Tag: Hindi Urban news

  • ABP climbs, India TV & NDTV slip as entrenched leaders see ratings hike

    MUMBAI: Times Now continued to be the leader of the English news genre with a decent hike in BARC India ratings week 17 and India Today Television climbed up to the second spot from the third position last week. 

    In the English business news genre, CNBC TV maintained the top slot witnessing a good hike in ratings. In Hindi news (U+R), Aaj Tak continued to lead the genre across the market. ABP News jumped two spots in both Hindi news as well as Hindi news – Urban. CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the genre with a hike in the rating.

    English News

    Times now continued to lead the genre with 767 Impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television and CNN News18. Both climbed up a spot each at second and third positions with 362 Impressions (000s) sum and 257 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively. NDTV 24×7 slipped to fourth position from its second slot in the previous week with 244 Impressions (000s) sum and BBC world news grabbed the fifth spot with a slight increase in the rating.

    English Business news

    CNBC TV retained the number one position with 696 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to last week’s 492 Impressions (000s) sum whereas ET Now with a fall in the ratings of 261 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to last week’s 414 Impressions (000s) sum grabbed the second position. 

    NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime were at third position with 77 Impressions (000s) sum. BTVi was on the fourth spot with 19 Impressions (000s) sum and CNBC TV18 Prime HD stood at the fifth place with three  Impressions (000s) sum which was the same last week.

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak, with a slight hike in the ratings, retained its number one position with 104644 Impressions (000s) sum in BARC week 17. ABP News regained its second position with a week’s gap with 88038 Impressions (000s) sum from fourth in the last week. 

    India TV and Zee News dropped a slot each with 87544 Impressions (000s) sum and 86124 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively. News18 India is at fifth position with 65101 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi Rural news

    Aaj Tak, with a fall in its ratings, emerged the number one channel in the rural market with 44287 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 45151 Impressions (000s) sum last week. India TV sat at the second spot with 37811 Impressions (000s) sum as ABP News was at the third slot with 36092 Impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and India TV, interchanged their slots in BARC week 17 respectively taking the fourth and fifth place with 34908 and 31301 Impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi Urban news

    Aaj Tak, with a great hike in its viewership, emerged as the leader in the urban market with 60357 Impressions (000s) sum as compared to 53456 Impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News climed to the second slot with 51945 Impressions (000s) sum from its fourth position last week with 42849 Impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and India TV slipped a slot each with 51215 Impressions (000s) sum and 49732 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively. News18 India took the fifth position with 38232 Impressions (000s).

  • News: India TV climbs & ABP slips in two categories

    MUMBAI: Despite a general fall in ratings across the news genre, Times Now continued to be the leader in the English news genre and CNBC TV maintained the top slot in the English business news genre.

    In Hindi news (U+R), Aaj Tak witnessed a dip in ratings but continued to lead the genre across the market. India TV climbed a spot each in Hindi news as well as Hindi news -rural, and Zee News upgraded to a higher spot in Hindi news. CNBC Awaaz, too, continued to dominate the genre with a hike in the ratings, according to BARC India week 16 ratings.

    English News

    Times now continued to lead the genre although it witnessed a dip in the rating this week. The channel registered 552 Impressions (000s) followed by NDTV on the second spot with 345 Impressions (000s) and India Today Television on the third spot with 301 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 with 237 Impressions (000s) stood at number four and BBC world news grabbed the fifth spot with a slight increase in the rating.

    English Business news

    Even after witnessing a dip in rating this week, CNBC TV retained the number one position with 492 Impressions (000s) as compared to last week’s 510 Impressions (000s) whereas ET Now with a great hike in the ratings of 414 Impressions (000s) as compared to last week’s 232 Impressions (000s) grabbed the second position. NDTV profit and NDTV Prime were at third position with 44 Impressions (000s). 

    BTVi was on the fourth spot with 20 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV18 Prime HD took the fifth place with three Impressions (000s) as compared to last week’s 32 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak, with decreased ratings, retained its number one position with 98608 Impressions (000s) in BARC week 16. India TV and Zee News climbed up one position each with 85342 Impressions (000s) and 78099 Impressions (000s), respectively. ABP news dropped to fourth position from second last week with 77731 Impressions (000s). News18 India is at fifth position with 65610 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Rural news

    Aaj Tak, with a fall in its ratings, emerged as the number one channel in the rural market with 45151 Impressions (000s) as compared to 50951 Impressions (000s) last week. India TV climbed one spot with 35448 Impressions (000s) as ABP News slipped by one slot with 34882 Impressions (000s). India News and Zee news, respectively, took the forth and fifth place with 33580 and 31486 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Urban news

    Aaj Tak, with a decrease in its viewership, emerged as the leader in the urban market with 53456 Impressions (000s) as compared to 58914 Impressions (000s) last week. India TV bagged the second slot with 49894 Impressions (000s) and Zee News took the third position with 46613 Impressions (000s). ABP news was at the fourth position with 42849 and News18 India took the fifth position with 39006 Impressions (000s).