The curtain rises on Saarthak Chitram’s newest small screen serial named SAABJI written – produced – directed by Siddharth Nagar, whose one more serial Shiksha – Ek Majboot Aadharshila is already on air on Doordarshan Kisan Channel in the 9.30 pm slot, on 17th Jun, 2016. SAABJI is an entertaining story on love & revenge. SAABJI will be aired on every Friday – Saturday – Sunday in the 7 pm slot. SAABJI’s crew comprises of co – producer: Harender Singh Verma & Jaya Bhattacharya, creative head: Archana Saikia, production head: Pravin Sorte, cinematographer: Mukesh Sharma, lyrics: Abhilash, music: Vivek Bakshi, singer: Pratiksha Vashishth, editor: Arun Pakal & Satish Sharma, art: Mahendra Raut, background score: Bhupesh Sharma. SAABJI stars Ayub Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Suhasini Mulay, Shruti Ulfat, Anupam Bhattacharya, Dinesh Kaushik, Pallavi, Raju Shreshtha, Farida Dadi, Varsha Manik, Amita Nangia, Jugnu, Mithlesh Chaturvedi & Shresth Kumar.
Life OK Channel’s Serial Savdhaan India Completes 4 Years Of Its Existence In The Satellite Arena
Life OK Channel’s, most watched, talked about & extremely likeable serial Savdhaan India has recently completed 4 years of its existence in the Satellite arena. Life OK’s one of the most popular show, Saavdhan India has indeed recently completed 4 years of being on air. In these 4 years it has not only become the most watched show on Indian TV but has also made a fundamental shift in creating awareness against Crime. To commemorate 4 years of fighting crime, Life OK Channel recently unveiled a Saavdhan India anthem urging people to be vigilant and take precautions to prevent crime in their life. The 2 minute anthem instantly created a sensation with over 2 million views within just 3 days. The anthem also set the twitter world ablaze trending both nationally & worldwide. The initiative struck a chord with celebrities who tweeted with their support.
Sony Pictures Recently Re-aligned Its Key Portfolios
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) of late has re-aligned its key portfolios. Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) recently announced a re-alignment of its key management portfolios. SPN’s International business gets consolidated within the networks’ sales & syndication business whereas SPN’s Sports business gets more closely aligned to the distribution business. Consequently, Rohit Gupta’s role gets expanded from SPN, network sales president to SPN’s network sales & International business president.
SPN’s International business head Neeraj Arora will now report to Rohit Gupta.
Rajesh Kaul’s role gets expanded to SPN Distribution & Sports president and SPN sports business head Prasana Krishnan will now report into Rajesh Kaul. Rohit Gupta & Rajesh Kaul have been with SPN since 14 years & 8 years respectively.
Curtain Rises On Saarthak Chitram’s Saabji On 17th June 2016 On DD1 In 7 pm Slot
The curtain rises on Saarthak Chitram’s newest small screen serial named SAABJI written – produced – directed by Siddharth Nagar, whose one more serial Shiksha – Ek Majboot Aadharshila is already on air on Doordarshan Kisan Channel in the 9.30 pm slot, on 17th Jun, 2016. SAABJI is an entertaining story on love & revenge. SAABJI will be aired on every Friday – Saturday – Sunday in the 7 pm slot. SAABJI’s crew comprises of co – producer: Harender Singh Verma & Jaya Bhattacharya, creative head: Archana Saikia, production head: Pravin Sorte, cinematographer: Mukesh Sharma, lyrics: Abhilash, music: Vivek Bakshi, singer: Pratiksha Vashishth, editor: Arun Pakal & Satish Sharma, art: Mahendra Raut, background score: Bhupesh Sharma. SAABJI stars Ayub Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Suhasini Mulay, Shruti Ulfat, Anupam Bhattacharya, Dinesh Kaushik, Pallavi, Raju Shreshtha, Farida Dadi, Varsha Manik, Amita Nangia, Jugnu, Mithlesh Chaturvedi & Shresth Kumar.
Curtain Rises On Sab TV Channel’s Khidki From 28th Jun 2016
Curtain has risen on Sab TV Channel’s Khidki from 28th Jun, 2016. So start telling your funny story and relive it along with the world all over again on the small screen. Sony SAB will now give a sneak peek into the funny incidences of the lives of their viewers with its new show, Khidki. The show’s concept revolves around stories that have been sent in by viewers all over India. Some of these select stories are being adapted into mini – series of episodes for the small screen. Khidki is already on air from Tues, 28th Jun, 2016 every Mon to Fri @ 21:30 hours only on Sony SAB. The channel in partnership with producer J D Majethia & director Umesh Shukla of Oh! My God fame had called in for entries for the show in the month of Mar, 2016. Over 8000 entries have been received by the channel, of which, some of the shortlisted stories are now ready to be presented to the world. The show will have a set of recurring actors like Sarita Joshi, Rajeev Mehta, Lubna Salim, Aishwarya Sakhuja to name a few who will portray different characters in different stories, along with narration by JD Majethia, who is also the host of the show. Each story will be weaved into episodes designed to last for minimum of 3 to 8 episodes, depending on the length of each story.
Zoya Recently Signed As A Community Ambassador
Sony Le PLEX HD has recently signed Zoya Akhtar as its community ambassador. Sony Le PLEX HD has brought on board the very talented and acclaimed writer & director, Zoya Akhtar as it’s Community Ambassador. This will be the 1st time ever for Zoya Akhtar to be associated with a brand. Her cinema artistry and love for great movies make Zoya the right fit as the community ambassador. She will be seen as a representative of the community that appreciates quality cinema. The common passion for great cinema and storytelling brings Sony Le PLEX HD & Zoya Akhtar together in creating this premium hangout place for movie lovers to hangout, unwind & converse.
Sridhar Balakrishnan Signed By Star India
Star India has recently appointed Sridhar Balakrishnan as its head of distribution.
Star India has recently appointed former Marico chief operating officer for rest of South Asia, Middle East & Africa Sridhar Balakrishnan as its head of distribution.
Incidentally speaking Sridhar Balakrishnan replaces Krishnan Kutty, who has been made EVP & business head of the English cluster a few months back. In fact distribution has been a key priority for Star India organisation, and it has leveraged the growing penetration of TV to drive the reach of their channels across the width & the breadth of this country. As cable in India gets fully digitalised and consumers get access to an array of differentiated channels & services, the opportunity to unlock value in the distribution business is huge.
Zee Cafe’s Next Season Of Gotham Starts From 23rd Jun 2016
Zee Cafe’s next season of Gotham starts from 23rd Jun, 2016. Zee Café brings for its viewers the Best of DC comics’ universe this year. After a remarkable Season 1, Zee Café is back with a more intriguing season of Gotham. So get ready to kick your mundane weekdays in to high gear – with the 2nd instalment of Gotham which has started airing from 23rd Jun, 2016 onwards on every Mon – Fri at 10 pm followed by a brand new show Supergirl the following month. The
winner of the most exciting new series category at the Critics’ Choice Television awards, Gotham 2 brings back the era of villains. Heading into Season 2, catch the rise of the biggest Super villains – The Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, MR Freeze which eventually leads to the genesis of one of the most popular super heroes of our time – Batman. So this time, it’s darker, scarier and all about the rise of evil in Gotham.
Zeel Recently Tied Up With Dish & Sling TV
Zeel has recently tied up with Dish & Sling TV to expand its reach in US. Zeel has recently tied up with Dish & Sling TV to expand its reach in US. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) announced a landmark agreement with Dish & Sling TV to further strengthen its presence in the US Territory. As a part of the agreement, Dish & Sling TV will carry 27 new channels in addition to the existing 10 Zee channels, which will be available in varied languages like Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Rajasthani & Urdu. Post this alliance, the total number of Zee channels available in the US market will be 37 with a combined reach of 52 million or 5.2 crore homes (that includes English & Spanish HHs).
Prasar Bharati Is Not Opposed To Private Players’ Entry In DTT
Of late Prasar Bharati has issued a statement that it is not at all opposed to Private Players’ Entry In DTT. In fact
Prasar Bharati has always been in favour of opening up of the Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) to private players, but of course it could not formalise the proposal owing to some internal pressure.
All said & done Prasar Bharti’s Chief Executive Officer Jawahar Sircar averred, “We had approved of DTT and allowing private players also to participate over a year back, but had faced resistance internally from certain quarters.” Besides the pubcaster was asked, by the Government, to prepare a base paper in this regard and draw up a business plan too. But this too, could not be done because of the unfamiliarity with market conditions.”
Star India Has Recently Dedicated 8 Channels
Star India has recently dedicated its 8 channels for a 24×7 coverage of Rio 2016. Living to its campaign tag line #issebadakuchnai, Star India will be pulling out non – stop coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics games by dedicating 8 channels for the blockbuster event on a 24×7 basis. Beginning 5 Aug, 2016, the Brazil Olympics games will be broadcast in 2 languages namely English & Hindi.
Apart from the 8 channels, Star India will extensively cover the global multisport event on its OTT platform Hotstar. Together Star Sports & Hotstar will broadcast 3000 plus hours of the live content from the Olympics offering Indian sports fans every opportunity to catch every medal live. Star Sports HD channel cluster (Star Sports HD1, HD2, HD3, HD4) will mirror the SD one (Star Sports 1, 2,3, 4). Star Sports 1 & 4 and its corresponding HD feed will have the English language telecast & Star Sports 2 & 3 with the corresponding HD feed will telecast the Hindi coverage.
Zee TV Channel Recently Joined Weekend Ratings Battle with ‘Amma’ at 10.30pm time slot
Zee TV Channel has recently joined the Weekend ratings Battle with Amma in the 10.30pm time slot. Zee has joined the bandwagon in the race for the ratings amongst shows & slots. The Subhash Chandra led Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited premier Hindi GEC has pulled out its 1st 10.30 pm slot for an original fiction show. Zee has already airing its new finite series Amma in that slot from 25th Jun, 2016 every Sat & Sun. With this, Zee has joined Star Plus & Colors in the weekend ratings chase. Star Plus initiated the trend of airing fiction on weekends that was later followed by Colors which aired super hit shows such as 24 Season 1 in 2015 in the 10 pm slot on Fri & Sat. Colors added the just concluded Naagin in the 8 pm slot which has now been replaced by Kawach. The entrance of Zee in the 10.30 pm time slot will surely heat up the competition. There are other GEC’s too which are exploring weekend opportunities according to sources. Produced by Farhan P. Zamma, Amma is based on life of Jenabai Daaruwala, who is a well – known name in the Mumbai underworld mafia. The finite series will explore the journey of the rise of this female Don. The per episode production cost is approximately estimated from Rs 8 to Rs10 lakhs.
