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  • BARC week 7: Fakt Marathi makes maiden entry in Top 5 Marathi channels list

    BARC week 7: Fakt Marathi makes maiden entry in Top 5 Marathi channels list

    MUMBAI: As per the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s week 7 ratings, the leaders of all the regional channels including Bangla, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Oriya, Tamil and Malayalam genres continued to have a stranglehold on their respective genres. 

    After marking its presence on the DD Free Dish DTH platform, Marathi channel Fakt Marathi made its maiden entry in the top five channels list in the genre.

    Bangla GECs

    Though Star Jalsha witnessed a fall in ratings, the channel maintained its number one position in the Bangla general entertainment channel (GECs) space with 220355 (‘000s) as against 247291 (‘000s) in week 6. 

    Zee Bangla bagged the second berth with 147283 (‘000s) followed by Jalsa Movies on the third spot with 66704 (‘000s) and Zee Bangla Cinema with 37709 (‘000s) stood at number four pushing down Colors Bangla to number five with 31284 (‘000s). 

    Bhojpuri GECs

    Big Ganga retained its numero uno position with an increase in its rating with 16346 (‘000s) as against 14575 (‘000s) in week 6, followed by Bhojpuri Cinema at second position with 16300 (‘000s) and Dangal TV with 7456 (‘000s) stood at number three.

    Dabangg bagged the fourth berth with 7206 (‘000s) and ETV Bihar Jharkhand with 3193 (‘000s) stood at number five in week 7.  

    Kannada GECs

    Colors Kannada saw dip in its rating compared to previous week but managed to retain the first berth with 217260 (‘000s) as against 254250 (‘000s) in week 6. Suvarna climbed up to second position from last week’s fifth spot with 170074 (‘000s) and pushed Zee Kannada down to the third place with 145912 (‘000s). Udaya Movies bagged the fourth position with 130904 (‘000s), while Udaya TV stood in the fifth spot with 119542 (‘000s).

    Malayalam GECs

    Asianet continued to hold the top slot with a rise in ratings with 340204 (‘000s) as against 333827 (‘000s) in week 6, followed by Mazhavil Manorama with 99654 (‘000s) in the second place as against 103484 (‘000s) in previous week. Flowers TV maintained its place at number three with 88537 (‘000s) with a slight dip in its rating from the previous week. Asianet Movies with 62851 (‘000s) stood at number four and Surya TV with 49259 (‘000s) was at number five.

    Marathi GEC

    Zee Marathi retained its numero uno position with 139810 (‘000s) with a slight rise in rating as compared to the previous week. It was followed by Colors Marathi with 95409 (‘000s), whereas Zee Talkies maintained its third position with 89848 (‘000s) and also saw an increase in rating as against 668724 (‘000s) in week 6. 

    Star Pravah retained the fourth berth with 46968 (‘000s) with a slight dip in rating as compared to the previous week. The Marathi genre witnessed a new entrant Fakt Marathi in the fifth slot with 24396 (‘000s) while Maobili made an exit this week. 

    Oriya GEC

    Sarthak TV maintained its position on top with 92440 (‘000s) as against 109559 (‘000s) in week 6 followed by Tarang TV with 56243 (‘000s) in the second slot. Colors Oriya retained its third berth with 20538 (‘000s) with a slight dip in rating whereas Odisha TV retained its fourth position with 17000 (‘000s) as against 20103 (‘000s) in the previous week followed by Alankar with 7187 (‘000s) in the fifth place.

    Tamil GECs

    Sun TV remained the leader in the Tamil space with a minor spike in ratings at 953616 (‘000s) as against 962984 (‘000s) in week 6. KTV was at number two with 264009 (‘000s) whereas Star Vijay continued to hold its third spot with 177117 (‘000s).  

    Polimer climbed up to fourth slot with 77343 (‘000s) and pushed down Zee Tamil to the fifth place with 75617 (‘000s) in week 7. 

    Telugu GECs

    ETV Telugu continued to lead the Telugu genre with 417220 (‘000s) followed by Zee Telugu in the second position with 382931 (‘000s) and Maa TV in the third spot with 350918 (‘000s). 

    Gemini TV retained its place in the fourth rung with 286818 (‘000s), while Gemini Movies with 182659 (‘000s) stood in the fifth position.

  • Times Now & ET Now gain; Aaj Tak & CNBC Awaaz decline in ratings

    Times Now & ET Now gain; Aaj Tak & CNBC Awaaz decline in ratings

    MUMBAI: In week 7 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, Times Now continued to dominate the English news genre while in the Business news genre, ET Now retained its numero uno slot with an increase in ratings.

    On the other hand, Aaj Tak led the Hindi news genre, whereas even after a decline in ratings CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the Hindi business news genre. 

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in ratings remained as the undisputed leader in the English news space with 563 (‘000s) as against 404 (‘000s) in week 6. India Today Television took the second spot with 243 (‘000s). NDTV 24×7 with 223 (‘000s) and CNN IBN with 149 (‘000s) grabbed the third and the fourth positions respectively.

    News 9 continued to maintain its place in the fifth slot with 131 (‘000s).

    English Business News

    ET Now continued to lead the English business news genre with 273 (‘000s) followed by CNBC TV18 with 223 (‘000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 78 (‘000s) were in the third place, whereas Bloomberg TV with 11 (‘000s) grabbed the fourth position.

    Hindi News

    With a fall in ratings Aaj Tak with 77193 (‘000s) continued to dominate the space while India TV at 69739 (‘000s) with an increase in ratings stood in the second position. ABP News jumped to the number three position with 56051 (‘000s) followed by Zee News with 52604 (‘000s) in fourth place. India News fell from the third spot to number five this week with 49608 (‘000s)

    Hindi Business News

    Even after witnessing a slide in ratings CNBC Awaaz garnered the first position in the genre with 1294 (‘000s) as against 1790 (‘000s) in week 6. Zee Business with 940 (‘000s) stood at number two.

  • Times Now & ET Now gain; Aaj Tak & CNBC Awaaz decline in ratings

    Times Now & ET Now gain; Aaj Tak & CNBC Awaaz decline in ratings

    MUMBAI: In week 7 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, Times Now continued to dominate the English news genre while in the Business news genre, ET Now retained its numero uno slot with an increase in ratings.

    On the other hand, Aaj Tak led the Hindi news genre, whereas even after a decline in ratings CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the Hindi business news genre. 

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in ratings remained as the undisputed leader in the English news space with 563 (‘000s) as against 404 (‘000s) in week 6. India Today Television took the second spot with 243 (‘000s). NDTV 24×7 with 223 (‘000s) and CNN IBN with 149 (‘000s) grabbed the third and the fourth positions respectively.

    News 9 continued to maintain its place in the fifth slot with 131 (‘000s).

    English Business News

    ET Now continued to lead the English business news genre with 273 (‘000s) followed by CNBC TV18 with 223 (‘000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 78 (‘000s) were in the third place, whereas Bloomberg TV with 11 (‘000s) grabbed the fourth position.

    Hindi News

    With a fall in ratings Aaj Tak with 77193 (‘000s) continued to dominate the space while India TV at 69739 (‘000s) with an increase in ratings stood in the second position. ABP News jumped to the number three position with 56051 (‘000s) followed by Zee News with 52604 (‘000s) in fourth place. India News fell from the third spot to number five this week with 49608 (‘000s)

    Hindi Business News

    Even after witnessing a slide in ratings CNBC Awaaz garnered the first position in the genre with 1294 (‘000s) as against 1790 (‘000s) in week 6. Zee Business with 940 (‘000s) stood at number two.

  • RBNL CEO Tarun Katial denies sell-off rumours

    RBNL CEO Tarun Katial denies sell-off rumours

    MUMBAI: Speculative reports this afternoon on a possible sell-off of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Broadcast Network Limited’s (RBNL) to Subhash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) in order of “reduce debt” have raised many an eyebrows.

    The report mentioned that the company was looking to offload up to 49 per cent stake in RBNL, which operates the channels Big Magic and Big Ganga as well as the Big FM radio network.

    However, denying the same and putting an end to all rumours, RBNL CEO Tarun Katial tells Indiantelevision.com, “The rumors have no truth in them. I deny any such development, we have no sell-off plan and we are functioning normally.”

    Of RBNL’s two channels, while Big Magic operates in the Hindi space, Big Ganga caters to the entertainment needs of Bhojpuri audiences. The Bhojpuri channel has even been performing well on the ratings front and has been a market leader in the genre according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data.

    On the other hand, Big FM has a presence in as many as 45 cities across the country.

  • RBNL CEO Tarun Katial denies sell-off rumours

    RBNL CEO Tarun Katial denies sell-off rumours

    MUMBAI: Speculative reports this afternoon on a possible sell-off of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Broadcast Network Limited’s (RBNL) to Subhash Chandra’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) in order of “reduce debt” have raised many an eyebrows.

    The report mentioned that the company was looking to offload up to 49 per cent stake in RBNL, which operates the channels Big Magic and Big Ganga as well as the Big FM radio network.

    However, denying the same and putting an end to all rumours, RBNL CEO Tarun Katial tells Indiantelevision.com, “The rumors have no truth in them. I deny any such development, we have no sell-off plan and we are functioning normally.”

    Of RBNL’s two channels, while Big Magic operates in the Hindi space, Big Ganga caters to the entertainment needs of Bhojpuri audiences. The Bhojpuri channel has even been performing well on the ratings front and has been a market leader in the genre according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data.

    On the other hand, Big FM has a presence in as many as 45 cities across the country.

  • Sun TV maintains lead across genres; Colors jumps to No.2

    Sun TV maintains lead across genres; Colors jumps to No.2

    MUMBAI: Sun TV continued to dominate the charts across genres, while Colors replaced Star Plus to claim the second spot in week 7 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s all India data.

    Sun TV maintained the lead with 1014907 (‘000s), whereas Colors in the second place with 752390 (‘000s) nudged Star Plus down to number three with 743335 (‘000s).

    Zee TV fell to the fourth spot in week 7 with 711135 (‘000s), while Zee Anmol secured the fifth slot with 657952 (‘000s). Star Gold followed in the sixth place with 616633 (‘000s), whereas Life OK with 479884(‘000s) stood at number seven.

    Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav with 448383 (‘000s), Sony Pal with 437755 (‘000s) and ETV Telugu with 434572 (‘000) garnered the eighth, ninth and tenth spots respectively.

  • Sun TV maintains lead across genres; Colors jumps to No.2

    Sun TV maintains lead across genres; Colors jumps to No.2

    MUMBAI: Sun TV continued to dominate the charts across genres, while Colors replaced Star Plus to claim the second spot in week 7 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s all India data.

    Sun TV maintained the lead with 1014907 (‘000s), whereas Colors in the second place with 752390 (‘000s) nudged Star Plus down to number three with 743335 (‘000s).

    Zee TV fell to the fourth spot in week 7 with 711135 (‘000s), while Zee Anmol secured the fifth slot with 657952 (‘000s). Star Gold followed in the sixth place with 616633 (‘000s), whereas Life OK with 479884(‘000s) stood at number seven.

    Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav with 448383 (‘000s), Sony Pal with 437755 (‘000s) and ETV Telugu with 434572 (‘000) garnered the eighth, ninth and tenth spots respectively.

  • Cartoon Network drops to 5th spot; ‘Motu Patlu’ dominates programming: BARC week 7

    Cartoon Network drops to 5th spot; ‘Motu Patlu’ dominates programming: BARC week 7

    MUMBAI: Week 7 sees Turner International Inc’s Cartoon Network’s viewership taking a considerable dip from 54735 (000s sums) in week six to 51400 (000s sums). The channel has dropped to the fifth position in the list.

    Staying strong at the top spot is Viacom 18’s Nickelodeon with 79007 (000s sums), which is less compared to the channel’s viewership last week.

    Turner’s other kids channel, Pogo TV has maintained its second position in the list with 55453 (000s sums) and is closely followed by Hungama with 55043 (000s sums) viewership ratings. On the other hand, Disney Channel secured the fourth spot with 51470 (000s sums) ratings.

    On the programming front, Nick’s Motu Patlu in Alien World bagged the title of the most watched programming in the kids genre with 918 (000s sums), followed Hungama’s My Friend Ganesha with 879 (000s sums).

    Nick’s Motu Patlu Kungfu Kings with 781 (000s sums) and Shiva with 516 (000s sums) were at the third and fourth spots respectively. The fifth most watched programming in kids channels was Pogo TV’s Chhota Bheem And The Sky Dragon with 504 (000s sums). Overall, a dip in the viewership ratings of kids genre was observed in week 7.

  • Cartoon Network drops to 5th spot; ‘Motu Patlu’ dominates programming: BARC week 7

    Cartoon Network drops to 5th spot; ‘Motu Patlu’ dominates programming: BARC week 7

    MUMBAI: Week 7 sees Turner International Inc’s Cartoon Network’s viewership taking a considerable dip from 54735 (000s sums) in week six to 51400 (000s sums). The channel has dropped to the fifth position in the list.

    Staying strong at the top spot is Viacom 18’s Nickelodeon with 79007 (000s sums), which is less compared to the channel’s viewership last week.

    Turner’s other kids channel, Pogo TV has maintained its second position in the list with 55453 (000s sums) and is closely followed by Hungama with 55043 (000s sums) viewership ratings. On the other hand, Disney Channel secured the fourth spot with 51470 (000s sums) ratings.

    On the programming front, Nick’s Motu Patlu in Alien World bagged the title of the most watched programming in the kids genre with 918 (000s sums), followed Hungama’s My Friend Ganesha with 879 (000s sums).

    Nick’s Motu Patlu Kungfu Kings with 781 (000s sums) and Shiva with 516 (000s sums) were at the third and fourth spots respectively. The fifth most watched programming in kids channels was Pogo TV’s Chhota Bheem And The Sky Dragon with 504 (000s sums). Overall, a dip in the viewership ratings of kids genre was observed in week 7.

  • Zee Café is No.1 channel in English GEC; Movies Now leads English movie genre

    Zee Café is No.1 channel in English GEC; Movies Now leads English movie genre

    MUMBAI: Zee Café emerged as the number one channel in the English general entertainment channels (GECs) genre, while the English movies genre saw Movies Now continuing its dominant streak, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data in week 7. 

    English GEC

    In this week, Zee Café garnered the pole position with 229 (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central, which retained its second position with 217 (‘000s) with a dip in rating as compared to the previous week. AXN secured the third position with 205 (‘000s), Star World grabbed the fourth position with 137 (‘000s) and Colors Infinity SD stood at number five with 69 (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Movies Now continued to lead the genre and bagged the first position with an increase in ratings with 3083 (‘000s) as against 2542 (‘000s) in week 6.

    Star Movies captured the second berth with 2519 (‘000s) followed by HBO at number three, which saw a slight dip in rating with 1705 (‘000s). Sony Pix with 1384 (‘000s) was at number four, while Zee Studio secured the fifth position with 1271 (‘000s).