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  • It's new, it's clean and it’s meant for the full family… Colors announces that from October 7, Season 6 of 'Bigg Boss' will air at 9pm daily and be truly family-friendly as India's Got Talent will unearth unknown treasures of the country starting September 22

    Colors launches ‘alag’ ‘Bigg Boss 6’, celebrates country’s ‘hunar’ with ‘India’s Got Talent’

    By A Correspondent

     

    Colors CEO Raj Nayak with Bigg Boss 6 host Salman Khan

    It was an action-packed weekend for leading Hindi GEC Colors. It launched ‘India’s Got Talent’ on Friday and on Sunday, its flagship reality show ‘Bigg Boss Season 6’.

     

    This year, the channel is set to erase all that Bigg Boss has earned a reputation for all these years: a popular show, but one that’s not quite meant for family viewing.

     

    ‘Alag Che’ or ‘It’s different’ is how it is being promoted to underscore the shift in content and treatment. For one, it will be aired at a full family-friendly (and hence ratings-friendly) time slot of 9pm on all seven days of the week. Then there’s raging Bollywood star Salman Khan in his inimitable style and two houseguests a parrot and a goldfish.

     

    While Bigg Boss kicks off on October 7, India’s Got Talent will start next week – on  September 22, to be precise. Bigg Boss is produced by Endemol India and India’s Got Talent by Fremantle Media.

     

    Raj Nayak, CEO – Colors said, “If Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is Dancing with the Stars, Bigg Boss is Camping with the Stars. Every season we bring something innovative to the show and to add, to the twist this season, we have opened the doors of the Bigg Boss house to ‘aam aadmi’. With India’s Got Talent starting next week, we are quite excited about our line-up of programming.”

     

    Manisha Sharma, Weekend Programming Head, Colors added, “This season, Bigg Boss will be the perfect mix of emotion, drama, fun and entertainment. However, what won’t be changing is the fact that the contestants will be devoid of what we consider normal in everyday life. India’s Got Talent is a celebration of the diverse talent that India has to offer and we are proud to present another exciting season. This time, the platform will set a new benchmark in presentation and talent; we have in fact crossed all boundaries and have stepped outside of the studio to present some real edgy and engaging action from the spot.”

     

    India’s Got Talent turns four this season and will four and not three but four jury members on the panel – veteran actor Kirron Kher, celebrated director Karan Johar, dance diva Malaika Arora Khan and the versatile choreographer cum director turned actor Farah Khan. The show will air every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm and will be emceed by Manish Paul and Cyrus Sahukar.

     

    Mr Nayak revealed that while Maruti Suzuki is the presenting sponsor of India’s Got Talent, discussions are on with sponsors for Bigg Boss which has seen a 20 percent increase in advertising rates.

     

  • Bigg Boss: Salman Khan sends advertising rates roaring 20% in Season 6

    Salman bhai sends Bigg Boss 6 ad rates soaring

    By Nandini Raghavendra

     

    Salman  Khan is inviting the family to watch Bigg Boss this time around as it begins its sixth season next month. So, whether it is the combination of Khan, who is riding an uninterrupted wave of success, or the fact that Colors is recasting the show as a family entertainer and is therefore expected to give the show a prime-time slot, the much debated reality show, definitely one of the most expensive reality shows on Indian television at Rs 150-160 crore, is commanding a 20% premium on its ad rates this year.

     

    In the fray for the title sponsors this year are telecom, FMCG and even a white goods company with the expected price, according to sources, within both television and advertising industries being around Rs 35-40 crore and ten second rates coming close to Rs 3 lakh.

     

    Harish Shriyan, CEO of OMD says Khan’s successful run at the box office does not necessarily mean that one can ask for higher ad rates, yet Khan’s mass appeal is what has lured in the white goods brand which has thrown in its hat into the Bigg Boss ring for the first time. For now, these rates are still lower than what KBC has notched at Rs 3.75 lakh per ten seconds for this season. Cadbury is said to have paid, between Rs 20-25 crore this year.

     

    For Colors, the success of this show is critical– never has competition among the GECs been so tough. Gross Rating Points (GRPs) are very close, with number one being held on tightly by Star while two, three and four are keenly fought between Colors, Sony and Zee.

     

    According to TAM data for last week, Star led with 264 GRPs, followed by Colors at 245, Zee at 227 and Sony at 210. Colors is riding high on two of its fiction shows and the dance reality show of Jhalaak. But the battle is only going to get tougher, so moving away from the previous seasons, Raj Nayak, CEO, Colors has decided to broad base the show, making into a fully family entertainer and here they have definitely kept Khan’s mass appeal in mind. “If Jhaalak (the dance reality show with Madhuri Dixit) is dancing with the stars, Bigg Boss will be camping with the stars,” says Mr Nayak who while choosing not to comment on the ad prices, does confirm that it is an expensive show and they are scaling it up further this year and have therefore priced it higher this time round.

     

    He does add that there will be lots of opportunities for brands and active and passive integration possibilities.

     

    According to Nandini Dias, COO, Lodestar, Colors premium pricing is because it will be shifting the time slot and the number of times that Khan appeared last year had been reduced due to his illness which has been increased this time. Yet, she also voices Mr Shriyan’s sentiment saying the success of a film is no guarantee that another creative property will work. “Every creative property has to stand for itself. Salman is seen as a successful anchor for Bigg Boss. But the eyeballs will depend on who the participants are far more than only the anchor,” says Ms Dias who feels last year the Bigg Boss brand took a beating because of the kind of content it had and had become difficult for families to view together.

     

    Source:The Economic Times

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