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  • Colors back in top 10 channels across genres list

    Colors back in top 10 channels across genres list

    BENGALURU: Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors re-entered Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres – All India (U+R) 2+ in week 34 of 2018 (week under review, Saturday 18 August 2018 to Friday 24 August 2018) at tenth rank. The channel that was absent in week 33 has been present in BARC’s across genres list for 25 of the first 34 weeks of 2018. In BARC’s list of top ten Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets – HSM (U+R), Colors was ranked fifth, in the HSM rural or HSM (R) it was ranked tenth and in the urban HSM or HSM (U), it was ranked second in week 34 of 2018.

    Six Hindi GECs, two Hindi movies channels and one channel each from the Tamil and the Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 34 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels from Star India, two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom 18.

    At its normal first rank in week 34 was Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV with 1017.394 million weekly impressions as compared to 1,027.548 million weekly impressions in week 33 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and all the 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    Retaining its second rank was Zeel’s free to air or FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol in week 34 of 2018 with 807.267 million weekly impressions as compared to 762.485 million weekly impressions in week 33. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked  second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked third in HSM (R).

    Climbing up three ranks was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa to third rank in BARC’s across genres list for week 34 of 2018 with 697.191 million weekly impressions as compared to fifth rank and 683.334 million weekly impressions in week 33. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Three of the five top programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Also retaining its previous week’s fourth rank was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav in week 34 of 2018 with 684.340 million weekly impressions as compared and 717.238 million weekly impressions in week 33. Star Utsav was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The soap Rabba Ve aired on Star Utsav was ranked second in BARC’s weekly in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Continuing on with its previous weeks fifth rank was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus with 674.437 million impressions in week 34 of 2018 as compared to 698.754 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Plus was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Director’s Kut Productions produced Hindi soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime  based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U).

    Climbing up a rank to sixth place was SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Wah with 667.474 million weekly impressions in week 34 of 2018 as compared to 681.055 million weekly impressions in week 33. Sony Wah was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and fifth in HSM (U). Hindi feature films (HFF) that featured on Sony Wah – Karan Arjun and Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya were among the top 5 most watched Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) for the week in BARC’s list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Two more HFF- Jamai Raja and Yevadu 2 on Sony Wah were also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    Dropping down four ranks to seventh place in week 34 of 2018 was another SPN Hindi Movies channel Sony Max with 664.337 million weekly impressions as compared to 718.388 million weekly impressions in week 33. Sony Max was also ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi movies channels in the HSM (U+R), first in HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). Kanchana 3 andTheri on Sony Max were among BARC’s list of the top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R). Further, Kanachana 3, Sultan and Bhairava on Sony Max were also among BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi movies programmes during primetime list in HSM (U).

    Climbing up a rank to eighth place was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat in week 34 of 2018 with 659.579 million weekly impressions as compared to ninth rank and 619.664 million weekly impressions in week 33. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), sixth in HSM (R) and HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    Also climbing up a rank to ninth place in week 34 of 2018 was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 628.308 million weekly impressions as compared to 619.458 million weekly impressions in week 33. Zee TV was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (U) and seventh in HSM (R) during the week. Two programme that were aired on Zee TV- Kumkum Bhagya, and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya were in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R). Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was also ranked fourth in HSM (U) in BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    As mentioned above, re-entering the list in week 34 of 2018 at tenth place was Colors with 622.131 million weekly impressions. The third season of the Balaji Telefilms produced supernatural drama Naagin 3 was among BARC’s top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Another reality dance show – Dance Deewane was also present among the top 5 Hindi GEC programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U).

  • Sony Max tops Hindi channels; four Star India channels in across genres list

    Sony Max tops Hindi channels; four Star India channels in across genres list

    BENGALURU: Sony Pictures Network India’s (SPN) Hindi Movies channel Sony Max once again topped Hindi channels in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) list of top 10 channels across genres list (across genres list) for week 31 of 2018 (Saturday, 28 July 2018 to Friday, 3 August 2018, week or period under review). At rank number two, and the only Hindi Movies channel in the list, Sony Max headed all the eight Hindi language channels in the across genres list during the week. Two free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC, one flagship channel each from Hindi GEC and Telugu GEC genres from the Star India stable were also present in BARC’s across genres list for the week under review.

    Seven Hindi GECs, one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC comprised BARC’s weekly list for top10 channels across genres in week 31 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, besides the four Star India channels, there were two channels each from SPN and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18 in the across genres list during the period under review.

    Sun TV led the across the genres list in week 31 with 1,046.99 million weekly impressions as compared to 1,048.709 million weekly impressions in week 30 of 2018. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and all the 5 programmes in BARC’s list of top 5 Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week under review were aired on Sun TV.

    At second place in week 31 of 2018 was Sony Max with 703.748 million weekly impressions as compared to 737.406 million weekly impressions in week 30. The channel was also the most watched channel in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies channels in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking market – HSM (U+R), as well is in HSM (U). In HSM (R) Sony Max was ranked fifth in the Hindi Movies genre. Hindi feature films (HFF) that featured on Sony Max – Bahubali the Beginning and DJ were among the top 5 most watched Hindi Movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) for the week in BARC’s list in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). A third HFF- Sooryavansham on Sony Max was also on BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi Movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV retained its third rank in the across genres list in week 31 of 2018 with higher ratings of 702.128 million weekly impressions as compared to 675.605 million weekly impressions in week 30. Zee TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (U) and seventh in HSM (R) during the week. Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- The Balaji Telefilms produced Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of the Balaji Telefilms produced Kumkum Bhagya, was ranked second, Kumkum Bhagya was ranked third in HSM (U+R)  in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week. Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was also ranked second and Kumkum Bhagya ranked fourth in HSM (U) in BARC’s lists of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Star India’s FTA channel Star Utsav climbed up two ranks to fourth place in week 31 of 2018 with 684,843 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth place and 657.357 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Utsav had re-entered BARC’s across genres list in week 29.  Star Utsav was ranked first in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The soap Rabba Ve aired on Star Utsav was among BARC’s weekly in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus re-entered the across genres list in week 31 of 2018 with 665.796 million weekly impressions at fifth place. Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Director’s Kut Productions produced Hindi soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aired on Star Plus was in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U).

    Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC Zee Anmol dropped two places to sixth rank in week 31 of 2018 with 653.951 million weekly impressions as compared to 674.957 million weekly impressions in week 30. Zee Anmol was also ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa also dropped two places in week 31 of 2018 to seventh place with 649.967 million weekly impressions as compared to 668.256 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Five programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat was ranked eighth in week 31 of 2018 with 645.100 million weekly impressions compared to seventh rank and 652.260 million weekly impressions in week 30. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R); was ranked fifth in HSM (R) and was ranked sixth in HSM (U) in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GEC channels during the week under review.

    Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors was ranked ninth in week 31 of 2018 with 630.498 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 632.332 million weekly impressions in week 30. Colors was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and was ranked second in HSM (U). Naagin 3  found the top place while the reality show Dance Deewane was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R). Naagin 3 was ranked first and Dance Deewane was ranked third in HSM (U). Further, Naagin 3 was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal was ranked tenth in week 31 of 2018 with 585.975million weekly impressions as compared to 605.714 million weekly impressions in week 30. Sony Pal was ranked seventh in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R), was ranked third in HSM (R) and was ranked eighth in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal was ranked second in BARC’s list of top 5 Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

  • Three channels each from SPN, Star India among top 10 in across genres

    Three channels each from SPN, Star India among top 10 in across genres

    BENGALURU: There were three channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) list of top 10 channels across list for week 27 of 2018 (Saturday, 30 June 2018 to Friday, 6 July 2018, week under review or consideration). Besides channels from these two networks, there were two channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network Ltd and Viacom18.

    From the genres perspective, six channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Hindi movies genre and one channel each from the Tamil and Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres (across genres list) in week 27 of 2018.

    Following almost a set norm, (except during IPL weeks), the Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV led the across the genres list in week 27 with 947.652 million weekly impressions as compared to 975.210 million weekly impressions. Sun TV also led BARC’s weekly list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry market and all the five programmes in BARC’s list of top five Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week were aired on Sun TV.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, at second place was Zeel’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with 700.502 million impressions in week 27 as compared to 722.587 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) as also in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked  second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked second in HSM (R) like last week.

    Continuing to retain its third rank was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 652.386 million weekly impressions in week 27 as compared to 620.339 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018. As in the previous week Zee TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (U) and sixth in HSM (R) during the week under review .Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, was ranked third and Kumkum Bhagya was ranked fourth in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya was also ranked fifth in HSM (R) in BARC’s lists of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week. In the HSM (U) market, Kumkum Bhagya and another soap Ishq Subhan Allah on Zee TV were ranked third and fifth respectively during the week under consideration.

    Also retaining its fourth rank was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 626.781 million weekly impressions in week 27 of 2018 as compared to 608.165 million weekly impressions in week 26. Sony Max was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi novies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The Hindi feature films (HFF) Bahubali the Beginning and Kanchana that were aired on the channel were ranked second and third respectively in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Another film, Sooryavansham was ranked fourth in HSM (U) in the same top programmes list.

    The viewership of the third season of the Balaji Telefilms produced Naagin and the dance show Dance Deewane continued to help Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors retain fifth place with 576.642 million weekly impressions in week 27 as compared to 589.944 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018. Colors was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Naagin 3 and Dance Deewane found places in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi GECs during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U), while Naagin 3 was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa climbed up three ranks to sixth place in week 27 with 565.462 million weekly impressions as compared to ninth rank and 528.706 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Three programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    SPN’s women focused FTA Hindi GEC also retained its seventh rank in week 27 of 2018 with 555.128 million weekly impressions as compared to 542.828 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked third and was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) respectively and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s list of top fiv Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Dropping down two ranks to eighth place was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 551.302 million weekly impressions in week 27 of 2018 as compared to sixth rank with 571.450 million weekly impressions in week 26. Star Bharat was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and was ranked sixth in HSM (U).

    Another SPN Hindi movies channel Sony Wah re-entered BARC’s across genres list at ninth rank in week 27 of 2018 with 526.551 million weekly impressions. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R), first in HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (U). HFFs’ Rowdy Rathore and Yevadu from the channel were ranked second and fifth most watched Hindi movies programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in the HSM (R) market.

    Another Star India FTA Hindi GEC Star Utsav also re-entered BARC’s across genres list in week 27 of 2018 at tenth place with 520.306 million weekly impressions. Star Utsav was ranked sixth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked third in HSM (R).

  • Two Zeel channels continue to rule Hindi GECs across genres

    Two Zeel channels continue to rule Hindi GECs across genres

    BENGALURU: Once again two Hindi GECs from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) channels were ranked second and third in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 26 of 2018 (Saturday, 23 June 2018 to Friday, 29 June 2018). Zeel’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was ranked second and the network’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked second in across genres list for week 25 of 2018. Like in the previous week, the first rank in the list was held by the regular occupier of the slot – the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV.

    Behind Sun TV, Zee Anmol and Zee TV topped six Hindi GECs, two channels from the Telugu genre and one channel each from the Hindi movies and the Tamil genre in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres during the week under review. From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels each from Star India and Zeel stables, two channels from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18 in BARC’s across genres weekly list.

    Sun TV held onto its last week’s rank of number one with 975.210 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018 as compared to 946.455 million weekly impressions in week 25. Further, Sun TV also was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets and all the programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top five Tamil programmes in these markets during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week were aired on Sun TV.

    At second place was Zee Anmol with 722.587 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018 as compared to 747.590 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) as also in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked third in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked second in HSM (R) like last week.

    Retaining its previous week’s third rank was Zee TV with 620.339 million weekly impressions in week 26 of 2018 as compared to 606.439 million weekly impressions in week 25. Zee TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (U) and sixth in HSM (R). Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya was ranked second and Kumkum Bhagya was ranked fourth in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya was also ranked fifth in HSM (R) in BARC’s lists of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Climbing up one place to fourth rank was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 608.165 million weekly impressions in week 26 as compared to third rank and 597.083 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Sony Max was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The Hindi feature film (HFF) Tiger Zinda Hai that was aired on the channel was ranked first in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Furthermore, The Return of the Rebel and Sultan were ranked second and fourth most watched Hindi movies programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U).

    The viewership of the third season of the Balaji Telefilms-produced Naagin and the dance show Dance Deewane was helped Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors climb up one rank to fifth place with 589.944 million weekly impressions in week 26 as compared to 580.417 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Colors was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Naagin 3 and Dance Deewane found places in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi GECs during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U), while Naagin 3 was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    At sixth place was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 571.450 million weekly impressions in week 26 as compared to seventh rank and 574.692 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Star Bharat was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R); ranked third in HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R).

    At seventh rank was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 542.828 million weekly impressions in week 26 as compared to rank four and 601.848 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked fifth and was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) respectively and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus re-entered BARC’s across genres weekly list in week 26 of 2018 at eighth rank with 531.658 million weekly impressions. Star Plus was ranked sixth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and was ranked third in HSM (U). The Indian musical television series Kulfi Kumar Bajewala which aired on Star Plus was ranked fifth in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked ninth in week 26 with 528.706 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 520.024 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Star Maa was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Three programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 5 five Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Zeel’s flagship Telugu GEC Zee Telugu was ranked tenth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre list with 509.048 million weekly impressions in week 26 as compared to ninth rank with 519.127 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Zee Telugu was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Two programmes that were aired on Zee Telugu were present in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

  • Two Zeel channels top Hindi GECs in across genres list

    Two Zeel channels top Hindi GECs in across genres list

    BENGALURU: Two Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) channels were ranked second and third in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 25 of 2018 (Saturday, 16 June 2018 to Friday, 22 June 2018, week under review). Zeel’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol was ranked second and the network’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV was ranked second in across genres list for week 25 of 2018. The first rank in the list was held by the regular occupier of the slot – the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV.

    Five Hindi GECs, two channels each from the Hindi movies and Telugu genres and one channel from the Tamil genre made it to BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres during the week under review. From the networks’ perspective, there were three channels each from the Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Zeel stables, two channels from Star India and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18.

    Sun TV held onto its last week’s rank of number one with 946.455 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to 929.515 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Further, Sun TV also was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets and all the programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top five Tamil programmes in these markets during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week were aired on Sun TV.

    At second place was Zee Anmol with 747.590 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018 as compared to 774.331 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the combined urban and rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (U+R) as also in HSM (R). The Balaji Telefilms-produced soap Kumkum Bhagya aired on Zee Anmol was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (R). Another soap from the channel, Mahek, was ranked second in HSM (R).

    Climbing up two places to third rank was Zee TV with 606.439 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to fifth rank and 587.742 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Zee TV was ranked third in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), second in HSM (U) and sixth in HSM (R). Two programmes that were aired on Zee TV- Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya was ranked second and Kumkum Bhagya was ranked third in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya was also ranked fourth in HSM (R) in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    At fourth rank was SPN’s women-focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 601.848 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to third rank and 619.539 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Sony Pal was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) and was ranked seventh in HSM (U). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah aired on Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    At fifth rank was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 597.083 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to 592.364 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Sony Max was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). The Hindi feature film (HFF) Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety that was aired on the channel was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R), while it was ranked second in HSM (U). Furthermore, the Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots was ranked the fifth most watched Hindi movies programme during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (R).

    Buoyed by the viewership of the third season of the Balaji Telefilms-produced Naagin and the dance show Dance Deewane was Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors at sixth rank with 580.417 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to seventh rank and 553.387 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Colors was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and was ranked first in HSM (U). Naagin 3 and Dance Deewane found places in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi GECs during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U), while Naagin 3 was ranked fifth in HSM (R).

    At seventh place was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 574.692 million weekly impressions in week 25 as compared to rank nine and 550.387 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R).

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa was ranked eighth with 520.024 million weekly impressions as compared to sixth rank and 575.135 million weekly impressions in week 24 of 2018. Star Maa was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Three programmes that were aired on Star Maa were present in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Zeel’s flagship Telugu GEC Zee Telugu re-entered BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genre at ninth rank with 519.127 million weekly impressions in week 25 of 2018. Zee Telugu was ranked first in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Two programmes that were aired on Zee Telugu were present in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu programmes during primetime based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week.

    Another SPN Hindi movies channel Sony Wah completed BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 25 of 2018 at tenth rank with 512.431 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 551.261 million weekly impressions in week 24. Sony Wah was ranked second and fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). HFF Sultan was ranked first in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Two more films that were aired on the channel – Yevadu 2 and Dangerous Khiladi 4 were ranked second and fifth respectively in HSM (R).

  • Zee Anmol, Sun TV push IPL channel to third spot in across genres

    Zee Anmol, Sun TV push IPL channel to third spot in across genres

    BENGALURU: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol retained pole position in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) list of top 10 television channels in week 21 of 2018 (Saturday, 19 May 2018 to Friday, 25 May 2018). The Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC pushed its way to second place in the list. Star India’s Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi, which was one of the 10 Star India channels that  aired the world’s richest cricket league, was relegated to the third place in the penultimate week of this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League or IPL 11. Since week 20, Zee Anmol has breached and occupied a realm that was normally ruled by Sun TV or one of the Hindi channels that aired IPL in the past.

    Five Hindi GECs, two Hindi movies channels and one channel each from the sports, Tamil and Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 21 of 2018. From the network’s perspective, three channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom18 made it to the top channels across genres list in week 21 of 2018.

    Driven by viewership in the rural Hindi speaking markets or HSM (R), Zee Anmol topped BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres with ratings of 893.536 million weekly impressions in week 21 as compared to 915.486 million weekly impressions in week 20 of 2018. Zee Anmol also topped BARC’s combined HSM urban and rural – HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) lists of top 10 Hindi GEC channels in week 21 of 2017. Two of its programmes – the Balaji Telefilms-produced Kumkum Bhagya and Mahek were among BARC’s list of top five Hindi GEC programmes with ranking based on average rating across all original airings in week 21 of 2018 in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another programme, Ganga, that was aired on Zee Anmol was also among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    Sun TV was ranked second in BARC’s weekly across genres list in week 21 of 2018 with 842.114 million weekly impressions as compared to 872.540 million weekly impressions in week 20. Sun TV also topped BARC’s list of top five Tamil channels in the Puducherry and Tamil Nadu markets, and all the top five Tamil programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in week 21 of 2018 were aired on Sun TV.

    At third rank was Star Sports 1 Hindi with 768.688 million weekly impressions in week 21 of 2018 as compared to 886.309 million weekly impressions in week 20. The channel topped BARC’s weekly list of top five sports channels in week 21 of 2018. All the top five programmes in BARC’s weekly list of top five sports programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in week 21 of 2018 were aired on Star Sports 1 Hindi, with the IPL fixture between SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) being the most watched programme.

    At fourth rank (same as in week 20) in BARC’s list of top 10 channels across genres in week 21 of 2018 was Viacom18’s FTA Hindi GEC Rishtey with 691.066 million weekly impressions as compared to 685.441 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Rishtey was also ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) in week 21 of 2018.

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV climbed up two ranks from seventh rank in week 20 to fifth rank in week 21 of 2018. Zee TV garnered 612.352 million weekly impressions in week 21 as compared to 542.782 million weekly impressions in week 20 of 2018. Zee TV was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), ranked first in HSM (U) and was ranked sixth in HSM (R). Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya and Ishq Subhan Allah on Zee TV were among BARC’s top five Hindi GEC programmes based on average rating across all original airings in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was also among BARC’s top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal dropped down by a rank to sixth place in week 21 of 2018 from the previous week’s fifth rank. The channel scored 605.098 million weekly impressions in week 21 of 2018 as compared to 574.575 million weekly impressions in week 20. Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). The sitcom Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah that was aired on Sony Pal was among the top five Hindi GEC programmes in HSM (R).

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat was ranked seventh in week 21 of 2018 as compared to sixth rank in week 20. The channel had 568.156 million weekly impressions in week 21, which was slightly higher than the previous week’s 559.506 million weekly impressions. Star Bharat was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R).

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max was ranked eighth in week 21 of 2018 the same rank as in the previous week. The channel score slightly higher ratings of 541.020 million weekly impressions in week 21 as compared to 524.681 million weekly impressions in week 20 of 2018. Sony Max was ranked first in BARC’s lists of top five Hindi movies in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). One of the movies aired on the channel was ranked second in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and all the top five Hindi movies programmes in HSM (U) were aired on the channel.

    Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa retained its previous week’s ninth rank in week 21 of 2018. The channel scored 509.836 million weekly impressions in week 21 as compared to 490.339 million weekly impressions in week 20 of 2018. Star Maa also topped BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the week and three of its programmes were amongst BARC’s top five Telugu programmes weekly list based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets.

    Re-entering the list after a hiatus was another SPN Hindi movies channel Sony Wah at tenth rank. Sony Wah was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R), ranked first in HSM (R) and ranked fifth in HSM (U) in week 21 of 2018. One of the movies aired on Sony Wah was ranked first in BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) while two of its programmes were present in BARC’s top five Hindi movies programmes in HSM (R).

  • Zee Anmol most watched channel across genres

    Zee Anmol most watched channel across genres

    BENGALURU: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol has reached the realm that has been normally occupied by the Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV or by one of the Hindi channels that has been airing the Indian Premier League. What is remarkable is that Zee Anmol has reached alpha position in the closing and hence, the most interesting stage of the eleven edition of the BCCI’s cash cow league! Zee Anmol has upstaged Star India’s Hindi sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi, pushing it to second place, and Sun TV to third rank in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) weekly ratings for the top 10 channels across genre in week 20 of 2018 (Saturday, 12 May 2018 to Friday, 18 May 2018).

    Five Hindi GECs, two Telugu GECs and one channel each from Hindi Movies, Tamil and sports genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 20 of 2018. From the networks’ perspective, three channels each from Star India and Zeel, two channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Viacom 18 comprised the top 10 channels across genres list in week 20 of 2018.

    At first rank was Zee Anmol with a humongous 915.486 million weekly impressions in week 20 as compared to the 859.428 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018. Zee Anmol had been ranked third in BARC’s across genres weekly list in week 19 of 2018. Zee Anmol was also ranked first in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi speaking urban and rural markets – HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) in week 20 of 2018. The Balaji Telefilms-produced family soap Kumkum Bhagya and Mahek that were aired on Zee Anmol were in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi GEC programmes the most watched Hindi GEC programme based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in week 20 of 2018 in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Another programme, Ganga, that aired on Zee Anmol was also among the top five Hindi GEC programmes, the most watched Hindi GEC programme based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (R).

    At second rank was Star Sports 1 Hindi which is one of the ten Star India channels that has been airing IPL 11. Star Sports 1 Hindi had ratings of 886.309 million weekly impressions in week 20 as compared to 898.849 million weekly impressions in week 17 of 2018. Star Sports 1 Hindi topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi sports channels, and the match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab on the channel was the most watched sports programme based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat).

    At third rank in week 20 of 2018 was Sun TV with 872.540 million weekly impressions as compared to 889.593 million weekly impressions in week 19. As has been the norm, Sun TV topped BARC’s list of top five Tamil channels in the Puducherry and Tamil Nadu markets and all the top five Tamil programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in these markets were aired on Sun TV.

    Retaining its previous week’s fourth rank in week 20 of 2018 was Viacom18’s FTA Hindi GEC Rishtey with 685.441 million weekly impressions as compared to 664.616 million weekly impressions in week 19. Rishtey was also ranked second in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) during the week under review.

    Also retaining its previous week’s rank (fifth) in week 20 of 2018 was SPN’s women focused Hindi GEC Sony Pal with 574.575 million weekly impressions as compared to 658.188 million weekly impressions in week 19. Sony Pal was also ranked third in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in the HSM (U+R) and HSM (R) markets. The long running sitcom Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah was the third most watched Hindi GEC programme based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (R).

    At its previous week’s sixth rank was Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat with 559.506 million weekly impressions in week 20 as compared to 584.369 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and fifth in HSM (U) and HSM (R).

    Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV held onto its seventh rank in week 20 with 542.782 million weekly impressions as compared to 546.466 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018.  Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), ranked first in HSM (U) and ranked sixth in HSM (R). Kundali Bhagya, a spinoff of Kumkum Bhagya, Kumkum Bhagya and Ishq Subhan Allah that were aired on Zee TV were among BARC’s top five Hindi programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). Kundali Bhagya on Zee TV was ranked fifth in BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi GEC programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in HSM (R).

    Also holding onto its previous week’s eighth rank was SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max with 524.681 million weekly impressions in week 20 as compared to 529.920 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018. Sony Max topped BARC’s weekly list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and was among the top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U) and HSM (R).

    Re-entering the across genres list was Star India’s Telugu GEC Star Maa with 490.339 million weekly impressions in week 20 of 2018. Star Maa topped BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets. Four of the top five Telugu programmes based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in the week were aired on Star Maa.

    Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu retained its tenth rank in week 20 of 2018 with 466.915 million weekly impressions as compared to 471.310 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018. The channel was ranked second in BARC’s weekly list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets.

     

  • Star Sports 1 Hindi back in lead as Zee Telugu enters across genres list

    Star Sports 1 Hindi back in lead as Zee Telugu enters across genres list

    BENGALURU: IPL 11 broadcasting Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi regained apex position in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genre NCCS all India (U+R): 2+ individuals in week 19: Saturday, 5 May 2018 to Friday, 11 May 2018. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited flagship Telugu GEC Zee Telugu replaced Star Maa, Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC, but at a lower rank, in the across genre list. Except for reshuffling of a couple of ranks, the rest of the nine channels in BARC’s across genres list in week 19 were same as in week 18 of 2018.

    Like last week, six Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Hindi movies, sports (Hindi), Tamil GEC and Telugu GEC genres made up BARC’s list of top 10 television channels across genres in terms of weekly impressions. Three channels each from Star India and Zeel, two channels from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Vaicom18 comprised BARC’s weekly across genres list in week 19 of 2018.

    Star Sports 1 Hindi, one of the 10 Star India channels that are currently airing the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 11), clawed back to the first rank in the across genre list with 898.849 million weekly impressions in week 19 as compared to 916.811 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Sports 1 Hindi was also the most watched sports channel in BARC’s list of top five sports channels, and the IPL 11 match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders was the most watched sports programme based on average rating across all airings (original and repeat) in week 19 of 2018.

    The Sun Network’s flagship Tamil GEC moved down a rank to second place in week 19 with 889.593 million weekly impressions as compared to 928.628 million weekly impressions in week 18 of 2018. As has been the norm, Sun TV topped BARC’s list of top five Tamil channels in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry markets and all the top five Tamil programmes during primetime in these markets were aired on Sun TV in week 19.

    Retaining its previous week’s third rank was Zeel’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Zee Anmol with higher ratings of 859.428 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018 as compared to 771.851 million weekly impressions in week 18. Zee Anmol also topped BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs in the Hindi-speaking urban and rural – HSM (U+R) as well as in HSM (R). Two of its programmes – the Balaji Telefilms produced-Kumkum Bhagya, and another soap Mahek, were in BARC’s were list of top five Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and three of its programmes – Kumkum Bhagya, Mahek, and Ganga, were present in BARC’s HSM (R) list.

    Viacom18’s FTA Hindi GEC Rishtey also retained its previous week’s fourth rank with slightly higher ratings of 664.616 million weekly impressions in week 19 as compared to 646.522 million weekly impressions. Rishtey was also ranked second in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R).

    SPN’s women-focused FTA Hindi GEC Sony Pal climbed up one position to fifth rank with 658.188 million weekly impressions in week 19 of 2018 as compared to 599.556 million weekly impressions in week 18. Sony Pal was ranked third in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R). Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah and CID that aired on Sony Pal were among the five most-watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (R).

    Star India’s FTA Hindi GEC Star Bharat slipped one place to sixth rank in week 19 of 2018 with 584.369 million weekly impressions as compared to 610.161 million weekly impressions in week 18. Star Bharat was ranked fourth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R), HSM (U) and HSM (R).

    Also retaining its week 18 rank to seventh in week 19 of 2018 was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV. Zee TV scored 546.466 million weekly impressions in week 19 as compared to 577.078 million weekly impressions in week 18 of 2018. Zee TV was ranked fifth and first in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) respectively. Three programme – Kumkum Bhagya and its spinoff Kundali Bhagya and Ishq Subhan Allah that aired on Zee TV were among the five most watched Hindi GEC programmes during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) in week 19.

    SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max also retained its week 18 rank of eighth in week 19 of 2018. Sony Max garnered 529.920 million weekly impressions in week 19 as compared to 519.913 million weekly impressions in week 18 of 2018. Sony Max topped BARC’s list of top five Hindi movies channels in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fifth in HSM (R). Three Hindi movie programmes were among the top five most watched films during primetime in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) in week 19 of 2018.

    Another Star India FTA, Star Utsav, climbed up to ninth rank in week 19 of 2018 with 481.990million weekly impressions as compared to 467.263 million weekly impressions in week 18. Star Utsav was ranked sixth in BARC’s list of top 10 Hindi GECs’ in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U) and was ranked fourth in HSM (R).

    Zeel Telugu re-entered BARC’s across genres list in week 19 of 2018 at tenth rank with 471.310 million weekly impressions. Zee Telugu also topped BARC’s list of top five Telugu channels in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana markets.

  • Pihu on Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali

    Pihu on Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali

    MUMBAI: The adorable Pihu will be seen showcasing her comic timing on Comedy Circus ke Mahabali in a very special episode to celebrate Children’s day.

    The upcoming episode will see Ranveer Singh making a very special appearance on the show to promote his movie ‘Ram Leela’. To celebrate Children’s day on the show, the episode will see the Mahabalis performing hilarious acts with one child artist. Pihu a.k.a Amrita Mukherjee will be amongst the children who will be performing on the show. She will be paired with Mantra and Jamie J. Amrita will impress one and all with her comic timing. Amrita will be joined by Mahek, Saloni and Manish who will also showcase their comic timing in front of Ranveer Singh.

    Now that’s called Chota packet, bada dhamaka!
    Celebrate Children’s Day on Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali this Sunday, 10th November at 10pm only on Sony Entertainment Television