Radio City & Mid-day Conquer Season 4 of the Hitlist OTT Awards with 67.5mn votes

India’s leading radio network & Mumbai’s leading daily awarded the Game Changers in the World of OTT Entertainment on 17th March 2023 with the support of Janta ka faisla!

India, 20th March 2023: The biggest celebration of the year in the digital entertainment world was witnessed as ‘Radio City,’ India’s leading radio network, and ‘Mid-day,’ Mumbai’s leading daily, brought to audiences the culmination of ‘Hitlist OTT Awards’ Season 4 through a virtual award ceremony with Radio City’s RJ Archana as the event host for the evening!

The most exciting award ceremony was conducted virtually on 17th March 2023 where the brightest talent in the digital content industry from around the world were recognized and celebrated. Being recognized as the original and most credible awards for the OTT industry, Hitlist OTT Awards acknowledged exceptional achievements of the prominent artists and performers in original programming and content created for Over-The-Top platforms. The virtual ceremony also featured special performances, exclusive interviews, and surprise appearances from some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry.

Following the immense success of the previous three seasons, the fourth season of Hitlist OTT Awards left the audiences in awe as this season saw 67.5mn votes where the ‘aam janta’ voted for their favorite artists, web series, and movies across 16 categories. The renowned in-house jury, consisting of Mayank Shekhar, a well-known film critic and Mid-day’s entertainment editor, along with Radio City’s RJ Salil Acharya, India’s recognized star influencer, shortlisted the nominees from an extensive range of categories such as drama, comedy, reality TV, documentaries, and more, making the grand finale night the most magnificent event of the year.

Speaking on the culmination of season 4 of Hitlist OTT awards, Mr. Kartik Kalla, Chief Creative Officer, Radio City, said, “This year has been immensely spectacular as we culminated Season 4 of the Hitlist OTT Awards with a whopping 67.5 million votes from the audience. Hitlist OTT Awards is one of our marquee properties and the most credible event that truly represents the best of the OTT world. The award ceremony was a night to remember as we celebrated the notable work of the stalwarts from the OTT entertainment industry. Our expanded categories, spanning drama, comedy, reality TV, and documentaries, elevated the event to a new level. We are elated to have acknowledged the game changers in the world of OTT Entertainment and their commitment to the industry. Radio City along with Mid-day will continue to brace the OTT entertainment industry through Hitlist OTT Awards in the coming seasons.”

Mayank Shekhar, Entertainment Editor, Mid-day said, “This season, people voted like never before—running into tens of millions! Fans got excited, the short-lists were appreciated and the favourites won. That’s what we had worked for, and couldn’t have asked for more—in the fourth season of the Hitlist OTT Awards! Onwards to another year of bingeing.”

Here’s the impressive list of Game Changers in the World of OTT Entertainment!

Category

Winners

Best New Series

Mukhbir: The Story Of A Spy

Best New Season

Panchayat S02

Best Adaptation (Book/Series)

Mukhbir: The Story Of A Spy

Best Direct-to-Web Film

Sharmaji Namkeen

Best Actor (Male): Series

Ishwak Singh

Best Actor (Female): Series

Shefali Shah

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Series

Suvinder Vicky

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Series

Tillotama Shome

Best Actor (Male): Film

RajKummar Rao

Best Actor (Female): Film

Shefali Shah

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Film

Gajraj Rao

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Film

Juhi Chawla

Best Ensemble Cast: Series

Shantanu Shrikant Bhake

Best Non-Fiction

Indian Predator: Murder In A Court Room

Top Internet Sensation

Munawar Faruqui

Best Creator/ Show runner

TVF

About Radio City

Radio City, a part of Music Broadcast Limited (MBL) is a subsidiary of Jagran Prakashan Ltd. Being the first FM radio broadcaster in India with over two decades of expertise in the radio industry, Radio City has consistently been the No.1 radio station in Bengaluru with 25.2% and No.2 in Mumbai with 14.3% average listenership share respectively. (Source: RAM Data, TG: 12+ Period: Week 1, 2013 to Week 50, 2022). Radio City Delhi ranks #3 with 11.7% average listenership share (Source: RAM Data, TG: 12+ Period: Week 1, 2019 to Week 50, 2022).

Music Broadcast Limited currently has 39 stations across 12 states, comprising 62% of the country’s FM population. Radio City reaches out to over 69 million listeners across India covered by AZ Research 2019 (Source: AZ Research Report). The network provides terrestrial programming along with 17 web-stations, through its digital interface, www.radiocity.in

Radio City has spearheaded the evolution of FM radio by offering content that is unique, path-breaking and invokes city passion amongst listeners with its brand philosophy of “Rag Rag Mein Daude City”. The network introduced humour and the concept of agony aunt on radio with Babber Sher and Love Guru respectively. It also initiated Radio City Freedom Awards, a platform to recognize independent music and provided a launch pad to budding singers with Radio City Super Singer, the first singing talent hunt on radio. This year, the organization launched its first international property ‘Radio City Business Titans’ to recognize Indian businesses for their business excellence.

Radio City has bagged over 130 awards across national and international platforms such as New York Festival, ACEF Awards, Golden Mikes Radio Advertising Awards, India Radio Forum, etc. in the recent past. Recently, Music Broadcast Limited has won ‘India’s Best Company of the Year 2022’ Award by Berkshire media. Radio City has consistently featured for the 7th time in ‘India’s Best Companies to Work For’ study conducted by Great Place to Work Institute. The company has also been recognized in ‘India’s Best Workplaces for Women – 2019’ and has ranked amongst the Top 75 organizations on the list. In 2020, Radio City ranked 4th in ‘Best Large Workplaces in Asia’, according to the GPTW survey.