Mumbai: COLORS Marathi, with a brand new ethos, ‘Navi Umed, Navi Bharari’ stayed true to its promise of providing culturally-rooted content to its viewers, to keep them entertained at all times. Steadfast in its commitment to further provide wholesome entertainment, COLORS Marathi, is all set to delight its viewers with the launch of two new shows to instil hope and positivity.

On the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami, ‘Sukhi Mansacha Sadara’ will launch on 25th October with a special episode and will air every Monday to Saturday at 9:30 pm. This show will treat viewers with guaranteed entertainment with an underlying focus on searching for inner happiness hidden within, in today’s stressful times. In addition to this, the channel is set to launch another show titled ‘Chandra Ahe Sakshila’ which will go on-air on 11th November, 2020.

Mumbai: ZEE5 Global, the largest and most comprehensive digital entertainment platform for Indian content, has won the ‘Digital Content and Streaming Service of the Year’ award for 2020 at the Telecoms World Middle East Awards for the second consecutive year.

The virtual awards ceremony, held on 13th October 2020, was part of a Telecoms World Middle East event in Dubai. The winners were chosen by a panel of expert judges brought together by Terrapinn, the organisers of the annual Telecoms World Middle East Conference and Awards. The awards recognize outstanding performance in key telecom-related areas across the region and recognize those players that make this one of the most dynamic sectors globally.

New Delhi : News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), India’s largest industry association of  TV news channels from across the length and breadth of the country,  expresses its deep concern over the First Information Report filed by the Greater Mumbai Police officials naming the editorial staff of one of our member news TV channels – Republic TV.

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.

Basking in the success of new web series ‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story ’on SonyLIV, the OTT platform from Sony stable that has new faces as lead actors, NP Singh, MD and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks has said that script is the new hero.

Crediting the success of the web series to its content that Singh said it has led to a huge uptick for SonyLIV subscriber base despite having unknown and new protagonists and the focus has now shifted to strong storytelling.

News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) has expressed concern over the First Information Report filed by the Greater Mumbai Police naming the editorial staff of Republic TV.

In a statement the NBF has said: “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 unravelling the truth in public interest should not be chained down by such attempts, as it is a threat to democracy.

MUMBAI: Ever since its launch more than a decade ago, reality show Bigg Boss – fashioned after the Dutch series Celebrity Big Brother – has never failed to entertain and titillate audiences. The first edition of the show, with Arshad Warsi as the host, aired on Sony Entertainment Television with a TRP of 2.72. Then it passed into the hands of Colors, where it scored an impressive TRP  of 6.99. According to BARC data, Bigg Boss 13 garnered 13.8 million impressions in the finale week last year, breaking the record set by its previous seasons.

Season 14 kicked off ahead of the festive season and has already racked up 3.9 billion viewing minutes in its launch week, the highest in the last three seasons.

As the country is gearing up for its first full-fledged elections in Bihar amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Hindi news channel News Nation is all prepped up with a special content line-up, showcasing all the latest happenings from ground zero.

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With the dates approaching, excitement is increasing. For a total of 243 seats, major political parties are preparing for a fierce battle. Meanwhile the Government says all safety measures would be in place. To ensure proper physical distancing, the maximum number of voters per polling station has been brought down from 1,600 to 1,000. More than 1 lakh polling stations will be set up compared to 65,000 stations in 2015.

The Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), India’s first and only self-regulatory industry body for fantasy sports, has announced the appointment of Bimal Julka as its Chairman. In his new role, Julka will work closely with all the stakeholders to further strengthen the operating standards of the Indian fantasy sports industry.

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Julka is taking over from John Loffhagen, who served as the Chairman of FIFS for over three years. Loffhagen will assume the role of a Strategic Advisor and support FIFS on collaborating with relevant international bodies in the industry.

Network18 Group’s news channel News18 India is leaving no stone unturned to give a comprehensive coverage of the upcoming Bihar elections.

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After travelling across different districts of poll-bound Bihar, News18 India’s show ‘Bhaiyaji Kahin’ will highlight the real concerns of the people from ground zero amid the pandemic.

Mumbai: Hansa Research, the agency appointed by Broadcast Advertising Research Council (BARC) for managing household panel for TV audience measurement, filed an FIR on October 6, 2020 with the assistance of BARC Vigilance team against Hansa’s former employee complaining of wrongdoing and tampering of people-meter homes. This FIR is being investigated by the Mumbai Police who has labelled it as the TRP scam. The Police, in a Press Conference on 8th October, had alleged that Republic TV was one of the channels involved in this.

Soon thereafter from Oct 10, Republic TV started showing something called the “Hansa Report” on its channel and said that this report does not mention Republic TV anywhere. Republic TV did not check with Hansa Research about the veracity of this document, nor did they seek permission from Hansa for use of any of its document for public broadcasting.