Why can't the GEC's count on international viewers

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Posted: 10 years ago
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How many eyeballs r watching?...
Heights of stupidity...

Aren't we viewers sitting here and paying $ for monthly or yearly subscription...why aren't we counted in?...

When the channel isn't worried about international viewers and doesn't care about comments on our show,why should I pay so much money for this stupid dish and directtv...I can just cancel my subscription and watch online...yep at the end iam going to that only...

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Technology is way ahead...Do the bloody GEC's wanna me to develop an App to find out how many eyeballs had hit online watching a show...

I feel Star plus is atleast better compared to this bloody bullshit Sony channel..atleast they care for the viewers a little I mean a little...

Bollywood life has written that the channel doesn't want to take risk that's why they r shutting Humsafars...when u bloody sonytv is interested in only crime then why do u take a beautiful love story of two individuals with a different persona called Humsafars...why can't they stick on only to crime...

Do they think we are fools wasting our precious time watching a show amidst all the day to day running around...

Atlast I can say...sonytv sucks😡


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Posted: 10 years ago
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Originally posted by: sanhi

How many eyeballs r watching?...

Heights of stupidity...

Aren't we viewers sitting here and paying $ for monthly or yearly subscription...why aren't we counted in?...

When the channel isn't worried about international viewers and doesn't care about comments on our show,why should I pay so much money for this stupid dish and directtv...I can just cancel my subscription and watch online...yep at the end iam going to that only...

OR

Technology is way ahead...Do the bloody GEC's wanna me to develop an App to find out how many eyeballs had hit online watching a show...

I feel Star plus is atleast better compared to this bloody bullshit Sony channel..atleast they care for the viewers a little I mean a little...

Bollywood life has written that the channel doesn't want to take risk that's why they r shutting Humsafars...when u bloody sonytv is interested in only crime then why do u take a beautiful love story of two individuals with a different persona called Humsafars...why can't they stick on only to crime...

Do they think we are fools wasting our precious time watching a show amidst all the day to day running around...

Atlast I can say...sonytv sucks😡



That was my exact question. Why subscribe this channel and waste $ on ppl who dont care about viewership.

Any ways I have no clue as to what TRP has to offer ... if it is about advertisements - then they r aired here too...

The whole problem is we went an extra mile to subscribe this channel .. could have watched it online as well.. so does that mean we dont need to subscribe any Indian channels - specially sony from now on.. because we can never contribute to the TRP game.. and we will be forcefed saas-bahu melodrama coz some ppl dont understand love stories..cannot appreciate different characters in a soap there has to be a bad saas one bad bahu and one good bahu (read as bechari abla naari) - only these characters can fetch TRPs then believe me I am out of this game.

Totally disheartened. This new series they r talking about might give good trp - coz its a family drama - there is shaadi - then there will be a sasur and saas and the shitty melodrama.

Actually its all HC's fault.. had they casted someone else then the Sahir could never have been lived and loved the way he is now.. and we would never felt bad for the series going off air.

Its all because of SAAZ chemistry - HC and his brilliance that I am sad. Sony was never smart and all PH screw up some day or another. dont blame them now. Just upset with HC and his brilliance. Hope he finds a good project on a good channel.

And talking about including international audience - forget it. We cannot expect this from Sony. Comeon -- Look at what they telecast -- would u EVER switch on ur TV to watch their crime and thrillers!!! they r pathetic in front of what we r served here. There programmes dont stand a chance here. Probably thats why they dont value us.. coz they r not valued here. Guess its the first time they have seen international audience. and the International audience has seen them.

I am just happy I got to see Humsafars - where I met Sahir (saw Harshad for the first time and now I know why he is loved so much - he is brilliant) fell in love with all his shades - a perfectly imperfect person. I just hope the story gets a decent end or is shifted to another time slot - or ever better another channel.

My best wishes to HS team

Edited by DBCAnnu - 10 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Completely agree...no serial ever on sony
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Don't know when Indian TV will catch up to technology! All Channels acknowledge online viewership, even court them, but for some reason refuse to make those numbers count! And all shows advertising is based on TRPs, a show with low TRP gets cancelled, the ad revenue it generates is much less.

The TRP system they use now is actually the updated version, the old one about 3 years back... it would only account for the major metro areas. And truthfully, I think the old system favored Sony a bit more because most of Sony's viewer base is in the major metros... hence the falling numbers for Sony in the last two years.

Anyway, this question has been asked many times and unless all Channels and PHs push for it, it will not happen. Including on-line viewership after all is a very complicated process, involves the entire global viewing population.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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They need to have a counting system for online viewership as well. Technology has advanced to such an extent that people prefer to watch online then on television. Sony tv should see from their youtube ratings what the top 3 viewed serials are and they will find their answer.
We international viewers should stop subscribing to these channels and just watch online. I hope that in the future sometime Production houses try and change this system, it is a really stupid system

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