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  • English Ent: Comedy Central, Star Movies lead respective genres, Star World slips 3 slots

    English Ent: Comedy Central, Star Movies lead respective genres, Star World slips 3 slots

    MUMBAI: BARC week 38’s leader in the English entertainment genre Colors Infinity slipped to the third position this week, albeit with a slight growth in the ratings. Star World slipped three slots to the fifth position this week.

    Comedy Central jumped two slots and Star Movies climbed three positions to pocket the respective leads in the English entertainment and English Movies genres. 

    English Entertainment

    Comedy Central climbed two slots to the top position with 296 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 222 Impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee Café climbed to the second position with 277 Impressions (000s) sum from the fourth position in the previous week.

    Colors Infinity slipped to the third position from the first position, with 244 Impressions (000s) sum this week. AXN slipped to the fourth position with 189 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Star World slipped to the fifth position from the second position with 135 Impressions (000s) sum this week.

    English Movies

    Star Movies, which was on the fourth position in the previous week, secured the first position this time with 2985 Impressions (000s) sum this week. Movies Now slipped a slot and came to the second position with 2750 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Sony PIX sat on the third position with 2700 Impressions (000s) sum, whereas MNX came to the fourth position with 2012 Impressions (000s) sum.

    HBO retained its last position albeit with an increase in the ratings, with 1971 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 1568 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Infotainment

    History TV18 emerged as the leader with 3417 Impressions (000s) sum in the infotainment genre while Discovery Channel slipped to the second position with 3292 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Animal Planet jumped a slot to the third position this week with 2555 Impressions (000s) sum.

    National Geographic Channel Wild slipped a slot to the fourth position with 2480 Impressions (000s) sum this week, whereas Nat Geo Wild retained its fifth position witnessing a rise in the ratings with 2145 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 1973 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz with 1452 Impressions (000s) sum retained its leading position, albeit with a fall in the ratings as compared to last week’s 1560 Impressions (000s) sum.

    FYI TV18 secured the second position, witnessing an increase in the ratings with 1187 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 815 Impressions (000s) sum in the previous week. Fox Life slipped a slot to the third position with 835 Impressions (000s) sum but with a fall in the ratings as compared to the last week.

    Food Food and TLC exchanged their respective last two positions with this week’s 564 Impressions (000s) sum and 523 Impressions (000s) sum.

  • 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.

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  • AXN enters English Ent Top 5, FYI TV18 Lifestyle hero

    MUMBAI: FX channel dropped out of the Top 5 English Entertainment channels’ list in BARC week 13 paving way for the entry of AXN. Players in the genre witnessed mixed ratings.

    According to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India data, History TV18 dominated the Infotainment genre although there was a decrease in ratings. The other channels witnessed mixed ratings. 

    FYI TV18 emerged on the top of Lifestyle space where players observed mixed ratings this week.

    English Entertainment

    Zee Cafe with increased ratings dominated the genre with 366 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 340 Impressions (‘000s) last week.  Comedy Central bagged the second place with 219 Impressions (‘000s). Colors Infinity SD pocketed the third position with 210 Impressions (‘000s) whereas AXN and Star World respectively bagged fourth place and fifth rank with 166 Impressions (‘000s) and 165 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Star Movies with low ratings dominated the genre with 2422 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 3242 Impressions (‘000s) last week. Movies Now came at the second spot with 2422 Impressions (‘000s). Sony Pix with 2383 Impressions (‘000s) took the third position followed by HBO at the fourth and Movies Now 2 at the fifth positions respectively with 1692 Impressions (‘000s) and 1624 Impressions (‘000s).

    Infotainment

    History TV18 with a drop in ratings dominated the genre with 5762 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 6060 Impressions (‘000s) last week. Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel respectively took the second and third place with with 5300 Impressions (‘000s) and 3941 Impressions (‘000s). Animal Planet came at the fourth position with 3339 Impressions (‘000s) whereas Nat Geo Wild was at the fifth place with 2622 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle 

    FYI TV 18 with a hike in its ratings reigned in the genre with 1440 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 923 Impressions (‘000s) last week. Living Foodz stood at the second spot with 1259 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Fox Life with 1220 Impressions (‘000s). Food Food with 808 Impressions (‘000s) and TLC with 645 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively.