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Hindi TV news consumption higher in urban markets than in rural
BANGALURU: Television has become an integral part of Indian life, be it urban or rural India. Hindi news is one of the largest news genres in the country according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly data.
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Dish TV reports profits in first full quarter post merger with Videocon d2h
BENGALURU: Indian direct to home (DTH) behemoth Dish TV India Limited (Dish TV) reported profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 22.5 crore for the quarter ended 30 June 2018 (Q1 2019, quarter under review). Dish TV and Videocon d2h were merged on 22 March 2018 and hence Q1 2019 was the first full reporting quarter for the merged entity.
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TRAI: Make STBs, content & telecom services disabled- friendly
MUMBAI: With an aim to make communications and TV services more accessible to people with disabilities (PWDs), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has come out with a series of recommendations, including a confusing one suggesting that 50 per cent TV channels to be developed in PWD-friendly and accessible format over the next five years.
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Zee5 looks to drive up subscription with Sunny Leone biopic
MUMBAI: Sunny Leone is back. But this time it's not her dance moves that will sway you but rather her biopic. Zee5, the over the top (OTT) platform by the zee group, is launching Karenjit Kaur-the untold story of Sunny Leone.
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Has TV News Anchor Anand Narasimhan Quit Times Now?
Has Anand Narasimhan, senior editor,
“He has not been coming to office for almost a week now, probably right after he resigned,” a well-placed source in Times Now told exchange4media.
The show ‘The Newshour 10’ which Narasimhan used to host is now being anchored by Madhavdas Gopalakrishnan, Senior Editor and Athar Khan, Consulting Editor with Times Now.
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content play of India's kids channels
Kids from 90s that grew up watching Aladdin, Duck Tales, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry and Dexter’s Laboratory among others will cherish the memories of being couch potatoes during their childhood. Until 2008, when Chhota Bheem, a dhoti-clad boy chomping laddoos made an entry in the industry, all eyes were glued to foreign content dubbed in local languages.
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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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We Don’t Have A Problem Of Recurring Consumers: Tarun Katial, ZEE5 India
Whether it’s radio, TV or Over-the-Top (OTT) Tarun Katial (founder COO-CEO of Big FM) is making everything look like a cakewalk. Now with his recent appointment as the CEO of ZEE5 India, an OTT service by ZEEL, Katial is ensuring that by end of 2018 the OTT is leading the market with the right strategy. Earlier last April he had taken up additional responsibilities at ZEEL which include, TV and digital content production.
Katial in a free-wheeling chat with e4m talks about the change in the role, strategy, response to ZEE5, consumer viewing pattern and the subscription model playing a vital part.
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BARC Week 26: Santoor Sandal And Turmeric Leads Top 10 Brands
Santoor Sandal and Turmeric led BARC’s Top 10 Brands for Week 26 ( June 23-29) with 14,081 insertions. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare climbed to the second spot with 13,288 insertions.
Lux Toilet Soap, Lifebuoy Toilet Soap and Lizol climbed up to third, fourth and fifth spots with 12,517, 12,035 and 11,278 insertions respectively.
Fogg, Dettol Toilet Soaps, Trivago, Harpic, and Roop Mantra Ayur Face cream forayed in the category at the sixth, seventh and eighth spots with 11,273, 9834, 8975, 8254 and 8161 insertions respectively.
In the same week, in BARC's Top 10 Advertisers FMCG brand Hindustan Lever continued to reign with improved 1,76,086 insertions, followed by Reckitt Benckiser with 70,207 insertions.
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Tata projects bags 3,000 crore project in chhattisgarh
MUMBAI: Tata Projects Limited recently announced that its ‘Smart Cities Business Unit’ has been awarded Bharat Net project worth Rs 30.57 billion in Chhattisgarh. The project involves laying of Optical Fibre Network that follows ring architecture with Internet Protocol – Multi Protocol Label Switching (IP-MPLS) technology.