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  • BARC week 32: Punjabi market witnesses a new entrant PTC Simran

    BARC week 32: Punjabi market witnesses a new entrant PTC Simran

    NEW DELHI: In week 32 of BARC India ratings, PTC Simran replaced 9X Tashan in Punjabi market and Star Vijay Super replaced Adithya TV in Tamil Market. The Tamil market saw a downfall in numbers with Sun TV leading the charts with 960055 impressions as compared to 1009795 impressions in week 31.

    In the Bangla market, Star Jalsha, Zee Bangla, Jalsha Movies, Colours Bangla and Sony Aath were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings.

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 STAR Jalsha 348808
    2 Zee Bangla 294302
    3 Jalsha Movies 129255
    4 Colors Bangla 78183
    5 Sony Aath 73692

    In Bhojpuri market, Bhojpuri Cinema, Zee Biskope, B4U Bhojpuri, Big Ganga and Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings.  

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Bhojpuri Cinema 34946
    2 Zee Biskope 34209
    3 B4U Bhojpuri 26226
    4 Big Ganga 14183
    5 Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM 11738

    In Gujarati market, Colors Gujarati Cinema, Zee 24 Kalak, TV9 Gujarati, ABP Asmita and Sandesh News were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings.  

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Colors Gujarati Cinema 42858
    2 Zee 24 Kalak 27332
    3 TV9 Gujarati 24080
    4 ABP Asmita 22145
    5 Sandesh News 14732

    In the Kannada market, Zee Kannada, Udaya TV, Star Suvarna, Colors Kannada, and Udaya Movies were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings.  

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Zee Kannada 465027
    2 Udaya TV 277737
    3 Star Suvarna 276898
    4 Colors Kannada 250906
    5 Udaya Movies 163388

    In the Malayalam market, Asianet, Surya TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers TV and Zee Keralam were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings.   

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Asianet 262496
    2 Surya TV 92855
    3 Mazhavil Manorama 92054
    4 Flowers TV 82116
    5 Zee Keralam 67209

    Zee Marathi, Star Pravah, Zee Talkies, Colors Marathi and Shemaroo Marathibana were the top Marathi channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings. 

     

    1 Zee Marathi 320814
    2 STAR Pravah 196709
    3 Zee Talkies 132659
    4 Colors Marathi 120907
    5 Shemaroo Marathibana 80557

    PTC Punjabi, Pitaara TV, Zee Punjabi, MH One and PTC Simran were the top five channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings in the Punjabi market. 

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 PTC Punjabi 61825
    2 Pitaara TV 36748
    3 Zee Punjabi 28713
    4 MH One 17780
    5 PTC Simran 13454

    Sun TV, Zee Tamil, Star Vijay, KTV, and Star Vijay Super Adithya TV were the top five Tamil channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings  

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Sun TV 960055
    2 Zee Tamil 519322
    3 STAR Vijay 385263
    4 KTV 290172
    5 STAR Vijay Super 124858

    Star Maa, Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu, Gemini TV, and Star Maa Movies were top-five Telugu channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings  

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 STAR Maa 753805
    2 Zee Telugu 554207
    3 ETV Telugu 486615
    4 Gemini TV 382495
    5 Star Maa Movies 276515

    Tarang, Zee Sarthak, Alankar, Colours Oriya, Prarthana were top-five Oriya channels in week 32 of BARC India ratings. 

     

    Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
        Week 32
    1 Tarang 165453
    2 Zee Sarthak 124117
    3 Alankar 60652
    4 Colors Oriya 36523
    5 Prarthana 32848

     

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  • PKL rural telecast exceptionally propels Star Sports First to top

    PKL rural telecast exceptionally propels Star Sports First to top

    MUMBAI: Star Sports First, primarily on the strength of PKL viewership in urban as well as rural areas, has again retained its lead with almost double the ratings as compared to BARC week 32’s second position-holder. 

    In contrast, Star Sports 2, which is telecasting the Vivo Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL) and other sports only in the urban areas, garnered less than one-third of the leader’s impressions and came at the fourth position. Only PKL games appear in the top five programmes according to BARC week 32 with 4907, 4872,  4530, 4172 and 4167 Impressions (000s) sum. 

    At the top, Star Sports First garnered 206695 Impressions (000s) sum whereas, at the second spot, Star Sports 1 Hindi collected 109284 Impressions (000s) sum. Sony Ten 1, again, mainly on the back of India-Sri Lanka tour’s popularity, retained its third position with 79429 Impressions (000s) sum. 

    At the next position, Star Sports 2 pocketed 68738 Impressions (000s) sum whereas Sony Six, at the fifth position, bagged 53743 Impressions (000s) sum.

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  • English Ent.: MNX leads & Zee Cafe retains top slot with significant drop

    English Ent.: MNX leads & Zee Cafe retains top slot with significant drop

    MUMBAI: Times rebranding gamble seems to have paid off. Three weeks after Movies Now 2 was rechristened as MNX, it topped the weekly viewership chart of BARC India’s latest all-India data.
    English Movies
    In English Movies genre, in BARC week 32, MNX emerged as the leader with 3384 Impressions (000s) sum by pushing the previous week’s winner Sony Pix to the third position also widening the gap; it pocketed 2710 Impressions (000s) sum. On the other hand, Star Movies climbed two slots to the second position garnering 3084. Movies Now dropped a slot and reached the fourth position scoring 2414 Impressions (000s) sum.
    English Entertainment
    In the English Entertainment genre, Zee Cafe retained its leadership position this week albeit with a terrible drop in ratings from 623 Impressions (000s) sum to 387 Impressions (000s) sum. Comedy Central however retained its second position by adding 60 to its last week’s tally — eventually inching much closer to the winner, Zee Cafe. 
    Star World, Colors Infinity SD and AXN this week sat pretty in their respective previous positions with 148 Impressions (000s) sum, 147 Impressions (000s) sum and 132 Impressions (000s) sum.
    Infotainment
    In the infotainment genre, History TV18 retained its numero uno position albeit with a fall in ratings — from 4453 Impressions (000s) sum to 4068 Impressions (000s) sum. Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel also retained their respective positions with 3796 Impressions (000s) sum and 2547 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively. However, Nat Geo Wild and Animal Planet interchanged their previous fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
    Lifestyle 
    In the lifestyle genre, Living Foodz and  Fox Life retained their respective top and second positions with 1454 Impressions (000s) sum and 941 Impressions (000s) sum this week. Food Food and FYI TV18 interchanged their respective spots to reach third and fourth positions. TLC vanished from the list of Top 5 channels in the genre, and Travel XP HD entered the list.

    Also Read:

    Zee Cafe leads with 2X ratings & Sony dethrones Movies Now

    Lifestyle genre: Travel XP HD enters & NDTV Good Times exits Top 5 list in Wk 29

  • Comedy Central and Movies Now dominate respective genres: BARC week 32

    Comedy Central and Movies Now dominate respective genres: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: Comedy Central dominated the English Entertainment genre whereas Movies Now replaced Star Movies taking the number one position in the English Movies space.

    According to week 32 of BARC India rating, six Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 4+ Individuals, Colors Infinity SD re-entered in the top five English Entertainment genre player list in this week’s data.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central dominated the genre with 270 Impressions (000s) followed by Star World taking the second slot with 181 Impressions (000s). AXN grabbed the third berth with 153 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee Cafe with 148 Impressions (000s) took the fourth slot, whereas Colors Infinity SD re-entered was at the fifth position with 85 Impressions (000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now toppled Star Movies with 3192 Impressions (000s) taking the number one place in the English movies genre. Star Movies grabbed the second berth with 2870 Impressions (000s). Sony Pix with 1682 Impressions (000s) secured the third slot. HBO with 1508 Impressions (000s) and Zee Studio with 1239 Impressions (000s) grabbed the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

  • Comedy Central and Movies Now dominate respective genres: BARC week 32

    Comedy Central and Movies Now dominate respective genres: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: Comedy Central dominated the English Entertainment genre whereas Movies Now replaced Star Movies taking the number one position in the English Movies space.

    According to week 32 of BARC India rating, six Mega Cities : NCCS AB : 4+ Individuals, Colors Infinity SD re-entered in the top five English Entertainment genre player list in this week’s data.

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central dominated the genre with 270 Impressions (000s) followed by Star World taking the second slot with 181 Impressions (000s). AXN grabbed the third berth with 153 Impressions (000s). 

    Zee Cafe with 148 Impressions (000s) took the fourth slot, whereas Colors Infinity SD re-entered was at the fifth position with 85 Impressions (000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now toppled Star Movies with 3192 Impressions (000s) taking the number one place in the English movies genre. Star Movies grabbed the second berth with 2870 Impressions (000s). Sony Pix with 1682 Impressions (000s) secured the third slot. HBO with 1508 Impressions (000s) and Zee Studio with 1239 Impressions (000s) grabbed the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

  • Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: In Urban + Rural Hindi speaking market (HSM) Star India’s both the channels Star Plus and Star Utsav grabbed the first two position in top ten Hindi GECs list whereas Zee TV pushed down to three and Colors bagged the fourth spot. 

    In rural HSM, Star Utsav continues to dominate the market and Star Plus again ruled the Urban HSM in week 32 as per the Broadcast Audience Research Council ( BARC) all India data

    Urban + Rural HSM

    With a rise in rating Star Plus continues to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel genre with 691536 Impressions (000) against 659591 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav replaced Zee TV on second position with 598686 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on third spot with 586734 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors fell on number four with 586734 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 490427 Impressions (000s) and Life OK stood on sixth with 426878 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 32, Sony Pal stood at seventh with 395033 Impressions (000s) and SPN’s other channels Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television grabbed eight and ninth spot with 375475 Impressions (000s) and 352633 Impressions (000s) respectively. 
    Rishtey bagged the tenth spot with 262899 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    In week 32, Star Utsav maintained its leadership position with 4461095 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol  at second position with 369868 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 300109 Impressions (000s). Zee TV maintained its fourth position with 253205 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus garnered fifth place with 216470 Impressions (000s)  and Rishtey bagged sixth spot with 194410 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 182605 Impressions (000s). Life Ok stood at eight with 154643 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at ninth place with 97182  impressions (000s) while  Big Magic stood tenth 95019 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole  position with 475066 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at second place with 403412 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 333529 Impressions (000s) stood at number three.

    Sab TV grabbed the fourth spot with 283193 Impressions (000s) followed by Life Ok at fifth with 272235 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 255451 Impressions (000s).

    In urban HSM,  &TV maintained its number seven position with 158318 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav with 137591 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Zee Anmol bagged ninth spot with 120560 Impressions (000s).  Sony Pal  bagged tenth spot with 94924 Impressions (000s).
     

  • Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    Star Utsav grabs second position; pushes Colors on fourth in Urban + Rural HSM: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: In Urban + Rural Hindi speaking market (HSM) Star India’s both the channels Star Plus and Star Utsav grabbed the first two position in top ten Hindi GECs list whereas Zee TV pushed down to three and Colors bagged the fourth spot. 

    In rural HSM, Star Utsav continues to dominate the market and Star Plus again ruled the Urban HSM in week 32 as per the Broadcast Audience Research Council ( BARC) all India data

    Urban + Rural HSM

    With a rise in rating Star Plus continues to lead the Hindi general entertainment channel genre with 691536 Impressions (000) against 659591 Impressions (000s). Star Utsav replaced Zee TV on second position with 598686 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee TV on third spot with 586734 Impressions (000s). 

    Colors fell on number four with 586734 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol on fifth spot with 490427 Impressions (000s) and Life OK stood on sixth with 426878 Impressions (000s). 

    In week 32, Sony Pal stood at seventh with 395033 Impressions (000s) and SPN’s other channels Sab TV and Sony Entertainment Television grabbed eight and ninth spot with 375475 Impressions (000s) and 352633 Impressions (000s) respectively. 
    Rishtey bagged the tenth spot with 262899 Impressions (000s).

    Rural HSM

    In week 32, Star Utsav maintained its leadership position with 4461095 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee Anmol  at second position with 369868 Impressions (000s) and Sony Pal on the third spot with 300109 Impressions (000s). Zee TV maintained its fourth position with 253205 Impressions (000s).

    Star Plus garnered fifth place with 216470 Impressions (000s)  and Rishtey bagged sixth spot with 194410 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at number seven with 182605 Impressions (000s). Life Ok stood at eight with 154643 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Entertainment Television at ninth place with 97182  impressions (000s) while  Big Magic stood tenth 95019 Impressions (000s).

    Urban HSM

    Star Plus garnered the pole  position with 475066 Impressions (000s) followed by Colors at second place with 403412 Impressions (000s) and Zee TV with 333529 Impressions (000s) stood at number three.

    Sab TV grabbed the fourth spot with 283193 Impressions (000s) followed by Life Ok at fifth with 272235 Impressions (000s) and Sony Entertainment Television with 255451 Impressions (000s).

    In urban HSM,  &TV maintained its number seven position with 158318 Impressions (000s) followed by Star Utsav with 137591 Impressions (000s) on eighth and Zee Anmol bagged ninth spot with 120560 Impressions (000s).  Sony Pal  bagged tenth spot with 94924 Impressions (000s).
     

  • Zee News enters top 5 in news: BARC week 32

    Zee News enters top 5 in news: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: Zee News, which recently became a free to air channel, entered the top 5 player list in Hindi News space, according to week 32 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). News Nation exited the Hindi news genre.

    The battle for the number one position in the English business news space continued this week with CNBC TV18 dominating the genre.

    The entire news industry observed mixed ratings according to this week’s data.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in ratings continued to remain the undisputed leader with 524 Impressions (000s) this week as compared to 497 Impressions (000s) in week 31. NDTV 24×7 grabbed the second slot with decrease in ratings from 207 Impressions (000s) to 184 Impressions (000s) this week. India Today Television took the third berth with 178 Impressions (000s) followed by CNN News18 at the fourth position with 131 Impressions. BBC World News with 108 Impressions (000s) took the fifth position.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 replaced ET Now grabbing the number one position with 338 Impressions (000s). ET Now placed itself at the second spot with 231 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 36 Impressions (000s). BTVi secured itself on the last spot with 16 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak despite a decrease in ratings sustained its number one position with 92984 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV which grabbed the second spot with an increase in ratings with 85921 Impressions (000s). India News garnered the third spot with 66641 Impressions (000s) while ABP News with 59199 Impressions (000s) was on fourth position. Zee News entered the tally at the fifth position with 54214 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz maintained its first position with an increase in ratings from 1429 Impressions (000s) in the week before to 1145 Impressions (000s) in week 32. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 675 Impressions (000s) in comparison.

  • Zee News enters top 5 in news: BARC week 32

    Zee News enters top 5 in news: BARC week 32

    MUMBAI: Zee News, which recently became a free to air channel, entered the top 5 player list in Hindi News space, according to week 32 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). News Nation exited the Hindi news genre.

    The battle for the number one position in the English business news space continued this week with CNBC TV18 dominating the genre.

    The entire news industry observed mixed ratings according to this week’s data.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in ratings continued to remain the undisputed leader with 524 Impressions (000s) this week as compared to 497 Impressions (000s) in week 31. NDTV 24×7 grabbed the second slot with decrease in ratings from 207 Impressions (000s) to 184 Impressions (000s) this week. India Today Television took the third berth with 178 Impressions (000s) followed by CNN News18 at the fourth position with 131 Impressions. BBC World News with 108 Impressions (000s) took the fifth position.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 replaced ET Now grabbing the number one position with 338 Impressions (000s). ET Now placed itself at the second spot with 231 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 36 Impressions (000s). BTVi secured itself on the last spot with 16 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak despite a decrease in ratings sustained its number one position with 92984 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV which grabbed the second spot with an increase in ratings with 85921 Impressions (000s). India News garnered the third spot with 66641 Impressions (000s) while ABP News with 59199 Impressions (000s) was on fourth position. Zee News entered the tally at the fifth position with 54214 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz maintained its first position with an increase in ratings from 1429 Impressions (000s) in the week before to 1145 Impressions (000s) in week 32. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 675 Impressions (000s) in comparison.