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Discovery India boss Karan Bajaj brushes aside claims of challenges in the infotainment genre
MUMBAI: Is there a leadership scuffle going on in the overcrowded Indian infotainment genre? If you were to look at the last four weeks’ numbers as provided by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), it apparently looks like there may be the makings of one. Though it might be a minor one.
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Zee adds Marathi original web series 'Liftman'
MUMBAI: ZEE5 keeps expanding its regional content library with the launch of Liftman, a Marathi situational comedy web series. The newly launched web series of 10 episodes is running in a short duration of 8-10 minutes.
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Airtel Digital TV numbers improve as parent company's numbers fall
BENGALURU: The Sunil Mittal-led Indian telecom major with operations in 16 countries, Bharti Airtel Ltd, (Airtel) reported a year on year (y-o-y) drop in numbers for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the corresponding year ago quarter (Q1 2018).
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GEC Watch: Zee Anmol continues to lead in U+R and Rural markets
Naagin-3 remains on top in U+R and Urban markets.BARC India Data: Hindi GEC: HSM (U+R), (Urban) and (Rural): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals, Week 29: Saturday, July 14 to Friday, July 20, 2018
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Sony Max continues dominance over Hindi channels in across genres
BENGALURU: Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was ranked second in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 29 of 2018 (Saturday, 14 July 2018 to Friday, 20 July 2018, week udder review).
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Sony BBC Earth dominates factual entertainment space within a year
MUMBAI: People thought that the infotainment genre was saturated with enough players competing for a niche viewership. That was until Sony BBC Earth took up the challenge and launched in an already cluttered segment. Proving naysayers wrong, the channel scaled up its market share from 22 per cent to 26 per cent in the metro cities during the first quarter of FY18-19 itself.
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Chrome DM services help optimise viewership ratings: Pankaj Krishna
As you walk into the Chrome Data Analytics & Media’s office on the outskirts of Delhi, you see the company chief executive Pankaj Krishna 'talking to himself’ in the wide-glass paned conference room. Only after being ushered in, you realise, he's actually holding a business conversation with his colleague in the Mumbai office whose live images also appear on the big TV screen placed in the room.
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Zee Café to launch second edition of BBC First
We spoke to Aparna Bhosle, business cluster head - English cluster channels, Zeel, about the reason behind the launch.Zee Café, the English entertainment channel by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, is launching the second edition of BBC First in association with BBC Worldwide. Starting July 16, the channel will begin airing British dramas.
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Star Bharat experiments with early morning slot
MUMBAI: Star Bharat is all set to experiment with weekend morning slot by launching a three-hour programming band from 5 August.
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National Geographic's new show to tell success stories of India's icons
MUMBAI: National Geographic will be coming up with a unique show called Mega Icons which will see the success stories of inspiring personalities of India from different platforms.