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Afternoon soap watcher ‘underprivileged escapist’: MRUC’s Sparr study
MUMBAI: The top line findings of a new research study – Sparr (Sections, Pullouts and Attitudinal Readership Research) – conducted by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has thrown up some interesting findings around television viewing habits.
Sparr, a study whose principal aim is to provide an understanding of the nuances of reader’s habits towards newspaper pullouts and sections, has also taken other media like television into account as a part of its profiling of media consumption habits.
As far as psychographics were concerned it came out that the underprivileged escapist person who has no means to sophisticated entertainment watches the most afternoon television. The aspiring consumer who is seeking glamour in his life and is proactive watches around 2 hours a day of television. In all, the people surveyed were split into seven categories. The other categories were the unhappy, the privileged who enjoy the luxury of travelling often, the constrained, the unconcerned and the average consumer.
Not surprisingly serials and Star Plus came out on top in the rankings. Serials had an overall share of 55 per cent. News had a share of 11 per cent while Hindi movies were some distance behind.
Star Plus is skewed towards women with 46 per cent while for men it is 28 per cent. DD is 11 per cent for the female while eight per cent for the male. The city was divided into five zones for the psychographic survey.
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ZEEL overhauls sales structure to chase growth across TV and digital platforms
New structure sharpens digital push as viewing habits fragment fast
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is reshuffling its sales playbook as it looks to keep pace with a fast-changing media landscape, where audiences are scattered, screens are multiplying and advertisers are following the data.
According to media reports, the rejig is anchored in the company’s push to build a more integrated, data-led monetisation engine, one that can straddle both traditional television and fast-growing digital platforms with equal ease.
At the heart of the move is a reworked sales architecture designed to deliver cross-platform solutions. With connected TV gaining ground and digital consumption surging, ZEEL is aligning its teams to move quicker, think broader and sell smarter.
The restructuring is being led by chief operating officer, advertisement revenue, Sandeep Mehrotra, at a time when the company says it is seeing tremendous growth. The idea is simple: match the right talent to the right opportunity in a market that is anything but static.
As part of the overhaul, several long-serving executives have been elevated to chief sales officer roles across regions and content clusters. Sanjoy Chatterjee will head the east market, while Gunjarav Nayak takes charge of the west along with high-margin verticals such as hmg, brand works, intellectual properties and digital sales. Rajnish Gupta will oversee bengaluru and chennai markets alongside the kannada and tamil clusters.
In other key moves, Divjyot Dhanda will lead hyderabad and kochi markets and manage zee tv, zee keralam and the telugu cluster. Roshan Vasu Kotian will supervise a diverse portfolio including Zee Marathi, &tv, Zee Punjabi, Zee Anmol, Big Magic and Zee Biskope.
The company is also strengthening its bench, appointing national sales heads across retail, regional clusters, digital and brand solutions. Ankur Kapila’s appointment to lead digital sales signals a sharper push into a segment that continues to outpace traditional formats.
Behind the scenes, dedicated strategy and operations roles have been carved out for both linear and digital businesses. Nitin Shetty, Rajkiran Shrivastav and Priya Nambiar will take on key responsibilities to ensure the new structure runs with precision.
The broader aim is clear. ZEEL wants a bigger slice of advertising budgets that are steadily drifting towards digital and connected TV ecosystems. By integrating its offerings, the company hopes to deepen client relationships while unlocking new revenue streams.
The new structure takes effect immediately, with Mehrotra continuing to report to chief executive officer Punit Goenka and steer the company’s advertising revenue strategy. Senior executive Laxmi Shetty will support the transition, with her revised role expected to be announced soon.
In a market where content is everywhere but attention is scarce, ZEEL’s latest move is less about rearranging the org chart and more about staying in the game.
