NDTV Imagine, owned jointly by NDTV and U.S.-based Turner Broadcasting System Inc, will be closed as poor ratings and losses in recent past. The employees will be provided 3 months salary before they are asked to leave.
Turner had bought a majority stake in the channel from Indian broadcaster NDTV in 2009 for $117 million.
The channel’s India and international feed ‘Imagine Dil Se’, which will be shut with effect from today, failed to achieve consistency in ratings, Siddharth Jain, managing director, South Asia, Turner International India told Reuters on Thursday.
“Imagine TV has not performed and grown as per our expectations,” he said.
Imagine was Turner’s second attempt in the highly competitive general entertainment (GEC) space in India after its GEC Real, a joint venture with Miditech, failed.
Turner currently operates channels such as HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, POGO, WB in India.
The company, however, remains committed to long-term investment in India and will continue to look for investment opportunities in the country, Jain said.
Turner India has been growing at a compunded annual rate of 13 percent in the past five years, the company had earlier told.
The Indian media industry relies heavily on advertising revenues instead of subscriptions for survival.
Global macroeconomic woes and a slowing Indian economy have left most media companies susceptible to volatility in advertising rates and resulted in cash flow problems.
In 2011, the Indian media & entertainment industry registered a growth of 12 percent from a year ago, to reach 728 billion rupees, according to KPMG.
i am a great fan of chandragupta maurya serial which came on ndtv imagine, as this channel is closed so what happen to this serial, whether it would be closed or shown on the other channel.
When and on which channel we can accpet chandragupt morya pls revert
where we can watch ” Baba Aiso var Dhondo ” and ” Har Jeet “. i realy like both serials very much. Without these serials , i am feeling bothered life.
I miss Chandragupta serial. This was one of the flagship show for Indian TV. Why can it not be shown on some other channel?
I hope they start back Chandragupta Maurya and Dhwarkadheesh Krishna. I’ll miss both of them very much.
PLEASE ONCE AGAIN THINK ON THIS BASELESS DECISION MANY FELLINGS ARE SITUATED WITH THIS CHANNEL OF INDIANS THIS ALSO EFFECTS YOUR INVESTMENTS IN INDIA PEOPLE WILL NOT ACCEPT UR PRODUCTS AS U R NOT BELIEVABLE PRODUCER OF ANY THING WHETHER CHANNEL OR ANY PRODUCT WILL PEOPLE BELIEVE U AND UR PRODUCT OR ANY THING OF UR MANUFACTURE SO UR INVESTMENTS WILL ALSO WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED—————-PEOPLE OF COUNTRY ,OUR CITIZEN PLEASE ””””DONT ACCEPT ANY THING OF THIS COMPANY UNTILL THEY AGAIN START CHANDRAGUPT MAURYA AND OTHER EPISODES”””””””” A TRUE CITIZEN OF INDIA IS TEELING U””””’
i m a great fan of jamuna paar and mi aji and saheb….pls don shut the channel….aor pls pls keep showing the old programmes again full!
Sir I’m big fan of chandragupta maurya .since NDTV IMAGINE was closed is chandragupta will start on imagine or other channel
What about Chandragupta Maury i am a big fan of that serial try to telecast it another channel as many people are watching that serial please do consider my request…
evn i am a big fan of cgm and am damn dissapointd wid this decision..!!:(:(
it is very surprising that they suddenly stop the channel. what will happen to the viewers who were attached with the serials and desperately waits for the serial like chandragupt maurya. if channel owner were deciding to stop the channel then there is no need to start the new serial. it means you were just playing with the viewere feeling.
pls cgm kisi or channel pr start kr do pls
hi,, i love watching chandragupta morya as imagine is shut now so what will happen to the serial.. pls bring back chaNDRAGUPTA MORYA as ta t s the only serial i love to watch… life has become empty now without this show. chandragupta must start atleast in ndtv or in some new channel like life ok. atleast if its new channel also its not a prob make two episode with a recap and start the show again from the present episode. it will work as chandragupta rocks
Hi,
Our family is gr8 fan of imagine – specially chaderguptmaurya, shanidev, dwarkadees and jamunapaar. All r gr8 to watch, if any other channel can adopt this srials would be really gr8 show with high TRP.
TKS AND REGARDS,
SUNIL
Ohh I miss Bijuji from Jamuna Paar and also Preeto.
Please bring them back!
i luv watchn jamuna paar… nd me aji sahebb…………m vry much attached to this serials plz dnt stop the channel……………
Plz again start the chandraguptamaurya on NDTV IMAGINE or another channel or talk to sagar entertainment they shoud sell his right to another famous channel
SIR, PLEASE THINK AGAIN ON YOUR DECISION…I AM A GR8 FAN OF CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA AND A REGULAR VIEWER OF MANY OTHER SERIALS ON DIS CHANNEL TOO…
PLEASE START THIS CHANNEL AGAIN ELSE PLZ SHIFT OUR FAVOURITE CHANDRAGUPTA ON ANY OTHER CHANNEL OF YOURS ONLY……PLEASE SIR, DIS SERIAL HAD AFFECTED MANY LIVES (INCLUDING MINE TOO).PLEASE SIR, PLEASE………….
WE WANT CHANDRAGUPTA BACK….
I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS MATTER! I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE SERIALS ON NDTV, SUCH AS ‘PREETO, AISO VAR DHOONDO & HAAR JEET’ IF U STARTED THE SERIALS ATLEAST END THEM, BECAUSE FOR US NOW IT WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME! WHATS THE POINT PUTTING OLD SERIALS ON! U MYT ASWEL SHUT THE WHOLE CHANNEL, WASTE OF TIME! I REQUEST PREETO N ALL THE OTHER SERIALS TO COME BACK ON!
well, that’s sounds qiute desparing but i m sill happy with my ever favourtest serial “KITANI MOHABBAT HAI” i m happy for it’s repeat telecast again on the channel… i request the owner to continue with the serial KMH until it does not get to its end please please please don’t stop KITANI MOHABBAT HAI.. and my second request to the directer and producer of KITANI MOHABBAT HAI to begin with it’s 3rd season on any other channel with KARAN KUNDRA and KRITIKA KAMRA… the hottest couples ever!!! 🙂
CGM was loved by everybody……. What wll happen to ths show?????????????? pls come bac wth chanaqa and CGM……
We are big fan of chandragupta maurya, where will it be telecat ?
HI..ALL//MYSELF RAJEEV MALHOTRA…0091-0-9910221023.I SEE D NDTV IMAGINE ON REGULAR BASIS…BUTSINCE D NDTV IMAGINE IS NOT BROADCASTING ITS CHANNEL & SERIALS I M VERY DISAPPOINTING…PLZ IF ANY BODY RELATED TO THIS MATTER IS READING MINE MSG/COMMENT…PLZ RE BROADCAST D SERIALS & CAHHNEL …AT ITS EARLIERST..I WILL BE VERY THANKFULL TO U…IF U REQUIRD ANY TYPE OF HELP/..I M HERE TO B WITH U ON ANY BASIS…THANKS AGAIN..BUT PLZ BROADCAST D SERIAL AT ITS EARLIEST..!!
I miss chandragupta maurya. Pls restart it..
Sir, plz start Chandragupta Maurya and Dwarkadheesh as I am a huge fan of these immortal serials!!!! Plz Plz Plz restart atleast these programmes… Life is sucking without these serials….
i am so happy becouse of the problem of this serial now i think that this is so good becouse there were some booring serials like bandani and chandre gupta mourya i dont like boring serials ilike awesome serials just examples are wwe world wide entertainment
chandragupt maurya on to another chennal
I AM A GR8 FAN OF CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA Serial AND A REGULAR VIEWER OF MANY OTHER SERIALS ON DIS CHANNEL TOO…
PLEASE START THIS CHANNEL AGAIN ELSE PLZ SHIFT OUR FAVOURITE CHANDRAGUPTA ON ANY OTHER CHANNEL OF YOURS ONLY……PLEASE SIR, DIS SERIAL HAD AFFECTED MANY LIVES (INCLUDING MINE TOO).PLEASE SIR, PLEASE………….
WE WANT CHANDRAGUPTA BACK….
Pls restart it..Since this is the first best indian serial on Indian history i ever saw in my life………. i m to inspired by chanakya & its its Strategey to face the problem……………pls broadcast the serial in some other channel or strat our service pls……..
Now I am feeling very Boar on Saturday evening.
Please start chandragupta Maurya serial again………
PLEASE START THE CHANNEL AGAIN OR BROADCAST THE SERIAL CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA ON ANOTHER CHANNEL
Hi,
Good Serial like chandergupta maurya should not be closed . let us request the broadcasting agency to start this serial on another channel .
sir i and my family is great fan of chandergupta serial and this serial has best rating so please sart this serial on pogo channel as possible
After maximum reponse & TRP of Chandragupta Mourya. Why this serial is not starting from any other channel???????????????????
sir i am also a fan of chandragupta maurya serial plz start it again in some other channel plz itsa request
please restart the channel as soon as possible we love this channel very much
i am a great fan of the serial Chandra gupta maurya ANdi did not miss any of the episode or transfer it to another channel……..
its a request
i miss serial of Chandragupta maurya can this serial start on other chennal…………………………….
i am a great fan of the serial Chandra gupta maurya ANd i did not miss any of the episode or transfer it to another channel……..
its a request
What about Chandragupta Maurya? We are eagerly waiting for it? Will it be restarted on some other channel????
Dear,
NDTV Imagine Owners, Pls Restart This Channel, If You don’t think about it, Then Pls Sell Your Serial Chandragupta Maurya and Jamuna Paar to Other Channel.
Pls, Pls, Pls
I am and my Family waiting for Chandrgupta Maurya, Shanidev Serial , We get surprised my NDTV Imagine closed all shows. It seems unrealistic that company is in loss. Reason will be something else. We are eagerly waiting to see these serial on any channel.
please sail chandra gupta story to any other channel so that we can watch again chandra gupta mauryaa…………..
Hi, this is an appeal to the producers of chandragupta maurya . pl pl pl pl pl pl start your serial on another channel . sir this serial was acting
as a guide for youth about various issues which was very much enlightening.sir how can you stop the serial when it was at the crucial point. sir please start it. sir as you can see above so many of us want you to start it. when you have so may viewers then it is also commercial advantage advantage for you.Sir, atleast give the reason as to why it cannot to showed on other channels.
i m vry big fan of chandragupat……plzzzz tell me whn it will strt on othr chnnl….or ny othr optn for d serial….
please start showing chadragupta maurya on your other channel….
sir i am very sad your chanel is shut down. plz restart your ndtv imagine chanel.i like ndtv imagine chanel.plz restart ndtv imagine chanel this month.thakyou
sir imiss imagine chanel & your siriol. plz restart your ndtv imagine chanel thismonth.my mobile no-9836508360/9331848370 thank you.
we r a big fan of chandragupt maurya. if u can restart this serial by any other means or way it will be greatful to all other viewrs along with us.we think it is the best show of the chanel.
sir please chandra gupta chalu kardo hum kaphi taras rahe hi. chandu ki sireyal dekhne ke leye. please sir… please
please open the chandra gupat televasion tv.