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  • Colors leads Hindi GEC; Zee Anmol regains in rural HSM

    Colors leads Hindi GEC; Zee Anmol regains in rural HSM

    MUMBAI: Colors continues to lead the Hindi GEC and Urban GEC markets whereas Zee Anmol regained its pole position this week. Backed by Super Dancer and The Kapil Sharma Show, Sony Entertainment Television maintained the third position in Urban HSM this week, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)

    Hindi GEC

    Colors maintained its leadership position with 651395 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on the second position with 627412 Impressions (000s). Zee TV has climbed up to the third spot with 468175 Impressions(000s). Zee Anmol retained its fifth position with 453971 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal fell to number five from number three this week and registered 452344 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on number six with 423923 (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 408526 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    Sab TV bagged the eighth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s). Life OK maintained its ninth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s) while Rishtey dropped drastically to the tenth spot with 329705 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Zee Anmol has made a comeback in the rural Hindi-speaking market and grabbed the leadership position with 348360 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal with 331593 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on the third position with 324767 Impressions (000s). Rishtey stood at number four with 254621 Impressions (000s).

    Colors bagged the fifth spot with 209295 Impressions (000s). Star Plus stood at the sixth spot in Rural HSM with 204429 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 191762 Impressions (000s). Big Magic climbed one spot to reach eighth spot with 156836 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment climbed up at nine with 130605 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK with 128801(000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Colors garnered the pole position again in Urban HSM with 442099 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 422982 Impressions (000’s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its third spot with 277921 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV stood at number four with 276412 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Sab was at the fifth spot with 265566 Impressions (000s). Life OK bagged the sixth spot with 235210 Impressions (000s) as &TV retained its number seven spot with 143986 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and STAR Utsav grabbed the last three spots with 120751 Impressions (000s),105611 Impressions (000s) and 99155 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Colors leads Hindi GEC; Zee Anmol regains in rural HSM

    Colors leads Hindi GEC; Zee Anmol regains in rural HSM

    MUMBAI: Colors continues to lead the Hindi GEC and Urban GEC markets whereas Zee Anmol regained its pole position this week. Backed by Super Dancer and The Kapil Sharma Show, Sony Entertainment Television maintained the third position in Urban HSM this week, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)

    Hindi GEC

    Colors maintained its leadership position with 651395 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on the second position with 627412 Impressions (000s). Zee TV has climbed up to the third spot with 468175 Impressions(000s). Zee Anmol retained its fifth position with 453971 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal fell to number five from number three this week and registered 452344 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav on number six with 423923 (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 408526 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    Sab TV bagged the eighth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s). Life OK maintained its ninth spot with 384296 Impressions (000s) while Rishtey dropped drastically to the tenth spot with 329705 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Zee Anmol has made a comeback in the rural Hindi-speaking market and grabbed the leadership position with 348360 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal with 331593 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on the third position with 324767 Impressions (000s). Rishtey stood at number four with 254621 Impressions (000s).

    Colors bagged the fifth spot with 209295 Impressions (000s). Star Plus stood at the sixth spot in Rural HSM with 204429 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 191762 Impressions (000s). Big Magic climbed one spot to reach eighth spot with 156836 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment climbed up at nine with 130605 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK with 128801(000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Colors garnered the pole position again in Urban HSM with 442099 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 422982 Impressions (000’s). Sony Entertainment Television maintained its third spot with 277921 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV stood at number four with 276412 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Sab was at the fifth spot with 265566 Impressions (000s). Life OK bagged the sixth spot with 235210 Impressions (000s) as &TV retained its number seven spot with 143986 Impressions (000s).

    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and STAR Utsav grabbed the last three spots with 120751 Impressions (000s),105611 Impressions (000s) and 99155 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Sports genre loses; Zee Cinema leads in HSM

    Sports genre loses; Zee Cinema leads in HSM

    MUMBAI: The sports genre in television channels registered as the only loser in week 46. The sector recorded a drop of 0.1 per cent and saw DD Sports as the leader with 91.7 per cent opportunity to see (OTS).

    On the other hand, with an increase of 0.8 per cent, Hindi movies genre in Hindi-speaking market (HSM) emerged as the number one gainer and Zee Cinema registered 93.1 per cent OTS to claim leadership slot.

    English Entertainment recorded 0.7 per cent increase. Colors Infinity topped the genre with 45.1 per cent OTS.

    Third on the list was the Hindi News genre in HSM market witnessing 0.6 per cent growth. DD News was in pole position in the section with DD News with 98.5 per cent OTS.

    English News section secured fourth position in six metros with 0.5 per cent OTS with Loksabha TV leading in the genre with 93.2 per cent OTS.

    In six metros, English Movies genre registered 0.5 per cent growth with Movies Now leading the chart with 91.7 per cent OTS.

  • Sports genre loses; Zee Cinema leads in HSM

    Sports genre loses; Zee Cinema leads in HSM

    MUMBAI: The sports genre in television channels registered as the only loser in week 46. The sector recorded a drop of 0.1 per cent and saw DD Sports as the leader with 91.7 per cent opportunity to see (OTS).

    On the other hand, with an increase of 0.8 per cent, Hindi movies genre in Hindi-speaking market (HSM) emerged as the number one gainer and Zee Cinema registered 93.1 per cent OTS to claim leadership slot.

    English Entertainment recorded 0.7 per cent increase. Colors Infinity topped the genre with 45.1 per cent OTS.

    Third on the list was the Hindi News genre in HSM market witnessing 0.6 per cent growth. DD News was in pole position in the section with DD News with 98.5 per cent OTS.

    English News section secured fourth position in six metros with 0.5 per cent OTS with Loksabha TV leading in the genre with 93.2 per cent OTS.

    In six metros, English Movies genre registered 0.5 per cent growth with Movies Now leading the chart with 91.7 per cent OTS.

  • BARC now rates five English business news channels; Aaj Tak retains numero uno position

    BARC now rates five English business news channels; Aaj Tak retains numero uno position

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Association Research Council (BARC) has introduced the viewership of one additional channel in the top four player list of English business news channels. 

    The channel that has been added is — Times Networks’ Magic Bricks Now, is at the fourth place. The English business news space has also witnessed a substantial increase in the ratings of its channels.

    Whereas, in the English news genre, BBC World News made its way replacing News X. Times Now has further witnessed a significant rise in its viewership as compared to the previous week, according to week 45 of BARC data.

    Aaj Tak continued to remain at the number one position in the Hindi news space both in rural and urban markets. The channels in the Hindi news genre have observed increase in the ratings.

    CNBC Awaaz dominated the Hindi business news space followed by Zee Business. Both the channels have witnessed an increase in the ratings. 
    English News 

    Times Now observed a further increase in its ratings and remained the undisputed leader with 1052 Impressions (000s) as compared to 815 Impressions (000s) in week 44. CNN News18 grabbed the second slot with 497 Impressions (000s) while NDTV 24×7 took the third position with 323 Impressions. India Today Television with 269 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 227 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News 

    CNBC TV18 stood at the number one position with an increase in ratings from 333 Impressions (000s) in week 44 to 454 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 236 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 71 Impressions (000s). Magic Bricks Now entered the top 5 channel list at the fourth place with 31 Impressions (000s) followed by BTVi on the last spot with 23 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news 

    Aaj Tak observed an increase in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 170221 Impressions (000s) as to 109900 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 145641 Impressions (000s).  ABP News took the third position with 131794 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 120153 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 11849 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi news rural 

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with increased ratings from 55860 Impressions (000s) in week 44 to 76513 Impressions (000s) this week. India TV with 70912 Impressions (000s) took the second spot. ABP News grabbed the third position with 58826 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth place with 56078 Impressions (000s). News 24 with 53039 Impressions (000s) stood at the fifth position.
    Hindi news urban
    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 93708 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the second position with 75976 Impressions (000s).  India TV grabbed the third position with 74729 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 72968 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 62771 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi business news
    CNBC Awaaz witnessed increase in ratings and continued at the number one position with 1714 Impressions (000s) this week as compared to 989 Impressions (000s) in week 44. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1244 Impressions (000s).

  • BARC now rates five English business news channels; Aaj Tak retains numero uno position

    BARC now rates five English business news channels; Aaj Tak retains numero uno position

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Association Research Council (BARC) has introduced the viewership of one additional channel in the top four player list of English business news channels. 

    The channel that has been added is — Times Networks’ Magic Bricks Now, is at the fourth place. The English business news space has also witnessed a substantial increase in the ratings of its channels.

    Whereas, in the English news genre, BBC World News made its way replacing News X. Times Now has further witnessed a significant rise in its viewership as compared to the previous week, according to week 45 of BARC data.

    Aaj Tak continued to remain at the number one position in the Hindi news space both in rural and urban markets. The channels in the Hindi news genre have observed increase in the ratings.

    CNBC Awaaz dominated the Hindi business news space followed by Zee Business. Both the channels have witnessed an increase in the ratings. 
    English News 

    Times Now observed a further increase in its ratings and remained the undisputed leader with 1052 Impressions (000s) as compared to 815 Impressions (000s) in week 44. CNN News18 grabbed the second slot with 497 Impressions (000s) while NDTV 24×7 took the third position with 323 Impressions. India Today Television with 269 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 227 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News 

    CNBC TV18 stood at the number one position with an increase in ratings from 333 Impressions (000s) in week 44 to 454 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 236 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 71 Impressions (000s). Magic Bricks Now entered the top 5 channel list at the fourth place with 31 Impressions (000s) followed by BTVi on the last spot with 23 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news 

    Aaj Tak observed an increase in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 170221 Impressions (000s) as to 109900 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 145641 Impressions (000s).  ABP News took the third position with 131794 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 120153 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 11849 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi news rural 

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with increased ratings from 55860 Impressions (000s) in week 44 to 76513 Impressions (000s) this week. India TV with 70912 Impressions (000s) took the second spot. ABP News grabbed the third position with 58826 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth place with 56078 Impressions (000s). News 24 with 53039 Impressions (000s) stood at the fifth position.
    Hindi news urban
    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 93708 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the second position with 75976 Impressions (000s).  India TV grabbed the third position with 74729 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 72968 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 62771 Impressions (000s).
    Hindi business news
    CNBC Awaaz witnessed increase in ratings and continued at the number one position with 1714 Impressions (000s) this week as compared to 989 Impressions (000s) in week 44. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1244 Impressions (000s).

  • Colors leads genre third week in a row; Sony Entertainment enters rural list at tenth position

    Colors leads genre third week in a row; Sony Entertainment enters rural list at tenth position

    MUMBAI: Naagin 2 has kept Colors as the leading Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) three weeks in a row in the category in both, urban and rural markets. Needless to say, it has maintained its lead in the urban-only market. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural Hindi-speaking market.

    Hindi GEC
    Colors maintained its leadership position with 638344 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on the second position with 580743 Impressions (000s). Zee TV has jumped a position to become the third most watched channel with 449187 impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal in the fourth spot with 446555 impressions (000s) Zee Amol has dropped to the fifth position with  436820 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV stood at number four  with 476401 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 431781 Impressions (000s).
    At number six we have Sony SAB with 409823 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 403252  Impressions (000s) and Rishtey at eight with 393433 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav and Life OK were at the ninth and tenth spot with 381752 Impressions (000s) and 371442 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural
    Zee Anmol maintained its lead  with 336388 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal with 324581 Impressions (000s) and Rishtey on the third spot with 296692 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav dropped to fourth position with 294650 Impressions (000s).
    Colors bagged fifth spot with 207639 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 194953 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 193743 Impressions (000s). Big Magic swaped with Life Ok to get the eight spot with 146533 Impressions (000s)as Life OK dropped to ninth with 139579 Impressions (000s). Sony Entertainment entered the list at tenth spot with 130001 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban
    Colors was yet again the number one channel in Urban Hindi GECs genre with 430705 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 385790 Impressions (000’s). Sab TV bagged the third position again with 287684 impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment stood at number four with 273251 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV maintained its fifth spot with 255444 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on sixth with 231862 Impressions (000s).
    & TV with 134848 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.
    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and Rishtey grabbed the last three spots with 121974 Impressions (000s),100431 Impressions (000s) and 96741 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Colors leads genre third week in a row; Sony Entertainment enters rural list at tenth position

    Colors leads genre third week in a row; Sony Entertainment enters rural list at tenth position

    MUMBAI: Naagin 2 has kept Colors as the leading Hindi general entertainment channel (GECs) three weeks in a row in the category in both, urban and rural markets. Needless to say, it has maintained its lead in the urban-only market. On the other hand, Zee Anmol continues to lead the rural Hindi-speaking market.

    Hindi GEC
    Colors maintained its leadership position with 638344 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Plus on the second position with 580743 Impressions (000s). Zee TV has jumped a position to become the third most watched channel with 449187 impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal in the fourth spot with 446555 impressions (000s) Zee Amol has dropped to the fifth position with  436820 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV stood at number four  with 476401 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal grabbed fifth spot with 431781 Impressions (000s).
    At number six we have Sony SAB with 409823 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at number seven with 403252  Impressions (000s) and Rishtey at eight with 393433 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav and Life OK were at the ninth and tenth spot with 381752 Impressions (000s) and 371442 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural
    Zee Anmol maintained its lead  with 336388 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal with 324581 Impressions (000s) and Rishtey on the third spot with 296692 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav dropped to fourth position with 294650 Impressions (000s).
    Colors bagged fifth spot with 207639 Impressions (000s).  Star Plus stood at sixth spot in Rural HSM with 194953 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV at number seven with 193743 Impressions (000s). Big Magic swaped with Life Ok to get the eight spot with 146533 Impressions (000s)as Life OK dropped to ninth with 139579 Impressions (000s). Sony Entertainment entered the list at tenth spot with 130001 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban
    Colors was yet again the number one channel in Urban Hindi GECs genre with 430705 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus on second with 385790 Impressions (000’s). Sab TV bagged the third position again with 287684 impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment stood at number four with 273251 Impressions (000s).
    Zee TV maintained its fifth spot with 255444 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK on sixth with 231862 Impressions (000s).
    & TV with 134848 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.
    Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and Rishtey grabbed the last three spots with 121974 Impressions (000s),100431 Impressions (000s) and 96741 Impressions (000s), respectively.

  • Star World returns; Colors Infinity departs: BARC week 44

    Star World returns; Colors Infinity departs: BARC week 44

    MUMBAI: Star World made a comeback in the English entertainment Top 5 channels’ list whereas Colors Infinity made an exit. The English entertainment genre witnessed a decline in the ratings this week. According to the week 44 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Star Movies dominated the English movies space while Discovery channel continued to rule the infotainment space. 

    The factual entertainment space also observed an increase in the ratings. Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre though with a decline in the rating. NDTV Good Times made an exit from this genre, according to this week’s data.
    English Entertainment 
    Comedy Central with an increase in the ratings continued at stood the number one position with 398 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 325 Impressions (‘000s) in week 43. Star World grabbed the second spot with 228 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 120 Impressions (‘000s) in the third place. The fourth position was secured by AXN with 108 Impressions (‘000s) while FX held the fifth position with 89 Impressions (‘000s). 

    English Movies

    Star Movies dominated the space with 2876 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix at the second position with 2555 Impressions (‘000s). Movies Now took the third place with 2504 Impressions (‘000s). HBO with 1559 Impressions (‘000s) and Zee Studio with 1398 Impressions (‘000s) stood at the number four and five position, respectively.

    Infotainment increase
    Discovery channel continued to dominate the space with a hike in ratings from 4582 Impressions (‘000s) in week 43 to 4769 Impressions (‘000s) this week.  History TV 18 was at the second spot with 4501 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet with 3127 Impressions (‘000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 2779 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. National Geographic channel stood at the fifth position with 2767 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle
    Living Foodz witnessed a decline in the ratings continued at the number one position with 1333 Impressions (‘000s) in this week as compared to 2037 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 801 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 644 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 476 Impressions (‘000s) and Travel XP HD with 324 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Star World returns; Colors Infinity departs: BARC week 44

    Star World returns; Colors Infinity departs: BARC week 44

    MUMBAI: Star World made a comeback in the English entertainment Top 5 channels’ list whereas Colors Infinity made an exit. The English entertainment genre witnessed a decline in the ratings this week. According to the week 44 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Star Movies dominated the English movies space while Discovery channel continued to rule the infotainment space. 

    The factual entertainment space also observed an increase in the ratings. Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre though with a decline in the rating. NDTV Good Times made an exit from this genre, according to this week’s data.
    English Entertainment 
    Comedy Central with an increase in the ratings continued at stood the number one position with 398 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 325 Impressions (‘000s) in week 43. Star World grabbed the second spot with 228 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 120 Impressions (‘000s) in the third place. The fourth position was secured by AXN with 108 Impressions (‘000s) while FX held the fifth position with 89 Impressions (‘000s). 

    English Movies

    Star Movies dominated the space with 2876 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix at the second position with 2555 Impressions (‘000s). Movies Now took the third place with 2504 Impressions (‘000s). HBO with 1559 Impressions (‘000s) and Zee Studio with 1398 Impressions (‘000s) stood at the number four and five position, respectively.

    Infotainment increase
    Discovery channel continued to dominate the space with a hike in ratings from 4582 Impressions (‘000s) in week 43 to 4769 Impressions (‘000s) this week.  History TV 18 was at the second spot with 4501 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet with 3127 Impressions (‘000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 2779 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. National Geographic channel stood at the fifth position with 2767 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle
    Living Foodz witnessed a decline in the ratings continued at the number one position with 1333 Impressions (‘000s) in this week as compared to 2037 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 801 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 644 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 476 Impressions (‘000s) and Travel XP HD with 324 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively.