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  • English news channels witness increased ratings, Times Now, CNBC TV 18 lead respective genres

    MUMBAI: Channels in both, English News and English Business News, genres saw a hike in their ratings this week. While Times Now continued to be the undisputed leader in the English News space, CNBC TV18 dominated the English Business News genre.

    Led by Aaj Tak, the Hindi News genre saw the entry of News Nation in the top 5 channels list while News18 India dropped out of Top 5 this week. The players witnessed mixed ratings.

    News24 too exited the Top 5 list in this week’s data making way for the entry of Zee News in the Hindi News Rural genre. In the Hindi News Urban space, News Nation made a comeback in Top 5, leading to the departure of News18 India.

    According to week 8 of Broadcast Association Research Council (BARC), players in the Hindi Business News space witnessed a substantial increase in their viewership this week.

    English News

    Times Now with a substantial increase in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 798 Impressions (000s) as to 580 Impressions (000s) last week. India Today Television was at the second slot with 498 Impressions (000s) while CNN News18 was at the third position with 404 Impressions. NDTV 24×7 with 376 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 184 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 was at the number one position with 530 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now with 255 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime was at the third position with 73 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 46 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 16 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak with increased ratings continued at its number one position with 126940 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second position with 101439 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 93517 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 90197 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 72748 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with an increase in ratings dominated the rural market with 60016 Impressions (000s) as compared to 53891 Impressions (000s) last week. India TV sustained at the second place with 44481 Impressions (000s). ABP News grabbed the third position with 43232 Impressions (000s). India News took the fourth place with 39678 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News with 37586 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak with increase in ratings was at the number one spot in the urban market with 66923 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second position with 56958 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 52611 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 50284 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 39704 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the genre with increase in ratings from 1409 Impressions (000s) last week to 1787 Impressions (000s) this week. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1204 Impressions (000s).

     

     

  • Aaj Tak regains number one position in Hindi News genre

    MUMBAI: Zee News made way for the entry of News24 in the top five channels’ list in the Hindi News Rural genre in this week’s BARC India data. In the Hindi News Urban space, ABP showed up in the top five list pushing out News Nation.

    Aaj Tak regained its number one position in the Hindi News genre. All the players in the Hindi Business News space witnessed substantial decrease in their viewership this week.

    According to BARC week 6, the players in the English News and English Business News genre witnessed mixed ratings.

    English News

    Times Now with a decrease in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 580 Impressions (000s) as to 588 Impressions (000s) last week. India Today Television was at the second slot with 349 Impressions (000s) while CNN News18 was at the third position with 303 Impressions. NDTV 24×7 with 261 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 75 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 retained the number one position with 344 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now with 157 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime was at the third position with 51 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD retained the fifth place with 14 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak returned to its number one position with 113350 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second position with 102120 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 86659 Impressions (000s) followed by News18 India at the fourth position with 81941 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 79470 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in ratings dominated the rural market with 53891 Impressions (000s) as compared to 54753 Impressions (000s) last week. India TV retained the second place with 45068 Impressions (000s). India News grabbed the third position with 40977 Impressions (000s). News 24 took the fourth place with 35921 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 35506 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak regained its number one spot in the urban market with 59459 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second position with 57051 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 51227 Impressions (000s) followed by News18 India at the fourth position with 47392 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 43964 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the genre with decrease in ratings from 1499 Impressions (000s) last week to 1409 Impressions (000s) this week. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 934 Impressions (000s).

  • Times TV gets into a gunfight with CNBC TV18 on Budget Day claims

    MUMBAI: There’s a gunfight on in Indian news television town. And, the gunslingers are: Times Television Network and TV18’s CNBC TV18.

    CNBC TV18 drew its gun first claiming that the channel had created unprecedented highs in viewership on budget day (1 February) cornering almost 86 per cent of English business news channel viewership as against 10 per cent for arch rival ET Now and four per cent by the others. And it made a lot of noise about it online and in print and outdoor media.

    Times Television Network has retaliated crying foul and has written letters to the sheriffs of news TV town – that is the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), BARC, the Advertising Agencies Association of India and the Indian Society of Advertisers. (The letters are in the possession of indiantelevision.com).

    According to Times Television Network, its ET Now team observed a sudden spike in CNBC TV18’s reach to 2,289,000 as against an average of 289,000 over the previous thirteen weeks. This points to a manipulation of its viewership, states Times TV in a communication with indantelevision.com.

    How did CNBC TV18 allegedly achieve this?

    ET Now says its fiercest competitor allegedly “resorted to replacing the feeds of its network/bouquet channels with the feed of CNBC TV18, in the networks of MSOs like GTPL, InCable, E-Infra, Kaizen, Digicable, Manthan, Barasat, Meghbela.”

    And its communication has a list of cable TV networks detailing the channels that were allegedly replaced in each territory with CNBC TV18.

    “This helped it get an unfair advantage over the other competing channels… such an unnatural increase in the rating was not due to the channel’s coverage or the relevance of the day’s programming,” it further alleges in the email to indiantelevision.com. “The rating system of BARC captured the ratings of all the parallel LCNs on various networks and reported the same collectively as ratings for CNBC TV18. This was not just an addition to the regular and normal rating of the existing channel, but also a multiplication of the ratings, causing a sharp and unnatural spike. This fact could be corroborated by comparing the ratings of the regional channels – Colours and ETV, especially in the territories of Delhi, Bengaluru, Maharashtra, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, as these channels saw a drop in their ratings on Budget day.”

    Times Television Network has urged the associations “to investigate and take action against TV18 and direct them not to indulge in such practices as it doesn’t only damage the reputation of broadcasters, but also causes disruption among them. Let’s hope this case serves as a precedent against using such unwarranted methods in the industry.”

    Indiantelevision.com reached out to the corporate communications team at Network18 and got a point-blank denial on the allegation that it resorted to dirty tricks on Budget Day.

    “We are not aware of any such complaint, nor have we received any communication in this regard. CNBC-TV18 has always been at the forefront when it comes to the Union Budget coverage and has been a leader on the Budget day even in the past. Viewers chose to watch our channel because of the content and we believe in investing in our channel to ensure quality is maintained. Any suggestion that we have used unfair means is a false propaganda by competition to justify their dismal performance. We disapprove of anyone spreading rumours about us and accept the viewer’s choice.”

    TV viewership monitor BARC acknowledged that it had got a letter from Times Television Network highlighting the alleged CNBC TV 18 Budget Day tactics.

    A spokesperson explained that “broadcasters may opt to make their channel (s) available on more than one slot/frequency on a particular distribution platform for a variety of reasons: such decisions are entirely within the domain of the broadcaster and distribution platform (DTH, cable etc). Regulatory issues pertaining to this, if any, would lie within the domain of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) and/or the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Pre-empting or stopping broadcasters from making efforts to raise visibility of their channels is not within our remit. Our mandate is to measure what people watch and for how long. We strictly follow Government of India guidelines on the matter.”

    “By virtue of its mandate, and the technology deployed, BARC India measures viewership of a watermarked channel, irrespective of the platform it is available on, and also the number of instances within that platform. As long as all/multiple feeds carry the same unique watermark, BARC India’s Bar-o-Meters would read all of them as one channel and we would report its ratings as a single channel. In effect, multiple instances of a channel on a single platform is not very dissimilar to its availability across multiple platforms, or distribution modes.”

    In the past, networks such as Star India have simulcast cricket on many of its channels. It did the same for its Aamir Khan hosted show Satyamev Jayate which was also aired on Doordarshan and in different languages on its various regional channels as well as on Eenadu TV.

    Will Times TV Network take BARC’s response at face value? Or will it go further and seek to change the way the latter monitors and reports viewership? Or will it continue its fight by going to TRAI and the MIB? Or will the Times TV Network and other broadcast network managements learn from CNBC TV18’s Budget Day tactics and also go for roadblocks on distribution platforms for select events on a channel?

    Clearly, the last of the bullets has not been fired in this gun battle.

    Also Read:

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/news-channels-across-genres-see-rise-in-ratings-cnbc-tv18-leads-in-viewership-170203

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/barc-india-suspends-three-errant-channels-review-161125

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/whether-barc-action-can-stop-unethical-practices-161021

    http://www.indiantelevision.com/specials/year-enders/barc-india-gets-thumbs-up-for-2016but-challenges-remain-170111

  • Times presents ‘budget’ programming line-up

    Times presents ‘budget’ programming line-up

    MUMBAI: Times Network, the television broadcast division of India’s largest media conglomerate The Times Group, has always been at the forefront of economic events that have a big impact on the nation. Times has a special programming lined up for the biggest announcement of the year – Budget 2017, across its three leading news channels, ET NOW, TIMES NOW and MAGICBRICKS NOW.

    ET NOW

    Leading the power-packed campaign will be ET NOW, India’s leading English business news channel, with an exclusive campaign ‘Budget 2017: Tryst with Destiny’. In a way ET NOW will be a chronicler of history, considering the big shift in the functioning of the economy in the wake of demonetization.

    The channel will be the torch-bearer of budget debates, anchored by Sandeep Gurumurthi, Supriya Shrinate, Nikunj Dalmia, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Faye D’Souza, Ayesha Faridi, Tanvir Gill and Swaminathan Aiyar. The channel will ensure that viewers get all the relevant information comprehensively on ET NOW, well ahead of competition.  

    The one-hour special ‘Budget Debate’, anchored by Supriya Shrinate, will present views from India Inc’s top CEOs and renowned economists, policy makers like Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank; Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; Pawan Goenka, MD, M&M; Nitin Gadkari, Union Highways Minister; Piyush Goyal, Union Power Minister; Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog; Prakash Javadekar, Union HRD Minister; Nirmala Sitaraman, Industry & Commerce Minister; Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Aviation; Ramdeo Agrawal, Motilal Oswal; Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss Group; Nilesh Shah, Kotak AMC; and Jahangir Aziz, JPMorgan; Shaktikanta Das, DEA Secretary; Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor; Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman, Niti Aayog; Nalil Kohli, BJP Spokesperson; Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress Spokesperson and Shashi Tharoor, Congress Leader.

    As finance minister Arun Jaitley sets the agenda for Budget 2017, ET NOW will bring the insights from world renowned economists while ET NOW’s Consulting Editor, Swaminathan Aiyar, will break up the key takeaways for the common man.

    Supporting the on-air line-up, ET NOW has designed a 360-degree campaign across different platforms, including print, OOH, radio, digital and trade. The channel has also lined up a contest for its viewers to enhance consumer engagement.

    Marketing plan for Budget 2017

    The marketing plan for Union Budget 2017 included Print ads across eight major metros on February 1, 2017; Out Of Home (OOH) Advertising in Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore at major bus shelters, metro panels and branding at airports; EPG Branding at Hathway, DEN & Asianet; Radio announcements Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore; Digital campaigns for Budget special with hash-tag promotion; Trade promotions with Newsletter branding & Page Pushers and Viewer contest which includes Watch & Win IPhone 7.

    TIMES NOW

    The undisputed leader among English news channels, TIMES NOW will present non-stop programming from 7 am on Feb 1, 2017, titled ‘Budget 2017: Votes or Vision’. The penultimate budget before the current Governments term ends; expectations are intense from this budget. The government is walking a tight rope; it’s a double edged sword as an extreme reform oriented budget might be unpopular among the masses, especially with elections to 5 key states just around the corner. On the other hand a populist budget with sops will hit the nation long term economic growth. How will they strike the balance? Will it be votes for the party or vision for the nation?

    Catch a power-packed panel including Rajiv Kumar, Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research, Rajiv Desai, Comma Consulting, Lord Meghnad Desai, Economist and Omkar Goswami, Chairperson of CERG Advisory  decode the historic budget into news that the viewers can use. 

    The budget coverage will begin with discussions on dissecting the economy in the run-up to the FM’s speech. With the help of advanced technologies like augmented reality (AR) graphics and holograms, TIMES NOW will reach out to the common man. 

    MAGICBRICKS NOW

    Tracking the Budget announcements closely, Magicbricks NOW will break up key policy decisions and analyze their impact on the Urban Citizen. Investor’s Guide, the exclusive show on personal finance, will decode the Budget from multiple angles and not just the lens of real estate. It will give an in – depth analysis on the tax policy and how it affects your wallet. The channel will bring live audience from across five cities, with personal finance experts answering all their queries on tax implications, investment possibilities and home buying.  

    The channel will feature top experts like Dhirendra Kumar, CEO, Value Research, Shailesh Haribhakti, Chairman, Dh Consultants, Anuj Puri, CEO, JLL and Pankaj Razdan, CEO & MD, Aditya Birla Life Insurance. This show will be anchored by Faye D’Souza, Senior Editor, Personal Finance and Real Estate of ET NOW and Editor of Magicbricks NOW, will be telecast live across all three news channels – TIMES NOW, ET NOW and MAGICBRICKS NOW — at 7:00 pm.  

    It’s a Budget that can change the course of the Indian economy, a budget that can kick off the next phase of growth. This year, the network talks about Revolution on ET NOW, Votes or Vision and Eco-Political scenario on TIMES NOW and impact of Budget on common man on Magicbricks NOW, as world-renowned economists, corporate honchos and market experts debate the hits and misses.

  • Times presents ‘budget’ programming line-up

    Times presents ‘budget’ programming line-up

    MUMBAI: Times Network, the television broadcast division of India’s largest media conglomerate The Times Group, has always been at the forefront of economic events that have a big impact on the nation. Times has a special programming lined up for the biggest announcement of the year – Budget 2017, across its three leading news channels, ET NOW, TIMES NOW and MAGICBRICKS NOW.

    ET NOW

    Leading the power-packed campaign will be ET NOW, India’s leading English business news channel, with an exclusive campaign ‘Budget 2017: Tryst with Destiny’. In a way ET NOW will be a chronicler of history, considering the big shift in the functioning of the economy in the wake of demonetization.

    The channel will be the torch-bearer of budget debates, anchored by Sandeep Gurumurthi, Supriya Shrinate, Nikunj Dalmia, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Faye D’Souza, Ayesha Faridi, Tanvir Gill and Swaminathan Aiyar. The channel will ensure that viewers get all the relevant information comprehensively on ET NOW, well ahead of competition.  

    The one-hour special ‘Budget Debate’, anchored by Supriya Shrinate, will present views from India Inc’s top CEOs and renowned economists, policy makers like Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank; Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; Pawan Goenka, MD, M&M; Nitin Gadkari, Union Highways Minister; Piyush Goyal, Union Power Minister; Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog; Prakash Javadekar, Union HRD Minister; Nirmala Sitaraman, Industry & Commerce Minister; Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Aviation; Ramdeo Agrawal, Motilal Oswal; Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss Group; Nilesh Shah, Kotak AMC; and Jahangir Aziz, JPMorgan; Shaktikanta Das, DEA Secretary; Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor; Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman, Niti Aayog; Nalil Kohli, BJP Spokesperson; Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress Spokesperson and Shashi Tharoor, Congress Leader.

    As finance minister Arun Jaitley sets the agenda for Budget 2017, ET NOW will bring the insights from world renowned economists while ET NOW’s Consulting Editor, Swaminathan Aiyar, will break up the key takeaways for the common man.

    Supporting the on-air line-up, ET NOW has designed a 360-degree campaign across different platforms, including print, OOH, radio, digital and trade. The channel has also lined up a contest for its viewers to enhance consumer engagement.

    Marketing plan for Budget 2017

    The marketing plan for Union Budget 2017 included Print ads across eight major metros on February 1, 2017; Out Of Home (OOH) Advertising in Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore at major bus shelters, metro panels and branding at airports; EPG Branding at Hathway, DEN & Asianet; Radio announcements Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore; Digital campaigns for Budget special with hash-tag promotion; Trade promotions with Newsletter branding & Page Pushers and Viewer contest which includes Watch & Win IPhone 7.

    TIMES NOW

    The undisputed leader among English news channels, TIMES NOW will present non-stop programming from 7 am on Feb 1, 2017, titled ‘Budget 2017: Votes or Vision’. The penultimate budget before the current Governments term ends; expectations are intense from this budget. The government is walking a tight rope; it’s a double edged sword as an extreme reform oriented budget might be unpopular among the masses, especially with elections to 5 key states just around the corner. On the other hand a populist budget with sops will hit the nation long term economic growth. How will they strike the balance? Will it be votes for the party or vision for the nation?

    Catch a power-packed panel including Rajiv Kumar, Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research, Rajiv Desai, Comma Consulting, Lord Meghnad Desai, Economist and Omkar Goswami, Chairperson of CERG Advisory  decode the historic budget into news that the viewers can use. 

    The budget coverage will begin with discussions on dissecting the economy in the run-up to the FM’s speech. With the help of advanced technologies like augmented reality (AR) graphics and holograms, TIMES NOW will reach out to the common man. 

    MAGICBRICKS NOW

    Tracking the Budget announcements closely, Magicbricks NOW will break up key policy decisions and analyze their impact on the Urban Citizen. Investor’s Guide, the exclusive show on personal finance, will decode the Budget from multiple angles and not just the lens of real estate. It will give an in – depth analysis on the tax policy and how it affects your wallet. The channel will bring live audience from across five cities, with personal finance experts answering all their queries on tax implications, investment possibilities and home buying.  

    The channel will feature top experts like Dhirendra Kumar, CEO, Value Research, Shailesh Haribhakti, Chairman, Dh Consultants, Anuj Puri, CEO, JLL and Pankaj Razdan, CEO & MD, Aditya Birla Life Insurance. This show will be anchored by Faye D’Souza, Senior Editor, Personal Finance and Real Estate of ET NOW and Editor of Magicbricks NOW, will be telecast live across all three news channels – TIMES NOW, ET NOW and MAGICBRICKS NOW — at 7:00 pm.  

    It’s a Budget that can change the course of the Indian economy, a budget that can kick off the next phase of growth. This year, the network talks about Revolution on ET NOW, Votes or Vision and Eco-Political scenario on TIMES NOW and impact of Budget on common man on Magicbricks NOW, as world-renowned economists, corporate honchos and market experts debate the hits and misses.

  • India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space observed a hike in ratings this week except BBC World News. Times Now continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets. The players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week. In the Hindi News Urban data, India News exited and made way for the entry of News Nation.

    The channels in the Hindi Business News genre noted a decline in ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 558 Impressions (000s) as compared to 546 Impressions (000s) in week 52. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 224 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 202 Impressions. CNN News18 with 175 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 59 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with an increase in ratings from 227 Impressions (000s) in week 52 to 257 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 149 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 34 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 19 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 3 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News mixed

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 160276 Impressions (000s) as to 165306 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by ABP News at the second position with 133863 Impressions (000s). India TV took the third position with 132185 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 118976 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 89858 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 74184 Impressions (000s). ABP News was at the second slot with 63853 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the third place with 60463 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 49794 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 48936 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 86092 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 71722 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70011 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 69182 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 43678 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1058 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1146 Impressions (000s) in week 52. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 901 Impressions (000s).

  • India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    India News exits, News Nation enters in Hindi News Urban: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space observed a hike in ratings this week except BBC World News. Times Now continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets. The players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week. In the Hindi News Urban data, India News exited and made way for the entry of News Nation.

    The channels in the Hindi Business News genre noted a decline in ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now with an increase in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 558 Impressions (000s) as compared to 546 Impressions (000s) in week 52. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 224 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 202 Impressions. CNN News18 with 175 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 59 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with an increase in ratings from 227 Impressions (000s) in week 52 to 257 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 149 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 34 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 19 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 3 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News mixed

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 160276 Impressions (000s) as to 165306 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by ABP News at the second position with 133863 Impressions (000s). India TV took the third position with 132185 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 118976 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 89858 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 74184 Impressions (000s). ABP News was at the second slot with 63853 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the third place with 60463 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 49794 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 48936 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 86092 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 71722 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70011 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 69182 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 43678 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1058 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1146 Impressions (000s) in week 52. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 901 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space witnessed a decrease in ratings this week. Times Now with a further decrease in its ratings however continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 52 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space, both in rural and urban markets. Players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week.

    Channels in the Hindi Business News genre saw mixed ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now, with a further decrease in its ratings, continued to dominate the genre with 546 Impressions (000s) as compared to 576 Impressions (000s) in week 51. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 223 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 171 Impressions. CNN News18 with 171 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 61 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with a decrease in ratings from 237 Impressions (000s) in week 51 to 227 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 135 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 44 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 1 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings but stood at the first spot with 165306 Impressions (000s) as compared to 168964 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 142318 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 131434 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 108600 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 81387 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 75849 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second slot with 67718 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the third place with 60435 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 44674 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 43765 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 89457 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 89457 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70999 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 63926 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 42479 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1146 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1223 Impressions (000s) in week 51. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1089 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    Times Now, Aaj Tak retain positions even as ratings decline

    MUMBAI: The channels in the English News space witnessed a decrease in ratings this week. Times Now with a further decrease in its ratings however continued to dominate the genre.

    According to the week 52 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, the players in the English Business News space witnessed mixed ratings.

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space, both in rural and urban markets. Players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week.

    Channels in the Hindi Business News genre saw mixed ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now, with a further decrease in its ratings, continued to dominate the genre with 546 Impressions (000s) as compared to 576 Impressions (000s) in week 51. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 223 Impressions (000s) while India Today Television took the third position with 171 Impressions. CNN News18 with 171 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 61 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with a decrease in ratings from 237 Impressions (000s) in week 51 to 227 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 135 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 44 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 1 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak observed a decline in the ratings but stood at the first spot with 165306 Impressions (000s) as compared to 168964 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 142318 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 131434 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 108600 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 81387 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 75849 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second slot with 67718 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the third place with 60435 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 44674 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 43765 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 89457 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 89457 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 70999 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 63926 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 42479 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed a decrease in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1146 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1223 Impressions (000s) in week 51. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1089 Impressions (000s).

  • News X exits, BBC World News enters: BARC week 51

    News X exits, BBC World News enters: BARC week 51

    MUMBAI: News X made an exit this week making way for the entry of BBC World News in the English News genre. The channels in the genre witnessed a substantial decline in its ratings.

    According to the week 51 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, players in the English Business News observed a significant increase in its viewership.  

    Aaj Tak remained as the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets. The players in the Hindi News space witnessed mixed ratings this week.

    The channels in the Hindi Business News genre noted a hike in its ratings this week.

    English News

    Times Now with a decrease in its ratings continued to dominate the genre with 576 Impressions (000s) as compared to 708 Impressions (000s) in week 50. NDTV 24×7 sustained its second slot with 245 Impressions (000s) while CNN News18 took the third position with 204 Impressions. India Today Television with 195 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 72 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 continued to lead with an increase in ratings from 181 Impressions (000s) in week 50 to 237 Impressions (000s) this week. ET Now was at the second spot with 146 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime continued to be at the third position with 41 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 17 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 1 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak observed an increase in the ratings and stood at the first spot with 168964 Impressions (000s) as to 168632 Impressions (000s) in last week followed by India TV at the second position with 139977 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 125091 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 112289 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 96608 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak with a decrease in the ratings dominated the rural market with 79384 Impressions (000s). India TV was at the second slot with 62500 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the third place with 55976 Impressions (000s). India News took the fourth place with 53753 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News with 45694 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position with 89580 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 77477 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the third position with 69115 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News at the fourth position with 66595 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 42855 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz witnessed an increase in ratings though it continued at the number one position with 1223 Impressions (000s) as compared to 1089 Impressions (000s) in week 50. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1079 Impressions (000s).