Captain News is 24x7 Tamil language news & current affairs television channel in India. Captain News was launched since 2012 and owned by Captain Media Network by Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a political party in Indian state of Tamil Nadu.  Captain News channel recently claims a spike in its viewership and popularity even on its social media pages and has received a good response from premium viewers because of the best quality updated news, events with truth and speed delivered to their viewers and public at large. It has wide range of programs those appeals to all members in the family. This is what makes Captain News a recommended channel for brands to run a Television Advertising campaign and grabs attention of its premium target audience within a specific geographical area and limited time.

Captain News Advertisement Rates

If you decide to advertise on Captain News with Excellent Publicity you will receive the best rates! The rates are calculated for per second of airtime. So e.g. If cost to advertise in Captain News is mentioned as Rs. 250/sec approx. and your ad is 10 second long, the cost for playing the ad once on Captain News will come to Rs.250 X 10 = Rs.2,500 approx. or up to few lakhs approx. The cost may vary according to viewership data & Stats for particular programmes on particular channels and also as per the time band and length of advertisement or size of creative and number of repetitions and based on the type of advertisement campaign on Captain News. Prime Time or Super Prime Time rates will be higher than the Non-Prime Time. For good rates register yourself with us and get in touch with our representative to know more.

Types of advertisement on Captain News

Advertising in Captain News can be done both by playing ads during breaks as well as playing the content during the news shows. Some of the popular ad forms are:

• Captain News Video Ads – Video Ads are telecasted during ad-breaks also known as FCT. Its calculated based on 10 seconds.
• Captain News Aston Band – Horizontal line ad flashing on bottom side on screen branding while news show is played.
• Captain News L Band – Vertical left side plus Horizontal bottom side ad flashing on screen branding while news show is played.
• Captain News Scroller Ads – Ad scrolling from one end of screen to the other while news show is displayed.
• Captain News Laptop Branding – A sticker of your brand on the Laptop displayed during the news shows.
• Captain News Customized show integration for Brands – These are customized media options for brands and branding campaign as per advertisement budget allocated and as per channels / shows. It is a personalized solution for the brand for unique and creative advertising

How to advertise on Captain News?

• Share your requirements for advertisement campaign on Captain News.
• Approach our efficient planners and executors.
• Plan the advertising campaign with us
• We will assist you in terms of choosing the target audience, right advertisement format, audience reach, and campaign duration to have a successful campaign on Captain News.
• Receive the best quotes
• We provide lowest assured rates with best services for television advertising across various channels.
• The ad rates differ depending on different shows, prime time, non-prime that is selected.
• Provide us with an attractive creative to show case your brand on-screen. The acceptable format of creative in television advertising is a CDR file for image creative and a MOV File for Video Creative.
• Once you share the creative we will get it converted in the acceptable ad format that will be utilized on the television
• Go Live with your advertisement and get your brand in front of the masses.
• See your brand on-screen within a bare minimum timeframe and achieve the desired response.

Online media research for Captain News

It is recommended to do your personal research on the particular chosen channel for more details and have a look at the content and shows and their hosts or cast before confirming with any agency. This will help you plan the right time slot on Captain News as the advertising rates vary accordingly.

Agency selection for advertising on Captain News

Media Agency plays an important role for advertisement in Captain News. As Excellent Publicity being a media agency we figure out that is Captain News a good channel for you in line with your brand and objective. For this we use BARC data to check the right channel with the highest viewership. The next would be to plan the frequency and timing of the advertisement with right price. Scheduling of your ad depends upon your marketing objective and pricing. We would help in recommend to advertise in prime time or non-prime time in order to reach the right number of audience with the lowest cost possible per reach. Other variables like buying media space and such would be handled by media agency. The last step would be then to ensure your ad is played and how much reach has been covered and to send you the proof of same (Log reports & Telecast Certificate) at the end of campaign.

Why advertising in Captain News?

The initiatives that Captain News took include the above and below steps that gave over the counter results as listing Captain News more ratings than any other platforms.

• Premium Features: Captain News keeps on updating itself with top trending regional district and certain nationwide news, business (commerce and teleshopping), current affairs, politics, weather, sports, Bollywood and many more for the premium Tamil speaking audience. It also interacts with them on social media pages and brings out facts to light. Thus it becomes a popular recommended channel for an ad campaign.
• Best Rates: Captain News offers cost effective rates compared to other news channels.
• Key approach factor: Any client who wishes to expand reach for their business with a quick performance and within a short period of time.
• Choice of Type & Time of ad campaign: Captain News offers advertisement options that are of various types some of which are mentioned above and also for prime time / days and non-prime time / days shows give a flexibility of choice to the advertiser. Thus brands can advertise in right shows or at right times during maximum viewership and gain the desired attention for their product.

FAQs

• What will be the rates for advertising on Captain News?

  You can contact our agency regarding the rates of advertising on Captain News; we can then further guide you with the same with the lowest possible advertising rates with maximum reach to the audience.

• How many people will be able to see my ad on Captain News?

  Advertisement reach depends upon your campaign duration, ad repetition and your overall budget for the ad.

• Can I choose to advertise on particular show or during particular time on Captain News?

  Yes you can choose a particular shows / time (prime time, non-prime time) to run your ad. Contacting our agency can guide you as in what will work best for you.

• Is agency necessary for advertising on Captain News?

  Media agency can help you guiding through the entire process from reaching the correct target audience (keeping in mind your brand product/ services and advertisement objective) to buying media space and such would be handled by media agency.