Star, Zee, Sony come out with channel pricing under TRAI's new tariff regime

Major broadcasters such as Zee Entertainment, Sony Picture Networks and Star India have come out with their a-la-carte and bouquet prices of their channels as mandated under the new framework for broadcasting and cable services by the sectoral regulator TRAI, applicable from December 29, 2018.

The new framework allows consumers to select and pay only for the channels they wish to view and requires TV broadcasters to disclose maximum retail price (MRP) of channels individually and that of bouquets.

Zee Entertainment Enterprise has welcomed it saying that it would provide customers a wide range of choices.

"The new regime, which is now applicable, would now give choice to consumers, deciding over the channel, which he wants to watch. He can now choose the channels and bouquet which he wants to watch," Zee Entertainment Enterprise President, Distribution and Affiliate Atul Das told PTI.

He added: "This would give the consumers power of choice to choose their favourite channels and packs and pay only for what they want to watch."

ZEEL has brought 68 consumer-centric packs, offering genres from entertainment, movies, news, music and lifestyle. It has priced Hindi packs starting at Rs 45.

Star India has also announced its value pack in seven languages, with price range starting from Rs 25 (exclusive of taxes) for Tamil to Rs 49 for Hindi.

Star Value Pack includes entertainment, movies, knowledge and the best of Sports -compelling content for everyone in the family.

"We believe Entertainment and Sports play a critical role in shaping the nation. By including Sports in the Star Value Pack, we aim to make it accessible to every Indian and thus change the way Sports has been consumed in the country," said Star India Managing Director Sanjay Gupta.

While Sony Picture Network, which has distribution rights for 32 channels, has also dealared its channel MRP for its a-la-carte and bouquets on its website.

Its has put a MRP of Rs 90 for the bouquet of HD channels, which includes HD channels such as Set, ET, Sab, Max, SONY BBC Earth, Ten 1, Ten 2, Ten 3, Six, SONY ESPN, Pix, AXN and AXN HD.

Trai's new framework is also supported by Multi System Operators (MSOs).

A leading MSO, which did not want to be identified, said that it would improve the "quality of content" among the channels besides providing choices to consumers and bring "transparency in pricing".

Kaun Banega Crorepati 10 grand finale: Kapil Sharma makes Amitabh Bachchan CRY

Kapil Sharma is back and how! The comedian almost makes Amitabh Bachchan cry of laughter at KBC 10's grand finale.

Kapil Sharma is back baby! The comedian will be making his comeback on the small screen with his own show in December 2018. But before that, he made an appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati10’s grand finale. Though we only got to see him for 5 minutes before last night’s episode ended, it was worth it. Big B congratulated Kapil on his wedding and they even made a couple of jokes around it. The comedian invited the quiz show host for his wedding but they did not start answering any questions last night. Watching Kapil back in action finally makes us feel so happy!

In a preview of the upcoming episode and the last episode, Kapil’s non-stop funny takes on things we do on a regular basis leave Amitabh Bachchan in tears. The actor takes off his glasses and wipes his eyes saying that he has laughed so much that he has tears in his eyes. Well, that’s how it’s going to be for fans who will be watching the show on Monday, too. Kapil seems fit and super confident about his comeback on the small screen. He will get back to work right after getting married to Ginni Chatrath next month. 

BARC India Ratings: Week 46 (2018); Sony TV takes top slot

Readers, BARC ratings for week 46 (2018) are here.

Standing tall at the number #1 position is Sony Entertainment Television. Star Plus is placed at the second slot and third is Colors.

As for rural market, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and STAR Utsav continue to rule the space.

(Impressions in 000s)

Urban

Sony Entertainment Television 446019

STAR Plus 445487

Colors 420079

Zee TV 398454

STAR Bharat 345975

SONY SAB 341477

STAR Utsav 206050

Sony Pal 180446

Zee Anmol 140620

&TV 118864

Rural

Zee Anmol 631735

Sony Pal 479286

STAR Utsav 457753

STAR Bharat 368876

Dangal TV 336778

Rishtey 292921

Zee TV 257556

Big Magic 223135

STAR Plus 210023

Colors 192990

(As per data provided by BARC)

For more data: www.barcindia.co.in/statistic.aspx

Overnights: Record audience for ‘KBC 10’ puts Sony TV close to No.1

After dominating weekend ratings, Sony Entertainment Television continued to pile on the pressure on Star Plus in Monday’s UK ratings with record figures for ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, according to exclusive data obtained by BizAsiaLive.com.

Top 10 Asian TV channels in UK on Monday

	Broadcaster	Share (%)
1	Star Plus	0.17%
2	Sony TV	0.15%
3	Colors	0.06%
4	New Vision TV	0.05%
5	ABP News	0.04%
6	Rishtey	0.04%
7	Hum TV	0.03%
8	Star Bharat	0.03%
9	Geo TV	0.03%
10	Geo News	0.03%

Game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ on Sony TV was the UK’s most watched show on Asian television with 79,000 viewers, followed by ‘Crime Patrol’ with 46,200 viewers and ‘Mere Sai’ at 19:00 with 28,100 viewers.

Star Plus’ top attractions on Monday were ‘Mariam Khan’ at 19:00 with 78,600 viewers, followed by ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ at 19:30 with 71,800 viewers, ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’ at 21:00 with 59,200 viewers, ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ at 18:30 with 55,200 viewers, ‘Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala’ at 20:30 with 50,600 viewers, ‘Ishqbaaaz’ at 20:00 with 41,300 viewers, ‘Karn Sangini’ at 21:30 with 32,700 viewers and ‘Krishna Chali London’ at 18:00 with 29,300 viewers.

On Colors, ‘Bigg Boss 12’ attracted 44,000 viewers at 21:00, followed by ‘Silsila’ at 22:15 with 27,400 viewers and ‘Dastaan-e-Mohabbat’ at 20:30 with 15,900 viewers.

On Hum TV, ‘Bisaat-e-Dil’ at 22:00 pulled in 18,200 viewers and ‘Mann Mayal’ at 21:00 with 13,100 viewers.

On ZEE TV, ‘Kundali Bhagya’ was watched by 8,400 viewers at 20:30. The channel’s share was back down to 0.01%.

Kapil’s Diwali Gift ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ On Sony From Nov 25; Dr Mashoor Gulati In?

Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: The comedy king Kapil Sharma is reportedly all set to return with a bang to make people laugh next month.

According to a report of Bollywood Hungama, the grand re-entry of Kapil on Sony Entertainment will be on November 25.

“That’s (November 25) the tentative date to resume the show,” Bollywood Hungama quoted a source close as saying.

The source further said, “We are all working towards a 25 November start. We want it to be a Diwali gift for Kapil’s fans. However, if we don’t meet the 25 November deadline, we will start on 11 December for sure.”

However, there are no reports whether Sunil Grover (famous as Gutthi and Dr Mashoor Gulati) will be part of the new show of Kapil.

While many believe both of them have moved on burying the hatchet, it seems Kapil will not have the presence of Sunil in the show.

On the other hand, Kapil will reportedly tie the knot with his girlfriend Ginni Charath on December 12 in Jalandhar.

Opening up on the topic of his marriage, Kapil had earlier said: “The wedding is on December 12 in Jalandhar. That’s Ginni’s hometown. We wanted to keep it low key. But Ginni is the only daughter in her family. Her folks wanted the wedding to be on a lavish scale. And I completely understand their sentiments. My mother also wants the wedding to be lavish.”

Fans are all excited for Kapil’s return and wish him all the best for the show!!

Amitabh Bachchan's Kaun Banega Crorepati 10 to go off-air in November 2018?

As per reports, Amitabh Bachchan has asked the channel to end Kaun Banega Crorepati 10 in November 2018.

KBC 10 to go off-air next month?  |  Photo Credit: Instagram

Kaun Banega Crorepati has kept the audiences entertained for quite some time now. In its 10th season now, the show has managed to rake in the highest TRPs. It even got a winner this season, Binita Jain from Assam. Celebrities have also been a part of the show and KBC 10 has given us a lot of emotional stories to ponder over. It even beat Bigg Boss 12 in the TRP race several times. But reports in Pinkvilla suggest that the show might go off-air next month. The channel will apparently air its finale episode by the end of November 2018.

Even though the show is quite popular, the channel is planning to wrap up the show soon. Since the show was launched as a finite series, it’s only fair that they end it someday. According to reports, Senior Bachchan insisted that the channel end the show sooner so the audience is excited for the next season of the show. More than the questions, it was contestants meeting Amitabh Bachchan that was more entertaining. Some would be too numb to speak or some would force him to dance with them and of course, there were some who would want him to wish their family members a happy birthday.

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CID to go off air on October 27, Fans protest on Twitter

The longest running show of the Indian Television, CID is all set to bid adieu to its fans as it will take an intermittent break.
 

The longest running show of the Indian Television, CID is all set to bid adieu to its fans as it will take an intermittent break starting October 28. Yes, the show is going off air and will be back soon after three months. The show that went on air in 1998 and has clocked more than 1,540 episodes and reportedly, will air its last episode on October 27. The channel will soon gear up for the renewed version of CID to bring new thrilling experience for the viewers. The audience is surely going to miss ACP Pradyuman and Daya, the main leads of the show. 

 

“Having completed 20 years, ‘C.I.D.’ is the longest running cult show on Sony Entertainment Television. It has been a great journey so far, along with Fireworks Productions, and ‘C.I.D.’ will now take an intermittent break starting October 28,” a statement from the Sony Entertainment Channel said. Well, the news of CID going on a break has left viewers disappointed. The longest-running show for over 21 years is taking a break and fans can't keep calm. Emotional fans have been protesting on Twitter to save the show. 

"About three weeks ago, during the negotiations, Sony published a disconnection notice applicable from 30 September midnight," he added. Tata Sky said it has retained the channels with good viewership numbers, at a la carte rates and are paying a considerable premium (almost three times) to Sony as per their rate card versus contracted rates, in the interest of its subscribers. The DTH player has retained 10 channels including Set, Sony Sab, Set HD, and Aaj Tak. Kaul, however, claimed that Tata Sky had signed an RIO (reference inter-connect offer) for the 10 channels and it could have done the same for the other 22 channels as well.

Tata Sky  has stopped 23 out of 34 channels from the bundles of the Sony network and Sony is still in the process of resolving the issue officially with the direct to home (DTH) service provider.

These backend negotiations had not deterred Sony from utilizing other means toresolve the issues. Sony has launched a video campaign with two videos doing rounds on social media convincing the Tata Sky subscribers to “Demand For Sony Channels”. These videos are made in Hindi and English under the hashtag #DemandForSony and are featuring sports experts and other TV celebrities.

Along with that, Sony is also putting up a quite visible fight on twitter to make the consumer understand that Sony has not stopped the channels and it’s only the DTH provider who can resolve the issue.

Sony’s flagship Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Sony entertainment television is not doing very well these days in terms of numbers and is unable to put a fight like it was doing four to five years back against its competitors. Indian Idol is the only programme which many viewers will miss on Sony’s GEC.

However, Sony has quite a healthy line up of sports channel with Australia-Pakistan match currently being broadcasted. Champions League’s matches will also be broadcasted on the sports channel of the network along with the upcoming bilateral series of India and Australia. The network has also signed content deals with many International cricket boards and therefore subscribers of Tata sky will miss out these sport events if the tussle between both companies goes on like this.

Sony is trying to create demands for its channels with the help of this new campaign.

Clearing The ‘Air’: After DTH Operator Tata Sky Pulls Down 32 Sony Channels, Says It’s Open To Price Negotiations

Direct-to-home (DTH) operator Tata Sky have said they are open to negotiations to offer customers the channels two days after having removed 32 channels of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and three of TV Today Network due to pricing issues.

SPN’s three-year contract with Tata Sky had expired on 31 July, and the two have been negotiating a new pricing deal.

Tata Sky had asked for an extension so that the negotiations on the deal could come through, according to SPN president- distribution Rajesh Kaul. He also claimed that Tata Sky has gone ahead and switched off SPN’s 22 channels unilaterally, without even discussing with the company.

"In that sense, talks have failed, that is why they have switched off (our channels)," Kaul said, as reported by ET.

"We are completely open to that (negotiations). This is our business so we are open to any dialogue, any discussion which can lead to a settlement," he added.

Tata Sky chief executive officer and managing director Harit Nagpal also told PTI, "We hope to positively close negotiations and get all our subscribers their desired channels as soon as possible. The commercial negotiations with the broadcasters broke down as what they were seeking would have forced us to hike our prices," said Nagpal.

The biggest bone of contention, according to Kaul, is that Tata Sky has increased its subscriber base from 10 million to 16 million in two-three years and SPN has increased its bouquet of channels from 14 to 32.

"We are asking for an increase because of these two factors," he added.

As per regulator TRAI, the DTH giants and multi-system operators pay the broadcasters based on the number of subscribers they have, which means that the broadcaster cannot increase the rates.

Despite losing marquee properties like the Indian Premier League and Kapil Sharma show, Sony was expecting a much higher increase compared to what Tata Sky was willing to offer, in line with the channels’ viewership ratings, said Nagpal.

"About three weeks ago, during the negotiations, Sony published a disconnection notice applicable from 30 September midnight," he added.

Tata Sky said it has retained the channels with good viewership numbers, at a la carte rates and are paying a considerable premium (almost three times) to Sony as per their rate card versus contracted rates, in the interest of its subscribers.

The DTH player has retained 10 channels including Set, Sony Sab, Set HD, and Aaj Tak.

Kaul, however, claimed that Tata Sky had signed an RIO (reference inter-connect offer) for the 10 channels and it could have done the same for the other 22 channels as well.

Sony TV Super Dancer Season 3 2018 Auditions and Online Registration Start soon

Sony TV’s popular Kids dancing reality television show super dancer is all set to come up with their new season. The popular dancing reality show has successfully completed their two seasons. And now the makers are all set to start the third chapter of the super dancer. So, without wasting time start preparing for the auditions of the Super dancer chapter. As we all know sony tv’s Super dancer is a very dancing reality show of India. The Sony TV Super Dancer Season 3 Auditions 2018 and Online Registration will start very soon. So, make sure your stay tuned for the latest updates.

If your kid’s age is between 4 to 13 years old then Registration open his/her. The previous dancing reality television show will be judged by famous Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, choreographer Geeta Kapoor, and director Anurag Basu. Officials of the show have not announced the judges and the host of the Super dancer chapter.

Super Dancer Season 3 Auditions 2018 & Registration

The audition Dates of Super dancer chapter 3 is no officially by sony tv but it is expected to be held in October as two shows KBC and comedy circus are lined up which is to be is started in September. After the two shows get wrapped, then it is expected that super dancer chapter 3 audition will get started.

The venues of the audition and the starting date of the dancing reality television show has not announced yet by officially. So, it will update on the page after an official announcement.

Sony TV Comedy circus 2018 contestants, Judges, Host and Start Date

Sony television is coming back with a new season of the popular and iconic comedy show comedy circus. The show is going to start from 15 September 2018. And there are many celebrities are participating in this show. Ths show has taken stand up comedy to another level. Many celebrities are coming from this comedy reality television show. Some big names for this comedy television show. So Comedy circus 2018 contestants list will update shortly.

Archana Puran Singh will judges of the show once again and along with Sohail Khan. The past few seasons of the show were hosted by the television actress Shruti Shet. But this season will host by Karishma Sharma.

Comedy Circus 2018 contestants list

Following television Rumors stars in the comedy circus. The are many popular celebrities are the part of this show. So more contestants of the show will update shortly.

Anita Hassanandani

Aditi Bhatia

Karishma Sharma

Dheeraj Dhoopar

Tejaswini Prakash

Mubeen Saudagar

Siddharth  Sagar

Starting Date

Comedy Circus 2018 is starting from 15 September 2018 on Sony TV. This time will very Interesting, so watch and enjoy. Becasue Laut aaya hai aapke ke original laughter ka dose.

Start Date: 15 September 2018

Day: Saturday -Sunday

Time: 9.30 PM IST

Television: Sony TV

Online: SonyLiv.com

Comedy Circus was started in 2007. The Comedy reality show is created by the Optimistic entertainment. The show has got 18 seasons. And now after the huge gap of the four years, the biggest comedy reality show is all set to hit the TV screen.

KBC 2018 Season 10 Host, Start Date, Timing & Promo

Kaun Banega Crorepati is an Indian television game show aired on Sony Entertainment Television. KBC is back with the tagline #KabTakRokoge. The show is going to be air on sony tv very soon. Bollywood Sahensha Amitabh Bachchan will be the host of the Kaun Banega Crorepati. Sony Tv released the promo of KBC 2018 check down below.

Source: Sony Tv

Show Name: Kaun Banega Crorepati

Host: Amitabh Bachchan

Start Date: 3rd September 2018

Day: Monday – Friday

Timing: 9 PM

Channel: Sony Entertainment Television

Kapil Sharma 'To Return' To TV With The Kapil Sharma Show Soon

The actor-comedian is currently in the midst of promoting his forthcoming Bollywood film "Firangi".

"His movie 'Firangi' is releasing on November 24. We are very fond of Kapil. We are even doing a promotional show (which will be televised) for his movie. We believe he has made a good movie and it's going to be successful. Then, Kapil will be back with a bang on Sony," Khan added.
In August, the channel had announced a "short break" with Kapil and his show.

An official spokesperson from the channel had said then that since Kapil had been under the weather, they had "mutually agreed to take a short break", and that they would start shooting again once he recovers completely.

For Kapil, it was an "emotional moment" when earlier this week he visited the set of "Super Dancer Chapter 2" to promote "Firangi". It once used to be the set of "The Kapil Sharma Show".