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  • Star Plus third in urban market: BARC week 7

    Star Plus third in urban market: BARC week 7

    MUMBAI: Star Bharat emerged as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) region and Zee Anmol shifted to second slot, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 7 of 2018.

    Zee Anmol retained its leadership in Hindi GEC rural market, whereas, Colors has also maintained its top position in Hindi GEC urban markets.

    Star Plus jumped to third position and Zee TV slipped to fourth in Hindi GEC urban markets, as compared to week 6, in week 7 of BARC all India data.

    In rural + urban markets and urban markets, channels have swapped eighth and ninth positions this week as compared to last week. Now, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) garnered eighth position whereas Rishtey went to ninth position in Hindi GEC (U+R) markets. In rural markets, Big Magic came to eighth and Colors slipped to ninth slot in this week as compared to the last week.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Star Bharat has garnered the top slot this week with 748539 impressions (000s). Zee Anmol slipped to second slot with 715014 impressions (000s). Sony Pal, Colors, Zee TV, Star Utsav and Star Plus have retained their third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions, respectively with 680587 impressions (000s), 566399 impressions (000s), 548284 impressions (000s), 545554 impressions (000s) and 476819 impressions (000s) sum, respectively.

    SET and Rishtey swapped their eighth and ninth positions with 441687 impressions (000s) and 441687 impressions (000s) respectively. Sony Sab retained its tenth positions with 387944 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol retained its first position 554793 with impressions (000s). Sony Pal and Star Utsav retained their second and third positions with 462795 impressions (000s) and 392462 impressions (000s).

    Star Bharat, Rishtey, Dangal TV, Zee TV retained their fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions with 383801 impressions (000s), 297420 impressions (000s), 243200 impressions (000s) and 221924 impressions (000s), respectively.

    Big Magic and Colors swapped their eighth and ninth positions with 176364 impressions (000s) and 152770 impressions (000s), respectively. Star Plus retained its tenth position 146582 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors and Star Bharat retained their first and second positions with 413629 impressions (000s) and 364738 impressions (000s), respectively.

    Star Plus and Zee TV exchanged their third and fourth positions this week as compared to the last week with 330236 impressions (000s) and 326359 impressions (000s), respectively.

    SET, Sony SAB, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol, Star Utsav and Rishtey retained their fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions with 314255 impressions (000s), 290528 impressions (000s), 217792 impressions (000s), 160221 impressions (000s), 153091 impressions (000s) and 132130 impressions (000s), respectively.

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  • Sun TV, Star Maa only non-Hindi players in across genre list

    Sun TV, Star Maa only non-Hindi players in across genre list

    BENGALURU: The Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV and Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa were the only non-Hindi channels among Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genre all India (U+R): 2+ Individuals for week 6 of 2018 (Saturday, 3 February 2018 to Friday, 9 February 2018). The Tamil channel occupied its normal numero uno place in the list with 984.137 million weekly impressions. Besides Sun TV and Star Maa, the eight other channels in the week under review were Hindi – six Hindi GEC and two Hindi Movie channels. In week 5 of 2018, Sun TV’s weekly ratings were less than 1 billion weekly impressions although the channel had scored slightly higher 998.106 weekly impressions in week 5 of 2018. Sun TV also topped the BARC’s top 5 Tamil channels in the Puducherry and Tamil Nadu markets, and as usual, all the 5 Tamil programmes in the week in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil programmes were aired on Sun TV.

    Three channels each from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, two channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Network 18 and Sun TV Network comprised BARC’s top 10 channels across genre list for week 6 of 2018.

    Following Sun TV was Zeel’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol also at it its regular second spot in the list with 769.300 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol also topped the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the Hindi Speaking Markets (HSM) – both urban and rural (U+R), and HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that aired on the channel were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R). Kumkum Bhagya, Ganga and Jamai Raja were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    Star India’ FTA channel Star Bharat was also at its regular third spot in week 6 of 2018 with 737.259 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was also ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U) during the week. Nimki Mukhiya and Kya Haal Mr Panchaal that aired on the channel were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).

    SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC was at fourth rank in week 6 of 2018 with 642.370 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The programmes Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and CID that were aired on the channel were among BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime.

    Network18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked fifth in week 6 of 2018 with 609.569 million weekly impressions. Colors topped BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) during the week. Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Ishq Mein Marjawan that featured on the channel were among BARC’s top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked sixth in week 6 of 2018 with 606.162 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and Kundali Bhagya that were also aired on the channel were among BARC’s top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Utsav, was ranked seventh in week 6 of 2017 in BARC’s across genre list with 565.459 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R)

    Star Maa was ranked eighth in week 6 of 2018 with 529.864 million weekly impressions. The channel topped BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Telangana and Andhara Pradesh markets. Four of the top 5 Telugu programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime featured on Star Maa during the week.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel – Star Max was ranked ninth in week 6 of 2018 in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre.  Sony Max topped BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U). The world television premiere of the Hindi feature film (HFF) Kanchana The Wonder Car on Sony Max was among the top 5 Hindi movies in HSM (U+R). HFF’s Kanchana 2 and Son Of Satyamurthy were among the top 5 Hindi Movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Another SPN Hindi Movies channel – Sony Wah completed BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre in week 6 of 2018 with 518.369 million weekly impressions. HFF-Sooryavansham that featured on the channel was among the list of top 5 Hindi Movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another HFF – Dangerous Khiladi which also featured on the channel was among the top 5 Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (R) during week 6 of 2018.

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  • BARC week 6: Mirror Now enters the top 5 list

    BARC week 6: Mirror Now enters the top 5 list

    MUMBAI: Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top 5 list of Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 6 ratings for 2018. Republic TV continues its leading streak while ABP News exits the top five chart in Hindi News Rural market. Aaj Tak tops the chart in Hindi News urban market.

    English News

    Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 840 impressions (000s) sum compared to 757 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second spot with 663 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 243 impressions (000s) sum compared to 311 impressions (000s) sum in week 5 of 2018. CNN News18 is in fourth position with 188 impressions (000s) sum compared to 195 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top five list at the fifth position with 132 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV 24X7 exits the top five list in week 6 of BARC All India data.

    English Business News

    The English Business news channels saw a dip in the after the budget week. CNBC TV18 is at the top slot witnessing a drop with 1172 impressions (000s) sum compared to 1424 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 385 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD are at third and fourth positions respectively with 153 impressions (000s) sum and 43 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak leads the genre with 114402 impressions (000s) sum. India TV climbed two slots to the second position with 88568 impressions (000s) sum followed by Zee News which dropped a slot to third position with 84554 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India climbs a slot to the fourth position with 81274 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News drops two slots to fifth position with 72327 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak tops the rural chart as well with 50525 impressions (000s) sum followed Zee News with 36368 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation climbs a slot to third position with 35975 impressions (000s) sum. India News is at fourth position with 34659 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India re-enters the top 5 slot with 33452 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News which was in the third position is not present in the week 6 data.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj tak retains its top slot with 63876 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News are at second and third position with 55242 impressions (000s) sum and 48186 impressions (000s) sum.

    News18 India and ABP News are at fourth and fifth position after inter-changing the positions with 47822 impressions (000s) sum and 39740 impressions (000s) sum.

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  • Zee Anmol leads urban and rural GECs in BARC week 6

    Zee Anmol leads urban and rural GECs in BARC week 6

    MUMBAI: Zee Anmol emerged as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) region, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 6 of 2018.

    Sony Pal and Star Utsav retained their second and third positions in GEC urban markets this week as compared to the week 5. Moreover, Sony SAB and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their fourth and fifth positions this week in GEC rural markets as compared to the previous week.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol has garnered the top slot this week with 767706 impressions (000s). Star Bharat, Sony Pal and Colors retained their second, third and fourth positions respectively with 729536 impressions (000s) and 639246 impressions (000s) and 58465 impressions (000s).

    Zee TV and Star Utsav exchanged their fifth and sixth positions with 571228 impressions (000s) and 558245 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Star Plus and Rishtey swapped their seventh and eighth positions with 44901 impressions (000s) and 448678 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab retained their ninth and tenth positions with 435196 impressions (000s), 373240 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol retained its first position 591613 with impressions (000s). Sony Pal and Star Utsav retained their second and third positions with 429549 impressions (000s) and 396672 impressions (000s).

    Star Bharat, Rishtey, Dangal TV, Zee TV, Colors, Big Magic and Star Plus retained their positions with 374638 impressions (000s), 317394 impressions (000s), 252794 impressions (000s) and 231402 impressions (000s), 164744 impressions (000s), 158146 impressions (000s) and 130206 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors, Star Bharat, Zee TV and Star Plus retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with 426504 impressions (000s), 354898 impressions (000s), 334775 impressions (000s) and 319694 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Entertainment Television and Sony SAB exchanged their fifth and sixth positions with 314996 impressions (000s) and 281180 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol, Star Utsav and Rishtey retained their seventh, eighth and ninth and tenth positions with 209696 impressions (000s), 176092 impressions (000s), 161573 impressions (000s) and 131283 impressions (000s) respectively.

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  • ETV Telugu re-enters across genre list

    ETV Telugu re-enters across genre list

    BENGALURU: After a hiatus of one week, the Network18-associated Telugu general entertainment channel (GEC) ETV Telugu returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council‘s (BARC) list of top ten channels across genre list [All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals]. ETV Telugu replaced the Sun Networks’ Telugu GEC Gemini TV at tenth rank in the list in week 5 of 2018 (Saturday, 27 January 2018 to Friday, 2 February 2018). ETV Telugu was also ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Telugu channels (Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals) during the week under review. Swati Chinukulu which featured on the channel was among the top five Telugu programmes in the AP/Telangana markets during primetime in week 5 of 2018.

    Six Hindi GEC channels, two Telugu GEC channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and the Tamil GEC genres made to the list of the top 10 channels across genre for week 5 of 2018. From the networks’ perspective, three Star India channels, two channels each from Network18, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun Network comprised the top 10 channels across genres list. Four (Hindi GEC) of the ten channels were free to air (FTA).

    Occupying its normal pedestal at rank 1 was the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with a slightly lowered viewership of 998.106 million weekly impressions – the channel had garnered 1,047.704 million weekly impressions in week 4. Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets in week 5 of 2017.  Also, as has become a norm all the 5 top Tamil programmes in these markets were from Sun TV.

    Occupying an ‘almost regular’ second rank in week 5 of 2018 was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol, which also topped BARC’s Top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets – HSM (U+R) and BARC’s top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced family drama Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another family soap, Jamai Raja which was aired on the channel was also among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R). Zee Anmol scored 763.210 million weekly impressions in week 5 of 2018.

    At third rank was Star India’s renamed FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 683.428 million weekly impressions. The channel was also ranked second in BARC’s top five Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). The soaps Nimki Mukhiya and Kya Haal Mr Panchal, which were aired on Star Bharat, were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).

    SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal moved up a rank to fourth place in week 5 of 2018 with 617.140 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked third in BARC’s lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Three programmes aired on the channel – Balveer, CID and Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah were among the top five programmes during primetime in HSM (R) during week 5 of 2018.

    Network18’s (aka Viacom18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors moved up two places in week five of 2018 to fifth rank with 613.090 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U) during the week. Two soaps that were aired on Colors – Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Ishq Mein Marjawan were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its previous week’s sixth rank with slightly higher viewership of 599.2017 million weekly impressions (previous week 595.585 million weekly impressions). Kumkum Bhagya and its spin-off Kundali Bhagya aired on the channel were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    At seventh rank in the top 10 channels across genre list was another Star India FTA Hindi GEC channel – Star Utsav with 575.871 million weekly impressions. Star Utsav was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R) in week 5 of 2018.

    At eighth place in week five of 2018 was SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max with 507.698 million weekly impressions. Sony Max topped the list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and was among the top five in HSM (R) and HSM (U).

    At ninth rank was Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa with 503.891 million weekly impressions. Star Maa was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Telugu channels in AP and Telangana markets. Four programmes on the channel – Koyilamma, Karthika Deepam, Kumkuma Puvvu and Telugu feature film –Jaya Janaki Nayaka were amongst the top five Telugu programmes in week 5 of 2018.

    As mentioned above, completing the ten was ETV Telugu with 499.513 million weekly impressions.

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  • BARC week 5: Aaj Tak and Republic TV lead in respective genres

    BARC week 5: Aaj Tak and Republic TV lead in respective genres

    MUMBAI: Republic TV continues its leading streak in the fifth week of the year as it has been doing from the time of launch in week 19 in 2017 of BARC All India ratings. India News enters the top five chart in week 5 of 2018 in Hindi news rural market. Aaj Tak tops the chart in Hindi news urban market.

    English News

    The English news genre has seen a drastic fall in the viewership across all the channels except NDTV 24X7 which saw a slight increase. Republic TV still retained its numero uno position with 757 impressions (000s) sum compared to 901 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second spot with 636 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 357 impressions (000s) sum last week to 243 impressions (000s) sum in week 4 of 2018. CNN News18 is in fourth position with 195 impressions (000s) sum compared to 222 impressions (000s) sum last week. NDTV 24X7 witnessed a slight hike in ratings at fifth place with 180 impressions (000s) sum.

    English Business News

    In the budget week, the English news channels saw a get spike in the ratings. CNBC TV18 is at the top slot witnessing an increase more than 110 per cent with 1424 impressions (000s) sum compared to 654 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 608 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD are at third and fourth positions respectively with 110 impressions (000s) sum and 35 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak leads the genre with 124533 impressions (000s) sum followed by Zee News with 99801 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News and India TV are at third and fourth spots respectively after exchanging their positions with 91510 and 89370 impressions (000s) sum respectively. News18 India is at fifth position with 84965 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak tops the rural chart as well with 56473 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and ABP News are at second and third positions with 45427 and 40105 impressions (000s) sum respectively followed by News Nation at fourth position with 36258 impressions (000s) sum. India News made an entry to the top five chart at the fifth position with 34396impressions (000s) sum. News18 India which was in the fifth position is not present in the week 5 data.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj tak retains its top slot with 68060 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News are at second and third places after inter-changing their positions with 55858 impressions (000s) sum and 54374 impressions (000s) sum.

    ABP News and News18 India are at fourth and fifth positions after inter-changing their spots with 51404 impressions (000s) sum and 50690 impressions (000s) sum.

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  • Zee Anmol leads urban and rural areas for week 5 2018

    Zee Anmol leads urban and rural areas for week 5 2018

    MUMBAI: Zee Anmol emerged as the leader in the Hindi GEC (U+R) sector according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data for week 5 of 2018.

    Colors and Big Magic exchanged their eighth and ninth positions in GEC urban markets this week as compared to the week 4. Moreover, Sony SAB and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their fourth and fifth positions this week in GEC rural markets as compared to the previous week.

    Hindi GEC (U+R)

    Zee Anmol has garnered the top slot this week with 761293 impressions (000s). Star Bharat and Sony Pal retained their second and third positions with 675896 impressions (000s) and 614401 impressions (000s).

    Colors and Star Utsav exchanged their fourth and fifth positions with 590900 impressions (000s) and 569949 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Zee TV retained its sixth position with 563925 impressions (000s). Rishtey and Star Plus swapped their positions to seventh and eighth with 450424 impressions (000s) and 442345 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Sab retained their ninth and tenth positions with 427665 impressions (000s), 413632 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Hindi Rural GEC

    Zee Anmol retained its first position with 582697 impressions (000s). Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Star Bharat, Rishtey Dangal TV and Zee TV retained their second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions with 411194 impressions (000s), 405910 impressions (000s), 341018 impressions (000s), 316403 impressions (000s), 244628 impressions (000s) and 229150 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Colors and Big Magic exchanged their eighth and ninth positions with 158377 impressions (000s) and 157932 impressions (000s) respectively. Star Plus retained its tenth position with 127733 impressions (000s).

    Hindi Urban GEC

    In urban GEC, Colors, Star Bharat and Zee TV retained their first, second and third positions with 432523 impressions (000s), 334877 impressions (000s) and 334775 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony SAB and Sony Entertainment Television exchanged their fourth and fifth positions with 312064 impressions (000s) and 309645 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and Star Utsav retained their sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth position with 208491 impressions (000s), 178595 impressions (000s) and 158755 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Rishtey retained its tenth place with 134021impressions (000s).

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  • Doordarshan’s R-Day broadcast notches up record TV viewership

    Doordarshan’s R-Day broadcast notches up record TV viewership

    NEW DELHI: Pubcaster Doordarshan notched up record viewership of 38.3 million for the live telecast of India’s Republic Day celebrations, including the impressive parade by armed forces and civilian organisations, in the presence of special guests from 10 Asean countries, apart from bigwigs of the country’s political system.

    Not only did DD record high audience data for the R-Day telecast shown simultaneously across its 22 terrestrial and satellite TV channels, but the gross figure, too, stood at 45.4 million. The 90-minute odd show, conceptualised to celebrate the Indian republic and its evolution through the years since 1950, was captured via 38 cameras this year.

    According to DD’s parent Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash, six cameras were deployed beyond central Delhi’s India Gate (the parade passes through some of the arterial roads from the India Gate roundabout) to capture a panoramic view for the telecast that was also beamed in HD format apart from the regular SD broadcast.

    After BARC India released its weekly audience data last week highlighting the pubcaster’s R-Day broadcast, DD Director-General Supriya Sahu in a series of tweets said: “India trusts Doordarshan, the Public Service Broadcaster with events of national importance. Undeniable proof of people’s faith and confidence. Thanks to all our viewers. Million thanks dear viewers for watching and appreciating DD coverage of the Republic Day parade. It’s your love and affection which drives our team to do their best. We are nothing without you.”

    Republic Day telecasts not only helped DD viewership soar, but also shored up audience data of English and Hindi-language TV news channels as many private channels re-telecast DD-generated feeds from various locations of the official celebrations.

    The impressive show by DD, which pulled out all the stops for the coverage and telecast of the R-Day 2018 celebrations beamed live on digital platforms, including YouTube, too, once again highlighting the pubcaster’s massive reach that continues to remain under-exploited and is reflected in the annual revenues generated by the national network.

    Over the last 24 months, however, under chief executive Shashi S Vempati, and Sahu, DD has been attempting a series of initiatives to not only modernise itself, but also infuse fresh programming ideas for the network channels to up generation of revenue too, apart from living up to its objectives as a pubcaster. 

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  • Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    BENGALURU: After a hiatus of a week, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of the top-10 channels across genre (All India [U+R] : 2+ Individuals). Six Hindi GEC channels, two Telugu GEC channels and one each of Hindi Movies and Tamil GEC channels made up the top-10 across genre list for week 4 of 2018 (Saturday, 20 January 2018 to Friday, 26 January 2018). From the network’s perspective, the top-10 channels across genre were three Star India Pvt Ltd (Star India) channels, two channels each from the Sun Network Ltd, SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel from Network 18. Four of the channels in the list were free-to-air (FTA).

    The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV held onto to its first rank in the list in week 4 of 2018 with 1,047.704 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was also the most watched Tamil channel in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets according to BARC’s weekly list of top-five Tamil channels during the week under review. All the top-five Tamil programmes during prime time were from Sun TV.

    Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol also retained its second rank with 722.702 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was also the most watched Hindi GEC in the Hindi Speaking Urban + Rural (HSM (U+R) and HSM rural [HSM (R)] markets. The Balaji Telefilms produced family drama series Kumkum Bhagya and the Grazing Goat Pictures-produced soap Jamai Raja were among the top five most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). These programmes were aired on Zee Anmol.

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat also retained its previous week’s third rank in week 4 of 2018 with 697.485 million weekly impressions. The Qissago Telefilms-produced serial Nimki Mukhiya was among BARC’s five most watched Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM (U+R) markets during primetime.

    Sony Max was ranked fourth in week 4 of 2018 with 639.675 million weekly impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s top five Hindi Movies channels weekly list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). The sequel of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus – Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was among the five most watched movies in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Hindi feature film (HFF) Sooryavansham, that was aired on the channel in week 4 was amongst the five most watched programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Another HFF that was aired on the channel, Bhairava, was also among the top-five Hindi movies in HSM (U).

    SPN’s women focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked fifth in week 4 of 2018 with 600.018 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked second in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC channels list in HSM (R). Balveer and Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on the channel were among the most watched Hindi programmes in HSM (R) during prime time.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked sixth in week 4 of 2018 with 595.585 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that were aired on Zee TV were BARC’s top two Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Network18’s (or Viacom18 if you may) flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked seventh in week 4 of 2018 with 583.116 million weekly impressions. Colors was the most watched Hindi GEC channel in the week in HSM (U). The Rashmi Sharma Telefilms-produced story of a transgender, Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Utsav, was ranked eighth in week 4 of 2018 with 569.417 million weekly impressions. Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked ninth during the week under review with 532.247 million weekly impressions. The channel was the most watched Telugu GEC in the AP/ Telangana (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. Two programmes that featured on Star Maa – Kumkuma Puvvu and Koyilamma were among the top five Telugu programmes during primetime.

    The Sun Newtork’s Telugu GEC Gemini TV completed BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genre list in week 4 of 2017 with 522.878 million weekly impressions. Gemini TV was the second most watched Telugu GEC programme in AP/Talengana.

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  • Republic TV leads English news; ­Aaj Tak tops Hindi news ranking

    Republic TV leads English news; ­Aaj Tak tops Hindi news ranking

    BENGALURU: Deja Vu-that is what one can say about the occupants of the first two ranks in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly ratings for the English news (All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : Males 22+ Individuals) and Hindi News (HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 15+ Individuals) genres. In the weeks leading to the announcement of the national budget, both the genres, English news as well as Hindi news, recorded increase in viewership. BARC classifies Hindi news viewership into three markets–viewership in rural Hindi-speaking India HSM – (R); in urban Hindi speaking India HSM – (U) and combined viewership of urban and rural Hindi speaking India HSM – (U+R).

    The combined ratings of the top-five English news channels grew by 28.1 percent to 2.495 million weekly impressions in week 4 as compared to 1.948 million impressions in week 3 of 2018.

    The combined weekly impressions of the top-five Hindi news genre in HSM (U+R) grew by 16.3 percent in week 4 of 2018 to 531.471 million from 456.868 million. In HSM rural across the same demographics, the combined ratings of the top-five Hindi news genre increased by 13 percent to 223.713 million weekly impressions in week 4 of 2017 from 197.899 million weekly impressions in week 3 of 2017. Hindi news viewership in the HSM urban market grew by more than in rural markets. The combined ratings of the top-five Hindi news channels in HSM – U grew by 17.8 percent in week 4 to 309.971 million weekly impressions from 263.186 million weekly impressions. The occupants of the top two ranks in the separate HSM rural and urban markets of the Hindi news genre were the same in week 4 of 2018 as in the combined HSM market. 

    In week 4 of 2018 (Saturday, 20 January 2018 to Friday, 26 January 2018), Arnab Goswami-helmed Republic led the English news genre with 0.901 million weekly impressions. The previous occupant of the numero uno slot until Republic TV came along, Times Now, occupied its regular second rank with 0.853 million weekly impressions. At third place in the English news genre in week 4 of 2018 was another regular–India Today Television with 0.357 million weekly impressions. CNN News18 was ranked with 0.222 million weekly impressions followed by NDTV 24×7 with 0.162 million weekly impressions.

    In HSM (U+R), HSM (R) and HSM (U), Aaj Tak led the Hindi news genre. In HSM (U+R), Aaj Tak scored 140.277 million weekly impressions. The Essel group’s Hindi news channel, Zee News, was ranked second in all three BARC HSM classifications. It recorded 112.665 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R). At third place was India TV in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). India TV was absent from the top-five channels list in HSM (R). The channel had 93.857 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R) in week 4 of 2017.

    ABP News was ranked fourth in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and fifth in HSM (U) market. The channel recorded 93.172 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R). News18 India was ranked fifth in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R), and fourth in HSM (U). News 18 India recorded 91.500 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R).

    News Nation was ranked fourth in HSM (R) with 36.535 million weekly impressions. The channel did not feature among the top five ranks in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

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