Advertising in BIG TV

You will get the rate for advertising in BIG TV in the Media Options and Pricing section of the website. The mentioned rates are for per second of airtime. So e.g. if the cost to advertise in BIG TV is mentioned as Rs 300/sec and your ad is 10 sec long, the cost for playing your ad once on BIG TV will come to Rs 300 X 10 = Rs 3,000. Advertising Rate for BIG TV varies with the timeband and is directly proportional to the reach. You can get the rate for major time bands by adding the media to your Bag and checking the rate for different time bands. Prime Time in the News category is from 6 pm to 10 pm. 9 pm to 10 pm is also considered super prime time. Rates for Prime Time in BIG TV and Super Prime Time in BIG TV is significantly higher than non-prime time. However, if you consider the reach during these hours, the cost per reach comes down making it feasible for the TV planning agency to include it in the plans.

Advertising through BIG TV is an effective advertising method in the Television media type. Advertising in BIG TV will help the brand to reach out to the right target audience. Television advertising helps the advertiser to target a very large group of audience and also provides the ease of targeting a specific time band based on the requirement. Advertising through BIG TV is popular for a brand that is trying to reach out to a large number of premium users within certain geography in a small time. Because the Channel carries different sets of programs, it appeals to almost everyone in the family thereby assuring a complete household reach. BIG TV is the leading Television Channel and is strongly recommended for all marketing campaigns.

Media Agency can play a critical role if you are planning to advertise in BIG TV. There are several roles that a media agency plays while executing your TV campaign. Firstly, the media agency will help you in deciding if advertising in BIG TV is right for your brand. The agency uses BARC data to decide the TG and BIG TV viewer profile matches. Once you have decided to go ahead with advertising in BIG TV, the next step for the TV ad buying agency is to plan the frequency and timing for the ads (called spots) and negotiate the right price. Scheduling of the ads will depend on the campaign objective and the pricing. While advertising in the prime time might give you the maximum reach but the agency might recommend non-prime time as it provides a lower cost per reach. Various such variables can be tackled by the media agency while buying ad space in BIG TV. The last role of the TV ad buying agency is to ensure that the ad is played on BIG TV and provide the advertiser with the number of people who saw your ad. The Media Ant being an authorized agency for ad planning and buying on BIG TV provides a data research-backed plan and ensure that you get the best rates. In case you need any help with planning, please contact Help@TheMediaAnt.com.

The rate to advertise in BIG TV is one of the lowest among all other news channels in India. Its popularity in the Hindi belt makes advertising in BIG TV a critical part of any Television campaign. BIG TV advertising rate is available on the Media Option and Pricing tab of our website. These are the current ad rates and are updated weekly. BIG TV has popular programmes and TV anchors. Because of this, the engagement of viewers is very high with the channel. The Media Ant is an authorized advertising agency that can help you plan and buy ad spots in BIG TV at the lowest rate.

Ads in BIG TV are played both during the break as well as doing the content being played. There is more creative freedom while placing ads during the break, whereas messaging needs to be bundled with the content while selection advertising options during the content. Few of the popular advertising options on BIG TV are:

a) Video Ads - Video ads are telecasted during ad-breaks. The minimum duration for a video ad is 10 seconds and increases by 5.

b) L Bands - Aston Bands are thin horizontal strips that appear during a program at the bottom of the screen. The Aston Band duration per exposure is 10 seconds. Choose the number of Aston Bands per day and the total number of days you'd prefer to advertise. Prices vary according to the time band chosen.

c) Brand Integrations - These are custom media options and are created basis your advertising budget and the objective.

• Rates depend on the creative length, time band selected and duration of the campaign​​
• Premium charges are applicable for targeting specific programmes, crunched time bands, and spot positioning