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Category Archives: Hindi GECs
Star Bharat: Hindi GEC Category’s Saviour
It’s been a tough ride for the Hindi GEC (pay TV) category over the last two years, with the category progressively losing share to movies, news and regional GECs over the 2015-17 period. The second half of 2017 finally saw … Continue reading
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Kids on TV: Criticism That GECs Can Live With
This blog is being updated with old posts that first appeared in my weekly column on MXMIndia. If you have subscribed to email alerts, sorry for the spam. You may get alerts on multiple posts during this week. Look forward … Continue reading
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Panic Time For Hindi GECs?
Over the five years of existence of this column, one of the most-extensively covered topics here has been the status quo in the Hindi GEC category. Every few months, I have touched upon the concern that the category has got … Continue reading
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Hindi Fiction: Getting Younger, But Not Young Enough
What are the odds that a new fiction show, launched by one of the leading Hindi GECs, will enter the list of Top 5 programmes within its first 6-12 months? If you look at the chart below, you wouldn’t want … Continue reading
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Censorship Woes: Intolerantly Yours
In what must be a world record, the name of a TV programme was changed on the day of its launch this week. Colors renamed its Punjab-based family social from Gurbani to Bani, evidently to avoid religious backlash. For those … Continue reading