Tag: BARC regionals

MUMBAI: Star continues to rule the south regions – Malayalam and Telugu channels Asianet and Star Maa and has also gained second position in the Tamil region pushing behind Zee to the third position in Broadcast Audience Research Council ratings for week 27, while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi. Big Ganga has been able to gain the top position in the Bhojpuri market. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Kannada and Tamil with Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots but Sun TV noticing a decrease in its gross viewership.

Bangla

Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the numero uno spot in week 27 but saw a decrease in viewership from 276815 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 291010 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 271440 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath, who retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 63231 impressions (000s), 53206 impressions (000s) and 44098 impressions (000s) respectively. This week most of the channels in this market saw a decrease in the viewership as compared to last week.

Bhojpuri

This week Big Ganga managed to gain the highest number of viewership with 43719 impressions (000s), while Bhojpuri Cinema came second with 41771 impressions (000s). Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Oscar Movies Bhojpuri retained their third and fourth slots with 5647 impressions (000s) and 2027 impressions (000s) respectively. Mahuaa Plus came back in the fifth position with 1724 impressions (000s) dethroning News 18 Bihar Jharkhand, which was in the fifth position last week with 1442 impressions (000s).

Marathi

This week the Marathi market didn’t notice any change. Zee Marathi remained steadfast in the number one position with 282012 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 160343 impressions (000s) followed by Colors Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in third, fourth and fifth positions with 123112 impressions (000s), 102911 impressions (000s) and 52237 impressions (000s) respectively.

Kannada

Kannada region remained unchanged this week as well. Colors Kannada retained its number one slot but underwent an increase in viewership from 389352 as recorded last week to 406405 impressions (000s) impressions (000s) of this week. Following Colors Kannada are Zee Kannada – 312339 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 218228 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 201408 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 125699 impressions (000s). Except Colors Kannada and Udaya Movies, all other channels in this region saw a decrease in viewership as compared to last week.

Malayalam

Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel of Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 299372 impressions (000s). Surya TV moved to the second position with 93006 impressions (000s) pusing back Flowers TV to third position with 86835 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Asianet Movies remained in fourth and fifth positions with 73449 impressions (000s) and 71592 impressions (000s) respectively.

Tamil

Zee Tamil was dragged down to third position from second climbed up to second position with 419669 impressions (000s), while Star Vijay gained second position this week with 429225 impressions (000s). Sun TV who retained its top position saw a decrease in viewership from 916957 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 890935 impressions (000s) as of this week. KTV held its fourth position with 297775 impressions (000s). This week Colors Tamil was dethroned from the fifth position by Adityha TV, that came fifth with 67917 impressions (000s). 

Telugu

Telugu region didn’t notice any change this week. Star Maa and Zee Telugu retained their first and second positions with total viewership of 526572 impressions (000s) and 465243 impressions (000s). Gemini TV and ETV Telugu swapped their third and fourth positions with 358711 impressions (000s) 396150 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies retained its fifth position with 176582 impressions (000s).

MUMBAI: Star TV’s regional channels Asianet and Star Maa are leading the Malayalam and Telugu languages while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi in Broadcast Audience Research Council ratings for week 26. Big Ganga has again been pushed back to second position, while Bhojpuri Cinema became number one. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Kannada and Tamil with Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

Bangla

This week in the Bengali market, all channels saw an increase in their gross viewership as compared to last week. Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the numero uno spot in week 26 as well with an increase in viewership from 265682 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 291010 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 279654 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath, who retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 70701 impressions (000s), 50960 impressions (000s) and 43004 impressions (000s) respectively.

Bhojpuri

This week Bhojpuri Cinema gained the highest number of viewership with 40195 impressions (000s), while Big Ganga came second with 37069 impressions (000s). Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Oscar Movies Bhojpuri retained their third and fourth slots with 5912 impressions (000s) and 1775 impressions (000s) respectively. News 18 Bihar Jharkhand came as a new entrant in the fifth position with 1442 impressions (000s) dethroning Mahuaa Plus which was in the fifth position last week.

Marathi

This week the Marathi market didn’t notice much change. Zee Marathi continued to be placed in the number one position with 285175 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 145412 impressions (000s) pushing back Colors Marathi to third position with 125842 impressions (000s), followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 103300 impressions (000s) and 51204 impressions (000s) respectively.

Kannada

Kannada region didn’t see any change this week, however, all the channels saw an increase in their gross viewership. Colors Kannada retained its number one slot with 389352 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – 318173 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 231290 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 189109 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 167073 impressions (000s).

Malayalam

Malayalam market also remained unchanged this week. Asianet, the Malayalam channel of Star TV retained its number one position this week with 299372 impressions (000s). Flowers TV maintained second position 92267 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Mazhavil Manorama retained their third and fourth positions with 88243 impressions (000s) and 83197 impressions (000s) respectively. Asianet Movies remained in the fifth position with 61754 impressions (000s).

Tamil

Zee Tamil climbed up to second position with 429632 impressions (000s) pushing back Star Vijay to third position this week with 423667 impressions (000s). Sun TV and KTV held their first and fourth positions with 916957 impressions (000s) and 287961 impressions (000s). Colors Tamil retained its fifth position with 74877 impressions (000s). But this week, the all channels in this market saw an increase in their gross viewership except Colors Tamil.

Telugu

Zee Telugu and Star Maa swapped their first and second positions with total viewership of 490189 impressions (000s) and 491392 impressions (000s). Gemini TV, ETV Telugu and Gemini Movies retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions with 400387 impressions (000s), 379331 impressions (000s) and 160935 impressions (000s).

MUMBAI: ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla, Zee Marathi and Zee Telugu moved to number one position in their respective regions – Bengali, Marathi and Telugu after BARC released its ratings for week 25. After standing at the second position for week 24, Big Ganga has been able to retain its top position again this week. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for southern regions like Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil with Colors Kannada, Asianet and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

Bangla

Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla swapped their first and second positions with 263565 impressions (000s) and 265682 impressions (000s) respectively. Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 58665 impressions (000s), 43899 impressions (000s) and 40911 impressions (000s) respectively. But this week, the ratings of all five channels have decreased as recorded last week.

Bhojpuri

This week Big Ganga became successful in grabbing the first slot with impressions 36847 impressions (000s) pushing back Bhojpuri Cinema to second position with 36515 impressions (000s) while Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum, Oscar Movies Bhojpuri, Mahuaa Plus retained their third, fourth and fifth slots with 4724 impressions (000s), 1914 impressions (000s) and 1847 impressions (000s) respectively.

Marathi

Zee Marathi continued to be placed in the numero uno spot garnering a gross viewership of 274720 impressions (000s) but saw n decrease in viewership as compared to last week i.e. 301882 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies and Colors Marathi exchanged their second and third positions with 116018 impressions (000s) and 125812 impressions (000s) respectively, followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 109095 impressions (000s) and 68382 impressions (000s).

Kannada

Kannada region didn’t see much change this week. Colors Kannada remained number one slot with 364105 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – 309056 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 219418 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 185482 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 157915 impressions (000s).

Malayalam

Malayalam market also remained unchanged this week. Asianet, the Malayalam channel of Star TV retained its number one position this week with 248254 impressions (000s), while Flowers TV crawled up to second position with 90499 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Surya TV swapped their third and fourth positions with 80942 impressions (000s) and 87234 impressions (000s) respectively. This week, Asianet Movies ranked fifth dethroning Surya Movies with 68366 impressions (000s).

Tamil

Zee Tamil and  Star Vijay swapped their second and third positions this week with 389694 impressions (000s) and 470688 impressions (000s) respectively, while Sun TV and KTV held their first and fourth positions with 882668 impressions (000s) and 276071 impressions (000s). Colors Tamil retained its fifth position with 75826 impressions (000s) with an increase in viewership 60659 impressions (000s) as compared to last week.

Telugu

Zee Telugu climbed up a notch to be back at number one this week, garnering a gross viewership of 497232 impressions (000s), while Star Maa became second with 485332 impressions (000s). Gemini TV, ETV Telugu and Gemini Movies retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions with 388841 impressions (000s), 385437 impressions (000s) and 178293 impressions (000s).