Category: Viewership

BARC week 39: SET holds first position in urban market

MUMBAI: In week 39 of BARC India ratings, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) continued to hold its leading position in the urban market for the second consecutive week. Even on the pay platform, the channel continued to be in the second position. SET's Kaun Banega Crorepati has garnered 7859 weekly impressions (000s), making it gain the third position in the top five programme's list of BARC India ratings in the urban market. Another change observed in the urban market was that Colors has also moved one step up at the fourth position in the urban market.

Urban

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Sony Entertainment Television	486553
2	STAR Plus	465642
3	SONY SAB	414144
4	Colors	364229
5	Zee TV	360592
6	Dangal	259367
7	STAR Bharat	189023
8	&TV	116443
9	Big Magic	86870
10	STAR Utsav	77991
HSM (Urban) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

On the pay platform, the pecking order of the channels was Star Plus, SET, Zee TV, Sony SAB, Colors, Star Bharat, Dangal, &TV, Sony Pal and Star Utsav at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth position respectively. This week &TV jumped from tenth to eighth position.

Pay Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	STAR Plus	716540
2	Sony Entertainment Television	679190
3	Zee TV	650130
4	SONY SAB	607708
5	Colors	542997
6	STAR Bharat	306462
7	Dangal	247565
8	&TV	156524
9	Sony Pal	154010
10	STAR Utsav	142400
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Dangal, Big Magic, DD National, DD Bharati, DD Arunprabha, DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Rajasthan and DD Madhya Pradesh were seen at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively on the free platform.

Free Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Dangal	805119
2	Big Magic	365752
3	DD National	55466
4	DD Bharati	4416
5	DD Arunprabha	3022
6	DD Uttar Pradesh	2463
7	DD Rajasthan	1498
8	DD Madhya Pradesh	1288
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In the rural market, SET and Sony SAB have exchanged their positions at fifth and sixth. Rest of the channels continued to hold their respective positions in week 39 of BARC India ratings

Rural

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Dangal	793317
2	Big Magic	337879
3	Zee TV	290468
4	STAR Plus	252576
5	SONY SAB	196421
6	Sony Entertainment Television	195479
7	Colors	180333
8	STAR Bharat	118359
9	Sony Pal	76723
10	STAR Utsav	65250
HSM (Rural) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

October 7, 2019

BARC week 39: ‘Howdy Modi’ and UNGA proceedings boost English news viewership

BENGALURU: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and incidents related to the event such as the speech of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and the abrogation of article 370, helped boost up English news viewership in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) week 39, 2019 ratings. After the super success of ‘Howdy Modi’, the Indian premier’s speech was the most awaited one by world. Short to the point, the speech called upon the world to unite to face challenges such as terror, climate, fight against poverty, etc.

The combined viewership of the top 5 English news channels in week 39 of 2019 (Saturday, 21 September 2019 to Friday, 27 September 2019, week or period under review) increased 0.788 million weekly impressions or by 41 per cent as compared to the previous week – week 38. Needless to say that all the five channels saw ratings climb up at least 32 per cent during the period under review.

As mentioned above, viewership of the top 5 English news channels increased 41 per cent in week 39 of 2019 to 2.716 million impressions as compared to 1.928 million weekly impressions. Please refer to the figure below:

The ranks of the top 5 English news channels in week 39 of 2019 were the same as those in week 38 of 2019. Please refer to the chart below:

English news channels in week 39 of 2019

Despite Arnab Goswami being conspicuous by his absence during some of the boisterous and uncontrolled debates that contribute hugely to his channel’s viewership and numero uno position, Republic TV saw its viewership increase 44 per cent or by 0.272 million weekly impressions in week 39 of 2019 from 0.621 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Times Now, at second rank, saw viewership increase by 0.152 million (32 per cent increase) weekly impressions in week 39 of 2019 to 0.621 million weekly impressions from 0.469 million weekly impressions in week 38.

Continuing on at third rank, pubcaster Doordarshan’s English news channel saw ratings increase by 0.130 million weekly impressions (42 per cent increase) to 0.439 million weekly impressions in week 39 of 2019 from 0.309 million weekly impressions in the previous week. India Today Group’s India Today TV at rank 4, saw its ratings increase 0.125 million weekly impressions or increase by 45 per cent to 0.401 million weekly impressions in week 39 of 2019 from 0.276 million weekly impressions. Completing the quintet at rank 5, Network18’s CNN News18 saw viewership increase 43 per cent or by 0.109 million weekly impressions in week 39 of 2019 to 0.362 million weekly impressions from 0.253 million weekly impressions in week 38.

Please refer to the figure below:

October 7, 2019

BARC week 39: Colors Bangla enters top five Bangla channel’s list

MUMBAI: In the regional space, Colors Bangla has entered the top five Bangla channels at fifth position in week 39 of BARC India ratings. The channel replaced Sony Aath which was seen at the fourth position last week. This week Malayalam movie channel Asianet Movies also replaced last week's new entrant Zee Keralam at fifth position. Apart from that no changes were observed in Bhojpuri, Tamil and Telugu spaces.

Bangla

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Zee Bangla	332308
2	STAR Jalsha	281786
3	Jalsha Movies	67623
4	Zee Bangla Cinema	59277
5	Colors Bangla	55003
WB (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

No changes were observed in the pecking order of Bhojpuri channels. Top five Bhojpuri channels in week 39 were B4U Bhojpuri, Bhojpuri Cinema, Big Ganga, Dabangg and Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM.

Bhojpuri

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	B4U Bhojpuri	62512
2	Bhojpuri Cinema	51725
3	Big Ganga	43609
4	Dabangg	16628
5	Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM	15792
Bihar/Jharkhand (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In Gujarati segment, TV9 and ABP Asmita exchanged their places at third and fifth positions.

Gujarati

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Colors Gujarati Cinema	29794
2	Colors Gujarati	26783
3	TV9 Gujarati	15184
4	ABP Asmita	14943
5	Sandesh News	8311
Guj / D&D / DNH (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals,

Zee Kannada, Colors Kannada, Udaya TV, Star Suvarna and Udaya Movies were the top five Kannada channels in the week 39 of BARC India ratings

Kannada

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Zee Kannada	456793
2	Colors Kannada	293861
3	Udaya TV	199787
4	Star Suvarna	165071
5	Udaya Movies	148624
Karnataka (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Asianet, Flowers TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Surya TV and Asianet Movies were the top-five Malayalam channels.

Malayalam

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Asianet	264205
2	Flowers TV	107985
3	Mazhavil Manorama	89506
4	Surya TV	69388
5	Asianet Movies	55480
Kerala (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In the Marathi space, Zee Talkies and Star Pravah exchanged their places at fourth and fifth positions.

Marathi

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Zee Marathi	400445
2	Colors Marathi	150342
3	Fakt Marathi	135433
4	STAR Pravah	112897
5	Zee Talkies	108411
Mah/ Goa (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

No changes were observed in the pecking order of Tamil channels in week 39 of BARC India ratings

Tamil

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	Sun TV	847806
2	STAR Vijay	495915
3	Zee Tamil	386457
4	KTV	270594
5	STAR Vijay Super	115452
Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Zee Telugu and Gemini TV exchanged their place at third and fourth positions. Rest of the channels continued to hold their position in the week 39 of BARC India ratings

Telugu

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 39
1	STAR Maa	670309
2	ETV Telugu	440573
3	Zee Telugu	407324
4	Gemini TV	361014
5	Star Maa Movies	183129
AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

October 7, 2019

Pocket Aces founders discuss digital journey, jobs for writers and attention to consumer

MUMBAI: Digital entertainment company Pocket Aces began its journey in 2014 and today it has four successful brands under its umbrella – Filter Copy, Dice, Gobble and Loco. The company’s founders Ashwin Suresh and Anirudh Pandita took the audience through their journey at Vidnet 2019 organised by Indiantelevision.com on 3 October. The duo shared their thoughts on the journey of the company, challenges and experiences working with YouTube and OTT platforms in an interactive session with Hungama Digital Entertainment VP Soumini Sridhara Paul. At the event, they also expressed that the lack of data available on OTT platforms is the biggest challenge as content creators are used to looking at data to improvise and come up with successful content.

Pandita said, “Early days are always tough. It has been about trying and finding out more about the consumer; what is really changing in the world. That's something on which we spent a lot of time during the last six to nine months.”

Sharing some of his experiences, Suresh said, “One of the things that we remember from the early days is that every time we meet writers, they will always meet us with a sense of hope, they were just hoping against hope for the positive responses from the industry. The industry or an ecosystem should create more jobs; we have to create more opportunities for writers to tell their stories. We have to find writers who can align with the audience because I think there is merit in thinking from a consumer point of view and if the consumers tell us that we want to look at certain types of content, we have to matchmake between writers who can create that or creators who can create that and the audiences. That's how we position ourselves in the industry.”

Pandita said, “I think we are very focused on figuring out the distribution angle and we recognise there are creators who needed it for them. Every person has to share something, which probably can be made into a film or a short story. These guys couldn't do it earlier as there was no platform like YouTube channels, Facebook, etc. Now there are many distribution channels which will distribute their stories.”

The duo also shared its experience on working for YouTube and OTT platforms, “We didn't think that we have content that we should have put up somewhere. We thought reverse and said that whatever people are watching how do we reach them and we asked what kind of content made distribution easy on the platform. In the beginning, we learnt from short-form content and that gave us insights for long-form.”

Suresh said, “I think the best part about working with OTT platforms is the fact that they have the ability to move quickly and to build things that are even complex. So Little Things got picked up by Netflix in season 2. Even as we've been working with them after that what's amazing about platforms like Netflix is that whatever the show needs, they will make available everything possible, which is truly very refreshing for somebody who's been in the film business for a few years.”

Replying to Sridhara’s question on whether Pocket Aces wants to be seen as a tech-driven media company or media-driven tech company, Pandita said, “We will evolve with technology as it is always a tool to get our final outcome. We look forward to even the older TV, cable or satellite companies that are seeking to resolve any issues. Anywhere we see that opportunity, we will bounce on.”

October 4, 2019
Chrome DM week 39: Music genre becomes top gainer

MUMBAI: Music genre has become the top gainer in week 39 of Chrome Data Analytics and Media data. The genre grew by 2.11 per cent. In this genre, 9XM channel gained the highest OTS with 97 per cent in music-HSM excluding <1lakh market.

OTS is the actual census-based percentage connectivity of a channel spread across 81 million homes, as reported by Chrome DM, across analogue cable, digital cable, and DTH.

This week, English GEC gained second position and grew by 0.74 per cent in 6 metro market. In this genre, Comedy Central gained the highest OTS with 39.1 per cent. Hindi news genre stood in the third position by gaining 0.13 per cent in HSM excluding <1 lakh market. ABP News secured the highest OTS with 99.4 per cent.

Business news stood in fourth position in 6 metros market and grew by 0.09 per cent. CNBC Awaz channel gained the highest OTS with 84.2 per cent. Youth genre stood on the fifth position and grew by 0.08 per cent in HSM excluding <1 lakh market. In this genre, MTV gained the highest OTS with 85.7 per cent.

October 2, 2019
BARC week 38: Advantage Dangal in ding dong tussle across genres with Sun TV

BENGALURU: Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal was ranked first in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for the second time in week 38 of 2019 (Week 38: Saturday, 14 September 2019 to Friday, 20 September 2019, week or period under review). The channels in BARC’s weekly lists for both the week were same with some shuffling in ranks. As mentioned by us earlier Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV have each been vying for the numero uno position in BARC’s Across Genres on All Platforms list over the past few weeks. In week 37,Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list.

Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Plaforms

The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 38 of 2019 was the same as in week 37, with a small tweak in ranks. Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil GECs and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and Telugu GEC genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 38 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Star India, two channels from Sony Pictures Network (SPN) and one channel each from B4U, Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) in the weekly list of Top 10 channels Across Genres on All Platformsin week 38 of 2019. Eight of the channels in the list were Pay TV, while two – One Hindi GEC and one Hindi Movies, were Free TV in the week under review.

Please refer to the chart below:

Top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform

There was only one change in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 38 of 2019 as compared to week 3. The Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu re-entered the list while SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max exited it during the period under review as compared to week 37 of 2019.

There were three channels each from Star India and SPN, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 37 of 2019. Five of the channels were Hindi GEC, there were two Tamil GECsand one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada and Telugu genres in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 38 of 2019. Unlike in week 37, the two most watched Pay channels in week 38 were a Tamil GEC at rank one and a Hindi GEC at rank two. In the previous week, the most watched Pay TV channels had been one Tamil GEC and one Telugu GEC ranked one and two respectively.

Please refer to the chart below:

Top 10 channels Across Genres on the Free Platform

All the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 channels on the Free Platform in week 38 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week, with a slight tweaking in ranks. There were three channels each from the Bhojpuri and Hindi Movies genres, two channels from Hindi GEC and one channel each from the Marathi and Sports genres. There were three channels each from B4U and Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from the Skystar and Star India networks in week 38 of 2019.

Please refer to the chart below:

September 30, 2019
Onam week witnesses 65% rise in FCT on Malayalam channels: BARC

MUMBAI: Broadcasters always witness growth in the viewership during festive season which leads to growth of advertising volume and revenue on the channel. Hindi GECs have the lion’s share with regards to viewership but the contribution from regional channel is also growing these days. One of the regional genre -Malayalam witnessed highest World Television Premiere (WTP) on the channels while the channels also saw 65 per cent increase in the commercial time in the Onam week compared to 2016’s Onam week.

According to BARC data, the commercial time on Malayalam channels has increased from 1273 (in 000 sec) in week 37 2016 to 2108 (in 000 sec) in week 37 2019. In 2018 Malayalam channels witnessed 933 (in 000 sec) duration commercial time. In comparison with the Onam celebrations in the past years, 2019 had the highest FCT for the genre.

This year Onam was celebrated from 1 to 13 September 2019, with the 10th day of Thiruvonam falling on 11 September, Wednesday.

The week 37 2019 also witnessed the highest number of World Television Premieres (WTPs) for a single week in the Malayalam Genre with 22 WTPs which is 47 per cent increase over Onam week in 2017 and 4 events aired across 7 days this year. The Thiruvonam day on Wednesday alone accounted for 12 WTPs across channels.

In 2016, the Onam week witnessed only five world television premiere and zero event. In 2017 the channels aired 15 world television premiere and one event. With regards to 2018 data, BARC India mentioned that 2018 hasn’t been considered as the Onam celebrations had been suspended due to Kerala Floods.

The total TV viewership in week 37 increased by 17 per cent to 1.31 billion Impressions. 9.3 out of 10 people in Kerala watched any channel on TV while 73 per cent of total TV viewing population watched on Wednesday (Thiruvonam day) alone. Thiruvonam day also clocked the highest viewership numbers in Kerala for a single day with 233 million impressions, registering a record time spent of 5 hrs 5 mins for a single day in the market.

The Malayalam genre viewership increased by 19 per cent to 1.18 billion Impressions, led by Malayalam GECs which grew by 31 per cent. Malayalam Movies had also seen a growth of 10 per cent this week.

In Malayalam genre week 37 has seen highest growth in Youth and Kids segment which is 33 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. A double-digit growth has been witnessed in viewership across all age groups.

NCCS A continued to remain the highest contributor to viewership with 17 per cent share, while NCCS A saw the highest growth of 22 per cent. NCCS CDE saw 19 per cent increase in the viewership this year.

September 30, 2019
BARC week 38: Hindi News ratings fall as AajTak continues dominance

BENGALURU: Hindi News ratings continued their decline in week 38 of 2019 (Week 38: Saturday, 14 September 2019 to Friday, 20 September 2019, period or week under review). After the big jump in ratings in week 21 0f 2019 when the opinion polls followed by results of the national elections, Hindi News ratings had witnessed a steep decline. The abrogation of Article 370 and the formation of the new union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 5 August 2019 during week 32 of 2019 saw ratings peak a bit once again, only to gradually climb down. Weekly data of Top 5 Hindi News channels sourced from Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) reveals that the combined total of ratings of the top 5 Hindi News channels in the combined urban (U) and rural (R) Hindi speaking market (HSM) dipped 13 percent in week 38 of 2019 as compared to the previous week. Ratings of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in the urban market – HSM (U) declined 14 percent as compared to a 11 percent fall in the case of HSM (R) during the period under review. BARC data has more weightage for the urban markets as compared to the rural markets.

AajTak from the India Today Group continued its unimpeded and uninterrupted dominance of the Hindi News genre in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Please refer to the figures below for the combined ratings of the top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R) respectively.

Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (U+R)

The combined weekly ratings of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U+R) declined 13 percent to 511.897 million impressions in week 38 of 2019 as compared to 587.374 million weekly impressions in week 37. While the same channels were present in BARC’s weekly list in HSM (U+R), there was some shuffling in ranks between the two weeks. All the channels witnessed decline in ratings in week 38 of 2019 as compared to week 38.

AajTak at rank one, witnessed a 16 percent decline in ratings during the period under review in HSM (U+R) to 114.016 million weekly impressions from 134.965 million weekly impressions in week 37. India TV jumped up two places to second rank in week 38 of 2019 with 101.656 million weekly impressions despite a 7 percent decline in viewership from 109.803 million weekly impressions and fourth rank in week 37.

Zee News slipped a place to third rank in week 38 of 2019 with 100.993 million weekly impressions, a drop of 17 percent as compared to 121.535 million weekly impressions and second rank in the previous week. News18 India also dropped a place to fourth rank in week 38 of 2019 with 99.771 million weekly impressions, a 10 percent decline from the 111.695 million weekly impressions and third rank in week 37. ABP News retained its rank 5 in the list in week 38 of 2019 with 95.261 million weekly impressions which was 13 percent lower than the 109.376 million weekly impressions in week 38.

Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (U)

The combined weekly impressions of the top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (U) declined 14 percent to 294.229 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 340.308 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The five channels in the list for both the weeks – weeks 38 and 37 of 2019 were the same, however, with a shuffling in ranks.

Continuing on at rank 1 in week 38 of 2019, AajTak witnessed a 15 percent drop in ratings in HSM (U) to 65.773 million weekly impressions as compared to 77.704 million weekly impressions in week 37. Climbing up a place to second rank, News18 India saw its ratings decline 11 percent to 61.067 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 68.636 million weekly impressions and third rank in the previous week. Zee News dropped a place to third rank and saw its ratings decline 19 percent in week 38 of 2019 to 58.824 million weekly impressions from second rank and 72.467 million weekly impressions in week 37. India TV retained rank 4 in week 38 of 2019 with a decline of 9 percent in viewership to 58.101 million weekly impressions from 64.100 million weekly impressions in week 37. ABP News retained fifth place in week 38 of 2019 with a 12 percent decline in ratings to 50.464 million weekly impressions from 57.401 million weekly impressions in week 37.

Top 5 channels of the Hindi News genre in week 38 of 2019 in HSM (R)

The combined weekly impressions of the Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) declined 11 percent to 219.734 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 247.066 million weekly impressions in week 37. The first four channels in the week under review were the same as in the previous week, while the ArnabGoswami-associated Republic Bharat re-entered BARC’s weekly list of Top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) as News18 India exited it. There was a shuffling of places between ranks three and four in week 38 of 2019.

AajTak, at rank one, saw its viewership decline by 16 percent to 48.244 million weekly impressions in week 38 of 2019 from 57.261 million weekly impressions in week 37. ABP News at second rank saw its ratings drop 15 percent to 44.797 million weekly impressions from 51.975 million weekly impressions and second rank in week 37. India TV climbed a place to third rank in week 38 of 2019 despite a decline of 5 percent to 43.554 million weekly impressions as compared to fourth rank and 45.703 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Zee News dropped a place to fourth rank in week 38 of 2019 with a 14 percent reduction in viewership to 42.169 million weekly impressions from third rank and 49.068 million weekly impressions in week 37. Republic Bharat re-entered BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi News channels in HSM (R) with 40.970 million weekly impressions.

September 27, 2019

BARC week 38: B4U Bhojpuri gains leading position

MUMBAI: B4U Bhojpuri gained the leading position in week 38 of BARC India ratings. Last week, B4U Bhojpuri was at the leading position in the top five Bhojpuri channel's list, this week the channel has slipped to second position. No changes were observed in the Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu spaces.

In Bhojpuri space, B4U Bhojpuri, Bhojpuri Cinema, Big Ganga, Danbangg and Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM were the top five channels.

Bhojpuri

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	B4U Bhojpuri	64916
2	Bhojpuri Cinema	46952
3	Big Ganga	39020
4	Dabangg	16910
5	Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM	15264
Bihar/Jharkhand (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In Bangla segment, Zee Bangla Cinema and Sony Aath exchanged their places at fourth and fifth positions. Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies continue to hold their first, second and third positions respectively.

Bangla

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Zee Bangla	318508
2	STAR Jalsha	290030
3	Jalsha Movies	76390
4	Sony Aath	51830
5	Zee Bangla Cinema	51668
WB (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five Gujarati channels in week 38 of BARC India ratings

Gujarati

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Colors Gujarati Cinema	29225
2	Colors Gujarati	26216
3	ABP Asmita	19025
4	TV9 Gujarati	16450
5	Sandesh News	9702
Guj / D&D / DNH (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals,

Zee Kannada, Colors Kannada, Udaya TV, Star Suvarna, and Udaya movies continue to hold first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Kannada

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Zee Kannada	487592
2	Colors Kannada	301604
3	Udaya TV	214232
4	Star Suvarna	181656
5	Udaya Movies	151609
Karnataka (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In the Malayalam space Zee Keralam replaced Kairali TV at the fifth position. Asianet, Flowers TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Surya TV and Zee Keralam were the top five Malayalam channels.

Malayalam

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Asianet	259995
2	Flowers TV	94070
3	Mazhavil Manorama	91782
4	Surya TV	73375
5	Zee Keralam	58977
Kerala (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five Marathi channels

Marathi

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Zee Marathi	357694
2	Colors Marathi	164126
3	Fakt Marathi	158816
4	Zee Talkies	121477
5	STAR Pravah	121142
Mah/ Goa (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Sun TV, Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, KTV and Star Vijay Super were the top five Tamil channels in week 38 of BARC India ratings.

Tamil

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Sun TV	818963
2	STAR Vijay	501913
3	Zee Tamil	358487
4	KTV	269312
5	STAR Vijay Super	104258
Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Zee Telugu and Gemini TV exchanged their places at third and fourth positions. Star Maa, ETV Telugu, Gemini TV, Zee Telugu and Star Maa Movies were the top five Telugu channels.

Telugu

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	STAR Maa	708774
2	ETV Telugu	440335
3	Gemini TV	387116
4	Zee Telugu	384616
5	Star Maa Movies	184998
AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

September 27, 2019

BARC week 38: SET becomes top channel in urban market

MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) became the number 1 channel in the urban market. In week 38 of BARC India ratings the channel garnered 520598 weekly impressions (000s). Star Plus which was leading in the urban market slipped down to second position. SET's two shows Kaun Banega Crorepati and Superstar Singer Singing Kaa Kal has propelled the growth of viewership on the channel. Both the shows have also made their places in the top five Hindi GEC programme on pay platform at fourth and fifth positions.

Urban

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Sony Entertainment Television	520598
2	STAR Plus	471067
3	SONY SAB	430135
4	Zee TV	381340
5	Colors	355628
6	Dangal	260602
7	STAR Bharat	193768
8	&TV	106442
9	Big Magic	91529
10	STAR Utsav	86459
HSM (Urban) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

On pay platform, SET has moved up to second position and Star Utsav and &TV exchanged their places at ninth and tenth positions.

Pay Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	STAR Plus	732152
2	Sony Entertainment Television	723452
3	Zee TV	688952
4	SONY SAB	620651
5	Colors	539833
6	STAR Bharat	307313
7	Dangal	239822
8	Sony Pal	156097
9	STAR Utsav	155981
10	&TV	140681
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Free Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Dangal	794799
2	Big Magic	359501
3	DD National	44258
4	DD Bharati	5099
5	DD Arunprabha	4783
6	DD Uttar Pradesh	2285
7	DD Rajasthan	1772
8	DD Madhya Pradesh	1408
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

In rural market, SET and Sony SAB exchanged their place at fifth and sixth position. In week 38, Star Utsav replaced Zee Anmol at tenth position.

Rural

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 38
1	Dangal	774020
2	Big Magic	326376
3	Zee TV	308434
4	STAR Plus	261798
5	Sony Entertainment Television	204474
6	SONY SAB	193141
7	Colors	185580
8	STAR Bharat	114316
9	Sony Pal	75640
10	STAR Utsav	70769
HSM (Rural) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

September 27, 2019