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GEC Watch: Colors' Zee Anmol remains on top in U+R and Rural markets
Colors' Naagin-3 continues to lead as most watched show in U+R and Urban markets.BARC India Data: Hindi GEC: HSM (U+R), (Urban) and (Rural): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals, Week 26: Saturday, June 23 to Friday, June 29, 2018.
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Travelxp files into Singapore's StarHub
MUMBAI: Travelxp, the lifestyle channel that reaches over 91 million homes, has planned to expand its reach in the major market of Asia-Pacific. The company has forayed into Singapore market in association with a local player StarHub that went on air on 3 July 2018.
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ET Now completes nine years in the business news genre
MUMBAI: English business news (EBN) channel ET Now completed nine years of its existence on 17 June. It has also been a year since the channel revamped itself last August with the tagline ‘rise with India’. The move was to go beyond just business clips to be a holistic channel.
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VCPL to contest SEBI order on NDTV share acquisition
MUMBAI: Following the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)’s directive to make an open offer for acquiring NDTV shares, Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt Ltd (VCPL) has decided to appeal against the order with the Securities Appellate Tribunal.
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Hindi Gec most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 26
MUMBAI: With a growth of 0.31 per cent as compared to last week (25), the Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 26 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media.
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Punjabi Channels Have Been Victimised By Rating Agencies: MD & President, PTC Network
The line between regional and mainstream has blurred. We are witnessing regional content become part of the so-called mainstream, taking the example of Punjabi influence on popular culture and culture industries like Bollywood. Even the major networks over the years have established regional presence and this has completely redefined the way we look at regional networks and regional content.
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S Divaakar Joins Upcoming First News Kannada Channel As Marketing Head
S Divaakar has joined the soon-to-be-launched First News Kannada channel as the Head of Sales and Marketing. First News Kannada is a venture by Viscom Media Pvt Ltd. The motto of the channel is ‘Nothing is Impossible’.
Before joining First News Kannada, Divaakar was the Business Head of Prajaa TV Kannada News. He comes with a rich experience of 25 years in media. Divaakar started his career as a sales executive with Udaya TV when the channel was launched in 1994. He has worked as Assistant General Manager and later Vice President, Sales and Marketing, with TV9 and as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Public TV. Divaakar has also been the National Head, Sales, with ETV News Kannada.
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Broadcast Industry Hopeful Of Good Q1; Expects 13-14% Growth
While there is still some time before the Q1 FY19 results of the broadcast sector will be officially out, there is a positive sentiment in the industry about the numbers and experts feel that it has been a good quarter compared to last year, thanks to IPL and FIFA World Cup. The industry is looking forward to healthy growth and stable margins this quarter. The media and entertainment industry, which was shaken by demonetization and later by GST, is back to normal now.
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South Is An Important Market For Zee's Domestic Broadcast Business: South Cluster Head, Zee
Zee Tamil recently got a facelift through a brand refresh and actress Jyothika has been roped in as the channel's ambassador. Also, Zee Tamil is now extending its fiction shows to weekends. exchange4media caught up with Siju Prabhakaran, South Cluster Head, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, to find out how has the rebranding helped the channel, its viewership outside India and much more.
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Sun TV bullish on dubbed international content for kids
MUMBAI: The kids' genre in India was always sidelined by broadcasters, but not anymore. There was a time when international content dominated the Hindi kids’ channels' space, but now broadcasters have pulled up their socks to provide home-grown content to young animation fans. But the scene in the regional kids' content space hasn't evolved much.