BARC Week 10 Regional Mapping: Zee Marathi, Big Ganga & Star Jalsha leads the regional chart

Marathi

With 146713 GVTs, Zee Marathi maintained its lead, followed by Colors Marathi with 107053 GVTs.

Zee Talkies remained at third position with 70868 GVTs. Star Parvah stood at fourth spot with 40848 GVTs, followed by Fakt Marathi with 30647 GVTs.

Bangla

Star Jalsha continued to lead with 222379 GVTs, followed by Zee Bangla and Jalsha Movies with 147368 and 64376 GVTs, respectively.

Zee Bangla Cinema occupied fourth spot with 33548 and Colors Bangla stood at fifth position with 32863 GVTs.

Bhojpuri

Big Ganga led the chart once again with 21571 GVTs, while Bhojpuri Cinema stood strong at second spot with 11796 GVTs.

Dangal TV climbed to third position with 7924 GVTs, followed by Dabangg with 7477 GVTs. Oscar Movies Bhojpuri surpassed ETV Bihar Jharkhand and climbed to fifth spot with 2402 GVTs.

Oriya

Sarthak TV stood strong at top spot with 97452 GVTs, followed by Tarang TV and Odhisha TV with 50064 and 16447 GVTs, respectively.

Colors Oriya remained at fourth position with 15923 GVTs, while Prarthana returned to fifth spot with 8050 GVTs.

Tamil

Sun TV topped the chart once again with 932750 GVTs. KTV remained at second spot with 248390 GVTs, followed by Star Vijay and Zee Tamil with 183536 and 79540 GVTs, respectively. J Movie occupied fifth position with 75100 GVTs.

Telugu

With 449647 GVTs, ETv Telugu continued to lead, followed by Zee Telugu with 408059 GVTs. Maa TV stood strong at third spot with 386333 GVTs. Gemini TV occupied fourth position with 327406 GVTs, while sister channel Gemini Movies remained at fifth spot with 200401 GVTs.

Kannada

Colors Kannada maintained its lead with 279049 GVTs. Survana remained at second spot with 201153 GVTs. Zee Kannada remained at third position with 149027 GVTs.

Udaya Movies occupied fourth spot with 134729 GVTs, followed by Udaya TV with 133376 GVTs.

Malayalam

Asianet stood strong at top position with 304181 GVTs, followed by Mazhavil Manorama with 86761 GVTs. Flowers TV returned to third spot with 71764 GVTs, while Surya TV slipped to fourth position with 62969 GVTs. Asianet Movies remained at fifth spot with 56269 GVTs.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

Ten Sports Network partners with UBA to telecast Professional Basketball League

Ten Sports Network partnered with United Basketball Alliance (UBA) to showcase the second season of Professional Basketball League. Season 1 of the league was played in Hyderabad in July and saw participation basketball players from across the country.

Ten Sports has partnered UBA to broadcast 5 seasons of the League. Season 2 will have a minimum of 36 Live matches with International quality HD production. Broadcast veterans Paul Crane and Victor Howell will lead the broadcast coverage for Season 2 on Ten Sports.

Announcing the deal, Rajesh Sethi, Global CEO, Ten Sports said: “We are delighted to partner with UBA for India’s first Professional Basketball League. I am confident that UBA will change the face of Indian professional Basketball forever. There is a lot of participation in Basketball among younger audiences and through the UBA, Ten Sports will offer the best of Indian Baskbetball to our viewers. With increased opportunity to take up the sport professionally and with the training camps, we will see more talent coming through the ranks which will enhance the quality of play. Ten Sports will offer the best of programming on UBA through LIVE broadcasts, studio and wrap-around shows and other educational content.”

The opening for Season 2 of the UBA was held in Pune and broadcast Live on Ten Sports Network channels. The league will span over a month, kicking off in Pune and then moving to Hyderabad for the playoffs and the semi-finals. The league will culminate with a best of 3 games final from 1st to 3rd April at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad.

The UBA Pro League sees participation from eight franchisees – Bengaluru Beast, Chennai Slam, Delhi Capitals, Haryana Gold, Hyderabad Sky, Mumbai Challengers, Pune Peshwas and Punjab Steelers. Chennai Slam was the winner of Season 1 defeating Pune Peshwas in the final. Nine top players from Season 1 were taken to the USA for a training camp where they trained among present and former NBA stars.

Matches are broadcast Live on Ten Action and Ten HD on 2 slots – 16:30 hours and 19:00 hours.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

NDTV Prime launches a new show The Real Deal

NDTV Prime announced a new reality show titled The Real Deal, to celebrate Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investors. The Real Deal will find, feature and fund the social entrepreneurs by bringing them face to face with potential impact investors in a 10-episode reality game format, bringing together two of the hottest and biggest issues, social change and entrepreneurship.

Announcing the show, Shruti Verma Singh, Head, Channel Strategy and Brand, NDTV Prime said “2016 promises to be the year of the Social Unicorn! These “for profit” social enterprises also work towards long term social impact. NDTV Prime is proud to have incubated and given form to an idea that celebrates promotes and puts social entrepreneurs on the same platform with powerful Investors. The Real Deal is a game changer.”

The contestants will be coached by Aditi Shrivastava, Head, Intellecap Impact Investment Network and Deborah Keller, Manager, Artha Initiative.

Judging these social entrepreneurs are Amar Singh, CEO &Founder Clove Dental; Audrey Selian, Director, Artha Initiative; Jayesh Parekh, Managing Partner at Jungle Ventures; Radha Kapoor, Founder and Director of the Indian School of Design and Innovation; and Kartik Desai, Principal, Asha Impact. The jury will be the impact investors on the show.

Starting from 25th March, the show will be hosted by by Shikha Uberoi, a former tennis player and now Co-Founder, Indi.com India and she is also the Creator and Executive Producer of the show. The show will be telecasted on every Friday at 9PM.

Speaking about the show, Uberoi, said, “Social change and mainstream entertainment should not be mutually exclusive. What better way to debut with The Real Deal which brings together two of India’s hottest issues, social change and entrepreneurship. I wanted to create an active and dynamic show which got right to the solutions versus groaning about problems hence, real solutions. In order for India to reach her potential our brilliant social entrepreneurs need to reach theirs and for that they need investment with real money. This show is about struggle and triumph and winning the ultimate deal which not only benefits a single entrepreneur and their enterprise but potentially, the entire country hence, The Real Deal.”

The show will also see actor and Social Entrepreneur Kunal Kapoor as an expert revealing some facts and figures towards the end of each episode.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

Sony ESPN to broadcast ESPN FC Show

Sony ESPN channels a part of Sony Pictures Networks India SPN, is launching the ESPN FC show. The show will be the channel’s initiation in broadcasting a holistic football analysis and highlights show in India. ESPN FC show will showcase a global focus on one of the most watched sport in the world, highlighting some of the best players and action across international football leagues.

Starting from 23^rd March,Sony ESPN will broadcast ESPN FC daily from Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30PM and it will run for 24minutes with 4 segments.

The show’s format coupled with an expert panel of football veterans to power unmatched content on television for ardent football fans and general audiences alike. Leading the show, host Dan Thomas will be joined by Craig Burley (ex-Chelsea, Derby and Celtic midfielder), ShakaHislop (ex- West Ham, Newcastle and Portsmouth goalkeeper), Steve Nicol (Liverpool legend) and many more former football greats.

Adding a fresh dimension, ESPN FC website journalists Gabriel Marcotti and Sid Lowe will also join the ex-players to provide analysis, opinion and insight on the top European leagues.

The SPN sports cluster portfolio of live football programming comprises a line-up which includes show such as the LaLiga BBVA, Serie A TIM, Emirates FA Cup, UEFA EURO 2016, Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2016, FIFA U-17 World Cup, European Qualifiers for 2018 FIFA World Cup™, 2018 FIFA World Cup™ and COPA America 2015 positioning it as the ‘Home of Football’.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television

DTH penetration is expected to reach 41% by 2019: CASBAA-PwC

At CASBAA India Forum 2016 PwC launched a report titled Capacity Crunch Continues: Assessment of satellite transponders’ capacity for Indian broadcast and broadband market. According to this report, in past three years, the India TV industry grew at a CAGR of 13 per cent to clock $ 7.3 billion revenues in 2015.

The current population of India is 1.2 billion and out of estimated 253 million households there are around 64 per cent i.e. approximately 148.3 million have TV sets in 2015. The number of subscription TV households is estimated to grow by 1.9 per cent CAGR to reach 160 million by 2019.

Pay TV penetration is also very high in India, it is estimated that approximately 92 per cent or around 148 million households are the subscribers of pay TV in India. Pay TV household grew at CAGR of 4 per cent from 2012-2015.

On the other side, DTH penetration grew at CAGR of 10 per cent and there are 53 million households subscribing to the DTH services. The share of DTH subscribers grew from 26 per cent in 2012 to 36 per cent in 2015 and is expected to reach 41 per cent by 2019.

Report further stated that in past three years, the numbers of transponders contracted by DTH operators have gone up from 73 to 78. The share of transponders supplied by foreign operators has gone up to 75 per cent as ISRO/Antrix has not been able to meet the need through domestic launches.

The revenue of Indian TV industry is estimated to surpass $10 billion by 2017-18, growing by 13.78 per cent. The DTH share of pay TV households is expected to grow to 38 per cent by 2019 from the current 32 per cent.

TV advertising grew by 15.4 per cent in 2014 to reach $2.96 billion and its estimated to grow by 12.2 per cent CAGR and will touch $5.27 billion mark by 2020.

Source: IndianMediaBook - Television