Ratings
Between 1999 and 2006, Pink dominated the Serbian television market and received the highest ratings annually. Since 2006, the public broadcaster RTS1 took over, leading the overall ratings in every season except for 2009-2010 when Pink won the overall viewership race.
Pink's programming line-up has scored major ratings successes in many program genres. Music variety programs such as Zvezde Granda consistently draws large viewing audiences. In 2008, Grand Parada, Grand production's copy of American Idol, achieved unprecedented high ratings (80 market share at one point) during the broadcast of its finale. More than 2 million text messages were sent during the show's broadcast. Pink has also been at the forefront of introducing the reality show format to Serbia with programs such as Sve za ljubav (All for Love), and Menjam ženu (Wife Swap). In early 2009, TV Pink started airing The Moment of Truth. This program dominates the ratings in its weekly time-slot and has proven to be very popular. In the 2009 autumn programming season, TV Pink launched "The Farm," the latest reality show that attracted a large viewer base. Pink has also established its reputation for some of its special programming events such as Miss World Serbian selection. Pink's weekly film line-up includes drama, action, comedy, international, and Yugoslav/Serbian movies. Pink has had major output deals for American blockbuster films with Sony, Warner, Paramount, etc. In recent seasons, Pink put less films in its daily programming scheme, airing movies mainly in the evening.
In the new 2009 season, Pink launched its most ambitious programming scheme ever with shows that are likely to capture new viewer interest (e.g., The Farm) and a continuation of previously successful programs to hold its audience (e.g., Moment of the Truth). Across the board, Pink is introducing new musical variety shows, talk/entertainment shows, domestically produced sitcoms, a domestically produced dramatic series, etc. Other stations have not followed suit in comprehensively launching new programming and responding to demands of the viewing audience.
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