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Sony narrows gap with Zee TV
MUMBAI: Star Plus, Colors and Zee TV continue to maintain their top 3 positions among the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs). But the channel that keeps coming close to Zee TV is Sony Entertainment Television.
Sony is just three GRPs (gross rating points) away from Zee TV. Losing rating points for the third straight week, Zee TV clocked 185 GRPs for the week ended 16 July, down from 193, while Sony mopped up 182 GRPs (last week 184).
Star Plus and Colors have strengthened their positions with 11 and 19 GRPs (gross rating points) respectively, according to TAM data for the week ended 16 July (C&S, HSM, 4+).
Colors added most GRPs during the week on the back of Balika Vadhu (5.55 TVR) and Uttaran (5 TVR), ending with 271 GRPs (last week 252). Balika Vadhu regained its position as the No. 1 show in the GEC chart.
Star Plus, on the other hand, pocketed 320 GRPs. Channel‘s Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai became second best show during the week, garnering 5.26 TVR.
Meanwhile, Imagine TV, which was hovering above 100 GRPs since two weeks on the back of the season four of its flagship reality show Swayamvar – Ratan Ka Rishta, has seen a mighty fall. Imagine TV lost 39 GRPs to end the week with 65 (last week 104).
Meanwhile, Sab remained steady with 133 GRPs (last week 131).
Star One and Sahara One were at 37 GRPs (last week 36) and 31 GRPs (last week 30) respectively.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
