Category: Viewership

  • Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    MUMBAI: Zee TV’s new weekend offering Brahmarakshas led the top five programmes list in Hindi GEC segment but Star Plus continues to dominate the genre in week 39, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India.

    On the other hand, in the rural market, Star Utsav replaced Zee Anmol to claim the leadership position while Star Plus continues to be a leader in urban HSM as well.

    Hindi GEC

    Even though Zee TV’s two shows Brahmarakshas – Jaag Utha Shaitan and Kumkum Bhagya led the Hindi GECs top five, Star Plus continues to lead the genre with 690400 Impressions (000s) followed  by  Colors on second spot with 544831 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV on third with 522878 Impressions (000s).

    Star India’s free-to-air channel Star Utsav grabbed the fourth spot with 457548 Impressions (000s) while Zee’s FTA Zee Anmol with 439027 Impressions (000s) stood at number five.

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Pal bagged the sixth, seventh and eighth spot with 430236 Impressions (000s), 424918 Impressions (000s) and 410720 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Sab TV and Rishtey stood at ninth and tenth with 371912 Impressions (000s) and 325388 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus continues to dominate the Hindi GECs genre with 456411 Impressions (000’s) followed by Colors on second with 370875 Impressions (000’s) and Zee TV on third with 30052 Impressions (000s).

    Leading with The Kapil Sharma Show in top five programmes of Hindi GEC, Sony Entertainment Television maintained its fourth place in the list with 298670 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK grabbed the fifth spot with 265376 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab TV on sixth with 263713 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 132576 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    In Hindi speaking market,  free-to-air channels Star Utsav, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol grabbed the last three spots with 110677 Impressions (000s), 106315 Impressions (000s) and 100384 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Star Utsav toppled Zee Anmol in week 39 to claim the leadership position with 346871 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on second slot with 338643 Impressions (000s) and  Sony Pal on the third spot with 304404 Impressions (000s). Rishtey  maintained its fourth position with 239750 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus bagged the fifth spot with 233990 Impressions (000s). Zee TV stood at sixth spot in rural HSM with 222326 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 173956 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at number eight with 164861 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at the ninth place with 126248 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at the tenth spot garnered 108199 Impressions (000s).

  • Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    Star Utsav replaces Zee Anmol in rural HSM: BARC week 39

    MUMBAI: Zee TV’s new weekend offering Brahmarakshas led the top five programmes list in Hindi GEC segment but Star Plus continues to dominate the genre in week 39, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India.

    On the other hand, in the rural market, Star Utsav replaced Zee Anmol to claim the leadership position while Star Plus continues to be a leader in urban HSM as well.

    Hindi GEC

    Even though Zee TV’s two shows Brahmarakshas – Jaag Utha Shaitan and Kumkum Bhagya led the Hindi GECs top five, Star Plus continues to lead the genre with 690400 Impressions (000s) followed  by  Colors on second spot with 544831 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV on third with 522878 Impressions (000s).

    Star India’s free-to-air channel Star Utsav grabbed the fourth spot with 457548 Impressions (000s) while Zee’s FTA Zee Anmol with 439027 Impressions (000s) stood at number five.

    Life OK, Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Pal bagged the sixth, seventh and eighth spot with 430236 Impressions (000s), 424918 Impressions (000s) and 410720 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Sab TV and Rishtey stood at ninth and tenth with 371912 Impressions (000s) and 325388 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi GEC Urban

    Star Plus continues to dominate the Hindi GECs genre with 456411 Impressions (000’s) followed by Colors on second with 370875 Impressions (000’s) and Zee TV on third with 30052 Impressions (000s).

    Leading with The Kapil Sharma Show in top five programmes of Hindi GEC, Sony Entertainment Television maintained its fourth place in the list with 298670 Impressions (000s).

    Life OK grabbed the fifth spot with 265376 Impressions (000s) followed by Sab TV on sixth with 263713 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 132576 Impressions (000s) stood at number seven.

    In Hindi speaking market,  free-to-air channels Star Utsav, Sony Pal and Zee Anmol grabbed the last three spots with 110677 Impressions (000s), 106315 Impressions (000s) and 100384 Impressions (000s), respectively.

    Hindi GEC Rural

    Star Utsav toppled Zee Anmol in week 39 to claim the leadership position with 346871 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on second slot with 338643 Impressions (000s) and  Sony Pal on the third spot with 304404 Impressions (000s). Rishtey  maintained its fourth position with 239750 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus bagged the fifth spot with 233990 Impressions (000s). Zee TV stood at sixth spot in rural HSM with 222326 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 173956 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at number eight with 164861 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at the ninth place with 126248 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at the tenth spot garnered 108199 Impressions (000s).

  • Chrome week 38: English movies genre  tops chart with 4.8 % OTS

    Chrome week 38: English movies genre tops chart with 4.8 % OTS

    MUMBAI: The English movies genre emerged as the gainer in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis in six metros by registering an increase of 4.8 per cent. Movies Now was the leader with 49.6 per cent OTS in week 38.

    Next up, the sports genre with 3.5 per cent gain across India took the second spot in the list of top gainers. DD Sports led the tally with 89.4 per cent OTS.

    The English Entertainment’ genre in six metros too noted a growth of 3.2 per cent with Comedy Central emerging as the chart topper with 45.9 per cent OTS.

    Last, but not the least, kids genre across India observed a 3.1 per cent rise with Cartoon Network in the number one slot with 80.8 per cent OTS.

    Meanwhile, witnessing a drop of 3.0 per cent, the music genre across Hindi speaking market topped the loser category with 9XM TV scoring 90.5 per cent OTS.

    On the other hand, with a drop of 0.8 per cent, business news genre in six metros was in the second spot with CNBC Awaaz turned out to be the most affected channel with 82.7 per cent OTS.

    Infotainment across India dropped by 0.3 per cent. History TV 18 recorded 84.9 per cent. Religious genre in Hindi-speaking market is the last in the list and registered 0.2 per cent and Sanskar as the top channel with 97. 1 per cent OTS.

  • Chrome week 38: English movies genre  tops chart with 4.8 % OTS

    Chrome week 38: English movies genre tops chart with 4.8 % OTS

    MUMBAI: The English movies genre emerged as the gainer in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis in six metros by registering an increase of 4.8 per cent. Movies Now was the leader with 49.6 per cent OTS in week 38.

    Next up, the sports genre with 3.5 per cent gain across India took the second spot in the list of top gainers. DD Sports led the tally with 89.4 per cent OTS.

    The English Entertainment’ genre in six metros too noted a growth of 3.2 per cent with Comedy Central emerging as the chart topper with 45.9 per cent OTS.

    Last, but not the least, kids genre across India observed a 3.1 per cent rise with Cartoon Network in the number one slot with 80.8 per cent OTS.

    Meanwhile, witnessing a drop of 3.0 per cent, the music genre across Hindi speaking market topped the loser category with 9XM TV scoring 90.5 per cent OTS.

    On the other hand, with a drop of 0.8 per cent, business news genre in six metros was in the second spot with CNBC Awaaz turned out to be the most affected channel with 82.7 per cent OTS.

    Infotainment across India dropped by 0.3 per cent. History TV 18 recorded 84.9 per cent. Religious genre in Hindi-speaking market is the last in the list and registered 0.2 per cent and Sanskar as the top channel with 97. 1 per cent OTS.

  • Comedy Central, Movies Now, Discovery, Living Foodz ruled in BARC week 37

    Comedy Central, Movies Now, Discovery, Living Foodz ruled in BARC week 37

    MUMBAI: The English entertainment genre was dominated by Comedy Central whereas Movie Now retained the top position in the English movies’ genre. According to the week 37 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space. Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central stands at the number one position with 499 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 303 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position is secured by AXN HD with 209 Impressions (‘000s) while AXN holds the fourth position with 155 Impressions (‘000s). Star World takes the fifth spot with 108 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continues to stay in the first place with 3383 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Star Movies with 2626 Impressions (‘000s). Sony Pix with 2452 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1774 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1509 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 5869 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 4247 Impressions (‘000s). History TV18 with 4104 Impressions (‘000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 3496 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. National Geographic channel stood at the fifth position with 3232 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1936 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 1098 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 964 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 569 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 405 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

  • Comedy Central, Movies Now, Discovery, Living Foodz ruled in BARC week 37

    Comedy Central, Movies Now, Discovery, Living Foodz ruled in BARC week 37

    MUMBAI: The English entertainment genre was dominated by Comedy Central whereas Movie Now retained the top position in the English movies’ genre. According to the week 37 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Data (BARC) India, Discovery Channel continued to rule the infotainment space. Living Foodz stood at the number one position in the lifestyle genre.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central stands at the number one position with 499 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 303 Impressions (‘000s) in the second place. The third position is secured by AXN HD with 209 Impressions (‘000s) while AXN holds the fourth position with 155 Impressions (‘000s). Star World takes the fifth spot with 108 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continues to stay in the first place with 3383 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Star Movies with 2626 Impressions (‘000s). Sony Pix with 2452 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third positions. HBO secured the fourth position with 1774 Impressions (‘000s) followed be Zee Studio with 1509 Impressions (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Infotainment

    Discovery Channel dominated the space with 5869 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Animal Planet at the second spot with 4247 Impressions (‘000s). History TV18 with 4104 Impressions (‘000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 3496 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position respectively. National Geographic channel stood at the fifth position with 3232 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz grabbed the number one position with 1936 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food took the second berth with 1098 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 964 Impressions (‘000s). TLC with 569 Impressions (‘000s) and NDTV Good Times with 405 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

  • Sony TV garners positive rating; Colors replaces Zee TV in U+R market

    Sony TV garners positive rating; Colors replaces Zee TV in U+R market

    MUMBAI: Unlike other weeks, week 37 witnessed developments in terms of ratings and position. Though Star Plus continued to dominate the Hindi GEC (U+R) market but Colors this week replaced Zee TV at number two. On the other hand, Sony Entertainment Television saw a rise in ratings in Urban HSM market and grabbed the fourth position this week. Zee Anmol retains its leadership position in Rural HSM. 

    Urban +Rural (HSM)

    Even after a drop in ratings Star Plus continued to lead the Hindi GEC genre with 712424 Impressions (000s) against  743856 Impressions (000s) in week 36. Colors after a three four weeks time grabbed the second position with 612736 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee TV bagged the third spot with 547001 Impressions (000s)  followed by Zee Anmol on fourth with 493701 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on fifth with 454936 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 37, Sony Entertainment Television climbed to number six with 433257 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at number seven with 430290 Impressions(000s) and Sony Pal stood at number eight with 406409 Impressions (000). 

    Sab TV and Rishtey garnered ninth and tenth spot with 381074 Impressions(000s) and 345081 Impressions(000s) respectively. 

    Rural HSM

    Zee Anmol retains its leadership position with 377273 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav at second position with 347840 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 301357 Impressions (000s). Rishtey grabbed fourth position with 257798 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus stood on number five with 230525 Impressions (000s).  Zee TV bagged sixth spot this week with 228641 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 199733 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at the eighth position with 156519 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at the ninth place with 132252 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at 10th spot garnered 102971 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole position  with 481899 Impression (000s) followed by Colors at the second place with 413004 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 318360 Impressions (000s) stood at number three. Sony Entertainment Television climbed up at fourth position with 301005 Impressions (000s).  

    Sab TV grabbed the fifth spot with 278104 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at sixth with 273770 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 138620 Impressions (000s) on seventh position. 

    In Urban HSM,  Zee Anmol with 116428 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Star Utsav bagged the ninth spot with 107096 Impressions (000s). Sony Pal bagged the tenth spot with 105052 Impressions (000s).

  • Sony TV garners positive rating; Colors replaces Zee TV in U+R market

    Sony TV garners positive rating; Colors replaces Zee TV in U+R market

    MUMBAI: Unlike other weeks, week 37 witnessed developments in terms of ratings and position. Though Star Plus continued to dominate the Hindi GEC (U+R) market but Colors this week replaced Zee TV at number two. On the other hand, Sony Entertainment Television saw a rise in ratings in Urban HSM market and grabbed the fourth position this week. Zee Anmol retains its leadership position in Rural HSM. 

    Urban +Rural (HSM)

    Even after a drop in ratings Star Plus continued to lead the Hindi GEC genre with 712424 Impressions (000s) against  743856 Impressions (000s) in week 36. Colors after a three four weeks time grabbed the second position with 612736 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee TV bagged the third spot with 547001 Impressions (000s)  followed by Zee Anmol on fourth with 493701 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav on fifth with 454936 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 37, Sony Entertainment Television climbed to number six with 433257 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at number seven with 430290 Impressions(000s) and Sony Pal stood at number eight with 406409 Impressions (000). 

    Sab TV and Rishtey garnered ninth and tenth spot with 381074 Impressions(000s) and 345081 Impressions(000s) respectively. 

    Rural HSM

    Zee Anmol retains its leadership position with 377273 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav at second position with 347840 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 301357 Impressions (000s). Rishtey grabbed fourth position with 257798 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus stood on number five with 230525 Impressions (000s).  Zee TV bagged sixth spot this week with 228641 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 199733 Impressions (000s). Life OK stood at the eighth position with 156519 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at the ninth place with 132252 Impressions (000s) while Sab TV at 10th spot garnered 102971 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole position  with 481899 Impression (000s) followed by Colors at the second place with 413004 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 318360 Impressions (000s) stood at number three. Sony Entertainment Television climbed up at fourth position with 301005 Impressions (000s).  

    Sab TV grabbed the fifth spot with 278104 Impressions (000s) followed by Life OK at sixth with 273770 Impressions (000s) and & TV with 138620 Impressions (000s) on seventh position. 

    In Urban HSM,  Zee Anmol with 116428 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Star Utsav bagged the ninth spot with 107096 Impressions (000s). Sony Pal bagged the tenth spot with 105052 Impressions (000s).

  • Channel ratings: Genre leaders continue to dominate

    Channel ratings: Genre leaders continue to dominate

    MUMBAI: Times network shone this week with Times Now as the undisputed leader in the English News space and ET Now dominated the English business news genre. According to week 37 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data, in the Hindi news genre, Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in Hindi Business News.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 446 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 204 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 settled on the third berth with 193 Impressions (000s). India Today television grabbed the fourth spot with 139 Impressions (000s) whereas News X sustained its fifth position with 79 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    ET Now dominated the space with 157 Impressions (000s) followed by CNBC TV18  that secured the second slot with 153 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 93 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 13 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 82288 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 75059 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained was at third position with 75059 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News securing the fourth position with 58691 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fifth position with 52913 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 877 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 593 Impressions (000s).
     

  • Channel ratings: Genre leaders continue to dominate

    Channel ratings: Genre leaders continue to dominate

    MUMBAI: Times network shone this week with Times Now as the undisputed leader in the English News space and ET Now dominated the English business news genre. According to week 37 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data, in the Hindi news genre, Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in Hindi Business News.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 446 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 204 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 settled on the third berth with 193 Impressions (000s). India Today television grabbed the fourth spot with 139 Impressions (000s) whereas News X sustained its fifth position with 79 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    ET Now dominated the space with 157 Impressions (000s) followed by CNBC TV18  that secured the second slot with 153 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 93 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 13 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 82288 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 75059 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained was at third position with 75059 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News securing the fourth position with 58691 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fifth position with 52913 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 877 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 593 Impressions (000s).