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Preparations are on full swing at Sri Adhikari Brothers for the launch of their new music and entertainment channel Mastiii, which is expected in the next couple of days. In an exclusive conversation with exchange4media, Markand Adhikari, MD & Vice-Chairman, Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd, shares more on Mastiii, the content line-up and the team.
Khushboo Tanna Jul 2, 2010 9:00 AM
Star World has fortified its weekend offering with the new show ‘Glee’. The channel had started a new programming strategy early this year, where episodes from a show would be telecast from Monday to Thursday as opposed to telecasting one episode per week.
Khushboo Tanna Jul 1, 2010 9:21 AM
IMN News has brought on board Ayaz Memon as Consulting Editor. He joined a week back. Memon had quit DNA some time back. At DNA he was Editor-at-large and then continued as a columnist. Having extensive experience in the print industry, this is Memon’s first stint in television media.
Khushboo Tanna Jul 1, 2010 9:15 AM
Sri Adhikari Brothers has decided on the creative and media agencies for its new music and entertainment channel Mastiii. The channel is expected to launch in the first week of July. The creative duties of the channel will be handled by Madision Creative Cell (the creative arm of Madison World), while the media duties have been awarded to ZenithOptimedia.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 30, 2010 8:57 AM
Kids’ channel Nick is undergoing a revamp in terms of a new logo, which will be a common thread that will bind all the Nick brands together. Along with this, Nick India also intends to focus on areas such as digital, BTL, as well as the retail segment.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 29, 2010 8:47 AM
Though the numbers are for just one week, it has brought great cheer to the Star Plus camp. The channel led the Hindi GEC charts on week 25 with 443 GRPs (TAM, HSM, CS 4+). A part of it can be attributed to the Star Parivaar Awards, which was in its tenth year. New show ‘Tere Liye’ also managed to find its way to the top ten programmes of the week.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 24, 2010 8:58 AM
To celebrate its 31st anniversary, Mid-Day will release a bumper anniversary issue across Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore on June 25, 2010. The cover jacket and the editorial page of the tabloid will be in 3D and will come along with 3D glasses. The 3D cover is sponsored by UTV Action for the movie ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’, which will air on June 27, 2010.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 22, 2010 9:15 AM
Will soccer fever match the cricket craze in the country? The first five matches of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in South Africa have seen sluggish ratings. However, as favourites surge ahead, media planners are confident that ratings would pick up by 20-30 per cent in the coming days.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 18, 2010 8:38 AM
Reliance Media World will soon sport a new name. It is in the final stages of being rechristened as Reliance Broadcast Network. With the identity change, the group intends to focus on verticals such as BTL and retail. To ensure this, the group has also named it sales team as ‘Big Connect’.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 17, 2010 8:31 AM
From game show KBC and the myriad talent hunt shows, to voyeuristic dramas like ‘Bigg Boss’ and ‘Iss Jungle se Mujhe Bachao’, reality shows are increasingly adopting bolder concepts. Having its origins in the game show format, reality shows have now moved on to formats that sometimes blur the line between real and reel. exchange4media looks at how it has worked out for the broadcasters, advertisers and the audience.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 17, 2010 8:26 AM
Suresh Bala has put in his papers at Zoom as CEO. He had been with Zoom since 2006. Bala now intends to start his own venture in the media space and said that he would be ready to talk about it in a week’s time. It could not be ascertained as to who would be replacing Bala at Zoom.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 16, 2010 8:33 AM
The English movie genre has been growing slowly and steadily over the past few years. While the audience for this genre is limited, the channels are very optimistic about growth. The genre, which is led by Star Movies, saw the launch of a new channel WB some time back. exchange4media takes a look at what the current equation in the English movie genre is.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 16, 2010 8:28 AM
To mark its 20th Anniversary, UTV is undergoing a total rebranding across its five verticals – broadcasting, games content, motion pictures, new media and TV. It recently unveiled its new logo, which seeks to give the media house a more vibrant image. However, some media planners feel that some logos are like gospels and better left unaltered. Was this change necessary? exchange4media finds out.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 15, 2010 8:26 AM
The discussions invariably turned towards ratings at the exchange4media Conclave in Mumbai on June 11 with Madison World’s Sam Balsara, TAM India’s LV Krishnan, and Star CJ’s Paritosh Joshi debating the various aspects in the session titled ‘Regulated Ratings: How does it impact the Media Ecosystem?’.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 14, 2010 8:50 AM
Unilever’s Rahul Welde had the audience’s attention with his special address on ‘The New Age Marketer: As the dust settles on slowdown, what are the new rules?’ at the exchange4media Conclave n Mumbai on June 11. Welde stressed on the need to have big ideas that travelled across the globe and ideas that could be crowd sourced or open sourced.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 14, 2010 8:47 AM
To celebrate the completion of 25 years, ASCI had organized a seminar called ‘Marketing Responsibly’. One session in that seminar focused on the women’s side and the panelists discussed topics such as portrayal of women in the media and how advertising affects women.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 11, 2010 9:19 AM
Colors is sprucing up its programming team and has brought in Siddharth Bahuguna to head Non-Fiction Content. Besides this, the fiction content on the channel will be divided into four time blocks, with each block having a separate fiction team, which will report to Ashvini Yardi, Programming Head, Colors.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 9, 2010 8:16 AM
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In a bid to attract a larger youth audience base, Channel [v] is foraying into the fiction genre with its first fiction show, ‘Roomies’. To be launched in a month’s time, the show will follow a sitcom format and air on Saturdays at 7 pm.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 7, 2010 8:21 AM
According to RAM data for Mumbai for the period between Week 10 (February 28 to March 6) and Week 21 (May 16-22), in the 9 pm to 12 am slot, Radio Mirchi led the market with a 19.8 per cent share. Radio City followed with a 15.8 per cent market share.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 7, 2010 8:20 AM
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is observing its Silver Jubilee with a special seminar – ‘Marketing Responsibly: A seminar to Celebrate 25 years of The Advertising Standards Council of India’. The Seminar, being held in Mumbai on June 10, 2010, is co-organised by the exchange4media Group. Hindustan Times is the presenting sponsor.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 7, 2010 8:17 AM
Football frenzy is building up with the FIFA World Cup set to kick off in less than a week’ time. Joining this bandwagon is 9XM, the channel which showcases Bollywood music. The channel has unveiled a new football anthem that features the 9XM dudes – Bade-Chote, Bheegi Billi, Betel Nuts and Badshah Bhai – playing football.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 5, 2010 9:02 AM
The last one year has seen some churn in the niche English business news channels space. ET Now from the Times Group was launched in 2009, while in late 2009, UTVi joined hands with Bloomberg and was rebranded into Bloomberg UTV. While the English business news channel players insist that they are northward bound, can this genre do with some shake-up? exchange4media finds out.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 3, 2010 8:26 AM
Colors ruled the Hindi GEC roost for most of last year, however, it has now been toppled from the numero uno position by some old players in the market. The channel, which has been on the forefront of innovations, is now once again experimenting with its afternoon time band.
Khushboo Tanna Jun 2, 2010 8:25 AM
Adopting an aggressive growth stance, Red FM as started beefing up its sales team to focus on important verticals such as telecom and FMCG. The FM player is also planning to engage its clients in on-ground and off-ground innovative activities as opposed to plain vanilla activities. With this, Red FM is eyeing a growth of at least 10 per cent more than what it was last year.
Khushboo Tanna May 31, 2010 8:34 AM
The trend of premiering the latest Bollywood releases on Hindi GECs has been growing in recent times and the gap between the theatre release and television premiere is increasingly narrowing. While the cost of acquiring the telecast rights is huge, has it paid off for the GECs proportionately? Are the channels getting the expected eyeballs?
Khushboo Tanna May 28, 2010 8:42 AM
Neo Sports has decided to award the media mandate to GroupM's Maxus. MEC was handling the media duties prior to this. Prasana Krishnan, COO, Neo Sports, has confirmed the development to exchange4media. Industry sources peg the business in the region of Rs 20-25 crore.
Khushboo Tanna May 26, 2010 2:00 PM
Neo Sports has decided to award the media mandate to GroupM’s Maxus. MEC was handling the media duties prior to this. Prasana Krishnan, COO, Neo Sports, has confirmed the development to exchange4media. Industry sources peg the business in the region of Rs 20-25 crore.
Khushboo Tanna May 26, 2010 9:24 AM
The channel has decided to award the media mandate to Group M's Maxus. MEC used to handle the media duties prior to this. Prasana Krishnan, COO, Neo Sports confirmed the development to exchange4media. Industry sources peg the business to be around Rs 20-25 cr.
Khushboo Tanna May 25, 2010 12:51 PM
The five shows produced by the reputed Yash Raj Films were meant to fortify Sony Entertainment Television's programming line-up and media planners were quite hopeful. However, even after five months, ratings for these shows have failed to pick up. exchange4media finds out what has not clicked.
Khushboo Tanna May 25, 2010 8:24 AM
Quite a few channels have undergone rebranding in the last few months. The makeovers range from more zany looking logos to a total content revamp. While all chase a wider and younger set of audience, to what extent do these rebranding exercises work out for channels? exchange4media finds out.
Khushboo Tanna May 25, 2010 8:20 AM
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