Category: Viewership

  • News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    MUMBAI: After dividing Hindi news into Rural and Urban, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all-India figures reported that genre leaders continued to dominate their respective categories. News X entered the Top 5 list in the English news space whereas Times Now stood at the number one position. CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre. The business news players except BTVi witnessed a tremendous hike in its ratings.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas other players saw an increase in their viewership. The channels in the Hindi Business News space also observed growth in ratings led by CNBC Awaaz at the number 1 position.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1340 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 505 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 349 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 331 Impressions (000s) whereas News X stood at the fifth position with 147 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 582 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 339 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 146 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 18 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 164583 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 138723 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at its third position with 132445 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 118301 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 115601 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 80034 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 71270 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 62529 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed 54026 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 53175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 84549 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 76194 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 73907 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 62426 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 61175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 1432 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 1006 Impressions (000s).

  • News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    MUMBAI: After dividing Hindi news into Rural and Urban, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all-India figures reported that genre leaders continued to dominate their respective categories. News X entered the Top 5 list in the English news space whereas Times Now stood at the number one position. CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre. The business news players except BTVi witnessed a tremendous hike in its ratings.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas other players saw an increase in their viewership. The channels in the Hindi Business News space also observed growth in ratings led by CNBC Awaaz at the number 1 position.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1340 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 505 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 349 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 331 Impressions (000s) whereas News X stood at the fifth position with 147 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 582 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 339 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 146 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 18 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 164583 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 138723 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at its third position with 132445 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 118301 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 115601 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 80034 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 71270 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 62529 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed 54026 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 53175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 84549 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 76194 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 73907 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 62426 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 61175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 1432 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 1006 Impressions (000s).

  • Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    MUMBAI: According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Zee Café toppled Comedy Central in the English entertainment genre. Colors Infinity SD made an exit in this week’s data making way for AXN to enter the Top 5 channels list. The English entertainment players saw an increase in the viewership this week. Movie Now continued to rule in the English movies’ genre.

    Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Zee Café took the no 1 position this week with 351 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central with 337 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position was taken by AXN HD with 300 Impressions (‘000s) while Star World HD held the fourth position with 214 Impressions (‘000s). AXN the fifth spot with 102 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 2905 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2466  Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2426 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1865 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1854 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 4981 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 3794 Impressions (‘000s). History TV 18 with 3531 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3059 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2497 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1738 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 817 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 759 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 544 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 374 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    Zee Café dominates English entertainment genre; AXN HD enters the list

    MUMBAI: According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Zee Café toppled Comedy Central in the English entertainment genre. Colors Infinity SD made an exit in this week’s data making way for AXN to enter the Top 5 channels list. The English entertainment players saw an increase in the viewership this week. Movie Now continued to rule in the English movies’ genre.

    Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Zee Café took the no 1 position this week with 351 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central with 337 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position was taken by AXN HD with 300 Impressions (‘000s) while Star World HD held the fourth position with 214 Impressions (‘000s). AXN the fifth spot with 102 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 2905 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 2466  Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2426 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1865 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1854 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 4981 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 3794 Impressions (‘000s). History TV 18 with 3531 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3059 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2497 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1738 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 817 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 759 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 544 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 374 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively. 

  • Music and religious genres the only gainers: Chrome week 40

    Music and religious genres the only gainers: Chrome week 40

    MUMBAI: The music genre in Hindi-speaking market (HSM) led the pack with a growth of 0.4 per cent with Sony Mix at the top of the chart with 90.8 per cent opportunity to see (OTS) in week 40 reported by Chrome Data Analytics and Media. Second on the list is the religious HSM, which witnessed 0.2 per cent growth. Aastha bagged the pole position in the section with 98.6 per cent OTS.

    Amongst the losers this week were — sports, English movies, kids and Hindi news genres. The sports section across India witnessed a drop of 2.4 per cent with DD sports securing the first position with 90.9 per cent OTS. English movies in six metros dropped by 2.1 per cent with Movies Now securing the top slot with 49.1 per cent OTS.

    The kids genre across India dropped by 1.2 per cent. Cartoon Network with 81.3 emerged as the most affected channel in the genre. This was followed by the Hindi news genre, which saw a fall of 0.8 per cent and bagged the fourth berth with India TV leading the tally with 98.3 OTS.

  • Music and religious genres the only gainers: Chrome week 40

    Music and religious genres the only gainers: Chrome week 40

    MUMBAI: The music genre in Hindi-speaking market (HSM) led the pack with a growth of 0.4 per cent with Sony Mix at the top of the chart with 90.8 per cent opportunity to see (OTS) in week 40 reported by Chrome Data Analytics and Media. Second on the list is the religious HSM, which witnessed 0.2 per cent growth. Aastha bagged the pole position in the section with 98.6 per cent OTS.

    Amongst the losers this week were — sports, English movies, kids and Hindi news genres. The sports section across India witnessed a drop of 2.4 per cent with DD sports securing the first position with 90.9 per cent OTS. English movies in six metros dropped by 2.1 per cent with Movies Now securing the top slot with 49.1 per cent OTS.

    The kids genre across India dropped by 1.2 per cent. Cartoon Network with 81.3 emerged as the most affected channel in the genre. This was followed by the Hindi news genre, which saw a fall of 0.8 per cent and bagged the fourth berth with India TV leading the tally with 98.3 OTS.

  • TV genre leaders continue to dominate

    TV genre leaders continue to dominate

    MUMBAI: The English entertainment genre was dominated by Comedy Central whereas Movies Now ruled in the English movies’ genre. According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central stood at the number one position with 489 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 297 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position is secured by AXN with 183 Impressions (‘000s) while Colors Infinity SD held the fourth position with 147 Impressions (‘000s). Star World took the fifth spot with 114 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 3235 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 3132 Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2718 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1707 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1465 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 5037 Impressions (‘000s) followed by History TV 18 at the second spot with 4138 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet with 3517 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3430 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2545 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1950 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 892 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 812 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 557 Impressions (‘000s) and Travel XP HD with 315 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively.

  • TV genre leaders continue to dominate

    TV genre leaders continue to dominate

    MUMBAI: The English entertainment genre was dominated by Comedy Central whereas Movies Now ruled in the English movies’ genre. According to the week 39 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space whereas Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central stood at the number one position with 489 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 297 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position is secured by AXN with 183 Impressions (‘000s) while Colors Infinity SD held the fourth position with 147 Impressions (‘000s). Star World took the fifth spot with 114 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to stay in the first place with 3235 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Sony Pix with 3132 Impressions (‘000s). Star Movies with 2718 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1707 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1465 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 5037 Impressions (‘000s) followed by History TV 18 at the second spot with 4138 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet with 3517 Impressions (‘000s) and National Geographic Channel with 3430 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2545 mpressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1950 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 892 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 812 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 557 Impressions (‘000s) and Travel XP HD with 315 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively.

  • Hindi news segregated into urban and rural: BARC week 39

    Hindi news segregated into urban and rural: BARC week 39

    MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data has divided Hindi news into rural and urban from week 39. Moreover, Times Now stood at the number one position in the English News space whereas CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead. According to the data, the channel has an upperhand in the urban markets.  CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in Hindi Business News.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1084 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 433 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 settled on the third berth with 317 Impressions (000s). India Today television grabbed the fourth spot with 234 Impressions (000s) whereas BBC World News stood at the fifth position with 196 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 299 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 185 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 73 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 24 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 140557 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 110127 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at third position with 107195 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 97935 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 97933 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 64614 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 53759 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 51966 Impressions (000s). ABP News managed 45104 Impressions (000s) followed by News 24 with 39126 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 75943 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the second position with 59704 Impressions (000s).  India TV grabbed the third position with 58161 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth position with 53437 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 52829 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 896 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 734 Impressions (000s).

     

  • Hindi news segregated into urban and rural: BARC week 39

    Hindi news segregated into urban and rural: BARC week 39

    MUMBAI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data has divided Hindi news into rural and urban from week 39. Moreover, Times Now stood at the number one position in the English News space whereas CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead. According to the data, the channel has an upperhand in the urban markets.  CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in Hindi Business News.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1084 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 433 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 settled on the third berth with 317 Impressions (000s). India Today television grabbed the fourth spot with 234 Impressions (000s) whereas BBC World News stood at the fifth position with 196 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 299 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 185 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 73 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 24 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 140557 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 110127 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at third position with 107195 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 97935 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 97933 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 64614 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 53759 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 51966 Impressions (000s). ABP News managed 45104 Impressions (000s) followed by News 24 with 39126 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 75943 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the second position with 59704 Impressions (000s).  India TV grabbed the third position with 58161 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth position with 53437 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 52829 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 896 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 734 Impressions (000s).