Hyderabad: The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), the industry association representing the combined interests of TV news channels, has expressed its concern over the increasing incidents of attacks on media and journalists, in the backdrop of recent attack on TV5 News Channel.

The statement issued by NBF stated that in the last few weeks, there have been an increasing number of physical attacks and filing of police cases against TV News channels, and prominent journalists across the country, creating an obstacle against performing their public service, despite the hardships during the lockdown of the country since March 24, 2020.

The latest incident involves attack by unidentified men on the Hyderabad office of TV5, by damaging equipment and property.

Mumbai: Star Sports; India’s leading sports broadcaster in partnership with MFORE; a non-profit initiative offering Mind Conditioning Programs for sportspersons – launch a new series ‘Mind Masters by MFORE’. Hosted by Former Indian Cricketer S. Badrinath, the five- episode series will feature top sports personalities interacting on the importance of Mind Training and Mental Toughness in Sports. The first episode aired on Sunday, 10th May at 7 pm.

Gracing the inaugural episode of Mind Masters will be cricketer R. Ashwin who will share his experiences and highlight the importance of mental strength in a successful sports career. He talks about being a coach himself, and how he deals with children and young cricketers, and the importance of mental toughness currently.

BARC says it is mindful of the situation and has already introduced multiple cost-cutting measures & will continue to review them regularly. BARC says it is mindful of the situation and has already introduced multiple cost-cutting measures & will continue to review them regularly 

With the pandemic bringing all production work to a standstill and leading to a drop of up to 75% in AdEx, broadcasters have revised their annual estimations and requested BARC to reconsider the same. A drop of up to 50% in the earnings of broadcasters can cost BARC the same amount in terms of earnings. One of the broadcasters, who too has shared a revised price revenue estimation, claimed that BARC in its response has said it will take a final call after the quarter is over and as they get closer to the estimations.

When contacted by exchange4media to understand how BARC has been preparing to handle the crisis, it sent a detailed reply saying considering the severity of the crisis it has already taken internal measures to cut cost and is open to reviewing the situation regularly.

Republic Bharat’s Output Editor Mihir Ranjam has joined ABP News Network as Associate Vice President.

Highly placed sources have confirmed this news to e4m.

Ranjan has over two decades of experience in news media. He has been part of the launch team of Republic Bharat.

In some good news coming in these Covid times as newspapers and news channels are introducing pay cuts and handing out pink slips to journalists, Republic TV is on an expansion spree with its next foray into digital news on the cards.

With multiple roles across news centres in Delhi NCR and Mumbai, the team is looking at recruitments in several editorial roles, including top and middle level management appointments.

In Delhi NCR, Republic Bharat is looking out for an Output Editor and senior reporters to news editors for the Input Desk as well as the Output Desk.

The 7th edition of BARC and Nielsen’s report titled How Media Habits are Changing as India Enters Week 6 of the lockdown, shows the difference in consumption patterns of consumers from the Pre-COVID period (11th Jan’20 to 31st Jan’20) and during-COVID period (25th April’20 to 1st May’20).

The total number of brands in four weeks starting from week 14 with 2051 total number of brands in week 14 to 2138 in week 17.

New Delhi: For long, cinematic TV viewing has been a revered shared experience amongst families worldwide. Closer home, as the country goes through these unprecedented times, TV viewing has taken primacy as a strong stress-reliever and the most dependable source of entertainment for Indian families. The Bhojpuri region has also witnessed a significant surge in content consumption needs especially for family-viewing. Catering to this demand, ZEE Biskope introduces two specially curated family-centric movie line-ups this May. Living up to its promise of providing an unabashed Bhojpuri cinematic experience; the 24-hour dedicated Bhojpuri movie channel will present its viewers a special Mother’s Day movie line-up on Sunday, May 10 from 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM followed by Family Chokha Film Festival celebrating International Family Day from May 11-15, 2020 at 9:30 AM.

The love for Mother is deep-rooted in the Bhojpuri culture and rituals. Mother-Son relationship has also been one of the central themes in Bhojpuri movies which further reinforces the significance placed on the role of a Mother in a family. Rejoicing the true spirit of Motherhood, ZEE Biskope’s Mother’s Day special movie line-up will comprise of titles starring the crème-de-la-crème of Bhojiwood and storylines that celebrate the bond with our mothers in all its glory. The three back-to-back blockbuster movies include ‘Real Indian Mother’featuringRani Chatterjee, ‘Doodh Ka Karz’ starring super-star Jodi, Nirahua, and Khesari Lal Yadav, and ‘Dulhin Ganga Par Ke’ with Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani as leads. In addition to it, the special day will also feature a host of Bhojpuri celebrity bytes where they talk about the bond they share with their mothers.

This is the biggest ever gain of both the categories so far this year.

MUMBAI: For the straight seventh week, the news genre continues to be a television consumption driver. In week 17 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, news channels soar high in terms of viewership with general English news channels gaining over 200 per cent while business news channels both, Hindi and English, grew by 100 per cent each as against last week.

The general Hindi news channel also gained by over 23 per cent in the current week as compared to week 16. For the first time in five weeks, news channels across category and language have grown substantially on a week-on-week basis. The Covid2019 situation has increased viewers’ news consumption and they are flocking to TV screens to watch timely updates of the pandemic.

Gaining most in the current week, CNN-News18, positioned at fourth place in the top five list, has gained most in viewership by over 300 per cent, followed by India Today with over 280 per cent, which has reclaimed its second position in week 17 as compared to the previous week of BARC.

Times Now stood at the third spot in both ranking and viewership gain in week 17. The channel has advanced by over 230 per cent, followed by Republic TV by over 150 per cent, which continues to be the most-watched English news channel so far in 2020. DD India, a government-owned English news channel, has been featured in the top five list almost after 10 weeks at the fifth spot on the list.

The partnership enables Visa card users to avail Eros Now’s massive content library.

MUMBAI: OTT platform Eros Now has partnered with Visa, which allows Visa debit and credit card users in India to avail Eros Now’s massive content library. This includes 12,000-plus movie titles, original shows, music videos, short format content, Quickies, at a discount to the annual Eros Now subscription price.

This partnership will offer Visa cardholders a discount of 50 per cent on their annual subscription to Eros Now and access to a plethora of entertainment from cult Bollywood movies such as Maine Pyaar Kiya, Rangeela, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanaam to Love Aaj Kal, Tanu Weds Manu, Manmarziyaan, amongst others. The library also entails originals from the house of Eros Now that caters to varied genres such as drama, thriller, comedy, to name a few.  

According to the BARC data for week 17, in TN/Pondy region Sun Network has delivered a reach of 1911 mn impressions which is almost the double of the closest competitor.

Staggering reach in the states of AP/Telangana with 1128 million impressions across the state. In Karnataka, no one comes close to Sun Network as the network has delivered a reach of 791 MN impressions which is almost five times the reach of the closest competitor. 289 mn impressions in Kerala too make the Sun Network, an undisputed leader in the South Market.

On the other hand, Gemini TV strengthened further this week by scoring 554.6 Mn impressions and emerged as a Strong No.1 player. Surya TV recorded 158.9 Mn impressions with No.2 position in Kerala ending closely to No.1 channel Asianet.

Udaya TV becomes only Kannada channel to see growth during Covid-19 period

Udaya TV, the Kannada GEC from Sun TV Network has emerged as the leader in among Kannada Entertainment Channels. is the only channel in the Kannada Market that has seen growth in the Covid-19 period as compared to the Pre-Covid period.