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  • Zeel channels rule Hindi channels across genres

    Zeel channels rule Hindi channels across genres

    BENGALURU: Subshash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) Hindi GECs Zee Anmol and Zee TV were ranked second and third in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels across genres: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals in week 36 of 2018 (Saturday, 1 September 2018 to Friday, 7 September 2018). At its normal first rank was the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. 

    In terms of ranks and networks, channels from four networks followed a simple arithmetic progression in consecutive order. One rank, rank one was held by a Sun TV Network channel; two ranks, ranks two and three, were held by Zeel Networks channels. Three ranks, ranks four, five and six, were held by Star India channels and; four ranks, ranks seven to ten, were held by Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) channels in week 36 of 2018. From the languages perspective, there was one Tamil GEC, two Hindi movies and seven Hindi GEC channels present in BARC’s across genres list in week 36 of 2018. Consequently, two Zeel Hindi GEC channels – free to air (FTA) Zee Anmol and flagship Zee TV ruled Hindi channels in week 36 of 2018 in BARC’s across genres list.

    One Sun TV Network channel

    As mentioned above, at its normal first rank in week 36 was the Tamil GEC Sun TV with 1063.806 million weekly impressions as compared to 999.006 million weekly impressions in week 35 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and all of the 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    Two Zeel channels

    Reclaiming its second rank in week 36 of 2018 was Zee Anmol with 840.010 million weekly impressions as compared to 701.762 million weekly impressions in week 35. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Bounding up six ranks to third place was Zee TV with 721.364 million weekly impressions as compared to 620.187 million weekly impressions in week 35. Zee TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (U) and seventh in HSM (R) during the week. Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were at third and fourth ranks in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Three Star India channels

    Climbing up four ranks to fourth place was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav in week 36 of 2018 with 669.262 million weekly impressions as compared to 629.138 million weekly impressions in week 35. Star Utsav was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The soap Rabba Ve aired on Star Utsav was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Bharat, also jumped up two ranks to fifth place in week 36 of 2018 with 652.973 million weekly impressions as compared to seventh rank and 632.025 million weekly impressions in week 35. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), sixth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC, Star Plus dropped down two ranks in week 36 of 2018 to sixth place with 650.318 million impressions as compared to 687.926 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U) and tenth in HSM (R). Director’s Kut Productions produced Hindi soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U).

    Four SPN channels

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel, Sony Max, dropped down five ranks to seventh place in week 36 of 2018 with 630.227 million weekly impressions as compared to 721.447 million weekly impressions in week 35. Sony Max was also ranked second in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The Hindi version of SS Rajamouli’s film Bahubali the Beginning was ranked first among BARC’s list of the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R). Further, three Hindi feature films HFF – Bahubali the Beginning, 3 Idiots and Bhairava, on Sony Max were also among BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime list in HSM (U).

    SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal re-entered BARC’s across genres weekly list in week 36 of 2017 with 626.815 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and eighth in HSM (U). The long running sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah on Sony Pal was ranked second among BARC’s list of the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM R).

    Big Synergy Productions’ Amitabh Bahchan anchored Indian version of Who Will become A Millonaire – Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC is on air on SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC pay channel Sony Entertainment Television (SET). SET entered BARC’s weekly across genres list for the first time in 2018 in week 36 with 625.080 million weekly impressions. SET was ranked seventh in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R), and first in HSM (U).

    At tenth rank was another SPN Hindi movies channel, Sony Wah with 623.522 million weekly impressions as compared to 669.499 million weekly impressions in week 35. Sony Wah was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). HFFs’ The Return of Rebel and Yevadu that featured on Sony Wah were among the top 5 most watched Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) for the week in BARC’s list in HSM (U+R) One more HFF- Dangerous Khiladi 4 on Sony Wah was also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

  • Kumkum Bhagya, spinoff, SaReGaMaPa help Zee TV dominate Hindi GECs across genres

    Kumkum Bhagya, spinoff, SaReGaMaPa help Zee TV dominate Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: Two family soaps and a homegrown reality show have been time and again propping up Zee TV’s ratings in 2017– one soap – Kumkum Bhagya did it for the channel in the previous calendar year also. The other soap, a spinoff of the same – Kundali Bhagya has been rocking the ratings for the channel right from the time of its launch on 12 July 2017. And Zee TV’s home grown reality show is the music talent hunt Amul Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs. These programmes, along with other programmes on the channel seemed to have done a fair bit in helping viewership stickiness/enhancement in week 44 of 2017 (Saturday, 28 October 2017 to Friday, 3 November 2017). So much so that Zee TV topped the ratings amongst the Hindi GEC in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data for top 10 channels across genre: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals. Zee TV was ranked second after the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in week 44 of 2017. This time around for Zee TV, it was the spinoff that had a larger viewership in the Hindi GEC HSM (U+R) and Hindi GEC HSM (U) market than the original.

    Three channels from Sony Pictures Network, two channels each from Network 18, Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun Network made up the top 10 channels list for week 44 of 2017. From the genres perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC space made it to BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre.

    In week 44 of 2017, Sun TV was the leader across genres with 1,014.077 million weekly impressions. All the five programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil programmes (TN/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals) were from Sun TV. Among Sun TV’s programmes that made it to the top five, Tamil programmes is a multilingual (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada) supernatural television drama – Nandini claimed to be the second biggest budgeted series on Indian television after Naagin and the biggest in South India.

    Sun TV was followed by Zee TV with 795.129 million weekly impressions at second place. Star India’s recently renamed and free to air (FTA) channel Star Bharat was at third place with 707.563 million weekly impressions. At fourth place was Zee TV’s FTA Hindi GEC sibling – Zee Anmol with 678.924 million weekly impressions followed by Network 18 (Viacom 18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 614.118 million weekly impressions.

    Women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) stable was at sixth place in week 44 of 2017 with 597.676 million weekly impressions. SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max was at seventh place with 573.083 million weekly impressions followed by Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus at eighth place with 565.534 million weekly impressions. The Network 18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu was at ninth place with 537.726 million weekly impressions in week 44 of 2017. Helped along by the Amitabh Bahchan anchored Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC was SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) with 491.791 million weekly impressions at tenth place in week 44 of 2017.

     

  • Kumkum Bhagya and spinoff help Zee TV to second place in across genres

    Kumkum Bhagya and spinoff help Zee TV to second place in across genres

    BENGALURU: Over the past few weeks, Zee TV or its network sibling Zee Anmol have been ranked second and/or third in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists for top 10 channels across genre (All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals). In week 42 of 2017, it was Sony Pictures Network India’s (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max with the help of the rerun of Baahubali 2 that was placed second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres (across genres list). In week 43 of 2017 (Saturday, 21 October 2017 to Friday, 27 October 2017) – the week after India’s biggest festival season of Diwali, it is Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited’s (Zeel) flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV that has climbed back to second position in BARC’s across genres list. As in the past, the channel was once again supported by the Balaji Telefilms produced family drama soap Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya to attain the second place in the across genres list for week 43 of 2017. Both the soaps were amongst the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes HSM (U+R) during primetime (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals The pole position of the across genres list belongs to the Sun Networks flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV (except during the annual Indian Premier League). Three channels from SPN, two channels each from or associated with Zeel, Star India and Network 18 and one channel from the Sun Network comprised the top 10 channels across genres for week 43 of 2017. From the genres perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres for week 43 of 2017. Two flagship Hindi GEC channels of two networks – Colors and Star Plus returned to the top 10 channels list across genres after a short hiatus. As mentioned above Sun TV was at first rank in week 43 of 2017 with 1,059.914 million weekly impressions followed by Zee TV with 700.976 million weekly impressions. Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was at third place with 681.964 million weekly impressions. Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat was at fourth place in week 43 of 2017 with 668.004 million weekly impressions. Network 18’s (Viacom 18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors was at fifth place with 617.659 million weekly impressions, followed by SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 594.487 million weekly impressions at sixth place. Sony Max was seventh in week 43 of 2017 with 584.651 million weekly impressions. The Network 18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu was at eighth place with 536.339 million weekly impressions followed by Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC with 529.028 million weekly impressions at ninth place. SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC aided by the Amitabh Bahchan anchored Kaun Banega Crorepati was at tenth place in week 43 of 2017 with 519.420 million weekly impressions.

  • Chrome Study: Colors, Amitabh most liked GEC channel, anchor among working individuals

    Chrome Study: Colors, Amitabh most liked GEC channel, anchor among working individuals

    BENGALURU: Colors is the most liked Hindi GEC channel among working individuals and KBC’s Amitabh Bachchan is the most liked anchor, according to a survey by Chrome Data & Analytics (Chrome) covering 1,957 working individuals in the HSM market.

    The most preferred genre – in order of preference – 92 percent were hooked to GECs; 56 percent preferred movies; 52 percent were addicted to music; 44 percent followed news; 19 percent liked infotainment; 17 percent preferred sports; 12 percent preferred the kids’ genre and 5 percent preferred the lifestyle genre.

    In terms of channels – in order of preference – 70 percent preferred Colors; 55 percent Sony Entertainment Television (SET); 53 percent preferred Star Plus; 41 percent preferred &TV; 37 percent preferred Zee TV and 31 percent preferred SAB TV.

    In terms of favourite channel – for 38 percent Colors was a favourite channel while Star Plus was a favourite channel for 21 percent; 20 percent found Sony TV as their favourite channel; Zee TV was a favourite for 10 percent; &TV was a favourite channel for 7 percent and 4 percent of the respondents found SAB TV to be their favourite channel.

    The Chrome study respondent universe was 22 percent in the age group of 15 to 20 years; 44 percent in the age group of 21 to 30 years; 27 percent in the age group of 31 to 50 and 7 percent that were 51 years old or more. 58 percent of the respondents were male and 42 percent were female.

    Please refer to the six charts below for the favourite programmes and characters on favourite channels

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    Writers note: Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data for top 10 channels that is freely accessible in the public domain indicates that it is Zee TV and its sibling and free to air channel Zee Anmol that have been topping ratings in the Hindi GEC markets over the past few weeks. Correspondingly, Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya generally and consistently are amongst the top 5 GEC programmes in BARC’s weekly lists. In the case of reality television there is limited amount of BARC data available in the public domain. It may be noted that BARC data covers the entire HSM urban and rural market, while Chrome data is limited to working individuals in the HSM market.

  • Baahubali 2 catapults Sony Max across genres and in Hindi movies genre

    Baahubali 2 catapults Sony Max across genres and in Hindi movies genre

    BENGALURU: Baahubali 2 raked in viewership for Sony Max as the channel topped Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly ratings for Top 5 Hindi Movie channels – HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals for week 41 of 2017 (Saturday, 7 October 2017 to Friday, 13 October 2017). Sony Max was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres (NCCS: All India (U+R): 2+ Individuals). Two other channels from the Sony Pictures Network (SPN) also were amongst BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres list for week 41 of 2017.

    Like week 40 of 2017 (Saturday, 30 September 2017 to Friday, 6 October 2017), three channels each from Star India and SPN, two channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from The Sun Network and Network 18 comprised BARC’s top 10 channels across genres weekly list for week 41 of 2017. From the genres perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels, and one channel each from the Hindi GEC, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC made it to the top 10 channels list across genres.

    As is the norm (except during IPL cricket weeks) the top 10 channels across genre list was led by The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC with 1,100.367 million impressions in week 41 of 2017. Sun TV was followed by Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol with 759.094 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol also led BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC channels HSM (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals and top 10 Hindi GEC channels HSM (R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals for the week. In the rural markets, Kaala Teeka on Zee Anmol was placed third among the top 5 Hindi GEC (R) programmes and helped the channel to its lead position in the rural markets.

    Zeel’s flagship GEC Zee TV was third in BARC’s across genres list for week 41 with 708.222 million weekly impressions. Zee TV was also ranked second in the Hindi GEC (U+R) markets. Balaji Telefilms productions- Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya helped Zee TV retain its position in the Hindi GEC and the across genres markets.

    As mentioned above, Sony Max was ranked fourth in the across genres list for week 41 of 2017 with 679.637 million weekly impressions followed by Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors at fifth place with 644.187 million weekly impressions. Indian Hindi family drama Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki helped Colors, especially in the Hindi GEC urban markets in garnering viewership.

    At sixth place in BARC’s top 10 channels across genres list for week 41 of 2017 was Star India’s FTA and recently renamed channel Star Bharat with 643.035 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC (U+R) list for week 41. Star Bharat was followed by SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC channel Sony Entertainment Television with 602.697 million weekly impressions at seventh place. The Amitabh Bachchan hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) helped SET in garnering viewership.

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was eighth in the top 10 channels across genres list for week 41 of 2017 with 581.897 million weekly impressions followed by SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Star Pal with 530.962 million weekly impressions at ninth place. Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus completed the top 10 channels across genres list for week 41 of 2017 with 527.26 million weekly impressions.