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  • Times Now clinches 27 per cent market share, dominates Delhi election coverage

    Times Now clinches 27 per cent market share, dominates Delhi election coverage

    MUMBAI: Times Now has once again proved its mettle, emerging as the undisputed leader in Delhi Assembly elections coverage. During counting week, the channel led the English news genre with an impressive 27 per cent market share, solidifying its position as India’s go-to election news headquarters.

    Times Now’s Counting Week Prime Time programming left competitors in the dust, raking in a commanding 28 per cent viewership share. Flagship shows like India Upfront and The Newshour delivered real-time insights and hard-hitting debates, making sure audiences stayed informed with accurate and credible analysis.

    On Voting Day, 5 February 2025, Times Now left no room for debate, securing a dominant 31 per cent market share. With live ground reports, expert commentary, and exclusive interviews, the channel brought the election action straight to viewers, making sure no crucial moment was missed.

    When it came to exit polls, Times Now remained unchallenged, locking in a 32 per cent market share. Backed by credible political insights and expert-driven analysis, the channel reinforced its status as the most trusted source for election news.

    Times Now’s comprehensive lineup included Delhi Dangal: Ground Zero Survey, Public Manch, and National Debate, keeping viewers engaged at every stage of the electoral battle. Powered by seasoned journalists and a robust election roadmap, the channel delivered gripping, insightful, and data-backed coverage that outshone its competitors.

    With a relentless commitment to engaging, authoritative, and in-depth journalism, Times Now once again proved why it remains India’s first choice for election coverage.

  • News channels report second-best viewership pattern so far this year in week 11

    News channels report second-best viewership pattern so far this year in week 11

    MUMBAI: The coronavirus pandemic could be termed as a bane for the whole world, including India, but it certainly has become a boon for the news channels across genre in terms of viewership, a week eleven (14-20 March) data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India shows.

    This is the second-best week for the news channels in terms of viewership as the first still remains week seven so far in 2020. The Hindi news channels in week 11 advanced by around 29 per cent, whereas English by over 26 per cent making it, possibly, the most-watched genre in the current week.

    Dominating the chart for the straight eleventh week, TV Today Network’s Hindi news channel Aaj Tak has substantially grown by over 40 per cent to 216,024 weekly impressions in the current week as against 153,379 impressions in the previous week. These are the best numbers, so far this year, the channel has gained in the current week, the last best was 163,089 impressions in week eight.

    Aaj Tak has increased its viewership 1.5 times than its peers in the current week of BARC. Not just that, the channel has also topped the list of Hindi news channels during prime minister Narendra Modi’s first address to the nation on 19 March. It achieved over 40,000 viewership followed by Zee News at the second position gaining at least 25,421 impressions.

    Retaining its second position in the top five channels list, Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ Hindi news channel Zee News has gained over 24 per cent to 142,089 impressions in week eleven as compared to 114,390 impressions in the last week.

    Moving one position up from fourth to third spot, India TV has garnered around 26 per cent to 137,578 impressions in the current week as compared to 109,636 impressions in the last week. Whereas Network18’s Hindi news channel News18 India has fallen to the fourth position; however, it has grown by over by 16 per cent to 130391 impressions this week versus 112125 in week eleven.

    ABP News Network Hindi news channel ABP News has been featured in the top five news channels list almost after four weeks in week eleven. Dethroning Republic Bharat altogether from the chart, ABP News being on the fifth position has gained 130,035 weekly impressions in the current week.

    Meanwhile, Republic Media Network’s English news channel Republic TV, maintaining its top spot in the top five channels’ list, has grown by over 26 per cent to 852 weekly impressions in week eleven as against 692 impressions in the previous week of BARC. These are the third-best numbers, in terms of viewership, Republic TV has achieved so far this year.

    Retaining its second and third position in the top five channels’ list, Times News Network’s Times Now and TV Today Network’s India Today English news channels gained over 28 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, in week eleven. The former gained 644 impressions this week versus 501 in the last week, whereas the latter increased by 418 impressions as against 362 in the previous week.

    The English news channel of Network18 – CNN-News18 – has moved to the second last position from last in the top five news channels’ list. The channel has grown by over 64 per cent to 381 weekly impressions in the current week as compared to 232 impressions in the earlier week of BARC.

    Almost after two weeks, New Delhi Television’s English news channel NDTV 24×7 has garnered at least 273 weekly impressions in week eleven. The channel has dethroned the government-owned English news channels DD India from the top five news channels’ list altogether.

    The news channels across genres have continued its eyeballs gaining spree for the second straight week, according to the BARC. Viewers are consuming more news and updating themselves on the back of the novel virus spread. The positive cases in India have jumped to over 700 and at least 16 people so far have succumbed to the infection. 

  • News channels across genre fail to retain week 8’s exceptional performance

    News channels across genre fail to retain week 8’s exceptional performance

    MUMBAI: After an exceptional performance in week eight, news channels' viewership slumped in week nine of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India ratings. The Hindi news channels fell by over 17 per cent, whereas English news channels declined by over 43 per cent.

    In week eight, news broadcasters reported exponential growth on the back of the United States president Donald Trump’s visit to India and the riots in the national capital. These two events kept news channels buzzing the whole week between 22-28 February.

    However, in week nine (29 February to 6 March), they couldn’t maintain the same momentum as that of the previous week despite the novel corona virus scare in India that entered earlier this month.

    Despite dominating the chart for the ninth week straight, TV Today Network’s Hindi news channel Aaj Tak declined by over 24 per cent to 1,23,507 weekly impressions as compared to 1,63,089 impressions in last week. The channel grew over 60 per cent in terms of viewership in week eight.

    Though India TV moved one position up in the list of top five Hindi news channels list, it slipped by over 14 per cent to 1,02,710 weekly impressions in week nine as compared to 1,19,531 impressions in week eight. The channel had garnered over 35 per cent in terms of viewership in the last week.

    Not just in terms of viewership but also by the ranking, Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ Hindi news channel Zee News has tumbled in the current week. The channel fell by over 18 per cent to 1,00,538 weekly impressions in the current week as compared to 1,22,585 impressions in week eight.

    Network18’s Hindi news channel News18 India has improved both in terms of viewership and rank, but failed to match up with last week’s numbers. The channel, which ranked at fourth spot, fell marginally by over 6 per cent to 99,504 weekly impressions as against 1,06,683 in week eight of BARC.

    Meanwhile, Republic Media Network’s Hindi news channel Republic Bharat somehow made a mark in the list of top five news channels at the last spot. The channel fell by 22 per cent to 85,184 weekly impressions as compared to 1,09,170 impressions in week eight of BARC.

    In the English category, Republic Media Network’s Republic TV maintained a stronghold in the first position in the top five news channels list. However, the channel fell substantially by over 45 per cent to 589 weekly impressions as against 1083 impressions in the earlier week.

    Followed by Republic TV, Times News Network’s English news channel Times Now also fell significantly by over 47 per cent to 416 weekly impressions as against 785 impressions in week eight. The channel had gained most in terms of viewership by over 90 per cent in the previous week.

    Whereas TV Today Network’s English news channel India Today, while retaining its third spot in the list of top five channels, has declined by over 36 per cent to 291 weekly impressions in the current week as compared to 457 impressions in the previous week.

    The government-owned English news channel DD India has climbed one spot up at fourth position from fifth. However, the channel fell by 36 per cent to 222 weekly impressions as compared to 347 in terms of viewership in week eight of BARC.

    At the last position, Network18’s English news channel CNN-News18 has tumbled by around 46 per cent to 205 impressions as against 397 impressions in week eight. The channel had advanced by over 87 per cent in the previous week of BARC.

  • News channels fail to retain shine; tumble substantially in week 7 of BARC

    News channels fail to retain shine; tumble substantially in week 7 of BARC

    MUMBAI: The viewership of  news broadcasters is very much dependent on events. And, this has become quite evident in week seven of Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) as news channels failed to maintain the shine, tumbling largely in impressions compared to  week six.

    In the current week, Hindi news channels declined by over 20 per cent, whereas  English news channels fell by nearly 40 per cent in terms of weekly impressions as compared to the past week.

    News channels saw a rise in viewership by over 14 per cent in week six specifically due to the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.

    Dominating the chart for the  seventh week straight,  TV Today Network’s Hindi news channel Aaj Tak has declined by over 30 per cent to 101399 weekly impressions in week seven as compared to 146178 impressions in week six. The channel had gained over 25 per cent of impressions in the past week.

    Despite the slump in viewership by over 11 per cent, Network18’s News18 India has climbed one spot up to grab the second position in the list of top five news channels with 90255 weekly impressions as against 108032 in week six. The channel had grown by 7 per cent in terms viewership in the past week.

    Following the footsteps of News18 India, both the news channels in Hindi genre – India TV and Zee News, despite a decline in weekly impressions, have ranked at third and position. In week seven, the former fell by over 10 per cent to 88603 weekly impressions versus 99364 in week six, whereas Zee News slowed down by around 19 per cent to 80122 impressions as against 98654 in the previous week.

    The most drastic shift was shown by ABP News Network’s Hindi news channel ABP News that fell to fifth from the second position in terms of viewership. The channel tumbled by over 30 per cent to 74713 weekly impressions in week seven as against 108032 impressions in the earlier week of BARC.

    ABP News had given a cut-throat competition to Aaj Tak in week six by gaining almost as same as the size of viewership in terms of percentage. It had grown by 25 per cent last week. The channel made into the list of top five channels as it successfully maintained its rural viewership.

    Failing to make into the final list of top five, Republic Media Network’s Hindi news channel somehow got featured in the urban section of the Hindi news channels' list. However, Aaj Tak has continued to maintain the top position in both urban and rural segments of Hindi news channels in week seven.

    The decline continued in the English segment too as all the five channels in the list fell substantially in terms of viewership. And the most affected channel out of all news channels across genre is Republic Media Network’s Republic TV, which fell by near 50 per cent in the current week as compared to the last week. The channel reported 585 weekly impressions in week seven as compared to 1141 in the previous week.  

    This week, the other four channels in English news genre maintained their spots. Times News Network’s Times Now ranked at second position fell by 38 per cent to 413 impressions in week seven as compared to 664 weekly impressions in the previous week of BARC.

    TV Today Network’s India Today TV, Network18’s CNN News18 and NDTV 24×7 have been ranked at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively on the list. India Today fell by over 30 per cent to 288 impressions as against 415 in week six, CNN News18 by over 23 per cent to 202 impressions versus 263 in the earlier week and NDTV 24×7 by over 29 per cent to 182 weekly impressions from 258 in the last week.

  • Republic TV to launch in Middle East and Singapore

    NEW DELHI: The unstoppable TV journalist Arnab Goswami keeps marching: Republic TV, which has already announced going digital with an app, is now going overseas. While Republic TV will launch in the middle east next week, it is going to launch in Singapore next month on the Star hub.  

    Launched in May 2017, Republic TV has been leading the English News genre ratings. The channel opened its launch week, week with a bang, displacing Times Now as the genre leader, with a massive 21,18,000 weekly impressions.

    As reported by Indiantelevision.com earlier, the launch of Republic TV gave rise to an ugly war between the existing Indian English News channels and the new entrant.

    For one week, week 21 of 2017, ratings of the top Indian English news channels were not published as they had stripped their new feeds of the BARC audio watermark. The NBA-backed channels returned to the BARC fold in week 22.

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  • Times’ Rahul faces ‘India Upfront’ from 8pm today

    Times’ Rahul faces ‘India Upfront’ from 8pm today

    MUMBAI: Times Now, one of the most popular English news channels in India, is launching ‘India Upfront’ with Rahul Shivshankar’. As the name suggests it is a path breaking new show that will put hard facts – upfront — for the nation to assess. It will be a 60 minute show Monday to Friday at 8 pm, starting today, 23 January, 2017 hosted by Rahul Shivshankar, Times Now chief editor.

    Shivshankar said, “The show fills a massive void at prime time on news channels as most of them have fallen victim to the temptation of putting rhetoric ahead of facts therefore compromising on long-held values that separate news from propaganda.”

    He further reiterated that through the show, Times Now will bring back the focus on facts that will construct the narrative around verifiable information to the viewers with an all-around holistic view of events that touch their lives.

    Times Now, known for its vociferous debates and also seen as agents of change by the Indian diaspora in over 88 countries, is launching the show with a vision to present, captivate and inform viewers about daily events that affect the citizens of the country.

  • Times’ Rahul faces ‘India Upfront’ from 8pm today

    Times’ Rahul faces ‘India Upfront’ from 8pm today

    MUMBAI: Times Now, one of the most popular English news channels in India, is launching ‘India Upfront’ with Rahul Shivshankar’. As the name suggests it is a path breaking new show that will put hard facts – upfront — for the nation to assess. It will be a 60 minute show Monday to Friday at 8 pm, starting today, 23 January, 2017 hosted by Rahul Shivshankar, Times Now chief editor.

    Shivshankar said, “The show fills a massive void at prime time on news channels as most of them have fallen victim to the temptation of putting rhetoric ahead of facts therefore compromising on long-held values that separate news from propaganda.”

    He further reiterated that through the show, Times Now will bring back the focus on facts that will construct the narrative around verifiable information to the viewers with an all-around holistic view of events that touch their lives.

    Times Now, known for its vociferous debates and also seen as agents of change by the Indian diaspora in over 88 countries, is launching the show with a vision to present, captivate and inform viewers about daily events that affect the citizens of the country.

  • Chrome Week 21: English News channels top gainers; Sports top the loser list

    Chrome Week 21: English News channels top gainers; Sports top the loser list

    MUMBAI: The English News channels genre continued to hold its top place in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis for the eight metros. This space marked an increase of 0.9 percent and saw Lok Sabha TV as the leader with 88.9 percent OTS in week 21.

    The second spot was secured by the Religious genre with 0.7 percent gain among Hindi Speaking Market (HSM). Aastha topped with 96.7 percent OTS. Music in HSM took the third spot in the list of top gainers with 0.5 percent increase in OTS. 9 XM led the tally with 89.3 percent OTS.

    Hindi GEC in HSM also noted a growth of 0.1 percent. DD National emerged as the chart topper with 97.7 per cent OTS.

    Sports witnessed a drop of 1.1 percent in all India; it topped the loser category with DD Sports scoring 85.9 percent OTS. With a drop of 1.0 per cent. The English Entertainment channels genre in six metros booked the second spot. Comedy Central emerged as the most affected channel with 50.5 percent OTS.

    The English Movies category in six metros also observed a decline of 0.8 percent. Movies Now topped the list with 51.2 percent OTS. The last spot was taken by the Kids genre with a drop of 0.7 percent in all India. Nickelodeon grabbed the top position with 77.1 percent OTS.

  • Chrome Week 21: English News channels top gainers; Sports top the loser list

    Chrome Week 21: English News channels top gainers; Sports top the loser list

    MUMBAI: The English News channels genre continued to hold its top place in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis for the eight metros. This space marked an increase of 0.9 percent and saw Lok Sabha TV as the leader with 88.9 percent OTS in week 21.

    The second spot was secured by the Religious genre with 0.7 percent gain among Hindi Speaking Market (HSM). Aastha topped with 96.7 percent OTS. Music in HSM took the third spot in the list of top gainers with 0.5 percent increase in OTS. 9 XM led the tally with 89.3 percent OTS.

    Hindi GEC in HSM also noted a growth of 0.1 percent. DD National emerged as the chart topper with 97.7 per cent OTS.

    Sports witnessed a drop of 1.1 percent in all India; it topped the loser category with DD Sports scoring 85.9 percent OTS. With a drop of 1.0 per cent. The English Entertainment channels genre in six metros booked the second spot. Comedy Central emerged as the most affected channel with 50.5 percent OTS.

    The English Movies category in six metros also observed a decline of 0.8 percent. Movies Now topped the list with 51.2 percent OTS. The last spot was taken by the Kids genre with a drop of 0.7 percent in all India. Nickelodeon grabbed the top position with 77.1 percent OTS.

  • Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    Chrome Week 19: English News channels genre emerge as top gainer

    MUMBAI: English News channels genre appeared on top in Chrome’s opportunity to see (OTS) analysis for the eight metros. This space marked an increase of 1.8 per cent and saw Lok Sabha TV as the leader with 93.7 per cent OTS in week 19.

     The former was followed by Infotainment with 1.3 per cent gain across all India. History TV 18 topped with 84.6 per cent OTS. Hindi Movies in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM) took the third spot in the list of top gainers with 0.7 per cent increase in OTS. Max led the tally with 91.9 per cent OTS.

    Music genre in HSM also noted a growth of 0.6 per cent. 9X M emerged as the chart topper with 89.1 per cent OTS.

     English Entertainment witnessed a drop of 2.2 per cent in the eight metros; it topped the loser category with Zee Café scoring 47.7 per cent OTS. With a drop of 1.8 per cent, Business News channels genre in six metros booked the second spot. CNBC Awaz emerged as the most affected channel with 80.4 per cent OTS.

    The English Movies category in six metros also observed a decline of 1.7 per cent. Movies Now topped the list with 53.0 per cent OTS. The last spot was taken by the Youth genre with a drop of 1.1 percent in Hindi Speaking Market. Channel V grabbed the top position with 88.2 per cent OTS.