) AMA followed by Colors 2025 (000) AMA. Star Vijay which was at the 7th spot last week claimed the 6th spot with 1792. 66 (000) AMA followed by Sony SAB with 1696.7 (000) AMA. Star Pravah maintained the 8th spot with 1568.7 (000) AMA followed by Zee TV with 1558.01 (000) AMA. Dhinchaak with 1513.25 (000) AMA.

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel is on the lookout to buy a majority stake in direct-to-home (DTH) company Dish TV India Ltd, promoted by Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group. The telecom company is in the early stages of talks at present.

Tata Sky has announced the launch of its latest platform service Tata Sky Romance to offer curated romantic content across Hollywood (dubbed in Hindi), Bollywood, and television to its subscribers. Priced at Rs two per day, the service is completely ad-free and is available for on-the-go viewing on Tata Sky mobile app.... https://www.indiantelevision.com/dth/dth-services/tata-sky-launches-new-service-tata-sky-romance-211201

Pogo, a WarnerMedia kids’ entertainment TV channel, has started a new Telugu language service to expand its reach in India.

The Telugu language feed will lead to increased viewership of the kids’ entertainment channel in homes in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Star India has postponed the launch of 15 new channels and the name change of one channel till further intimation. The channels which were going to be launched include Star Gold Romance, Star Gold Thrills, Jalsha Josh, Star Movies Select, Super Hungama, Star Gold 2 HD, Star Sports Telugu HD, Star Sports Tamil HD, Disney Channel HD, Hungama HD, Pravah Pictures HD, Pravah Pictures, Vijay Super HD, Asianet Movies HD, Star Kirano and Star Kirano HD.

Walt Disney-owned Star India's general entertainment and sports channels cumulatively have an estimated international subscriber base of 216 million, as of September 2021. Star's general entertainment channels have 132 million subscribers while the sports channels have 84 million subscribers.

One of India’s largest news networks iTV Network on Thursday launched newskannada.com in Bengaluru in the presence of Karnataka chief minister Shri Basavaraj Bommai.... https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/itv-network-launches-newsx-kannada-news-portal-211125

Mumbai: Chrome Data Analytics & Media has announced the results for its bi-annual subscriber establishment survey (SES) and released a November report based on a Pan India ground survey conducted between April to June, 2021.... https://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/local-cable-operators/free-dish-grows-by-11-per-cent-across-rural-urban-households-chrome-dm-211125.