The viewership of news channels surpassed that of general entertainment channels on the day IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returned to India from Pakistan on March 1.  

According to BARC data, on March 1 in the TG 2+ category the gross impression in 000s for Aaj Tak was 1,58,963 and that of Sun TV was 1,22,223.  ABP clocked 1,10,265 impressions followed by India TV at 87,487.

MUMBAI: TV broadcasters will be celebrating the International Women’s Day on 8th March with special programming. TV channels like Romedy Now, Star World, AXN, Epic Channel, &Privé HD and Viacom18’s Comedy Central, Colors infinity, and Vh1 have lined up day-long programming line-up for 8th March.

MUMBAI: News broadcaster ABP News Network has got four new TV channel licences from the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) in February.

The company has received uplinking and downlinking licences under the names ABP Andhra, ABP Ganga, ABP Kannada, and ABP Tamil. One of the licences could be used to launch an Uttar Pradesh centric news channel that the company is planning to launch.

MUMBAI: Broadband service provider ACT Fibernet has entered into a partnership with streaming giant Netflix. Under the partnership, "Entertainment" plan users of ACT Fibernet would be able to pay for their monthly Netflix subscription through their ACT Fibernet bill with an assured cashback of up to Rs 350 per month. The offer will be available for ACT Fibernet customers Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad in the beginning.

BENGALURU: South Indians consumed more news  of the top 5 channels in their local languages than their Hindi speaking brethren of top 5 Hindi News channels  in their respective markets in 2018. Amongst the four south Indian languages spoken in six states, Malayalis’ (Denizens of Kerala, language Malayalam) consumed more news per household (HH) and per capita on the top 5 Malayama News channels than their South Indian brethren in 2018.

MUMBAI: Reliance Entertainment-owned content studio Big Synergy will focus on three key areas in 2019. The company will increase its presence in the fiction genre in the TV production space. Producing original content, both fiction as well as non-fiction, for over the top (OTT) platforms is another focus area. Regional will be another key growth segment for the company.

MUMBAI: This International Women’s Day, Romedy NOW gives you the ultimate movie marathon experience with its exclusive property, ‘Women’s Day’. Showcasing myriad facets that characterizes phenomenal persona of a woman, Romedy NOW brings to its viewers, handpickedrom-comson March 08, 2019 8 am onwards.

MUMBAI: Known for its compelling content creation, Zee Kannada has become every Kannadiga household’s hub of entertainment. In-line with Zee Kannada’s recently launched brand proposition 

MUMBAI: MultiTV has announced that it has acquired Veqta in India from ITW Digital. Veqta is India’s first digital platform dedicated to streaming live sport and providing video-on-demand sports content. MultiTV looks to strengthen its offering with sports content and B2B and B2C integration of the digital sports streaming OTT platform. 

KOLKATA: While the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) continues to reiterate that its new tariff order will benefit all stakeholders of the cable and broadcasting industry, implementation of the new norms has witnessed a mixed response on the ground. As the ecosystem adapts to this radical change, local cable operators (LCOs) in Kolkata have started bleeding as cable subscribers are migrating to DTH platforms.