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  • Sony MAX to celebrate 5 years of S.S. Rajamouli’s Bahubali: The Beginning

    Sony MAX to celebrate 5 years of S.S. Rajamouli’s Bahubali: The Beginning

    Mumbai: Sony MAX will celebrate 5 years of Bahubali: The Beginning through a special telecast of the Prabhas and Rana Daggubati starrer on July 11 at 8PM. Five years since its release, Bahubali: The Beginning, has continued to maintain a special place in every Bollywood fan’s heart with its high-octane stunts,  gripping storyline and a stellar cast.

    The movie that first hit the screens on July 10, 2015, features superstar Prabhas, Rana Duggubati and Tamanna Bhatia in the lead roles who were supported by Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Anushka Shetty, and Nassar. The first of two cinematic parts, the film follows Shiva, an adventurous young man who helps his love Avanthika rescue Devasena, the former queen of Mahishmati who is now a prisoner under the tyrannical rule of king Bhallaladeva. The movie concludes with probably one of the most intriguing suspense scenes of all time, leaving fans with the question, "Katappa Ne Bahubali ko Kyun Maara?"

    The movie is also fondly remembered for its pioneering VFX, production design and cinematography by V. Srinivas Mohan, Sabu Cyril and K. K. Senthil Kumar respectively. The film's brilliant soundtracks and background score were composed by M. M. Keeravani (M.M. Kreem).  

    Comments:

    Samay Thakkar, Hindi voice-over-artist for Katappa’s character

    Even after the 5 years of the film’s launch, I think the one thing that stood out is the passion and brilliant performances by all the lead actors and supporting cast. Rajamouli sir's direction has been remarkable too. The creative storytelling with the on-point humour element by Katappa’s character makes the film a full-time entertainer. I can never get bored of watching the film on Sony MAX whenever it airs. The movie even 5 years after the release still feels fresh.

    Stay Tuned to witness a nostalgia ride with Bahubali and Katappa in

    Bahubali: The Beginning on Sony MAX at 8 PM on July 11th.

  • Sun TV, Star Maa among most watched non-Hindi channels across genres at close of 2018

    Sun TV, Star Maa among most watched non-Hindi channels across genres at close of 2018

    BENGALURU: At its normal number one position and at third rank in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 52 of 2018 were Sun TV and Star Maa respectively. BARC’s weekly list for top 10 channels across genres for week 52 of 2018 (Saturday, 22 December 2018 to Friday, 28 December 2018) had five Hindi GEC, two channels each from the Hindi movies and Telugu genres, and one channel from the Tamil GEC genre. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom 18 Media Networks Pvt Ltd (Viacom 18).

    As mentioned above at its normal first rank in week 52 of 2018 was Sun TV with 1,012.658 million weekly impressions as compared to 973.093 weekly impressions in week 51. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and four 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.

    Continuing at rank 2 from the previous week in week 52 of 2018 was Zeel’s FTA Zee Anmol with 785.124 million weekly impressions as compared to 766.527 million weekly impressions in week 50. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and was ranked ninth in HSM (U). The channel was the most watched Hindi channel across genres during the week. The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya was ranked first 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 (R).  Another two programmes aired on the channel – Mahek  and Ek Main aur Ek Tu were ranked fourth and third respectively in HSM (R).

    Climbing up three places to third rank was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 782.262 million weekly impressions in week 52 of 2018 as compared with 683.707 million weekly impressions in week 51. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Five programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in the same market.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV also retained rank 4 in week 52 of 2018 with 700.671 million weekly impressions as compared to 752.121 million weekly impressions in week 51. Zee TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and third in HSM (U), and was ranked seventh in HSM (R). Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were at fifth and third ranks respectively 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). Kundali Bhagya was ranked fourth respectively in HSM (U+R).

    Viacom 18’s Hindi movies channel entered BARC’s across genres weekly list in week 52 of 2018 with 690.626 million weekly impressions at fifth rank. The channel ended 2018 with a bang – all the top five movies in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) were aired on Rishtey Cineplex. Rishtey Cineplex was the most watched Hindi Movies channel in BARC’s across genres weekly list.

    Star India’s pay TV Hindi GEC Star Bharat dropped a place from the previous week’s fifth rank to sixth rank in week 52 of 2018 with 658.078 million weekly impressions as compared to 693.134 million weekly impressions in week 51. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and sixth and fifth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) respectively. The Hindi mythology Radhakrishn on Star Bharat was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GECs programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus dropped four places from the previous week to seventh place in week 52 of 2018 with 654.141 million impressions as compared to 764.975 million weekly impressions and second rank in week 51. Star Plus was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U) and ninth in HSM (R).

    Zeel’s flagship Telugu GEC Zee Telugu rose two spots to eighth rank in week 52 of 2018 with 634.910 million weekly impressions as compared to 529.277 million weekly impressions in week 50. The channel was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market.

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max also dropped a couple of spots to ninth rank in week 52 of 2018 with 625,252 millon weekly impresions as compared with 575.714 million weekly impressions in week 51. Sony Max was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (U) and was ranked fourth in HSM (R). Hindi feature films (HFF) Sui Daaga, Bahubali the Beginning and Son of Satyamurthy were ranked second, third and fifth respectively in HSM (U).

    SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) re-entered BARC’s top 10 across genres weekly list in week 52 of 2018 at tenth rank with 603.330 million weekly impressions. SET was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (U). The reality show Indian Idol on the channel was ranked third and first in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GECs programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) respectively.

  • 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).

  • Sony Max tops Hindi channels; four Star India channels in across genres list

    Sony Max tops Hindi channels; four Star India channels in across genres list

    BENGALURU: Sony Pictures Network India’s (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max once again topped Hindi channels in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genres list (across genres list) for week 31 of 2018 (Saturday, 28 July 2018 to Friday, 3 August 2018, week or period under review). At rank number two, and the only Hindi Movies channel in the list, Sony Max headed all the eight Hindi language channels in the across genres list during the week. Two free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC, one flagship channel each from Hindi GEC and Telugu GEC genres from the Star India stable were also present in BARC’s across genres list for the week under review.

    Seven Hindi GECs, one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC comprised BARC’s weekly list for top10 channels across genres in week 31 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, besides the four Star India channels, there were two channels each from SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18 in the across genres list during the period under review.

    Sun TV led the across the genres list in week 31 with 1,046.99 million weekly impressions as compared to 1,048.709 million weekly impressions in week 30 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and all 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.

    At second place in week 31 of 2018 was Sony Max with 703.748 million weekly impressions as compared to 737.406 million weekly impressions in week 30. The channel was also the most watched channel in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking market – HSM (U+R), as well is in HSM (U). In HSM (R) Sony Max was ranked fifth in the Hindi Movies genre. Hindi feature films (HFF) that featured on Sony Max – Bahubali the Beginning and DJ 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) and HSM (U). A third HFF- Sooryavansham on Sony Max was also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its third rank in the across genres list in week 31 of 2018 with higher ratings of 702.128 million weekly impressions as compared to 675.605 million weekly impressions in week 30. 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- The Balaji Telefilms produced Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of the Balaji Telefilms produced Kumkum Bhagya, was ranked second, Kumkum Bhagya was ranked third in HSM (U+R)  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. Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was also ranked second and Kumkum Bhagya ranked fourth in HSM (U) in BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Star India’s FTA channel Star Utsav climbed up two ranks to fourth place in week 31 of 2018 with 684,843 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth place and 657.357 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Utsav had re-entered BARC’s across genres list in week 29.  Star Utsav was ranked first 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 among 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).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus re-entered the across genres list in week 31 of 2018 with 665.796 million weekly impressions at fifth place. Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Director’s Kut Productions produced Hindi soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was 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).

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol dropped two places to sixth rank in week 31 of 2018 with 653.951 million weekly impressions as compared to 674.957 million weekly impressions in week 30. Zee Anmol was also ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol 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 first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa also dropped two places in week 31 of 2018 to seventh place with 649.967 million weekly impressions as compared to 668.256 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Five programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat was ranked eighth in week 31 of 2018 with 645.100 million weekly impressions compared to seventh rank and 652.260 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R); was ranked fifth in HSM (R) and was ranked sixth in HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked ninth in week 31 of 2018 with 630.498 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 632.332 million weekly impressions in week 30. Colors was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U). Naagin 3  found the top place while the reality show Dance Deewane was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly 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). Naagin 3 was ranked first and Dance Deewane was ranked third in HSM (U). Further, Naagin 3 was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked tenth in week 31 of 2018 with 585.975million weekly impressions as compared to 605.714 million weekly impressions in week 30. Sony Pal was ranked seventh in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), was ranked third in HSM (R) and was ranked eighth in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal 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 (R).

  • Sun TV, Zee Anmol almost neck-to-neck in across genres

    Sun TV, Zee Anmol almost neck-to-neck in across genres

    BENGALURU: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi general entertainment channel (Hindi GEC) Zee Anmol entered the bastions held by either the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV or the channel that aired the Indian Premier League (IPL) in week 21 of 2018. Zee Anmol had then topped Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of the top 10 channels across genres, only to be overtaken by the normal occupant of the numero uno rank Sun TV in the following week. In week 23 of 2018 (Saturday, 2 June 2018 to Friday, 8 June 2018), the difference in the ratings between the top channel in the list, Sun TV, and Zee Anmol narrowed to just 1.073 million weekly impressions as compared to the normal difference between Sun TV and the second ranked channel of around 2-5 million weekly impressions in the previous year.  Of course, during IPL weeks, it was generally the channel that aired the world’s richest cricket league competition that was ranked first in BARC’s weekly across genres lists.

    Six Hindi GECs’, two Telugu GECs’ and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and the Tamil genres comprised BARC’s top 10 channels across genres list during the week under consideration. From the network’s perspective, three channels each from Star India and Zeel, two channels from Sony Pictures Network India and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom 18 made up BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres in week 23 of 2018.

    As mentioned above, Sun TV topped BARC’s across genres weekly list with 807.338 million weekly impressions in week 23 of 2018 as compared to 856.341 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The channel also was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets and the first four programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week were aired on Sun TV in these markets.

    At second rank in BARC’s weekly across genres list was Zee Anmol with 806.265 million weekly impressions in the week under review as compared to 824.521 million weekly impressions in week 22 of 2018. Zee Anmol also topped BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) and in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya that was aired on the channel was ranked third in the HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R) in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Climbing up three ranks was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 654.741 million weekly impressions in week 23 as compared to 581.109 million weekly impressions in week 22 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked second in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Oolath Chasma was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly 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).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV climbed up a rank to fourth place with 634.961 million weekly impressions in week 23 of 2018 as compared to fifth rank and 624.069 million weekly impressions. Zee TV was ranked third in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (U).  Kumkum Bhagya, which was aired on Zee TV, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were ranked second and fourth in HSM (U+R), Kumkum Bhagya was ranked fifth in HSM (R), while in HSM (U) three programes on the channel – the two Bhagyas’ and Ishq Subhan Allah were among BARC’s top 5 Hindi GEC programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week. 

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was ranked fifth in week 23 of 2018 with 592.577 million weekly impressions as compared to rank four and 664.599 million weekly impressions in week 22. Sony Max also topped BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). In week 23 it was the airing of the first part of SS Rajamouli’s two film tale – Bahubali the beginning that helped the channel to its ranks in various BARC’s weekly lists including in the top 5 Hindi Movies programmes list based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Other films aired on the channel during the week under consideration that were among the top 5 programmes lists were Kanchana Returns and Sultan.

    The Balaji Telefilms produced supernatural seasonal soap Naagin has always catapulted Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors to amongst the ranks in BARCs’ top channels and programmes charts. Colors re-entered BARC’s top 10 channels across genres list in week 23 of 2018 at rank six with 571.151 million weekly impressions. Colors was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). The third season of Naagin or Naagin 3 started in week 23. In the week of commencement itself, the programme entered BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Another offering from the channel, the reality show  Dance Deewane also entered BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Retaining its previous week’s seventh rank in week 23 of 2018 was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 559.746 million weekly impressions as compared to 540.519 million weekly impressions in week 22.  Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and ranked fifth in HSM (U) and HSM (R).

    Pushing its Telugu sibling channel Star Maa one rank to eighth place was another Star India FTA channel Star Utsav with 531.697 million weekly impressions in week 23 as compared to ninth rank and 501.065 million weekly impressions in week 22 of 2018.  Star Utsav was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    At ninth rank was Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa with 513.783 million weekly impressions in week 23 of 2018 as compared to eighth rank and 539.206 million weekly impressions in week 22.  Star Maa was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh markets three of its programmes were among BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in these markets.

    Also re-entering the list was Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu at tenth place with 510.127 million weekly impressions in week 23 of 2018. Zee Telugu topped BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh markets and one of its programmes was included in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in these markets.

  • All Hindi channels with Sun TV in across genres list

    All Hindi channels with Sun TV in across genres list

    BENGALURU: Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genre – All India (Urban + Rural): Age 2+ had the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV as the only non-Hindi channel. Sun TV had three Hindi movies and five Hindi GECs for company in week 13 of 2018 (Saturday, 24 March 2018 to Friday, 30 March 2018). Sun TV continued its leadership of the list while Zee Anmol had to give way to Star India’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Star Bharat which occupied second place in the list.

    From the network’s perspective, three Sony Picture Network India (SPN) channels; two channels each from Star India, Viacom 18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun TV Network comprised BARC’s top 10 channels across genres for week 13 of 2018.

    Occupying its normal position, Sun TV topped the list with 985.490 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 996.118 million weekly impressions in the previous week. As has been the norm, Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets, and all the five top Tamil programmes during primetime in the week in these markets featured on Sun TV.

    Moving up two ranks to second place was Star Bharat with 756.665 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 739.606 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Star Bharat also led BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets– HSM (U+R) and ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U), while it was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    At third place was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 739.830 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 813.355 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Zee Anmol was ranked second in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GECs list in HSM (U+R) and topped the list in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya on Zee Anmol was the most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Two other soaps from the channel – Jamai Raja and Ganga – were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    At fourth place and down one rank from the previous week was SPN’s women-focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 712.094 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 744.620 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked third in the top 10 Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and second in HSM (R). The crime show CID on Sony Pal was ranked fifth among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (R). Another long running programme – Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah on the channel was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Retaining its previous week’s rank of fifth was another Star India FTA channel – Star Utsav with 641.720 million weekly impressions as compared to 648.459 million weekly impressions of week 12 of 2018. Star Utsav was ranked fourth in the top 10 Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Climbing up one rank from its previous week’s rank to sixth place was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 587.930 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 594.219 million weekly impressions. Sony Max was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R), was ranked first in HSM (U) and ranked fifth in HSM (R). Both the parts of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus – Baahubali the Beginning; and Baahubali the Conclusion (or Bahubali 2) that featured on Sony Max were among the top five Hindi movie programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U), while Baahubali 2 was ranked third in HSM (R). Another Hindi feature film (HFF) that was aired on the channel – Kanchana the Wonder Car was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Climbing down one rank from the previous week to seventh place was Viacom18’s Hindi movies channel Rishtey Cineplex with 565.752 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 631.809 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Rishtey Cineplex topped the top five Hindi movies channels list in HSM (U+R), and was ranked second and fourth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) respectively. HFF Dangerous Khiladi which aired on the channel was the third most watched movie during primetime in HSM (U+R) and the fourth most watched HFF during primetime HSM (R). Another movie that featured on the channel – Ek Khiladi was the fifth most watched HFF in HSM (R).

    Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC channel Colors was ranked eighth (same as the previous week) with 551.565 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 588.459 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Colors was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U).

    At ninth place was another SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Wah, which re-entered the top 10 channels across genres list with 549.020 million weekly impressions in week 13 of 2018. The channel was ranked third in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and topped the list in HSM (R). HFF’s King Kong and Yevadu 2 were the third and fifth most watched Hindi movies during primetime respectively in HSM (U+R) while King Kong was the second most watched film during primetime in HSM (R).

    Climbing down one rank from the previous week to tenth place was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 539.770 million weekly impressions in week 13 as compared to 581.721 million weekly impressions in week 12 of 2018. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that were also aired on Zee TV were the fourth and the second most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime respectively in HSM (U+R). Kundali Bhagya was the most watched Hindi GEC programme during primetime, while its older sibling Kundali Bhagya was the third most watched programme during primetime in HSM (U).

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  • Lone non-Hindi Sun TV rules across channels list

    Lone non-Hindi Sun TV rules across channels list

    BENGALURU: Numero uno is the position that Sun TV holds in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly television ratings for the top 10 channels across genre across in India for age 2+ almost throughout the year. The only exception so far has been during the IPL weeks that the highly cricket hungry Indians consume the dominant channel that airs that mega event. Last year it was Sony Max. Now back to Sun TV – besides the across genre weekly lists, the channel has headed BARC’s weekly ratings for top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets. This was also the case in week 9 of 2018 (Saturday, 24 February 2018 to Friday, 2 March 2018) – as usual, the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC channel topped BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre, as well as BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels. And also, as has been a norm, all the five top Tamil programmes during primetime in week 9 of 2018 were aired on Sun TV. But at the same time, the channel’s ratings have been dropping and the gap in ratings between it and the second-ranked channel in the top 10 across genre channels has been narrowing.

    Overall, the combined ratings of the top 10 channels across genre declined by about 2 per cent in week 9 as compared to week 8 of 2018. One Tamil channel, two Hindi movies channel and seven Hindi GEC channels made up BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre. Week 9 of 2018 has seen a bit of a shakeup of sorts for BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre. Three channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, two channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Network 18 made up the list of the top 10 channels across genre during the week under review.

    As mentioned above, Sun TV topped the across genre list, though with lower ratings of 895.453 million weekly impressions in week 9 of 2018 as compared to the previous week’s 958.551 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was followed by SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal which climbed up two ranks with 757.432 million weekly impressions.  The channel had scored 682.137 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Sony Pal was also ranked one in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels list for week 9 of 2018 in the all India urban (U) and rural (R) Hindi speaking markets (HSM). The long-running crime show CID on Sony Pal was among the top 5 Hindi programmes and Balveer and Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah were also among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    Trailing very close behind Sony Pal at third rank with a difference of just 4000 weekly impressions in week 9 of 2018 was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 757.428 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was ranked second in the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked third in HSM (R) in the week under review. Star Bharat was ranked second in the top 10 channels across genre in the previous week with 762.407 million weekly impressions.

    At fourth rank in week 9 of 2018 was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 686.766 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s third rank and 715.586 million weekly impressions. The Balaji Telefilms produced family soap Kumkum Bhagya on Zee Anmol was among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another soap Ganga that had been aired on the channel was among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max climbed up to fifth place in week 9 of 2018 with 562.587 million weekly impressions. The channel had been ranked tenth in the list with 507.975 million weekly impressions in week 8 of 2018. The channel also topped BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The magnum opus Bahubali – The Beginning was among the top five Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) in week 9 of 2018. Other movies that were aired on Sony Max – Sultan and Kanchana 2 were among the top 5 Hindi movies programmes HSM (U) during the week under review.

    Zeel’s Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked 6 in week 9 of 2018 with 551.884 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s rank 5 and viewership of 600.766 million weekly impressions. Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, which also aired on the channel, topped the list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya, which also aired in Zee TV, was among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC channel Star Utsav climbed up a rank to seventh place in week 9 of 2018 with 536.603 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s 543.582 million weekly impressions. Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked eighth with 508.570 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s rank six and 574.408 million weekly impressions.

    Another SPN Hindi movies channel Sony Wah, which entered the top 10 channels across genre list was ranked ninth in week 9 of 2018 with 592.512 million weekly impressions. Sony Wah was ranked first in HSM (R), ranked second in HSM (U+R) and ranked fifth in HSM (U) lists for top 5 Hindi movies channels in week 9 of 2018. Hindi feature film Yevadu 2 was among the top five Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and HSM (R). Another HFF – Shivaji the Boss, which was aired on the channel, was also among the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime in week 9 of 2018 in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was ranked tenth in week 9 of 2018 with 497.433 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s rank 7 and 573.432 million weekly impressions. Another Balaji Telefilms produced soap – Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, which aired on Star Plus, was among the top 5 Hindi GEC’s in HSM (U) during the week. Star Plus was also ranked third in HSM (U) during the week.

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  • Star Bharat continues leading Hindi GECs across genres

    Star Bharat continues leading Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: Star India’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Star Bharat continued its leadership in the genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of top-10 channels across genres in week 51 of 2017 (Saturday, 16 December 2017 to Friday, 22 December 2017) for the third week in a row. The channel was ranked second in the across genres list, behind the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV.  Sun TV was the most watched GEC in India. In BARC’s top-10 Hindi GEC channels list, however, Star Bharat dropped a rank in week 51 from the previous week’s pole position. Comedy sitcom Kya Haal Mr Panchal rose to first rank in week 51 as the most-watched Hindi GEC programme during primetime in the Hindi-speaking urban and rural market – HSM (U+R) during primetime from week 50’s third rank.

    BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genres in week 51 featured the same channels as in week 50 but with different rankings. Seven Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC genres made it to the across genres list in week 51 of 2017. From the networks’ perspective, three channels from Star India, two channels each from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Sun Network and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) respectively and one channel from Network 18 (Viacom 18) comprised the top-10 channels across genres. Of these channels, six were pay TV channels and four were FTA.

    Sun TV maintained its unassailable first rank in week 51 of 2017 with 1,044.767 million weekly impressions, a shade higher than the previous week’s 1,024.516 million weekly impressions. As has been the norm in 2017, all the top-five Tamil programmes in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets during primetime were from Sun TV. Star Bharat was ranked second with 697.634 million weekly impressions again tad higher than the 690.538 million weekly impressions in week 50.

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol climbed up a rank to third place in week 51 of 2017 with 695.320 million weekly impressions as compared to 646.612 million weekly impressions. The Balaji Telefilms-produced Kumkum Bhagya aired on the channel featured among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM –(R) during primetime.

    Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors climbed down one rank to fourth place in week 51 of 2017 with 622.522 million weekly impressions as compared to 648.788 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The channel’s Indian Hindi series produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited – Shakti-Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki was among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM-(U) during primetime.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its fifth rank in week 21 of 2017 with slightly higher ratings in week 51 of 622.034 million weekly impressions as compared to 612.024 million weekly impressions of week 50. As has also become a norm, Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM-(U+R) and HSM-(U) during primetime.

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus climbed up one rank to sixth place with 577.847 million weekly impressions as compared to 525.123 million weekly impressions in week 50. The channel’s Balaji Telefilms-produced Ye Hai Mohabbatein featured among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM-(U+R) and HSM-(U) during primetime.

    Star Plus was followed by Star India’s Hindi FTA channel Star Utsav which jumped up three ranks to seventh place in week 51 of 2017 with 573.464 million weekly impressions as compared to 526.123 million weekly impressions of week 50. The Sphere Origins-produced sequel soap opera Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Bar Phir was among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM-(R) during primetime.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max descended two ranks to eighth place in week 51 of 2017 with 555.122 million weekly impressions as compared to 599.399 million weekly impressions. Hindi Feature Films’ (HFF) Bahubali the Beginning and DJ in HSM (U+R) and HSM-(U) and HFF Kanchana in HSM-(U) were among the top five programmes in week 51 of 2017. These films were aired on Sony Max during the week under review.

    SPN’s women-focused FTA channel Sony Pal retained its ninth rank in week 51 of 2017 with slightly lower ratings of 546.834 million weekly impressions as compared to 552.968 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The children’s Indian television series of a boy with supernatural powers Baal Veer, produced by Optimystix Entertainment, which aired on Sony Pal, was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM-(R) during primetime in week 51.

    The Sun Network’s flagship Telugu GEC Gemini TV completed the top-10 channels across genres list in week 51 of 2017 with 520.374 million weekly impressions at tenth rank as compared to eighth rank in week 50. The channel had garnered 562.485 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

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  • Mr Panchal continues to help Star Bharat top Hindi GECs across genre

    Mr Panchal continues to help Star Bharat top Hindi GECs across genre

    BENGALURU: Of late, the Optimystic Entertainment-produced comedy sitcom Kya Haal Mr Panchal has been among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime. Last week, (week 49 of 2017) its broadcaster, Star India’s renamed free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC, Star Bharat, found itself topping Hindi GECs in the top-10 channels across genres charts, just below the perennial across genres topper, the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. In week 50 (Saturday, 9 December 2017 to Friday, 15 December 2017) also, Star Bharat was ranked second in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) top-10 channels across genre: All India (U+R): 2+ Individuals list. The list leader was Sun TV in week 50 of 2017. Kya Haal Mr Panchal was among BARC’s top-five Hindi GECs in the Hindi-speaking market (HSM) (Urban + Rural) NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals list and the HSM (Rural) list.

    Seven Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC made it to BARC’s top-10 channels across genres list in week 50 of 2017. From the networks’ perspective, three channels from Star India, two channels each from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Sun Network and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) respectively and one channel from Network18 (Viacom18) comprised the top-10 channels across genres.  Of these channels, six were pay TV channels and four were FTA.

    Sun TV held onto its normal first rank in BARC’s top-10 channels across genre list for week 50 of 2017 with 1,024.516 million weekly impressions, lower than the previous week’s 1,052.240 million weekly
    impressions. As has also been the norm, all the top-five programmes in the Tamil market – Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R): NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals were from Sun TV. As mentioned above Star Bharat was at its last week’s rank of second in the across genres list with 690.538 million weekly impressions, lower than the previous week’s 733.533 million weekly impressions.

    Network 18’s (Viacom 18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors climbed a rank to third place in week 50 of 2017 with 648.788 million weekly impressions, also lower than the previous week’s 673.554 million weekly impressions. Colors also led BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the HSM (Urban): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol also climbed a rank to fourth place in week 50 of 2017 from the previous week’s fifth rank with 646.612 million weekly impressions. The channel had garnered 613.455 million weekly impressions in the previous week. The DJ’s Creative Unit produced Indian serial dramaKaala Teeka was among BARC’s top five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM (Rural): NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals market.

    Zee Anmol’s older sibling and Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV slipped two ranks in week 50 of 2017 to fifth rank from the previous week’s third rank. The channel’s viewership slipped to 612.024 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s 679.282 million weekly impressions. The Balaji Telefilm’s produced Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya continued to lead the top five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM (urban+rural) and HSM (urban) markets during primetime in terms of weekly ratings.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel climbed two ranks to sixth place in week 50 of 2017 with 599.399 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s 528.872 million weekly impressions. Hindi feature films (HFF) Baahubali the Beginning and DJ were among the top-five programmes in the Hindi movies genre HSM (U+R) and HSM (U): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals. Also, HFF Kanchana was among the top-five programmes in the HSM urban market.

    Star India’s flagship channel Star Plus was ranked seventh in week 50 of 2017 with higher ratings with 563.412 million weekly impressions as compared to 536.017 million weekly impressions in week 49 of 2017 (rank eight in week 49). The Balaji Telefilms produced Indian family soap Ye Hai Mohabbatein was among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in the HSM urban market.

    The Sun Network’s flagship Telugu GEC Gemini entered the top-10 channels list across genres in week 50 of 2017 with 562.485 million weekly impressions at eighth rank. The channel topped BARC’s top-five Telugu channels list in Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals markets. Telugu feature film Dhruva on Gemini topped the top-five Telugu programmes list in the AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals market.

    SPN’s women-oriented FTA Hindi GEC slipped three ranks to ninth place with 552.968 million weekly impressions as compared to the previous week’s 611.051 million weekly impressions. Balveer and Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah on Sony Pal were among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in the HSM urban market.

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav also dropped three ranks to tenth place in the top-10 channels across genre list in week 50 of 2017 with 526.123 million weekly impressions.

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  • Sun, Zeel, Star India channels continue presence in across genres lists

    Sun, Zeel, Star India channels continue presence in across genres lists

    BENGALURU: It’s festival season in India. Channels from three major networks in India continue finding presence in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) top 10 channels across genres All India (U+R): 2+ individuals. Sun TV from the Sun Network continued its pole position in the top 10 channels list in week 40 of 2017 (Saturday, 30 September 2017 to Friday, 6 October 2017. Two Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) channels have consistently been leading the Hindi GEC channels band, while three Star India channels (4 Star India channels in week 38 of 2017) have been present in the top 10 channels across genres weekly grouping. In week 40 of 2017, three Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) channels were also present in the weekly top 10 channels across genre table.

    As mentioned above – three channels each from the Star Network and SPN, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from the Sun Network and Network 18 (Viacom 18) were present in the BARC weekly top 10 channels across genres tally for week 40 of 2017. From the genre/languages perspective, seven Hindi GEC, one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC genres were present in the weekly top 10 channels lists across channels’ group in week 40 of 2017.

    Sun TV continued its unassailable rule over the weekly across genres band  with 1,114.363 million weekly impressions (sum) at first place, followed by Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol with 788.250 million weekly impressions (sum) at second place. Zee Anmol had strong support from Kaala Teeka in Hindi GEC and Kaala Teeka and Jamai Raja which were among BARC’s top 5 primetime programmes in the Hindi GEC –HSM (U+R) and Hindi GEC HSM (R) markets respectively. At third place was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 665.989 million weekly impressions (sum), strongly supported by Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya in BARC’s top 5 primetime Hindi GEC – HSM (U+R) market and Hindi GEC – HSM (U) markets.

    Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Pain in Spain among BARC’s top 5 primetime programmes in Hindi GEC HSM (U+R) weekly results and Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Pain in Spain and Udaan in the Hindi GEC HSM (U) weekly results for week 40 of 2017 helped Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors to fourth place with 661.538 million weekly impressions (sum).  Kaun Banega Crorepati’s (KBC) presence in BARC’s top 5 categories of Hindi GEC – HSM (U+R) and Hindi GEC HSM – (U) markets during primetime helped SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television to fifth place in BARC’s across genres table with 647.825 million weekly impressions (sum) in week 40 of 2017.

    Star India’s renamed Hindi GEC Star Bharat was placed sixth in the across genres tally for week 40 of 2017 with 632.766 million weekly impressions (sum), followed by SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max with 615.63 million weekly impressions (sum) at seventh place. Hindi Feature Films’ Bahubali the beginning in BARC’s weekly categories of top 5 programmes for Hindi Movies (U+R) and Bahubali the beginning, Sultan and Raj Mahal 3 in BARC’s weekly results  of top 5 programmes for Hindi Movies (U) helped Sony Max to return to BARC’s top 5 channels across genres list after a hiatus.

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was ranked eighth in BARC’s weekly list across genres tally for week 40 of 2017 with 551.267 million weekly impressions (sum). SPN’s women oriented Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked ninth in the category with 549.725 million weekly impressions (sum) followed by Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa with 524.551 million weekly impressions (sum) at tenth place.

    Please refer to the list below for BARC data for top 10 channels across genres for weeks 38 to 40.

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