IndiaCast announces leadership changes; elevates CFO Sanjay Jain to International Head

The distribution arm of Viacom18 and TV18IndiaCastannounced the leadership changes to establish empowered business responsibilities across the region. Sanjay Jain who is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer has been elevated as Head of International Business, IndiaCast and will continue reporting to Anuj Gandhi, Group CEO, IndiaCast.

Jain joined IndiaCast as CFO after having successfully managed critical roles at Turner General Entertainment India and TV Today Network. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has over two decades of experience in diverse sectors including manufacturing and service sectors.

Speaking on the development, Gandhi said, “Over the last several years our top management has demonstrated innovative approaches in content monetization and marketing across the globe. Sanjay brings to the table nearly two and a half decades of financial and general management experience. I am confident that Sanjay’s proficiency and experience coupled with our bold growth agenda will help us excel in our business ambitions.”

Business Head UK & USA Govind Shahi elevated to manage the US region along with his existing remit.

Sachin Gokhale, Business Head MEA & APAC. In addition to his current role as the Business Head of the MEA region, Gokhale will now also oversee the companies’ activities in APAC.Debkumar Dasgupta – Business Head Syndication, New Media & South Asia. He will take on the added responsibility of New Media business.

All the International Business heads along with Outbound Sales and International Operations teams will report to Jain.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

BARC Week 15: Zee TV loses eyeballs; Life Ok climbs to fourth spot

General entertainment

Once again Star Plus topped the chart, but its viewership went down from 712595 GVTs in week 14 to 700822 GVTs. Colors stood strong at second spot with 674344 GVTs, up from last week’s 670966 GVTs. Zee TV witnessed huge dip in terms of TRPs. Its viewership slipped to 554385 GVTs, which was pegged at 593354 GVTs in week 14.

Life Ok witnessed hike in terms of both viewership and ranking. It jumped from sevenths spot in last week to fourth position with 519305 GVTs, up from previous week’s 487736 GVTs. Sony Pal remained at fifth spot with 511913 GVTs, while Zee Anmol slipped from fourth position to sixth spot with 489059 GVTs, down from week 14’s 573906 GVTs.

Rishtey climbed to seventh spot with 456334 GVTs, followed by Star Utsav with 405153 GVTs. Sister Channels Sony Sab and Sony Entertainment stood at ninth and tenth spots with 375739 and 296067 GVTs, respectively.

Top shows

Colors Naagin continued to lead with 16488 GVTs, while Star Plus’s Ye Hai Mohabbatein climbed to second spot with 11026 GVTs. Zee TV’s Kum kum Bhagya slipped to third position with 10663 GVTs.

Jodha Akbar stood at fourth spot with 10226 GVTs and Star Plus’Saath Nibhaana Saathiya occupied fifth position with 9612 GVTs.

News channels

India TV maintained its lead with 66780 GVTs. AajTak remained at second spot with 62473 GVTs, followed by India News and ABP News with 39804 and 38516 GVTs, respectively. News Nation stood at fifth spot with 34332 GVTs.

Movies

Sony Max not only continued to lead, but also witnessed huge jump in viewership. Its TRP went up from 416360 GVTs in week 14 to 850223 GVTs. Zee Cinema stood at second spot with 395484 GVTs; while Star Gold occupied third position with 324282 GVTs.

Movies OK remained at fourth spot with 202298 GVTs, followed by &pictures with 180566 GVTs.

Sports

Sony Six claimed the throne with 242701 GVTs, while last week’s topper Ten1 slipped to second spot with 106729 GVTs.Sony ESPN stood at third position with 100057 GVTs, followed by Star Sports3 and Star Sports1 with 24849 and 13541 GVTs, respectively.

Music

Mastiii led the chart once again with 103280 GVTs, followed by B4U Music with 89643 GVTs. 9XM remained at third position with 76798 GVTs, while Sony Mix was at fourth spot with 70274 GVTs, followed by Bindass Play with 34886 GVTs.

Kids

With 89809 GVTs topped the chart once again, followed by Pogo TV with 79196 GVTs. Hungama climbed to third spot with 69908 GVTs, while Disney Channel slipped to fourth position with 66595 GVTs. Cartoon Network remained at fifth spot with 59779 GVTs.

Youth

MTV stood strong at top spot with 10158 GVTs, followed by Zing and Bindass with 10019 and 8636 GVTs, respectively.Zoom stood at fourth spot with 7273 GVTs and Channel V occupied fifth postion with 4246 GVTs.

Infotainment

Discovery Channel claimed the throne with 4536 GVTs, while History TV18 slipped to second position with 3804 GVTs. National Geographic Channel stood at third spot with 3500 GVTs, followed by Animal Planet and Nat geo Wild with 2840 and 1986 GVTs, respectively.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

BARC Week 15 English Genre: AXN claims the throne; Colors Infinity SD climbs to third spot

Entertainment channels

With 248 GVTs, AXN claimed the throne, while last week’s topper AXN slipped to second spot with 180 GVTs. Colors Infinity witnessed hike in terms of both viewership and ranking. It climbed to third position with 140 GVTs, up from previous week’s 86 GVTs.

Zee Cafe remained at fourth spot with 101 GVTs, while Star World slipped to fifth position with 77 GVTs.

News channels

Once again Times Now topped the chart with 442 GVTs. CNN News18 returned to second spot with 184 GVTs, while India Today TV slipped to third position with 172 GVTs. NDTV 24×7 climbed to fourth position with 160 GVTs, followed by NewsX with 97 GVTs.

Business news

CNBC TV18 claimed the throne with 154 GVTs, while last week’s topper ET Now slipped to second spot with 150 GVTs. NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime remained at third position with 36 GVTs and Bloomberg TV stood at fourth position with 8 GVTs.

Movies

Movie Now maintained its lead with 3263 GVTs, followed by Star Movies and Sony Pix with 2374 and 1930 GVTs, respectively. HBO returned to fourth spot with 1807 GVTs, while Zee Studio slipped to fifth position with 1397 GVTs.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

BARC Week 15 Regional Mapping: Big Ganga, Zee Marathi & Sun TV retain their thrones

Marathi

Zee Marathi continued to lead with 139585 GVTs, followed by Colors Marathi and Zee Talkies with 93215 and 70385 GVTs, respectively. Fakt Marathi stood at fourth position with 32884 GVTs and Star Parvah remained at fifth spot with 29434 GVTs.

Bangla

Star Jalsha maintained its lead with 190641 GVTs, while Zee Bangla remained at second spot with 127689 GVTs. Jalsha Movies occupied third position with 48710 GVTs and Zee Bangla Cinema stood at fourth spot with 31304 GVTs. ABP Ananda climbed to fifth position with 29336 GVTs.

Bhojpuri

With 18274 GVTs, Big Ganga topped the chart once again, followed by Bhojpuri Cinema with 13903 GVTs, Dabangg climbed to third position with 5674 GVTs, while Dangal TV slipped to fourth spot with 4780 GVTs.With 2244 GVTs, ETV Bihar Jharkhand returned to fifth position.

Oriya

Sarthak stood strong at top spot with 94518 GVTs. Tarang TV remained at second spot with 50749 GVTs, followed by Colors Oriya with 16906 GVTs. Odisha TV stood at fourth spot with 13427, while Alankar remained at fifth position with 8745 GVTs.

Tamil

Once again Sun TV led the chart with 992361 GVTs. KTV Stood strong at second spot with 237759 GVTs. Star Vijay remained at third position with 157604 GVTs, followed by Zee Tamil with 132754 GVTs. Kalaignar TV returned to fifth spot with 70769 GVTs.

Telugu

Zee Telugu claimed the throne with 434399 GVTs, while ETV Telugu slipped to second spot with 406027 GVTs. Maa TV remained at third position with 396097 GVTs, while sister channels Gemini TV and Gemini Movies occupied fourth and fifth spot with 342714 and 176871 GVTs, respectively.

Kannada

Colors Kannada continued to lead with 257868 GVTs, while Survarna stood at second spot with 165442 GVTs. Udaya Movies climbed to third position with 157391 GVTs, followed by Zee Kannada and Udaya TV with 154716 and 153601 GVTs, respectively.

Malayalam

Asianet Movies maintained its lead with 316276 GVTs. Mazhavil Manorama remained at second spot with 109319 GVTs. Surya TV returned to third position with 88621 GVTs, while Flowers TV slipped to fourth spot with 61860 GVTs. Asianet Movies stood at fifth position with 58311 GVTs.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

Government considering outsourcing content for Doordarshan: Rathore

The government is considering outsourcing the content for Doordarshan, informed Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting.

“In order to support better content, the government is considering outsourcing the content for Doordarshan, providing a dedicated channel for showing documentaries and providing funds to Indian movies for participating in foreign film festivals,” he said at a seminar on ‘India-Entertainment as soft power’ organized by the commerce and industry ministry in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Services Export Promotion Council.

Rathore said that there is a huge thirst for good content among the people and the media and entertainment industry needs to invest in skills in order to improve quality.

“Professionals in the media and entertainment industry need to be skilled and there is an opportunity for skill development centres to come up across the country,” he said.

Rathore said the ‘Make in India’ vision of increasing production within India was already happening in the media and entertainment industry with a large amount of content being produced.

“The government is taking various measures to support this trend and be a facilitator for the industry. It is setting up a centre for excellence in animation and gaming in Maharashtra,” he added at the event at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida.

Rathore said that India was experiencing significant increase in connectivity and the central government was introducing a number of measures to support India’s media and entertainment industry.

He said that getting visas for film-making will be made easier and duties on film-making equipment will be brought down, and that issues related to clearances are being addressed. There are 857 television channels and 168 million households have access to television content.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television