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  • Republic TV continues to lead as English news genre ratings drop

    Republic TV continues to lead as English news genre ratings drop

    BENGALURU: Arnab Goswami-headed Indian English news channel Republic TV has continued an uninterrupted lead of the genre since its launch in May 2017. Republic TV led the genre with 0.553 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018 (Saturday, 7 April 2018 to Friday, 13 April 2018) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s weekly data for the top-five English news channels—All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : males 22+ individuals. BARC had reported 0.652 million weekly impressions for Republic TV for week 14 of 2018.

    In the meanwhile, the ratings of the genre have recorded a new nadir–the lowest combined weekly ratings of the top-five English news channels for 2018 until week 15 were 1.678 million impressions, 19 per cent lower than the previous weeks combined ratings of the top-five English news channels of 2.071 million impressions in the previous week. The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 11) commenced in week 15 of 2018 and the ratings of news television channels were most likely affected. Most of the matches are played during the primetime of GECs, news channels as well as other genres.

    All the five channels in BARC’s list remained the same with the same ranks in week 15 of 2018 as compared with week 14. As a matter of fact, the first three ranked channels have retained their places and order in BARC’s weekly list of the top-five English news channels through the first 15 weeks of 2018. All the channels, however, had lower ratings in week 15 as compared with week 14 of 2018.

    Republic TV was followed by Goswami’s former channel–Times Now–for which BARC reported ratings of 0.488 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018. Times Now had ratings of 0.595 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Continuing on at its regular third rank was India Today Television with 0.265 million weekly impressions in the week under review as compared with 0.363 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

    At fourth rank was CNN News18 with 0.219 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018 as against 0.293 million weekly impressions in week 14. At fifth rank was the Prannoy and Radhika Roy led NDTV 24×7 with 0.153 million weekly impressions in week 15 as compared with 0.168 million weekly impressions in week 14 of 2018

  • Zee Anmol leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 15

    Zee Anmol leads Hindi GEC (U+R) in BARC week 15

    MUMBAI: Zee Anmol emerged as the leader, dethroning Star Bharat in the Hindi GEC (U+R) region according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 15 of 2018.

    Star Plus and Colors swapped their second and third positions this week as compared to the previous week in the GEC urban market. Moreover, Zee TV and Big Magic exchanged their positions as compared to the previous week in GEC rural market.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol garnered the top slot this week with 676300 impressions (000s), dethroning Star Bharat to second position with 669207 impressions (000s). Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee TV, Star Plus and Rishtey retained their third and fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions respectively with 649574 impressions (000s), 568047 impressions (000s), 516099 impressions (000s), 465655 impressions (000s) and 461718 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Colors, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab stood at eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 451207 impressions (000s), 341584 impressions (000s) and 341285 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Star Bharat, Rishtey and Dangal TV retained their first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions with 513256 impressions (000s), 425192 impressions (000s), 394805 impressions (000s), 334485 impressions (000s), 315776 impressions (000s) and 205508 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Zee TV, Big Magic, Star Plus and Colors stood at seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 200400 impressions (000s), 185872 impressions (000s), 136828 impressions (000s) and 125565 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Star Bharat retained its leadership with 334721 impressions (000s).

    Star Plus and Colors swapped their second and third positions this week as compared to the previous week with 328826 impressions (000s) and 325641 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Zee TV, Sony Sab, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Pal, Star Utsav and Zee Anmol retained their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth positions with 315698 impressions (000s), 259337 impressions (000s),251483 impressions (000s), 224381 impressions (000s), 173241 impressions (000s) and 163044 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Rishtey emerged as the new entrant in the tenth slot, dethroning &TV with 145941 impressions (000s).

  • BARC begins new subscription service PreView

    BARC begins new subscription service PreView

    MUMBAI: BARC India has launched a new subscription-based service called PreView for its subscribers, a custom product that gives BARC India subscribers a viewership report of a broadcast event three days after the telecast. BARC’s weekly data otherwise offers data every Thursday for the previous week-that is Saturday to Friday.

    The service showcases the strength of BARC India’s cutting-edge technology backbone. Star India has become the first subscriber to adopt the product. The broadcaster released the data of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) opening match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians one week ahead of its actual release using the ‘PreView’ service.

    BARC India CEO Partho Dasgupta said, “BARC India’s goal has always been to deliver insights that help drive value for our clients. Our latest offering–PreView–is another product that will aid the growth of the industry. The fact that we are able to deliver viewership data three days after telecast is a testament to robustness and health of our panel and cutting-edge technology. This is in line with international standards.”

    As part of the service, BARC India will give the impressions, ATS and coverage data for 2 TGs: a. universe data (2+ for anyone market from the following—all India, all HSM or single state), and b. one custom-TG.

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  • Demand for regional commentary in tier 3 & 4 towns: Chrome DM

    Demand for regional commentary in tier 3 & 4 towns: Chrome DM

    MUMBAI: From only speaking in English to including Hindi to now giving each region a voice in its own language, cricket commentary in India has progressed over the years. There is a fair demand from consumers to watch and listen to content in their language. Commentary in regional languages not only multiplies the excitement among the viewers but also increases the fun and entertainment quotient of the game.

    Chrome Data Analytics & Media conducted a detailed research to understand the response of the public on the Indian Premier League (IPL) commentary in regional languages and the commoner’s preference of the language.

    The survey was carried out in the Indian markets with a sample size of 873 with 64 per cent males and 36 per cent females between the age groups of 15 and 55+.

    Star India has devoted four channels for the regional feeds of the IPL apart from Hindi—Star Sports 1 Tamil (Tamil), Suvarna Plus (Kannada), Jalsha Movies (Bengali), Maa Movies (Telugu).

    From the sample, 83 per cent watch IPL and the remaining 17 per cent are not interested. 26 per cent of the respondents stated Tamil as their mother tongue, 23 per cent said it was Telugu while 20 per cent responded with Kannada.

    Hindi is the most preferred language for IPL commentary followed by English and Tamil. The language of commentary does affect the viewership as a large portion of respondents would prefer to watch the match in their regional language.

    According to the survey, 100 per cent people speaking Bengali and Kannada are willing to watch the matches in their language, 67 per cent of the Malayalam speaking audience is willing to watch the matches in its mother tongue and 33 per cent is comfortable with other languages as well. The Telugu-speaking audience doesn’t concentrate on the commentary with 82 per cent being comfortable in any language and just 18 per cent want the commentary in their mother tongue.

    Cricket commentary in regional languages will not only foster new connections with existing viewers but will also increase the viewership as new audiences will find it a comfortable proposition.

    While the IPL cricket commentary was primarily in English, with the increase in its viewership from tier III and IV cities, the demand for regional language commentary has grown manifold. Customised regional content, especially cricket commentary, can bridge the language barrier between semi-urban dwellers and the sport.

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  • Four Star India channels among top ten in across-genre list

    Four Star India channels among top ten in across-genre list

    BENGALURU: Four channels from the Star India Network made it to the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) top 10 channels across genres list–all India: 2+ in week 14 of 2018: Saturday, 31 March 2018 to Friday, 6 April 2018. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) had three channels, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) had two channels and Sun TV Network had one channel in the list of top 10 channels. Six of the channels were Hindi GECs, two were Hindi movie channels and there was one channel each from the Tamil GEC and the Telugu GEC genres.

    The combined ratings of the top 10 channels across genres reduced by 2.3 per cent in week 14 to 6,476.274 million impressions from 6,629.826 million impressions. The first six ranks and order in week 14 were the same as in week 13 of 2018. One channel moved up the list while three channels re-entered the list during the week under review.

    Sun Networks’ flagship Tamil GEC occupied its numero uno position as usual in week 14 with 990.432 million weekly impressions as compared to 985.490 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Also, as is usual, Sun TV topped BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets. All the top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets were also aired on Sun TV.

    Star Bharat continued to hold its second place overall and first among the Hindi GECs in the across genres list in week 14 of 2018 with 739.935 million weekly impressions as compared to 756.655 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The channel also held the top rank in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets or HSM (U+R). Star Bharat was ranked second in HSM (U) and ranked fourth in HSM (R). The programme Kya Haal Mr Paanchal was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).

    Also holding on to its third place was Zeel’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 712.667 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 739.830 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Zee Anmol was ranked second in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (R) and ninth in HSM (U). The Balaji Telefilms-produced Kumkum Bhagya topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another soap Ganga that was aired on Zee Anmol was the third most watched programme during primetime in week 14 of 2018 in HSM (R).

    At fourth place was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 679.1716 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 712.094 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked third in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (R). CID aired on Sony Pal was in the list of top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Furthermore, the channel’s sitcom comedy Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah and Balveer were in the list of top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    Continuing on at fifth rank was another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav with 612.184 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 641.729 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. The channel was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and was eighth in HSM (U).

    Also holding onto its sixth place was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 594.882 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 587.930 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. Sony Max also topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). Hindi feature films (HFF) Tiger Zinda Hai and Sarrainudo were the five most watched Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Catapulting from the previous week’s tenth rank in the list to the seventh place was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 562.387 million weekly impressions in week 14 as compared to 539.770 million weekly impressions in week 13 0f 2018. Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked eighth in HSM (R). Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, aired on Zee TV was the second most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the most watched Hindi GEC programme during primetime in HSM (U).

    Entering BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus at eighth rank with 539.231 million weekly impressions in week 14. Star Plus was ranked eighth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), fourth in HSM (U) and was placed ninth in HSM (R).

    Also, re-entering the list was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 528.125 million weekly impressions in week 14 of 2018. The channel topped BARC’s list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets, while three of its programmes were amongst BARC’s list of top five programmes during primetime in the same markets.

    Another SPN Hindi movies channel, Sony Wah, also re-entered BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres in week 14 of 2018 with 516.716 million weekly impressions. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels for the week in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (R) and fourth in HSM (U). HFF Rowdy Rathore was the second most watched Hindi movie during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the most watched Hindi movie during primetime in HSM (R).

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  • BARC week 14: Status quo in news genre

    BARC week 14: Status quo in news genre

    MUMBAI: Republic TV continued its leading streak in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 14 ratings. Aaj Tak topped the chart in all three Hindi news markets. Zee News and ABP News entered the rural Hindi speaking market (HSM).

    English News

    Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 652 impressions (000s) sum compared to 576 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now was at the second spot with 595 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 363 impressions (000s) sum compared to 320 impressions (000s) sum in week 13 of 2018. CNN News18 and NDTV 24×7 were at fourth and fifth positions with 293impressions (000s) and 168 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 was at the top slot with 599 impressions (000s) sum compared to 480 impressions (000s) sum in the previous week, followed by ET Now with 243 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions respectively with 72 impressions (000s) sum and 43 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    The viewership of this genre has grown as compared to the previous week. Aaj Tak led the genre with 124772 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 97723 impressions (000s) sum. India TV was at the second position with 94164 impressions (000s) sum.

    Zee News and News18 India were at third and fourth positions after interchanging their positions with 90081 impressions (000s) sum and 83240 impressions (000s) sum.

    ABP News entered the top five list at fifth position with 82815 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation exited the top five list from the fifth spot.

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak topped the rural chart as well with 52344 impressions (000s) sum followed by News Nation with 39629 impressions (000s) sum, which was at the third position.

    Zee News and ABP News entered the top five list at third and fourth positions with 37242 impressions (000s) sum and 35651 impressions (000s) sum. India TV dropped three slots to the fifth position with 33620 impressions (000s) sum.

    News Nation and News18 India exited the top five list from third and fourth positions.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak retained its top slot with 72428 impressions (000s) sum followed by India TV at the second position with 60543 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and News18 India were at third and fourth positions after interchanging their spots with 52839 impressions (000s) sum and 50151 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News stayed at the fifth spot with 47164 impressions (000s) sum. 

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  • Star Bharat leads GEC urban in BARC week 14

    Star Bharat leads GEC urban in BARC week 14

    MUMBAI: Star Bharat emerged as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) region according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 14 of 2018. Star Bharat leads GEC urban market this week. Moreover, all the channels remained at their respective positions with no change this week as compared to the previous week in GEC rural markets.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Star Bharat garnered the top slot this week with 731561 impressions (000s). Zee Anmol, Sony Pal, Star Utsav, retained their second, third and fourth positions with 710197 impressions (000s), 675060 impressions (000s) and 603378 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Zee TV, Star Plus and Rishtey stood at fifth, sixth and seventh positions respectively with 534938 impressions (000s), 501433 impressions (000s) and 491626 impressions (000s).

    Rishtey, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab stood at eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 430206 impressions (000s), 379412 impressions (000s), 376891 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Sony Pal, Star Utsav and Star Bharat retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with 549832 impressions (000s), 459621 impressions (000s), 426377 impressions (000s) and 374833 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Rishtey, Dangal TV, Big Magic, Zee TV, Star Plus and Colors retained their fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 302125 impressions (000s), 232445 impressions (000s), 209959 impressions (000s), 208649 impressions (000s), 148852 impressions (000s) and 138473 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Star Bharat entered the market as a leader with 356727 impressions (000s). Colors and Star Plus stood at second and third positions respectively with 353153 impressions (000s) and 352580 impressions (000s). Zee TV jumped to fourth position from fifth position as compared to the previous with 326288 impressions (000s).

    Sony Sab, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol and &TV stood at fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 286256 impressions (000s), 279487 impressions (000s), 215438 impressions (000s), 177001 impressions (000s), 160364 impressions (000s) and 128665 impressions (000s) respectively.

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  • All Hindi channels with Sun TV in across genres list

    All Hindi channels with Sun TV in across genres list

    BENGALURU: Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genre – All India (Urban + Rural): Age 2+ had the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV as the only non-Hindi channel. Sun TV had three Hindi movies and five Hindi GECs for company in week 13 of 2018 (Saturday, 24 March 2018 to Friday, 30 March 2018). Sun TV continued its leadership of the list while Zee Anmol had to give way to Star India’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Star Bharat which occupied second place in the list.

    From the network’s perspective, three Sony Picture Network India (SPN) channels; two channels each from Star India, Viacom 18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun TV Network comprised BARC’s top 10 channels across genres for week 13 of 2018.

    Occupying its normal position, Sun TV topped the list with 985.490 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 996.118 million weekly impressions in the previous week. As has been the norm, Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets, and all the five top Tamil programmes during primetime in the week in these markets featured on Sun TV.

    Moving up two ranks to second place was Star Bharat with 756.665 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 739.606 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Star Bharat also led BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets– HSM (U+R) and ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U), while it was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    At third place was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 739.830 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 813.355 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Zee Anmol was ranked second in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GECs list in HSM (U+R) and topped the list in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya on Zee Anmol was the most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Two other soaps from the channel – Jamai Raja and Ganga – were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    At fourth place and down one rank from the previous week was SPN’s women-focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 712.094 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 744.620 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked third in the top 10 Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (R). The crime show CID on Sony Pal was ranked fifth among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (R). Another long running programme – Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah on the channel was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Retaining its previous week’s rank of fifth was another Star India FTA channel – Star Utsav with 641.720 million weekly impressions as compared to 648.459 million weekly impressions of week 12 of 2018. Star Utsav was ranked fourth in the top 10 Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Climbing up one rank from its previous week’s rank to sixth place was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 587.930 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 594.219 million weekly impressions. Sony Max was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R), was ranked first in HSM (U) and ranked fifth in HSM (R). Both the parts of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus – Baahubali the Beginning; and Baahubali the Conclusion (or Bahubali 2) that featured on Sony Max were among the top five Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U), while Baahubali 2 was ranked third in HSM (R). Another Hindi feature film (HFF) that was aired on the channel – Kanchana the Wonder Car was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Climbing down one rank from the previous week to seventh place was Viacom18’s Hindi movies channel Rishtey Cineplex with 565.752 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 631.809 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Rishtey Cineplex topped the top five Hindi movies channels list in HSM (U+R), and was ranked second and fourth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) respectively. HFF Dangerous Khiladi which aired on the channel was the third most watched movie during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the fourth most watched HFF during primetime HSM (R). Another movie that featured on the channel – Ek Khiladi was the fifth most watched HFF in HSM (R).

    Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC channel Colors was ranked eighth (same as the previous week) with 551.565 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 588.459 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Colors was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U).

    At ninth place was another SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Wah, which re-entered the top 10 channels across genres list with 549.020 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. The channel was ranked third in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and topped the list in HSM (R). HFF’s King Kong and Yevadu 2 were the third and fifth most watched Hindi movies during primetime respectively in HSM (U+R) while King Kong was the second most watched film during primetime in HSM (R).

    Climbing down one rank from the previous week to tenth place was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 539.770 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 581.721 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that were also aired on Zee TV were the fourth and the second most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime respectively in HSM (U+R). Kundali Bhagya was the most watched Hindi GEC programme during primetime, while its older sibling Kundali Bhagya was the third most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U).

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  • Star Bharat ranks first in Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Star Bharat ranks first in Hindi GEC (U+R)

    MUMBAI: Star Bharat emerged as the leader dethroning Zee Anmol in the Hindi GEC (U+R) region according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 13 of 2018.

    Colors retained its leadership position this week in the GEC urban market this week. Moreover, all the channels remained at their respective positions with no change this week as compared to the previous week in GEC rural market.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Star Bharat garnered the top slot this week with 748554 impressions (000s), dethroning Zee Anmol which stood at second position with 737113 impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Colors and Zee TV retained their third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions with 707481 impressions (000s), 632677 impressions (000s), 530771 impressions (000s), 511841 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Entertainment Television, Star Plus and Rishtey stood at seventh, eighth and ninth positions with 498249 impressions (000s), 482948 impressions (000s) and 463064 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Sab retained its tenth position with 395521 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol, Sony Pal, Star Utsav and Star Bharat retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with 571406 impressions (000s), 482037 impressions (000s), 443027 impressions (000s) and 386062 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Rishtey, Dangal TV, Big Magic, Zee TV, Star Plus and Colors retained their fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively with 320269 impressions (000s), 246506 impressions (000s) and 228207 impressions (000s), 195629 impressions (000s), 143311 impressions (000s) and 141609 impressions (000s)

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors and Star Bharat retained their first and second positions with 389161 impressions (000s) and362491 impressions (000s) respectively. Sony Entertainment Television stood at third position with 361152 impressions (000s).

    Star Plus retained its fourth position with 339637 impressions (000s). Zee TV stood at fifth position with 316212 impressions (000s). Sony Sab, Sony Pal, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol and Rishtey retained their sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 296829 impressions (000s), 225444 impressions (000s), 189650 impressions (000s), 165706 impressions (000s) and 142794 impressions (000s) respectively.

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  • BARC week 13: Star Sports channels dominate top 5

    BARC week 13: Star Sports channels dominate top 5

    MUMBAI: Banking on the match highlights of the previous seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), four channels from Star India’s sports cluster, for the first time this year, have entered BARC’s top-five list for week 13. With two months of IPL action ahead, Star Sports is likely to continue its streak during the period.

    Star Sports First climbed one spot to be at the first position with 104355 impressions (000s) sum. Sony Ten 1 climbed two slots to the second position with 70708 impressions (000s) sum.

    Star Sports 1 and 2 entered the top-five list at third and fifth positions, respectively, with 44994 impressions (000s) sum and 39276 impressions (000s) sum. Star Sports 1 Hindi climbed one place to the fourth position with 42627 impressions (000s) sum.

    Dsport and DD Sports are nowhere to be seen in the top five list after the Nidahas Trophy ended on a high note. Dsport might need to rethink its strategy and start acquiring rights for cricket in India in order to sustain its viewership momentum.

    The eleventh season of the IPL begins on 7 April 2018.

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