MUMBAI: Endemol Shine India (Endemol Shine), best known for producing shows such as Bigg Boss, Master Chef, Khatron Ke Khiladi and Dance India, has a lot going for it this year. The company will produce the second season of The Test Case for Balaji Telefilms’ OTT platform ALTBalaji after tasting success in the first season.

BENGALURU: Two Viacom18 returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council's (BARC) weekly list of top 10 television channels across genres in week 16 of 2018 (Saturday, 14 April 2018 to Friday, 20 April 2018). The channels were Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors and free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Rishtey. Colors and Rishtey pushed out two Hindi movies channels from the across genres weekly list. In the meantime, the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV increased its viewership by 10.3 per cent and continued to lead the across genres list in week 16 as compared to week 15 of 2018.

MUMBAI: Bengali GEC Colors Bangla is launching a sitcom ‘Satyameva Jayati – Shinghi Shasurir Baaghini Bouma’ on 30 April. Produced by Eyewash, the show will air Monday to Sunday at 6 pm.

MUMBAI: Turner International’s Cartoon Network will be hosting its biggest ever branded event in Southeast Asia. Attracting industry talent from around the world, the two-week Cartoon Network Animate Your Life (26 May-10 June) will share with 80,000 participants the mechanics – and the creativity – behind some of the most iconic kids shows.

In week 16 of  the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data, on the back of IPL 11, Star Sports 1 Hindi continued to lead the sports genre. The channel witnessed a hike in this week's ratings and registered 949032 Impressions (000s) against 935856 Impressions (000s).

MUMBAI: Zee Media Corporation Ltd’s (ZMCL) English global news channel World Is One News (WION) has started providing Hindi audio option to its viewers. This is the first time in India that a News Channel is providing dual audio feed to its viewers which may get substantial traction from elite Hindi speaking audiences.

MUMBAI: Hathway Cable and Datacom has incurred a Capex of Rs 230 crore on broadband and cable TV business in the first nine months of FY18. The company spent Rs 160 crore on broadband while cable TV consumed Rs 70 crore.

MUMBAI: Advertisers are soon going to get a boost through outdoor TV measurement ratings. The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) is going beyond traditional TV viewing metrics and has launched an out of home (OOH) TV viewership measurement service. It will now be able to report TV viewership that happens in social hot-spots like restaurants, pubs and bars in select cities.

BALI: Tata Sky MD and CEO Harit Nagpal has been a bit of an early mover in terms of innovation and building a world-class satellite TV operation. Whether it has been in the case of HD or VAS or top-notch customer services, Tata Sky has been driving many of the path-breaking initiatives in the DTH sector.

Zee Network has claimed to have recorded the highest total TV viewership share in the entertainment space. The network has based its claim on Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data (U+R) from April 2017 to March 2018 (full year average.)