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Zee TV, Colors, Sony gain even as Star Plus leads
MUMBAI: That phase II digitisation switch offs and IPL6 are having an impact is seen in TAM‘s week 16 ratings for 2013. Overall, the general entertainment channel (GECs) genre shed 19 GRPs, even as Zee TV, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television (Set) managed to hold on to their GRP numbers. Life OK and Star Plus, however, seem to have taken a bit of a dent in their ratings.
As per TAM data (HSM including 5 new LC1 markets, C&S, 4+) sourced from a channel, the pecking order of the Hindi GECs changed a bit as Colors moved up to No.3 slot.
Despite the loss of 19 GRPs, Star Plus continues to be the leader of the genre with a good margin of 64 GRPs more than Zee TV. Many shows of the Star India flagship channel saw a drop in viewership. The channel ended the week with 233 GRPs.
Holding on to the second spot, Zee TV added around six GRPs to close the week with 169 GRPs. The channel‘s reality show India‘s Best Dramebaaz rated a 1.9 TVR on Sunday 14 April and 1.8 TVR on 20 April. The channel‘s other shows witnessed marginal changes in numbers.
Colors gained around 11 GRPs to take its tally to 167 GRPs helping it retain its No 3 spot. The Viacom18 channel had aired the Gr8 Women Awards on 14 April that rated 0.4 TVR.
Set too added five GRPs to gross 165 GRPs. The channel‘s crime shows continue to hold strong. C.I.D notched a 2.4 TVR (last week 2.3) while Crime Patrol fetched a 1.9 TVR (last week 1.8).
Sab ended the week with 123 GRPs (last week 137) while Life OK ended up with 103 GRPS (last week 111).
Sahara One with 21 GRPs (last week 19) remained at the bottom of the ladder.
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Gurpreet Singh named President of DishTV Alumni Network
Former Dish TV executive to lead community building and collaboration.
MUMBAI: Back to the dish, but this time it’s about connections, not channels Gurpreet Singh is returning to familiar territory with a new mandate that swaps subscribers for relationships. Singh has been appointed President of the DishTV Alumni Network, a move aimed at strengthening ties among former employees and building a more engaged professional community around the Dish TV ecosystem. The initiative reflects a growing trend among large organisations to formalise alumni networks as platforms for collaboration, mentorship and business opportunities.
The appointment draws on Singh’s deep-rooted history with Dish TV, where he held multiple leadership roles over nearly a decade. As National Business Head between June 2019 and September 2020, he oversaw profit and loss as well as operations, managing revenues of Rs 6,000 crore and leading a team of around 1,250 employees across the country. His tenure included working alongside two regional business heads and 16 circle heads, underscoring the scale of operations he handled.
Prior to that, Singh served as Executive Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue from 2016 to 2019, and earlier as Senior Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue. He also briefly led international operations as Country Head for Sri Lanka, further expanding his exposure across markets.
His broader career spans leadership roles across telecom and consumer businesses, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer at Bharti Airtel’s Malawi operations, senior leadership roles at Reliance Communications, and earlier positions at Hindustan Sanitaryware and Kodak India, where he spent over a decade.
In his new role, Singh is expected to focus on reconnecting former employees, fostering collaboration, and building a structured alumni ecosystem that leverages shared experience and industry networks. As companies increasingly recognise the long-term value of their extended workforce, the DishTV Alumni Network appears set to turn nostalgia into a strategic asset, one connection at a time.
