TV 18 Broadcast Limited on Tuesday declared its financial results for the quarter and half year ended 30th September 2020

The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 115 crore in the quarter ended September 30. The consolidated net profit of Rs 46 crore in the July-September quarter last fiscal.

 

The company’s consolidated revenue, however, dipped to Rs 1013 crore in the quarter this fiscal, compared to Rs 1127 in the July-September quarter last fiscal.

This festive season, Zee has a surprise for Hollywood fans across India as a movie event is all set to hit the television screens. Zee will combine a line-up of latest Hollywood blockbusters on its English movie channel &flix and the reach of its Indian language movie channels to present ‘Ticket To Hollywood’ — a destination for latest Hollywood blockbusters in Indian languages. Starting November, 12 channels of Zee will come together to premiere Hollywood’s only superhero blockbuster in 2020, ‘Bloodshot’ in 10 languages.

As Bihar is gearing up for elections, News18 Bihar / Jharkhand is all set to bring back Kehta Hai Voter Contest–the award winning campaign that makes the voters speak and leaders listen.

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It is to this objective that News18 Network’s popular contest – Kehta Hai Voter – has been launched.

The contest was conceived with the purpose of giving voters a voice during the elections. The 10-day contest will ask viewers from different constituencies to raise their opinion by giving a missed call and selected viewers will then get a chance to feature on News18 Bihar /JH to talk about the key issues that they think are most critical in these elections. The best entry every day will be gratified with a smart phone.

Mumbai: Republic Media Network announces its significant expansion into Hindi news in the digital space. The Network is launching Republic Bharat’s digital destination which aims to become the leader in Hindi news on digital platforms.

Republic Bharat, Republic Media Network’s Hindi News Channel will break into the world of digital with the motive of redefining the horizon in the genre. With an intense focus on news and breaking it to its users and viewers first, Republic Bharat will redefine content on digital for users in the Hindi audience. Republic Bharat on digital will operate with the same philosophy of ‘Rashtra ke naam’ that has resonated with our broadcast audience across the nation.

New Delhi: As political parties gear up for an intense electoral contest in the state of Bihar, ABP News, hosted another momentous edition of the day long virtual summit, “e-Shikhar Sammelan” on 25th October 2020, to shed light on the key issues of the state.

The flagship show brought to the fore, the promises and perspectives of the political parties in the upcoming assembly elections, insightful deliberations on local issues such as electricity, water & education, and stimulating discussions on other national imperatives such as COVID-19.

The renowned knowledge-sharing platform saw a diverse line-up of political luminaries such as Nitish Kumar(JD-U),Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Chirag Paswan(LJP),Sushil Modi(BJP), Ashok Chaudhary (JDU), Ravi Shankar Prasad(BJP), Randeep Surjewala(INC), Bhupendra Yadav (BJP), Shatrughan Sinha(INC),Gaurav Bhatia(BJP),Gaurav Vallabh(INC),Shivanand Tiwari (RJD), K.C. Tyagi (JDU), Sudhanshu Trivedi (BJP), AK Vajpayi (LJP), and Abhay Dubey (INC).

Republic Media Network has announced its expansion into Hindi news in the digital space. The network is launching Republic Bharat’s digital destination which aims to become the leader in Hindi news on digital platforms.

“Republic Bharat will break into the world of digital with the motive of redefining the horizon in the genre. With an intense focus on news and breaking it to its users and viewers first, Republic Bharat will redefine content on digital for users in the Hindi audience. Republic Bharat on digital will operate with the same philosophy of ‘Rashtra ke naam’ that has resonated with our broadcast audience across the nation,” the network said. 

 

Among its differentiators, Republic Bharat will change the way video content is created and consumed for the digital audience.

First came Covid-19 and then the spectacular rise of OTT consumption — together they posed a real challenge for broadcasters with the English genre bearing most of the brunt.

In July this year, Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) pulled the plug of one of its oldest channels — AXN — in India. Even Star World is likely to go off air soon, though the network is still to make an official announcement. 

 

The common factor for these channels downing shutters was decline in advertising and subscription revenue. Now, with the number of channels in the category shrinking does it mean the competition becomes less stiff and more profitable for the existing players.

As per the TAM Adex report, for the first 34 matches in IPL 13, ‘Surf Excel Quick Wash’ leads the exclusive brands on Regional sports channels.

The brand ‘Oppo Reno4 Pro’ was the leading exclusive brand on both Hindi and English language sports channels in IPL 13 as per the TAM adex data for the first 34 live matches (Period : 19th Sep'20 - 17th Oct'20 (IPL 13) and  23rd Mar'19  - 18th Apr'19 (IPL 12)). 

 

The report said that there were a total 37 exclusive brands on the both language channels. Brands including Ford Service, Pepsi, Century Laminates/ Century Ply and HDFC Mutual Fund were among the top five brands for that period.

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India MD and CEO NP Singh has always believed in looking on the bright side. After the network lost the IPL media rights to arch rival Star Sports, Singh claimed they were better off and more profitable without the league. When the Covid2019 pandemic struck, he was optimistic that the nationwide lockdown would boost viewership. By now, it's evident that both his projections were bang on the money. While Star reported a loss of Rs 1,216 crore in FY2018-19, Sony stayed in the green. And in the last few months, the broadcaster's digital and cable businesses have clocked a significant surge in engagement.

Now, as Sony Entertainment celebrates 25 years in India, Singh talked about the organisation's journey, his vision going forward, and the challenges that lie ahead at the ‘visionary talks’ series hosted by Governance Now MD Kailashnath Adhikari.

Arnab Goswami-led News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) has said it expresses its deep concern over the FIR filed by the Mumbai Police officials naming the editorial staff of one of our member news TV channels – Republic TV.

NBF said in its statement, “Filing of an FIR under a harsh and severe law is a drastic and desperate measure against both the media as well as the common citizens at large. Journalist(s) performing their professional duty, within the ambit of law, by holding public servants accountable and unraveling the truth in public interest should not be chained down by such attempts, as it is a threat to democracy.