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Zee gains 32 GRPs while top 3 channels see drop
MUMBAI: Zee TV, the flagship Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) stable, has seen a 32 GRPs (gross rating points) rise in the week ended 12 November, as its new 8 pm fiction property, Hitler Didi, got good eyeballs.
As per TAM data for week 46 (C&S, 4+, HSM), Zee TV registered 175 GRPs as compared to 143 GRPs in the previous week. Hitler Didi debuted with an average TVR of 2.7.
Meanwhile, the top three GECs – Star Plus, Sony Entertainment Television (Set) and Colors lost GRPs each.
Star Plus, which maintained its numero uno position, clocked 310 GRPs (last week 335). The 25 GRPs loss can be attributed to fall in the overall ratings of its fiction shows.
Set was the biggest loser in the week, which saw a 27 GRPs fall. However, it was because in the previous week the channel had aired KBC 5 episode in which a common man had won the grand prize of Rs 50 million. The two episodes had clocked 7.1 and 8 TVR respectively.
Colors slipped marginally to 235 GRPs (last week 240), while retaining its third position.
Sab registered 124 GRPs (last week 121) followed by Imagine TV which ended the week with 71 GRPs (last week 70).
Star One with 47 GRPs (last week 43) and Sahara One with 38 GRPs (last week 34) remains on seventh and eighth position 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.
