Category: Viewership

  • BARC week 19: IPL pushes Sony Max to pole position again across genres

    BARC week 19: IPL pushes Sony Max to pole position again across genres

    MUMBAI:  Week 19 Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data saw the pendulum shift back as the IPL season 9 backed Sony Max returned to top slot, but not by much. Last week’s numero uno Sun TV was close at its heels with slightly lower numbers. Star Utsav moved down to the tenth position in week 19, while Zee Telugu,  the only other regional channel among the top 10, moved up a place to ninth from the previous week’s tenth slot. The list covers the top 10 channels across all genres.

    Sony Max reported 944851 Impression (000s) in week 19 to claim first place closely followed by Sun TV with 944626 Impression (000s) which were significantly higher than the previous week’s 907221 Impression (000s) which had catapulted it to number one in week 18.

    Colors with 703707 Impression (000s) in week 19 as compared to 696037 Impressions (000s) moved up one place to third spot, while pushing down last week’s number three –Star Plus down one place.

    Star Plus bagged the fourth position with lower ratings in week 19 of 664177 Impressions (000s) as compared to last week’s 701000 Impressions (000s) 

    Zee TV retained fifth space in week 19 with lower ratings of 639647 Impressions (000s) as compared to 651225 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. Sony Pal remained at number six with 503774 Impressions (000s) as compared to the previous weeks 535090 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol   maintained its previous week’s seventh rank with 500101 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 506949 Impressions (000s) week 18. Life OK also retained eighth spot with 471354 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 473477 Impressions (000s) in the previous week.

    The only other regional channel in the list of top ten channels across genres, Zee Telugu, moved up to ninth spot with 46866 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 1 445884 Impressions (000s) in week 19.

    Star Utsav moved down to the last place with 453454 Impressions (000’s) in week 19 as compared to 466912 Impressions in the previous week.

     

  • BARC week 19: IPL pushes Sony Max to pole position again across genres

    BARC week 19: IPL pushes Sony Max to pole position again across genres

    MUMBAI:  Week 19 Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data saw the pendulum shift back as the IPL season 9 backed Sony Max returned to top slot, but not by much. Last week’s numero uno Sun TV was close at its heels with slightly lower numbers. Star Utsav moved down to the tenth position in week 19, while Zee Telugu,  the only other regional channel among the top 10, moved up a place to ninth from the previous week’s tenth slot. The list covers the top 10 channels across all genres.

    Sony Max reported 944851 Impression (000s) in week 19 to claim first place closely followed by Sun TV with 944626 Impression (000s) which were significantly higher than the previous week’s 907221 Impression (000s) which had catapulted it to number one in week 18.

    Colors with 703707 Impression (000s) in week 19 as compared to 696037 Impressions (000s) moved up one place to third spot, while pushing down last week’s number three –Star Plus down one place.

    Star Plus bagged the fourth position with lower ratings in week 19 of 664177 Impressions (000s) as compared to last week’s 701000 Impressions (000s) 

    Zee TV retained fifth space in week 19 with lower ratings of 639647 Impressions (000s) as compared to 651225 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. Sony Pal remained at number six with 503774 Impressions (000s) as compared to the previous weeks 535090 Impressions (000s).

    Zee Anmol   maintained its previous week’s seventh rank with 500101 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 506949 Impressions (000s) week 18. Life OK also retained eighth spot with 471354 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 473477 Impressions (000s) in the previous week.

    The only other regional channel in the list of top ten channels across genres, Zee Telugu, moved up to ninth spot with 46866 Impressions (000s) in week 19 as compared to 1 445884 Impressions (000s) in week 19.

    Star Utsav moved down to the last place with 453454 Impressions (000’s) in week 19 as compared to 466912 Impressions in the previous week.

     

  • Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    MUMBAI: English News channels genre appeared on top in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis for the eight metros. This space marked an increase of 1.8 per cent and saw Lok Sabha TV as the leader with 93.7 per cent OTS in week 19.

     The former was followed by Infotainment with 1.3 per cent gain across all India. History TV 18 topped with 84.6 per cent OTS. Hindi Movies in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) took the third spot in the list of top gainers with 0.7 per cent increase in OTS. Max led the tally with 91.9 per cent OTS.

    Music genre in HSM also noted a growth of 0.6 per cent. 9X M emerged as the chart topper with 89.1 per cent OTS.

     English Entertainment witnessed a drop of 2.2 per cent in the eight metros; it topped the loser category with Zee Café scoring 47.7 per cent OTS. With a drop of 1.8 per cent, Business News channels genre in six metros booked the second spot. CNBC Awaz emerged as the most affected channel with 80.4 per cent OTS.

    The English Movies category in six metros also observed a decline of 1.7 per cent. Movies Now topped the list with 53.0 per cent OTS. The last spot was taken by the Youth genre with a drop of 1.1 percent in Hindi Speaking Market. Channel V grabbed the top position with 88.2 per cent OTS.

  • Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    MUMBAI: English News channels genre appeared on top in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis for the eight metros. This space marked an increase of 1.8 per cent and saw Lok Sabha TV as the leader with 93.7 per cent OTS in week 19.

     The former was followed by Infotainment with 1.3 per cent gain across all India. History TV 18 topped with 84.6 per cent OTS. Hindi Movies in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) took the third spot in the list of top gainers with 0.7 per cent increase in OTS. Max led the tally with 91.9 per cent OTS.

    Music genre in HSM also noted a growth of 0.6 per cent. 9X M emerged as the chart topper with 89.1 per cent OTS.

     English Entertainment witnessed a drop of 2.2 per cent in the eight metros; it topped the loser category with Zee Café scoring 47.7 per cent OTS. With a drop of 1.8 per cent, Business News channels genre in six metros booked the second spot. CNBC Awaz emerged as the most affected channel with 80.4 per cent OTS.

    The English Movies category in six metros also observed a decline of 1.7 per cent. Movies Now topped the list with 53.0 per cent OTS. The last spot was taken by the Youth genre with a drop of 1.1 percent in Hindi Speaking Market. Channel V grabbed the top position with 88.2 per cent OTS.

  • Colors becomes no.1 in HSM; Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exits top 5 programmes

    Colors becomes no.1 in HSM; Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exits top 5 programmes

    MUMBAI: The race of being a number one channel in Hindi general entertainment channels keep continues and week 18 witnessed Colors replacing Star Plus to be the leader in the space in the HSM market. On the other hand Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exited the top five programmes list while Colors’ Naagin continued to dominate the segment. 

    Colors  garnered the leadership position  in the HSM market with 656335 Impressions (000’s) and pushed down Star Plus to second slot with 646994 Impressions (000’s).

    Zee TV regained its third position with 598251 Impressions (000’s) followed by free to air channels Sony Pal on fourth and Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 533928 Impressions and 506203 Impressions respectively. 

    Star Utsav bagged sixth slot with 464727 Impressions (000’s) followed by Life OK which stood on seventh with 458127 Impressions (000’s). Rishtey bagged the eighth spot with 378935 Impressions (000’s). 

    Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television, both witnessed a fall  in ratings this week. Sab TV was at the ninth  with 345464 Impressions (000’s) against  359899 Impressions (000s) in week 17 whereas Sony TV stood at tenth with 297283 Impressions (000’s) against  347921 Impressions (000s).

    In the top five programmes of Hindi GEC, Colors Naagin continued  to dominate the genre with 17650 Impressions (000’s) while Zee TV’s prime time show Kumkum Bhagya bagged the second slot with 12954 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus’ prime time show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Saath Nibhaana Saathiya at third and fourth slot with 10612 Impressions (000’s) and 10257 Impressions (000’s) respectively. Zee Anmol’s Jodha Akbar grabbed the fifth slot with 9101 Impressions (000’s).  

  • Colors becomes no.1 in HSM; Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exits top 5 programmes

    Colors becomes no.1 in HSM; Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exits top 5 programmes

    MUMBAI: The race of being a number one channel in Hindi general entertainment channels keep continues and week 18 witnessed Colors replacing Star Plus to be the leader in the space in the HSM market. On the other hand Sony’s The Kapil Sharma Show exited the top five programmes list while Colors’ Naagin continued to dominate the segment. 

    Colors  garnered the leadership position  in the HSM market with 656335 Impressions (000’s) and pushed down Star Plus to second slot with 646994 Impressions (000’s).

    Zee TV regained its third position with 598251 Impressions (000’s) followed by free to air channels Sony Pal on fourth and Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 533928 Impressions and 506203 Impressions respectively. 

    Star Utsav bagged sixth slot with 464727 Impressions (000’s) followed by Life OK which stood on seventh with 458127 Impressions (000’s). Rishtey bagged the eighth spot with 378935 Impressions (000’s). 

    Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television, both witnessed a fall  in ratings this week. Sab TV was at the ninth  with 345464 Impressions (000’s) against  359899 Impressions (000s) in week 17 whereas Sony TV stood at tenth with 297283 Impressions (000’s) against  347921 Impressions (000s).

    In the top five programmes of Hindi GEC, Colors Naagin continued  to dominate the genre with 17650 Impressions (000’s) while Zee TV’s prime time show Kumkum Bhagya bagged the second slot with 12954 Impressions (000’s) followed by Star Plus’ prime time show Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Saath Nibhaana Saathiya at third and fourth slot with 10612 Impressions (000’s) and 10257 Impressions (000’s) respectively. Zee Anmol’s Jodha Akbar grabbed the fifth slot with 9101 Impressions (000’s).  

  • BARC week 18: Movies Now dominates the English movies space

    BARC week 18: Movies Now dominates the English movies space

    MUMBAI: AXN and Movies Now continue to dominate the English entertainment and English movies space respectively.  In the infotianment genre, Discovery manintained its leadership, according to week 18 of BARC India rating, 6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 4+ Individuals.

    English Entertainment genre witnessed a mixed bag of ratings in this week and saw a rise in its overall rating with AXN leading. The English movies space was topped by Star movies and Infotainment continued with Discovery as number one.

    English Entertainment

    AXN stood at number one position with a decline  in its rating from 343 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to 221 Impressions (000s) this week. Comedy Central moved up the row and bagged the second berth with 217 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 211 Impressions (000s).  

    Colors Infinity SD with 121 Impressions (000s) and Star World with 82 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and the fifth position respectively.

    English Movies

    Movies Now toppled Star Movies with 3157 Impressions (000s). Star Movies took the second position with 2915 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pix with 1782 Impressions (000s). Zee Studio grabbed the fourth place with 1370 Impressions (000s) while  HBO bagged the fifth position with 1333 Impressions (000s). 

    Infotainment

    Discovery with an increase in the ratings from 4585 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to 4760 Impressions (000s) this week. History TV 18 with 3846 Impressions (000s) secured the second positon. National Geographic Channel grabbed the third position with 3214 Impressions (000s) followed by Animal Planet with 2498 Impressions (000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 1969 Impressions (000s) on the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

  • BARC week 18: Movies Now dominates the English movies space

    BARC week 18: Movies Now dominates the English movies space

    MUMBAI: AXN and Movies Now continue to dominate the English entertainment and English movies space respectively.  In the infotianment genre, Discovery manintained its leadership, according to week 18 of BARC India rating, 6 Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 4+ Individuals.

    English Entertainment genre witnessed a mixed bag of ratings in this week and saw a rise in its overall rating with AXN leading. The English movies space was topped by Star movies and Infotainment continued with Discovery as number one.

    English Entertainment

    AXN stood at number one position with a decline  in its rating from 343 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to 221 Impressions (000s) this week. Comedy Central moved up the row and bagged the second berth with 217 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Cafe with 211 Impressions (000s).  

    Colors Infinity SD with 121 Impressions (000s) and Star World with 82 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and the fifth position respectively.

    English Movies

    Movies Now toppled Star Movies with 3157 Impressions (000s). Star Movies took the second position with 2915 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pix with 1782 Impressions (000s). Zee Studio grabbed the fourth place with 1370 Impressions (000s) while  HBO bagged the fifth position with 1333 Impressions (000s). 

    Infotainment

    Discovery with an increase in the ratings from 4585 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to 4760 Impressions (000s) this week. History TV 18 with 3846 Impressions (000s) secured the second positon. National Geographic Channel grabbed the third position with 3214 Impressions (000s) followed by Animal Planet with 2498 Impressions (000s) and Nat Geo Wild with 1969 Impressions (000s) on the fourth and fifth position respectively. 

  • BARC week 18: India Today TV moves to 2nd position; ET Now displaces CNBC TV18

    BARC week 18: India Today TV moves to 2nd position; ET Now displaces CNBC TV18

    MUMBAI:  According to week 18 of BARC India ratings, Times Now continued its dominance of the English News genre despite a drop in ratings, while TV Today moved up from fourth to second position in the genre.  CNBC 18 lost the top spot in English Business News genre to ET Now. In the Hindi News genre India TV continued at its number one position while CNBC Awaz continued it reign in the Hindi Business News.  

    English News
    Times now maintained its apex position in week 18, despite a drop in ratings to 341 Impressions (000s) from 404 Impressions (000s) in week 17. India Today Television moved up to second spot with 176 Impressions (000s) as compared to 129 Impressions (000s). CNN News 18 lost points in week 18 to report 155 Impressions (000s) as compared with 168 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to hold third position.  NDTV 24×7 with 132 Impressions (000s) moved down a place to fourth position. News 9 was at the fifth spot with 89 Impressions (000s) as compared to 108 Impressions (000s).

    English Business News
    ET Now grabbed the first position in week 18 with more than doubling of ratings to 152 Impressions (000s) as compared to 72 Impressions (000s) in week 17. Despite higher ratings than the previous week, CNBC TV 18 was at second spot with 129 Impressions (000s) as compared with 116 Impressions (000s) in week 17. NDTV Profit and NDTV with 29 Impressions (000s) and Bloombery TV with 13 Impressions (000s) came in at third and fourth spots respectively.

    Hindi News
    India TV continued its lead in the Hindi News genre in week 18 with 63826 Impressions (000s) as compared with 67903 Impressions (000s) in week 17, followed by Aaj Tak with 59248 Impressions (000s) as compared with 56253 Impressions (000s) in the previous week.
    ABP News was at third position with 38873 Impressions (000s) as compared to 38875 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. News Nation moved up one spot with 34104 Impressions (000s) as compared to 33905 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. India News moved down to fifth position with 33552 Impressions (000s) as compared to 34367 Impressions (000s) in the previous week

    Hindi Business News
    Though it lost some ratings, CNBC Awaz with 544 Impressions (000s) continued at first position, followed by Zee Business with 460 Impressions (000s) in week 18 of BARC ratings as compared to 430 Impressions (000s) in week 17.

     

  • BARC week 18: India Today TV moves to 2nd position; ET Now displaces CNBC TV18

    BARC week 18: India Today TV moves to 2nd position; ET Now displaces CNBC TV18

    MUMBAI:  According to week 18 of BARC India ratings, Times Now continued its dominance of the English News genre despite a drop in ratings, while TV Today moved up from fourth to second position in the genre.  CNBC 18 lost the top spot in English Business News genre to ET Now. In the Hindi News genre India TV continued at its number one position while CNBC Awaz continued it reign in the Hindi Business News.  

    English News
    Times now maintained its apex position in week 18, despite a drop in ratings to 341 Impressions (000s) from 404 Impressions (000s) in week 17. India Today Television moved up to second spot with 176 Impressions (000s) as compared to 129 Impressions (000s). CNN News 18 lost points in week 18 to report 155 Impressions (000s) as compared with 168 Impressions (000s) in week 17 to hold third position.  NDTV 24×7 with 132 Impressions (000s) moved down a place to fourth position. News 9 was at the fifth spot with 89 Impressions (000s) as compared to 108 Impressions (000s).

    English Business News
    ET Now grabbed the first position in week 18 with more than doubling of ratings to 152 Impressions (000s) as compared to 72 Impressions (000s) in week 17. Despite higher ratings than the previous week, CNBC TV 18 was at second spot with 129 Impressions (000s) as compared with 116 Impressions (000s) in week 17. NDTV Profit and NDTV with 29 Impressions (000s) and Bloombery TV with 13 Impressions (000s) came in at third and fourth spots respectively.

    Hindi News
    India TV continued its lead in the Hindi News genre in week 18 with 63826 Impressions (000s) as compared with 67903 Impressions (000s) in week 17, followed by Aaj Tak with 59248 Impressions (000s) as compared with 56253 Impressions (000s) in the previous week.
    ABP News was at third position with 38873 Impressions (000s) as compared to 38875 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. News Nation moved up one spot with 34104 Impressions (000s) as compared to 33905 Impressions (000s) in the previous week. India News moved down to fifth position with 33552 Impressions (000s) as compared to 34367 Impressions (000s) in the previous week

    Hindi Business News
    Though it lost some ratings, CNBC Awaz with 544 Impressions (000s) continued at first position, followed by Zee Business with 460 Impressions (000s) in week 18 of BARC ratings as compared to 430 Impressions (000s) in week 17.