MUMBAI: B4U Network, the global leader in Bollywood entertainment, added two new channels to its bouquet of offerings in the month of May 2019 – B4U Bhojpuri and B4U Kadak. While B4U Bhojpuri is a Bhojpuri movie channel, B4U Kadak is a premium channel in the Hindi Movie genre.
And going by the latest viewership figures of BARC, both the newly launched channels have created a big impact in their respective genres, ranking among the top players in the very first week of their release.
Launched on 15th May 2019, B4U Bhojpuri arrived with a unique offering of 2 WTP’s (World Television Premieres) every week along with a mix of music and devotional content in multiple time bands for the regional language audiences in the UP, Bihar & Jharkhand market. The programming struck a chord with the core Bhojpuri audience as the channel generated remarkable figures of 57 million impressions in Bihar/Jharkhand market (U+R) on NCCS 2+ Yrsin week 25, 2019 of BARC.
B4U Bhojpuri is all set for further growth as the content is going to get richer in the coming months. With its premium packaging, special festive programming during cultural events like Chatt, Navratri, Diwali & Holi, devotional content and unmatched library, including Dinesh Lal starrer Nirhua Hindustani 2, B4U Bhojpuri will capture the hearts and minds of Bhojpuri audience like never before.
The other newly launched channel, B4U Kadak, went on air on 31st May as a premium offering in the Hindi Movie genre. The channel arrived with an incredible promise of 101 WTP’s (World Television Premieres) with a mix of cherry picked Bollywood films and South Indian movies dubbed in Hindi. B4U Kadak’s library boasts of a number of award winning and critically acclaimed films, along with Original South Indian films which were successfully remade in Bollywood.
With such an impressive array of films, B4U Kadak was lapped up by the audience right after its launch, and the channel generated amazing figures of 427 million impressions in the HSM market (U+R) on NCCS 2+ Yrsin week 25, 2019 of BARC. With a number of incredible films making their WTP on B4U Kadak in the days ahead, the channel will climb up even higher on the ladder in the Hindi Movie genre.Along with B4U Movies, B4U Kadak will further expand the audience base of B4U among the Hindi movie lovers.