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  • Star Bharat continues to top Hindi GECs across genres

    Star Bharat continues to top Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: During the first eight weeks of 2018 (Saturday, 30 December 2017 to Friday, 23 February 2018), honours have been divided equally by two Hindi free-to-air (FTA) GEC channels as far as topping Hindi GECs in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly lists of the top 10 television channels across genres goes. In weeks 1, 3, 4 and 5, it was Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Hindi GEC channel Zee Anmol that was ranked second after the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in BARC’s across genre list. In weeks 2, 6, 7 and now week 8 it is Star India Private Limited (Star India) Hindi GEC Star Bharat that was ranked second after Sun TV in the lists.

    As in the case during the past few weeks, seven Hindi GECs, of which four were FTA, and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil and Telugu channels made it to BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre. Also, as in the case of the past few weeks, four Star India GECs’ – three Hindi and one Telugu; two Hindi GECs’ from Zeel; one FTA Hindi GEC and one Hindi movies channel from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN); and one GEC each from the Sun TV Network and Network18 comprised the top 10 channels across genres list for week 8 of 2018 (Saturday, 17 February 2018 to Friday, 23 February 2018).

    As mentioned above, Sun TV topped the across genre list in week 8 of 2018 with 985.551 million impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu(TN)/Puducherry markets. All the top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets were aired on Sun TV during the week under review.

    Star Bharat was ranked second in BARC’s across genres list with slightly higher ratings at 762.407 million weekly impressions in week 8 of 2018 as compared to the previous week’s 755.591 million weekly impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s ranking of the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the urban (U) and rural (R) Hindi speaking market (HSM) and was ranked second in HSM (U). Its soap Nimki Mukhiya was among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).  

    Zee Anmol was ranked third in the week under consideration with 715.586 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R) and was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R).

    The Balaji Telefilms-produced family soap Kumkum Bhagya that featured on the channel was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another programme that also featured on the channel in the HSM (R) list of top 5 programmes during primetime and was aired on Zee Anmol was Jamai Raja.

    In week 8 of 2018, SPN’s FTA women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked fourth – the same as the previous week. The channel garnered 682.137 million weekly impressions in week 8 of 2018. Sony Pal was also ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (R). Three programmes, Baalveer, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and CID, that were aired on Sony Pal were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    At rank five in week 8 of 2018 was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV (same rank as week 7) with higher ratings of 600.766 million weekly impressions as compared to 587.318 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Kumkum Bhagya that is also being aired on Zee TV and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were amongst the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM(U).

    Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked sixth in week 8 of 2018 with 574.408 million weekly impressions. The channel topped BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U). Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki that aired on the channel was among the top 5 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus climbed two ranks from last week’s ninth to seventh in week 8 of 2018 with 573.432 million weekly impressions. The channel had scored 522.697 million weekly impressions in week 7 of 2018. Star Plus was also ranked third among the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Yeh Hai Mohabbateinwas among BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav was ranked eighth in week 8 of 2018 in the across genres list with 543.482 million weekly impressions to the previous week’s 553.212 million weekly impressions. Star Utsav was ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC’s in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked ninth in week 8 of 2018 in BARC’s across genre list with 538.662 million weekly impressions. In week 7 of 2018, the channel was ranked seventh with 561.696 million weekly impressions. The channel topped BARC’s list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana market. Like the previous week, 4 of the top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime in the same market were aired on Star Maa.

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was ranked tenth in week 18 of 2018 in BARC’s across genre list with 507.975 million weekly impressions, higher than the 501.759 million weekly impressions of week 7 of 2018. Sony Max topped BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi movies channels during the week under consideration in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and the channel was amongst BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (R).

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  • Four Star India channels again among top 10 in across genre list

    Four Star India channels again among top 10 in across genre list

    BENGALURU: Four channels from Star India once again made it to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genre (all India – U+R: 2+ individuals) for week 7 of 2018 (Saturday, 10 February 2018 to Friday, 16 February 2018). The four channels with their ranks in week 7 of 2018 in the top 10 channels across genre list were – Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat which climbed to second rank from the preceding week’s third place; Telugu GEC Star Maa which also climbed up a rank to seventh place in the week under review; FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav which descended a rank to eighth place in week 7 of 2018 to make way for its aforementioned Telugu GEC sibling; and Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus which entered the top 10 channels list in week 7 of 2018 at ninth place. Earlier, in the previous year, the same four Star India channels had made it to the top 10 channels across genre in week 47 of 2017 (Saturday, 18 November 2017 to Friday, 24 November 2017).

    Four Star India channels, two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Network 18 (Viacom 18) and the Sun TV Network made up the top 10 channels across genres list for week 7 of 2017. From the genre perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels and one channel each from Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu genres comprised the list of top 10 channels across genre in week 7. Four of the channels were free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC channels.

    At its regular first place was the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with 984.137 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was also ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Puducherry/Tamil Nadu markets. As is also the norm, all the top 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in the Puducherry/Tamil Nadu markets were aired on Sun TV.

    Star Bharat was ranked second in week 7 of 2018 with 755.591 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the Hindi speaking markets (HSM) in the urban (U) and rural (R) areas and was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 channels in HSM (U) during the week. Two Hindi soaps – Nimki Mukhiya and Kya Haal Mr Panchaal that were aired on Star Bharat were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (U+R).

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol slipped a rank in week 7 of 2018 to third place with 716.918 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was ranked second in BARC’s lists of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R) and ranked first in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya  that was aired on Zee Anmol was among the top 5 programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another soap, Ganga, that was aired on the channel was among the top 5 Hindi GEC channels in HSM(R).

    SPN’s women focused FTA Sony Pal retained its previous week’s fourth rank in week 7 of 2018 with higher ratings of 684.220 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was ranked third and second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC’s in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) respectively. Three programmes that were aired on Sony Pal – Bal Veer, Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah and CID were among the top 5 programmes in HSM (R).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV climbed up a rank to fifth place in week 7 of 2018 with 587.318 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors stepped down one rank to sixth place with 587.184 million weekly impressions. Colors was also ranked fourth in the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U+R). Two programmes  that were aired on Colors– a soap – Udaan and a reality show Rising Star were among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Star Maa was at seventh rank with 561.696 million weekly impressions. The channel topped BARC’s list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets. Three programmes that were aired on Star Maa in week 7 of 2018 were among the top 5 Telegu programmes during primetime in the AP/Telangana markets.

    Star Utsav was ranked eighth in week 7 of 2018 in BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genre with 553.212 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R). Star Plus was ranked ninth during the week under consideration with 533.697 million weekly impressions. Star Plus also ranked third in BARC’s list of top10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U).

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max completed the list of top10 channels across genre in week 7 of 2018 with 501.759 million weekly impressions. Sony Max topped BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). It was also among the top 5 Hindi movies channels in HSM(R) with fifth rank. Hindi feature film Sooryavansham was among the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and Theri and Kanchana Returns in HSM (U).

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  • ETV Telugu re-enters across genre list

    ETV Telugu re-enters across genre list

    BENGALURU: After a hiatus of one week, the Network18-associated Telugu general entertainment channel (GEC) ETV Telugu returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council‘s (BARC) list of top ten channels across genre list [All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals]. ETV Telugu replaced the Sun Networks’ Telugu GEC Gemini TV at tenth rank in the list in week 5 of 2018 (Saturday, 27 January 2018 to Friday, 2 February 2018). ETV Telugu was also ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Telugu channels (Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals) during the week under review. Swati Chinukulu which featured on the channel was among the top five Telugu programmes in the AP/Telangana markets during primetime in week 5 of 2018.

    Six Hindi GEC channels, two Telugu GEC channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies and the Tamil GEC genres made to the list of the top 10 channels across genre for week 5 of 2018. From the networks’ perspective, three Star India channels, two channels each from Network18, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun Network comprised the top 10 channels across genres list. Four (Hindi GEC) of the ten channels were free to air (FTA).

    Occupying its normal pedestal at rank 1 was the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with a slightly lowered viewership of 998.106 million weekly impressions – the channel had garnered 1,047.704 million weekly impressions in week 4. Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets in week 5 of 2017.  Also, as has become a norm all the 5 top Tamil programmes in these markets were from Sun TV.

    Occupying an ‘almost regular’ second rank in week 5 of 2018 was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol, which also topped BARC’s Top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets – HSM (U+R) and BARC’s top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced family drama Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another family soap, Jamai Raja which was aired on the channel was also among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R). Zee Anmol scored 763.210 million weekly impressions in week 5 of 2018.

    At third rank was Star India’s renamed FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 683.428 million weekly impressions. The channel was also ranked second in BARC’s top five Hindi GEC list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). The soaps Nimki Mukhiya and Kya Haal Mr Panchal, which were aired on Star Bharat, were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R).

    SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal moved up a rank to fourth place in week 5 of 2018 with 617.140 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked third in BARC’s lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Three programmes aired on the channel – Balveer, CID and Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah were among the top five programmes during primetime in HSM (R) during week 5 of 2018.

    Network18’s (aka Viacom18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors moved up two places in week five of 2018 to fifth rank with 613.090 million weekly impressions. The channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (U) during the week. Two soaps that were aired on Colors – Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Ishq Mein Marjawan were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its previous week’s sixth rank with slightly higher viewership of 599.2017 million weekly impressions (previous week 595.585 million weekly impressions). Kumkum Bhagya and its spin-off Kundali Bhagya aired on the channel were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    At seventh rank in the top 10 channels across genre list was another Star India FTA Hindi GEC channel – Star Utsav with 575.871 million weekly impressions. Star Utsav was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in HSM (R) in week 5 of 2018.

    At eighth place in week five of 2018 was SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max with 507.698 million weekly impressions. Sony Max topped the list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and was among the top five in HSM (R) and HSM (U).

    At ninth rank was Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa with 503.891 million weekly impressions. Star Maa was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Telugu channels in AP and Telangana markets. Four programmes on the channel – Koyilamma, Karthika Deepam, Kumkuma Puvvu and Telugu feature film –Jaya Janaki Nayaka were amongst the top five Telugu programmes in week 5 of 2018.

    As mentioned above, completing the ten was ETV Telugu with 499.513 million weekly impressions.

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  • Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    Sony Max returns to top-10 channels in across genre list

    BENGALURU: After a hiatus of a week, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max returned to Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of the top-10 channels across genre (All India [U+R] : 2+ Individuals). Six Hindi GEC channels, two Telugu GEC channels and one each of Hindi Movies and Tamil GEC channels made up the top-10 across genre list for week 4 of 2018 (Saturday, 20 January 2018 to Friday, 26 January 2018). From the network’s perspective, the top-10 channels across genre were three Star India Pvt Ltd (Star India) channels, two channels each from the Sun Network Ltd, SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel from Network 18. Four of the channels in the list were free-to-air (FTA).

    The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV held onto to its first rank in the list in week 4 of 2018 with 1,047.704 million weekly impressions. Sun TV was also the most watched Tamil channel in the Tamil Nadu/Puducherry markets according to BARC’s weekly list of top-five Tamil channels during the week under review. All the top-five Tamil programmes during prime time were from Sun TV.

    Zeel’s FTA channel Zee Anmol also retained its second rank with 722.702 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol was also the most watched Hindi GEC in the Hindi Speaking Urban + Rural (HSM (U+R) and HSM rural [HSM (R)] markets. The Balaji Telefilms produced family drama series Kumkum Bhagya and the Grazing Goat Pictures-produced soap Jamai Raja were among the top five most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). These programmes were aired on Zee Anmol.

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat also retained its previous week’s third rank in week 4 of 2018 with 697.485 million weekly impressions. The Qissago Telefilms-produced serial Nimki Mukhiya was among BARC’s five most watched Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM (U+R) markets during primetime.

    Sony Max was ranked fourth in week 4 of 2018 with 639.675 million weekly impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s top five Hindi Movies channels weekly list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). The sequel of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus – Bahubali 2: The Conclusion was among the five most watched movies in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R). Hindi feature film (HFF) Sooryavansham, that was aired on the channel in week 4 was amongst the five most watched programmes in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Another HFF that was aired on the channel, Bhairava, was also among the top-five Hindi movies in HSM (U).

    SPN’s women focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked fifth in week 4 of 2018 with 600.018 million weekly impressions. Sony Pal was also ranked second in BARC’s top 10 Hindi GEC channels list in HSM (R). Balveer and Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on the channel were among the most watched Hindi programmes in HSM (R) during prime time.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked sixth in week 4 of 2018 with 595.585 million weekly impressions. Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya that were aired on Zee TV were BARC’s top two Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

    Network18’s (or Viacom18 if you may) flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked seventh in week 4 of 2018 with 583.116 million weekly impressions. Colors was the most watched Hindi GEC channel in the week in HSM (U). The Rashmi Sharma Telefilms-produced story of a transgender, Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki, was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U).

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC, Star Utsav, was ranked eighth in week 4 of 2018 with 569.417 million weekly impressions. Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked ninth during the week under review with 532.247 million weekly impressions. The channel was the most watched Telugu GEC in the AP/ Telangana (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. Two programmes that featured on Star Maa – Kumkuma Puvvu and Koyilamma were among the top five Telugu programmes during primetime.

    The Sun Newtork’s Telugu GEC Gemini TV completed BARC’s list of top-10 channels across genre list in week 4 of 2017 with 522.878 million weekly impressions. Gemini TV was the second most watched Telugu GEC programme in AP/Talengana.

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  • ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ hits the 1000-episode milestone

    ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ hits the 1000-episode milestone

    MUMBAI: Ekta Kapoor shows Kumkum Bhagya and Kundali Bhagya have been working their magic for Zee TV since launch–the former since 2014. According to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), both shows have been ruling the roost across general entertainment channels (GECs) urban and rural (U+R) sectors. Since Kumkum Bhagya has completed the 1000-episode milestone, Zee TV has curated a catchy anthem ‘Meherbano’, thanking fans for their unwavering love and support. The celebration will be accompanied by a four-hour special marathon episode of the show starting from 6.30 pm on 15 January.

    Zee TV deputy business head Deepak Rajadhyaksha said, “Kumkum Bhagya has moved beyond the confines of a TV show to become an integral part of our viewers’ lives.” He added that they present stories and characters that not only entertain but are relatable and inspiring.

    At the time of its launch in 2014, the show Kumkum Bhagya saw a distinct spike in viewership when the protagonists tied the knot, clocking in 7,405 TVTs. Coming back to the present, both the shows were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (urban + rural) and HSM (urban). The flagship show has also been the reason for the rise of Zee’s free-to-air channel Zee Anmol, which was the top channel in BARC’s top-10 Hindi GEC channels for both urban + rural and rural markets in week 1.

    Both shows are directed by Sameer Kulkarni and developed by Balaji Telefilms’ Kapoor who continues to bet her money on the letter ‘K’. Kumkum Bhagya‘s popularity led Zee TV to approach Balaji with the idea of a spinoff series titled Kundali Bhagya, which portrays the lives of two long lost sisters or Pragya – Preeta and Srishti. “The intricate narrative of Kumkum Bhagya was such that it lent itself to developing the sub-plots of myriad characters, each sub-plot emerging into a full-fledged story of its own,” Rajadhyaksha said.

    With Kumkum Bhagya having created a benchmark in BARC’s top-five list, the question of whether to promote Kundali Bhagya or let it keep tapping into the elder’s popularity cropped up.“Kundali Bhagya enjoyed the rub-off effect of an already established, immensely popular franchise and, hence, initial sampling did certainly get a boost but the show had to hold its own steam on the merit of its own content from that point on,” he revealed.

    Moreover, introducing two family dramas, with the intention of exploring a parallel universe, made them relatable and the undisputed leaders of weekday primetime. Majority of the show’s viewership comes from females 15 years and above, led by family viewership.

    Given the immense fan following the show has built, the shows are expected to hold ground this year as well.

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  • Panchal helps Star Bharat top Hindi GECs across genres

    Panchal helps Star Bharat top Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: Optimystix Entertainment’s Indian comedy sitcom Kya Haal Mr. Panchal on Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat has been amongst Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of top-five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM markets, more so during primetime. In week 49 of 2017: Saturday, 2 December 2017 to Friday, 8 December 2017, Star Bharat, at second rank, was the most watched Hindi GEC channel in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals with 733.533 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat also topped BARC’s top Hindi 10 channels in the across genres and HSM U+R (hereby referred to as the HSM market) markets.

    The pole position in the across genres list is of course the domain of the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV which scored 1,052.240 million weekly impressions in the across genres list. As has become the norm, the channel topped BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil channels and all the top five programmes from the Tamil – TN/ Puducherry (U+R): NCCS All: Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals market were from Sun TV.

    Three GEC channels each from the Star Network and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel), two channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one GEC channel each from Network 18 (Viacom 18) and the Sun Network made up the top 10 channels across genre’s list. Of the ten, nine were GECs’, whilst one was a Hindi Movies channel. From the genre’s perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels, one channel each from the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi Movies genres comprised the list for week 49 of 2017. Four of the channels were free to air (FTA) and six were pay TV.

    Following Star Bharat was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 679.282 million weekly impressions. The Balaji Telefilms produced Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were among the top five most-watched Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM markets during primetime. Zee TV was ranked third in the top 10 Hindi GEC channels in the HSM market. Retaining its fourth rank of week 48 during the week under review was Viacom 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 673.554 million weekly impressions. The channel also topped BARC’s top 10 channels list in the HSM urban market, and its soap Udaant was among the top-five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM urban markets during primetime.

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was ranked fifth with 613.455 million weekly impressions in week 49 of 2017. The channel topped BARC’s Hindi GEC list of top 10 channels in the HSM rural market. At sixth place (same as week 48) was SPN’s FTA women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal.  The Optimystix Entertainment produced children’s television story of a boy with supernatural powers Balveer was among the top five programmes in the HSM markets. Three programmes from Sony Pal–Balveer; Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma; and Chintu Ban Gaya Gentleman were among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM rural markets. At seventh place was Star India’s FTA Star Utsav with 551.278 million weekly impressions.

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was at eighth place in week 49 of 2017 with 536.017 million impressions. SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was at ninth place with 528.872 million weekly impressions. Hindi feature film (HFF) Poster Boys in the HSM and HSM urban markets; and HFFs’ Sarrainodu, Kanchana Returns and Son of Satyamurthy in the HSM urban market were among the top five programmes in the Hindi movies genre for week 49 of 2017.

    Zeel’s flagship Telugu GEC, Zee Telugu, was at tenth place with 506.275 million weekly impressions. Zee Telugu also topped BARC’s list of top-five Telugu channels in the AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. One programme – Mudda Mandaram and one Telugu feature film – Rarandoi Veduka Chudham were among the top five Telugu programmes in the AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All: Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals – market.

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  • Sun TV’s unassailable lead continues, while Zee TV leads Hindi across genre

    Sun TV’s unassailable lead continues, while Zee TV leads Hindi across genre

    BENGALURU: The Sun network’s flagship Tamil general entertainment channel (GEC) Sun TV continued its lead in ratings across all GECs on Indian television for week 48 of 2017 (25 November to 1 December 2017) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly ratings data. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) network flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV also continued its lead of Hindi GECs with the support of Ektaa Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms produced family dramas Kumkum Bhagya and Kundali Bhagya.

    BARC data for the top 10 channels across genre (All India Individuals 2+) for week 48 had three channels from the Star India network, two channels each from Zeel, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Network 18 and one channel from Sun TV network in its list. From the genres perspective, six Hindi GECs, two Telugu GECs and one each channel from the Tamil GEC and Hindi Movies spaces comprised the top 10 channels list for week 48 of 2017.

    Sun TV retained its numero uno with 1019.892 million weekly impressions. The channel’s ratings were ably supported by the fact that all the five top Tamil programmes during primetime for the week were as usual from Sun TV. It is only during the Indian Premier League that the channel had to make way for the channel that airs the cricketing bonanza, but it continues leading all GECs.

    Zee TV was ranked second with 723.935 million weekly impressions followed by Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors at third rank with 681.010 million weekly impressions. Tu Aashiqui that was aired on the latter was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in the HSM urban (U) + Rural (R) and the HSM (U) markets during primetime. Another soap on the channel, Udaan, was also among the top five programmes list in the HSM (U) market during primetime.

    Star India’s recently renamed and relaunched FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat was ranked fourth with 665.612 million weekly impressions. Kya Haal Mr. Paanchal continued its run in the top five programmes on Hindi GEC HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) markets. Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was ranked fifth with 614.632 million weekly impressions.

    SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal ranked sixth in the top 10 channels across genres list with 600.202 million weekly impressions. Balveer in the Hindi GEC HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma in the HSM (R) markets were among the five most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime.

    SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max at seventh place with 563.980 million weekly impressions. Hindi feature films PK, Dangerous Khiladi 6 and Poster Boys aired on Sony Max were in the top five lists of programmes list in the HSM (U) market. Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked eighth in the list with 515.303 million weekly impressions. Two programmes on Star Maa– Karthika Deepam and Kumkum Puvvu were in the top five Telugu programmes list during the week under review.

    The Network 18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu was ranked ninth with 505.527 million weekly impressions. Swati Chinukulu and Manasu Mamata featured on ETV Telugu were among the top five Telugu programmes in the AP/ Telangana (U+R) areas (NCCS All: Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals). The Star Networks flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was ranked tenth in week 48 of 2017 with 503.505 million impressions.

  • Four Star India channels among top 10 channels across genres

    Four Star India channels among top 10 channels across genres

    BENGALURU: Four channels from the Star India network made it to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres (all India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals) for week 47 of 2017 (Saturday, 18 November 2017 to Friday, 24 November 2017). They were: The recently renamed and re-launched free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Star Bharat, the network’s acquired flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa, Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus and another FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav. Like the last two weeks (weeks 45 and 46 of 2017), Kya Haal Mr. Paanchal on Star Bharat found a place amongst BARC’s weekly top five Hindi GECs during primetime (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals list in the HSM (U+R) market.

    Seven Hindi GEC channels, of which four are FTA and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC space made it to the top 10 channels across genre list for week 47 of 2017. From the networks’ perspective, four channels from Star India; two channels each from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN); and one channel each from the Sun Network and Network 18 made up the top 10 channels across list for the week under review.

    The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV comfortably led the across genres list, far ahead of the pack, with 1026.854 million weekly impressions. Quite obviously, Sun TV also led BARC’s top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals market. As has become a norm, all the five programmes in BARC’s top five Tamil channels during primetime (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals were from Sun TV.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was second in the across genres list for week 47 of 2017 with 700.720 million weekly impressions. Three programmes on Zee TV – both the Ektaa Kapoor led Balaji Telefilms productions – Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya and the Rajshri Productions produced Piya Albela, were among BARC’s weekly top five Hindi GEC – HSM (U+R) programmes list during primetime. Both the Bhagya shows were among the top programmes in the Hindi GEC – HSM (U) market during the period under review.

    Zee TV’s Hindi GEC FTA sibling Zee Anmol was at third rank in the top 10 programmes across genres list for the week under review with 662.757 million weekly impressions. Zee Anmol topped BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels in the HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) market. Two programmes on Zee Anmol – the Sphere Origins-produced Ganga and Grazing Goat Pictures-produced Jamai Raja on Zee Anmol were among the top five programmes in the Hindi GEC (R) market for week 47 of 2017.

    Network 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked fourth in week 47 of 2017 with 638.174 million weekly impressions. Colors topped BARC’s top 10 channels list in the HSM (U) market. The Mahesh Bhatt – Gurudev Bhalla Productions produced Udaan was among the top five programmes in the Hindi GEC – HSM (U) market during primetime.

    Star Bharat, with 638.152 million weekly impressions, was fifth in the weekly top 10 channels across genres list followed by SPN’s women-focused Hindi FTA Sony Pal, with 584.135 million weekly impressions, was ranked sixth in week 47 of 2017. India’s longest running sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah was among the top five programmes in the Hindi GEC – HSM (U+R) and Hindi GEC – HSM (R) markets during primetime. The Optimystix Entertainment-produced Baal Veer on Sony Pal was also among the top five programmes in the Hindi GEC – HSM (R) market.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max was at seventh rank in week 47 of 2017 with 579.031 million weekly impressions. Hindi feature films DJ in the HSM (U+R), (R) and (U) markets NCCS All : 2+ Individuals and The Return of Rebel in the HSM (R) and (U) markets; and 3 Idiots in the HSM (U) markets were among the top five programmes lists.

    Star Maa was at eighth rank in week 47 of 2017 with 552.043 million weekly impressions. Needless to say, the channel topped BARC’s top five Telugu channels in the AP/ Telangana (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals markets during the week. Karthika Deepam on Star Maa was among the top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime list in the week under review.

    Star Plus was ranked ninth in week 47 of 2017 in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres with 524.336 million weekly impressions. The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap opera Ye Hai Mohabbatein found a place among the top five programmes in the Hindi GEC – HSM (U) market list. Star Utsav was ranked tenth in the list with 510.229 million weekly impressions.

  • Kumkum Bhagya boosts Zee TV viewership across genres

    Kumkum Bhagya boosts Zee TV viewership across genres

    BENGALURU: That both the Bhagya soaps (Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya) from Ektaa Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms’ stable have been pushing up viewership for Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited’s (Zeel) flagship Hindi GEC, Zee TV, seems to be a given. Another comedy sitcom from Optimystix Entertainment, Kya Haal Mr. Panchaal, has been bringing in audiences for Star India’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC, more so from the overall Hindi-speaking markets (HSM) and a big chunk of the HSM rural markets.

    Probably one of the longest-running sitcoms in the genre, Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah, has continued to bring in and maintain eyeballs for Sony Pictures Network India’s (SPN) women-focussed Hindi GEC Sony Pal. SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max has often been among the ten most-watched channels across genres, more so when it features the IPL. In week 46 of 2017, Sony Pal was aided by three films–Kanchana Returns, Salman Khan-starrer Sultan, and Son of Satyamurthy–to find a place among the top-10 channels across genres.

    And the results show by the very presence of these channels in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly data for the top-10 channels across channels (All India (U+R) : 2+ individuals) for week 46 of 2017 (Saturday, 11 November 2017 to Friday, 17 November 2017).

    One channel each from the Tamil GEC and Hindi Movies genres, two channels from the Telugu GEC genre and six channels from the Hindi GEC genre made it to the top 10 channels across genres list this particular week. Another way to put it – three channels from Zeel, two channels each from or associated with Star India, SPN and Network18 made it to the top 10.

    Continuing the top position that it seems to have reserved for itself (except during IPL) was the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with 1,088.566 million weekly impressions. As has also become the norm, all the top-five programmes from the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry urban and rural markets (NCCS All : Prime Time [1800 – 2330 hrs] : 2+ Individuals) were also from Sun TV.

    At second place in the across genres list was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 724.307 million impressions followed by Viacom18 flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 668.894 million weekly impressions at third place. Close on the heels of Colors was Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 665.740 million weekly impressions at fourth place aided to some extent by the soap Gangaa.

    At fifth place was Star India’s Star Bharat with 664.785 million weekly impressions, followed by SPN’s Sony Pal with 633.434 million weekly impressions at sixth place. Star Plus was at seventh place with 558.510 million weekly impressions followed by the Network 18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu with 522.225 million weekly impressions at eighth place.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max was at ninth place in week 46 of 2017 with 519.599 million weekly impressions followed by Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu with 490.687 million weekly impressions at tenth place.

  • Kumkum Bhagya, spinoff, SaReGaMaPa help Zee TV dominate Hindi GECs across genres

    Kumkum Bhagya, spinoff, SaReGaMaPa help Zee TV dominate Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: Two family soaps and a homegrown reality show have been time and again propping up Zee TV’s ratings in 2017– one soap – Kumkum Bhagya did it for the channel in the previous calendar year also. The other soap, a spinoff of the same – Kundali Bhagya has been rocking the ratings for the channel right from the time of its launch on 12 July 2017. And Zee TV’s home grown reality show is the music talent hunt Amul Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs. These programmes, along with other programmes on the channel seemed to have done a fair bit in helping viewership stickiness/enhancement in week 44 of 2017 (Saturday, 28 October 2017 to Friday, 3 November 2017). So much so that Zee TV topped the ratings amongst the Hindi GEC in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly data for top 10 channels across genre: All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals. Zee TV was ranked second after the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in week 44 of 2017. This time around for Zee TV, it was the spinoff that had a larger viewership in the Hindi GEC HSM (U+R) and Hindi GEC HSM (U) market than the original.

    Three channels from Sony Pictures Network, two channels each from Network 18, Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel from the Sun Network made up the top 10 channels list for week 44 of 2017. From the genres perspective, seven Hindi GEC channels and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC space made it to BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre.

    In week 44 of 2017, Sun TV was the leader across genres with 1,014.077 million weekly impressions. All the five programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil programmes (TN/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals) were from Sun TV. Among Sun TV’s programmes that made it to the top five, Tamil programmes is a multilingual (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada) supernatural television drama – Nandini claimed to be the second biggest budgeted series on Indian television after Naagin and the biggest in South India.

    Sun TV was followed by Zee TV with 795.129 million weekly impressions at second place. Star India’s recently renamed and free to air (FTA) channel Star Bharat was at third place with 707.563 million weekly impressions. At fourth place was Zee TV’s FTA Hindi GEC sibling – Zee Anmol with 678.924 million weekly impressions followed by Network 18 (Viacom 18) flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 614.118 million weekly impressions.

    Women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) stable was at sixth place in week 44 of 2017 with 597.676 million weekly impressions. SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max was at seventh place with 573.083 million weekly impressions followed by Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus at eighth place with 565.534 million weekly impressions. The Network 18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu was at ninth place with 537.726 million weekly impressions in week 44 of 2017. Helped along by the Amitabh Bahchan anchored Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC was SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) with 491.791 million weekly impressions at tenth place in week 44 of 2017.