MUMBAI: In the regional space, Zee Biskope continued to lead in Bhojpuri market for the second consecutive week in week 4 of BARC India ratings. In Bangla space, Zee Bangla Cinema replaced Colors Bangla in fourth position. No changes were observed in the pecking order of top channels in Marathi and Tamil space.

MUMBAI: In week 4 of BARC India ratings, Colors has led the list in the Urban space and in Pay platform for more than three weeks. Zee TV slipped down to fifth position in the urban market. No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five channels on pay platform.

BENGALURU: Network18/Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors had climbed up to rank 3 in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 3 of 2020 (previous week or period). Colors is a pay TV channel. Enterr10 Television’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal had regained top spot after a short hiatus of one week from the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in the previous week.The same ranking status continued on in week 4 of 2020 (Saturday, 25 January 2020 to Friday, 31January 2020, week or period under review). Hence Colors was the most watched pay TV Hindi GEC in week 4 of 2020 for the second week in a row.

In week 4, Dangal continued to lead the Hindi GEC (U+R) segment with 1206187 (000s) impressions followed by Colors TV on the second position with 755866 (000s) impressions and Star Plus on the third spot with 646564 (000s) impressions. Zee TV and Sab TV bagged fourth and the fifth spot with 603630 (000s) and 601584 (000s) impressions respectively.

MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has informed that 68 channels were found to be in violation of Programme and Advertisement Codes in 2019.

The ministry took action against these channels by issuing advisories, warnings, ordering them to go off-air and running apology scrolls. Advisory was issued against 30 channels while 39 channels were issued warnings. Three channels were told to go off-air and 30 channels were directed to run apology scrolls.

Chrome Data Analytics and Media’s Optimal+ data has released the comparative study of the performance of various brands in week 3 against week 2. The report categorise the performance of brands under three broad categories namely Most Watched ads, Most Aired ads and the Most Liked ads based on analysis of data involving 34000 panel homes across the country.

New Delhi: The Broadcast Sector expressed its shock and dismay with the latest notification from TRAI issued on 1st January 2020, amending the new tariff order (NTO) and interconnection regulations.

As per the new amendments, TRAI has reduced the cap on the MRP of individual channels, which can form part of any bouquet, to Rs.12 per month, from the earlier cap of Rs.19. Less than a year ago, TRAI itself determined that the price per channel can be Rs.19, which has now been reduced to Rs.12 without giving any logical reason. Thus making the change totally arbitrary. The regulator has also sought to impose twin conditions for bouquet formation, effectively introducing a cap on bouquet pricing which was left untouched in the NTO. Coming barely a few months after TRAI notified the NTO effecting a disruptive change of the distribution ecosystem, these amendments will severely impair broadcasters’ ability to compete with other unregulated platforms and adversely affect the viability of the pay TV industry.

India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) believes that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) amendments to the tariff and interconnection regulation are largely neutral for multiple system operators (MSOs) and negative for broadcasters. The amendments have focused on a reduction in the final customer price, resulting in broadcasters bearing the largest burden in the entire value chain.

MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has dismissed union government’s review petition against its order passed in September 2019 involving direct to home (DTH) operator Dish TV.

In September 2019, the apex court had dismissed the union government’s petition to transfer Dish TV’s licence fee case from Jammu & Kashmir High Court to itself. The UOI filed a review petition against the SC order.

Incidentally, the SC allowed UOI’s petition to transfer all the direct to home (DTH) licence fee cases from the Kerala High Court to itself. Three DTH licence fee cases involving DTH operators Sun Direct, Videocon d2h, and Bharti Telemedia were pending in the Kerala High Court. Videocon d2h has since merged with Dish TV.

MUMBAI: The union government has budgeted non-tax revenue from the broadcasting sector at Rs 1962.25 crore for FY21.

In FY20, the government had budgeted its non-tax revenue from broadcasting at Rs 2766.67 crore. However, the revised non-tax revenue from the sector is Rs 1371.25 crore for FY20.

In FY19, the actual revenue from the broadcasting sector stood at Rs 1319.80 crore.

The non-tax revenue from broadcasting includes receipts of licence fee from direct to home (DTH) operators, Commercial Services (TV), Commercial Services (FM) and other receipts.