Friday, 5 February 2016

Star India renews broadcast rights for English Premier League


With the renewal, Star India will continue to broadcast Premier League matches on a live or delayed basis across India on the Star Sports channels as well as stream all matches on its digital platforms Hotstar and starsports.com.
“Our partnership with the Premier League is in line with our strategy of promoting and building football as a priority sport in the country. England’s Premier League is the most successful and viewed football league in the world with millions of fans in India,” said Sanjay Gupta, COO, Star India.
The Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, broadcast in 185 countries to 730 million homes.
“We have been broadcasting Premier League football for the last 15 years and this renewal reaffirms our faith in the strength of the competition as the best international football property. With Premier League, Bundesliga and the Indian Super League (ISL), we continue to have a portfolio of the best of global and Indian football,” added Gupta.
Star India is a fully owned subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
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TAM Week 4: Star Gold and Star Sports 3 claims the throne


TAM1General entertainment channels
Life Ok occupied sixth spot with 176 GVTs, while & TV stood at seventh spot with 127 GVTs. DD National climbed to eight position with 86 GVTs, followed by Sony Pal and Rishtey with 59 and 55 GVTs, respectively.
English entertainment
FX maintained its lead with 6 GVTs. AXN stood strong at second position with 3 GVTs, followed by Zee Cafe with 2 GVTs.
Hindi movies
Star Gold claimed the throne with 146 GVTs, while last week’s topper Sony Max slipped to second spot with 142 GVTs. Zee Cinema remained at third position with 135 GVTs.
English movies
With 12 GVTs, Star Movies led the chart once again. Movies Now remained at second spot with 11 GVTs and HBO occupied third position with 9 GVTs.
Hindi news
Aaj Tak continued to lead with 40 GVTs, followed by India TV and ABP News with 33 and 30 GVTs, respectively.
English News
Times Now maintained its lead with 2 GVTs followed by NDTV 24×7 and India Today TV with 1 GVTs each.
Music
Mastiii and Sony Mix had a tie once again and both stood with 30 GVTs each, while 9XM occupied third spot with 26 GVTs.
Infotainment
Discovery Channel topped the chart once again with 28 GVTs, while National Geographic Channel stood strong with 20 GVTs, followed by History TV18 with 18 GVTs.
Sports
Star Sports 3 claimed the throne with 93 GVTs, while sister channel Start Sports 1 slipped to second spot with 80 GVTs. Ten Sports remained at third position with 42 GVTs.
Kids
Nich continued to lead with 117 GVTs. Pogo returned to second position with 87 GVTs, while Hungama slipped to third spot with 84 GVTs.
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TRAI’s consultation paper on tariff issues for TV services


Trai1Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued its first consultation paper today, on tariff issues related to television services. This was followed by the regulator inviting comments and counter-comments on the Consultation Paper from stakeholders by 4 March and 18 March, 2016 respectively.
TV broadcasting in India commenced in 1959 with state owned Doordarshan (DD) starting free to air terrestrial broadcast of TV service in Delhi. It was then followed by satellite television to advanced delivery platforms like direct-to-home (DTH), Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS), Over-the-Top (OTT) and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). Since then television has come a long way and the evolution of the broadcast industry has been driven largely by satellite TV distribution business and unorganised growth of cable TV.
TRAI began regulating the broadcasting sector in 2004 when the Central Government decided to entrust regulatory functions relating to broadcasting and cable TV sector to TRAI. The Analog TV distribution platforms only offered inadequate capacity and limited quality. The growth of multiple digital addressable platforms will now lead to a sunset of analog cable TV system in the country. This sheer number and diversity of platforms delivering digital TV signals in an increasingly converged scenario requires an overhaul of the tariff regulatory framework.
According to the consultation paper, TRAI will cater to innovative growth while protecting the interests of the stakeholders across the value chain, fulfilling the need to institute a consolidated technology neutral regulatory framework for digital addressable systems.
In view of the emerging trends in the TV broadcasting sector and changing consumption patterns of the consumers, TRAI said that there was a need to examine the tariff dispensation in a holistic manner.
Listed below are the objectives of the consultation:
  1. To carry out a review of existing Tariff arrangements and developing a Comprehensive Tariff Structure for Addressable TV Distribution of “TV Broadcasting Services” across Digital Broadcasting Delivery Platforms (DTH/ Cable TV/ HITS/ IPTV) at wholesale and retail level.
  2. To ensure that the tariff structure is simplified and rationalized so as to ensure transparency and equity across the value chain.
  3. To reduce the incidence of disputes amongst stakeholders across the value chain encouraging healthy growth in the sector.
  4. To ensure that subscribers have adequate choice in the broadcast TV services while they are also protected against irrational tariff structures and price hikes. v. To encourage the investment in the TV sector
  5. To encourage production of good quality content across different genres.
The consultation paper is divided into six chapters with its second chapter dealing with the present broadcasting and distribution sector scenario including the business and revenues models used therein. Third chapter provides an overview of the evolution of tariff in the broadcasting sector. Fourth chapter deals with different possible tariff models, with an aim to seek comments of the stakeholders, with regard to future tariff framework. Fifth chapter deals with miscellaneous issues relating to Tariff Structure. Sixth chapter summarizes all the issues for consultation.
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BARC Week 3 Regional Mapping: Bhojpuri Cinema claims the throne

Barcreg1Marathi
Bangla
With 245951 GVTs, Star Jalsha continued to lead and Zee Bangla remained at second position. Jalsha Movies stood at third position with 66295 GVTs, followed by Zee Bangla Cinema with 41069 GVTs. Colors Bangla occupied fifth spot with 33826 GVTs.
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri Cinema claimed the throne with 20844 GVTs, while last week’s topper Big Magic Ganga slipped to second spot with 10430 GVTs. Dabangg remained at third position with 9327 GVTs, followed by Dangal TV and ETV Bihar Jharkhand with 6703 and 3565 GVTs, respectively.
Oriya
Among the Oriya players, Sarthak TV topped the chart once again with 106117 GVTs, followed by Tarang TV and Colors Oriya with 53934 and 20239 GVTs, respectively. Odhisha TV remained at fourth spot with 13923 GVTs, while Prameya News occupied fifth position with 9129 GVTs.
Tamil
In Tamil speaking market, Sun TV maintained its lead position with 969791 GVTs, while KTV stood at second spot with 282331 GVTs. Star Vijay remained at third spot with 210192 GVTs, followed by Polimer and Kalaignar TV with 97732 and 83628 GVTs, respectively.
Telugu
ETV Telugu stood strong at top spot with 400566 GVTs. Zee Telugu climbed to second spot with 388443 GVTs, followed by Gemini TV with 365872 GVTs. Maa TV slipped from second spot in week 2 to fourth position with 352350 GVTs. Gemini Movies occupied fifth spot with 194995 GVTs.
Kannada
Colors Kannada led the chart once again with 298660 GVTs. Udaya Movies climbed to second position with 151706 GVTs. Survana TV jumped from fifth spot to third position with 150918 GVTs, while Udaya TV and Zee Kannada slipped to fourth and fifth spot with 141511 and 137970 GVTs, respectively.
Malayalam
Asianet continued to lead in Malayalam market with 375213 GVTs. Mazhavil Manorama remained at second spot with 98950 GVTs, followed by Flowers TV with 76016 GVTs. Asianet Movies and Surya TV stood at fourth and fifth position with 59365 and 52931 GVTs, respectively.
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BARC Week 3 English Genre: AXN & Movies Now claims the throne


Barceng1Entertainment channels
News channels
Times Now maintained its lead position with 420 GVTs, followed by India TV Today and NDTV 24×7 with 240 and 231 GVTs, respectively. CNN IBN remained at fourth spot with 185 GVTs, while BBC World News returned to fifth position with 120 GVTs.
Business news
With 251 GVTs, ET Now continued to lead. CNBC TV18 remained at second spot with 210 GVTs, followed by NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 85 GVTs. Bloomberg TV stood at fourth position with 16 GVTs.
Movies
Movies Now claimed the throne with 2823 GVTs, while last week’s topper Star Movies slipped to second spot with 1971 GVTs. Sony Pix climbs to third spot with 1396 GVTs, while Zee Studio slipped to fourth spot with 1241 GVTs. HBO occupied fifth spot with 980 GVTs.
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