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  • Times Now regains top slot in English news genre

    Times Now regains top slot in English news genre

    MUMBAI: After a long gap of 64 weeks, Times Now has dethroned Republic TV from its top slot. The Arnab Goswami-led channel’s streak was broken as it occupied the pole position since its launch on 6 May 2017. 

    In Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 31, Aaj Tak led the charts in all the three markets. Zee News exited the top five in Hindi news rural market.

    Recently, Republic TV had complained to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India about Times Now getting the channel re-slotted under Hindi news genre on distribution platforms, impacting viewership data.

    English News

    This week Times Now found itself at the top position in English News genre with 734 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 806 impressions (000s) sum last week. Whereas Republic TV was at second position with 705 impressions  (000s) sum, followed by India Today Television at third position with 246 impressions (000s) sum. CNN News 18 and NDTV24x7 maintained their fourth and fifth positions with 236 impressions and 174 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18  maintained its top position in English business news genre with 705 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 644 impressions (000s) sum, followed by ET Now and BTVI at second and third positions with 197 impressions (000s) sum and 96 impressions (000s) sum. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD was at fourth position with 25 impressions  (000s) sum as compared to 28 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to rule the Hindi news genre with 149487 (000s) sum impressions as compared to 164150 impressions (000s) sum last week. Whereas India TV jumped to second position with 115894 impressions (000s) sums, ABP News maintained its third position with 101045 impressions. Zee News moved down to fourth position with 100705 impressions (000s) sum, as compared to 107966 impressions (000s) last week. News 18 India was at fifth position with 99687 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak also continued to to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 73376 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 76189 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 47674 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at third position with 45738 impressions. News18 India replaced Zee News with 41201 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation was at fifth position with 40320impressions (000s) sum as compared to 40241 impressions (000s) sum last week.     

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 76112 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 87961 impressions (000s) sum. India TV found itself at second position  with 70156 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News was at third position with 60523 impressions (000s) as compared to 67186 impressions (000s) last week. News 18 India and ABP News maintained theur fourth and fifth with 58486 impressions and 53371 impressions  (000s) sum respectively.

  • BARC week 30: Aaj Tak continues dominance in Hindi news genre

    BARC week 30: Aaj Tak continues dominance in Hindi news genre

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council data for week 30 showed Republic TV continuing to dominate the English news genre, whereas Aaj Tak led in Hindi genre. CNN News18 was at fourth position this week, meanwhile, NDTV 24×7 replaced Mirror now in English news genre.  

    English News

    Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV stood unbeaten at top position in English news genre with 837 impressions as compared to 1057 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now maintained its second position with 806 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television at third position with 377 impressions (000s) sum. Meanwhile CNN News 18 jumped up to fourth position with 243 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 201 impressions (000s) sum last week. This week NDTV 24×7 replaced Mirror Now at fifth position with 217 impressions (000s) sum.  

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18  maintained its top position in English business news genre with 644 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 673 impressions (000s) sum, followed by ET Now and BTVI at second and third positions with 169 impressions (000s) sum and 119 impressions (000s) sum. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD was at fourth position with 28 impressions  (000s) sum as compared to 16 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)      

    Aaj Tak continued to rule over Hindi news genre with 164150 (000s) sum impressions as compared to 150333 impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee News maintained its second position with 107966 impressions (000s) sum whereas India TV and ABP News were at third and fourth positions with 107597 impressions (000s) sum and 106482 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India was at fifth position with 101417 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 93105 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News Rural  

    Aaj Tak also continued to to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 76189 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 69245 impressions (000s) sumlast week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 48687 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV and Zee News at third and fourth positions with 42769 impressions (000s) sum and 40780 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation was at fifth position with 40241 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 38263 impressions (000s) sum last week.     

    Hindi News Urban
    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 87961 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 81078 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News maintained its second position with 67186 impressions (000s) sum followed by India TV and News18 India at third and fourth positions with 64827 impressions (000s) sum and 61301 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News maintained its fifth position with 57795 impressions (000s) sum.

  • BARC week 29: Zee News replaces News18 India in Hindi news rural

    BARC week 29: Zee News replaces News18 India in Hindi news rural

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council data for week 29 showed Republic TV continuing to dominate the English news genre, whereas Aaj Tak led in Hindi genre. Zee News replaced News18 India in Hindi news Rural.

    English News

    Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV stood unbeaten at top position in English news genre with 1057 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 777 impressions (000s) last week. Times Now found itself at second position with 970 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India Today Television at third position  with 293 impressions (000s) sum. Mirror Now and CNN News 18 maintained their fourth and fifth positions with 265 impressions (000s) and 201 impressions (000s) sum.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 maintained its top position with 673 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 537 impressions (000s) sum last week. ET Now is in second position with 212 impressions (000s) sum.  BTVI and CNBC TV 18 Prime HD maintained their third and fourth positions with 77 impressions (000s) sum and 16 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak stood at first position with 150333 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 125034 impressions (000s) sum last week. Where as  Zee News is at second position  with 103078 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at third position with 101256 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News stepped down to fourth position with 94355 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 85738 impressions (000s) sum last week. News18 India maintained its fifth position with 93105 impressions (000s) sum.     

    Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak continued to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 69245 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 54097 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 45859 impressions (000s) sum. India TV is at third position with 39560 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News replaced News18 India at fourth position with 39264 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation stepped down to fifth position with 38263 impressions as compared to 32969 impressions (000s) sum last week.

    Hindi news urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 81078 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 70936 impressions (000s) sum last week.  Zee News maintained its second position with 63814 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV and News18 India at third and fourth positions with 61697 impressions (000s) sum and 54989 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News maintained its fifth position with 48496 impressions (000s) sum.

  • Republic TV complains to TRAI, BARC on Times Now’s genre slotting

    Republic TV complains to TRAI, BARC on Times Now’s genre slotting

    MUMBAI: The ever-competitive business of TV news is set to witness another round of slugfest. Republic TV has complained to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India about English news channel Times Now getting the channel re-slotted under Hindi news genre on distribution platforms, which may impact viewership data.

    A letter written by Republic TV earlier this month, reviewed by Indiantelevision.com, accused Times Now of getting some of the distribution platforms to place the channel “among the Hindi news sub-genre” as some of the programmes broadcast had “substantial Hindi content” as claimed by Times.

    “This is a confusing development as BARC will report Times Now [viewership data] as part of the English news channel list,” the Republic complaint highlighted, adding, “if its proximity/neighbourhood is significantly among the Hindi news channels, it stands to distort viewership data.”

    Republic has also exhorted BARC India, which is set to release soon its fresh and updated television-related annual data, to take note of distribution changes relating to Times Now as not an English-language news channel but “preferably” a Hindi channel.

    However, changing of genres to boost sampling among viewers or resorting to dual or multiple LCNs are some issues not new to the Indian broadcast business. Nor is the animosity. that has prevailed between Times Now, former employer of Republic TV’s chief editor Arnab Goswami.

    When Republic TV debuted last year, a clutch of news channels, later backed by News Broadcasters Association (NBA), had alleged the new entrant was resorting to dual LCN or multiple feed tactic to boost viewership. BARC had also been petitioned to suspend publishing of Republic TV’s data.

    Times Now had also taken Goswami, promoter of Republic TV’s parent company, to the courts to desist him from using the phrase `nation wants to know’ claiming IPR over it as it was started when the flamboyant news anchor was with the Times group. Though Republic TV later became a member of NBA, Goswami had taken a swipe at Times Now calling it a cry baby.

    Since then both the TV news channels had been making news off-air, while slugging it out to corner viewers’ attention in a continuing see-saw battle.

    Asked about the issue of multiple feeds-strategy used by TV channels, TV market research company Chrome Data Analytics and Media CEO Pankaj Krishna told Indiantelevision.com that the unethical tactic was “still very much prevalent” despite a directive against it by regulator TRAI.

    “According to Chrome, there were some 1,433 instances of dual LCN across all genres across the country as of last week, Krishna explained, adding, “The practice is mostly seen during blockbuster events like presentation of Union Budget (for business news genre) and during new launches as part of a channel’s marketing exercise. But such tactics have limited time impact.”  

    TV Today Network managing editor Supriya Prasad was of the opinion if a TV channel was resorting to “unethical practices” to boost viewership, then it meant it didn’t have full faith in its own content. Aaj Tak is the leader of Hindi news genre as per BARC India Week 27 data.

    Another industry observer felt as HSM or Hindi-speaking market is a big one, getting slotted in that category in the EPG “opens up reach of a channel”. However, the observer was critical of such attempts to boost reach and viewership: “If an English TV channel is present in the Hindi news genre, simply informing TRAI and the operator to keep within the right side of the law as it was doing small amount of Hindi content is cheating the system. It gains importance if BARC too is not made aware of such a development.”

    It now remains to be seen how the regulator and BARC India will respond to the Republic TV complaint.

  • BARC week 27: Aaj Tak continues to dominate Hindi news genre

    BARC week 27: Aaj Tak continues to dominate Hindi news genre

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council data for week 27 shows Aaj Tak dominating in Hindi news genre whereas ABP News found itself at second position in Hindi news (R). Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market.

    English news

    Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV continued to lead the English news genre with 970 impressions (000s) sum compared to 836 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself at the second spot with 799 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television at the third position with 258 impressions (000s) sum compared to 262 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now and CNN News18 maintained its fourth and fifth position with 215 impressions (000s) sum and 193 impressions (000s) sum.

    English business news

    CNBC TV18 is at top spot with 563 impressions (000s) sum compared to 527 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 181 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions with 69 impressions (000s) sum and 34 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news (U+R)

    Aaj Tak continued to lead in Hindi news genre (U+R) with 114295 impressions (000s) as compared to 102385 impressions (000s) sum. India TV is at second position with 84229 impressiosn (000s) sum, where as Zee News steps down to third position with 83543 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 83627 impressions (000s) last week.

    News18 India and ABP News maintained their fourth position and fifth positions with 82151 impressions (000s) sum and 81810 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news rural

    Aaj Tak retained its top position in Hindi news (R) market with 48676 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News is at second position with 36014 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation stepped down to third position with 33965 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 33054 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by India TV and News18 India at fourth and fifth positions with 32644 impressions (000s) and 31568 (000s) impressions sum.

    Hindi news urban

    Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 65619 impressions (000s) sum compared to 61497 impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee News was at second position with 54456 impressions (000s) sums compared to 55524 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and News 18 India maintained third and fourth positions with 51585 impressions (000s) sum and 50582 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News  found itself at fifth position with 45976 impressions (000s) sum. 

  • Aaj Tak dominates Hindi news genre in BARC week 26

    Aaj Tak dominates Hindi news genre in BARC week 26

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council data for week 26 saw some upheavals in the news genre. Mirror Now replaced NDTV24x7 in the English news genre while Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market. Aaj Tak led the chart in Hindi news markets.

    English news

    Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV retained its top position with 836 impressions (000s) sum compared to 902 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself at the second spot with 807 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television at the third position with 262 impressions (000s) sum compared to 278 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now replaced NDTV24x7 and gained fourth position with 194 impressions (000s) sum, whereas CNN News18 stepped down to fifth position with 185 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 161 impressions (000s) last week.

    English business news

    CNBC TV18 maintained the top spot with 527 impressions (000s) sum compared to 497 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 176 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions with 62 impressions (000s) sum and 21 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news (U+R)

    Aaj Tak is at top position this week with 102385 impressions (000s) as compared to 95584 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News steps down to second position with 83627 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 98051 (000s) sum, followed by India TV at the third position with 80492 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 79222 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India and ABP News maintained their fourth position and fifth positions with 77714 impressions (000s) sum and 66737 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news rural

    Aaj Tak retained its top position in Hindi news rural market with 40888 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation replaced Zee News at second position with 33054 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at third position with 32197 impressions (000s) sum. News 18 India is at fourth position with 31043 impressions (000s) as compared to 26870 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its fifth position with 29749 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi news urban

    Aaj Tak led the genre with 61497 impressions (000s) sum compared to 54740 impressions (000s) sum last week. Zee News stepped down to second position with 55524 impressions (000s) sums compared to 62492 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and News 18 India maintained third and fourth positions with 48295 impressions (000s) sum and 46671 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News was at fifth spot with 36989 impressions (000s) sum compared to 37157 impressions (000s) sum last week.

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  • BARC Week 25: Republic TV dominates English news, NDTV enters top five

    BARC Week 25: Republic TV dominates English news, NDTV enters top five

    MUMBAI:  NDTV24x7 replaced Mirror Now in the All India Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 25 ratings. Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market while Zee News led the charts in two Hindi news markets. News 18 India replaced ABP News in rural segment.

    English news

    Republic TV retained its top position with 902 impressions (000s) sum compared to 901 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself on the second spot with 769 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television at the third position with 278 impressions (000s) sum compared to 270 impressions (000s) sum last week. CNN News 18 retained its fourth position with 161 impressions (000s) sum compared to 173 impressions (000s) in week 24. NDTV24x7 replaced Mirror Now in top five with 151 impressions (000s) sums this week.

    English business news

    CNBC TV18 maintained the top spot with 497 impressions (000s) sum compared to 517 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 157 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions with 87 impressions (000s) sum and 11 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news (U+R)

    Zee News is at top position this week with 98051 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 86859 impressions(000s)sum. Aaj Tak steps down to second position with 95584 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 87682 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by India TV at the third position with 79222 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 76557 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India and ABP News maintained their fourth position and fifth positions with 71661 impressions (000s) sum and 63956 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi news rural

    Aaj Tak retained its top position in Hindi news rural market with 40844 impressions (000s) sum. Zee news is at second position with 35559 impressions (000s) sum compared to 32075 impressions (000s) sum in last week, followed by India TV steps down to third position with 33000 impressions (000s) sum.

    News Nation captured fourth position with 30241 impressions (000s) sum compared to 31438 impressions (000s) last week. News 18 India replaced ABP news at the fifth position with 26870 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi news urban

    Zee News led the genre with 62492 impressions (000s) sum compared to 54785 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by Aaj Tak at second position with 54740 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and News 18 India are at third and fourth positions after interchanging slots with 46222 impressions (000s) sum and 44791 impressions (000s) sum respectively. ABP News is at fifth spot with 37157 impressions (000s) sum.

  • BARC, Week 24: Rebublic TV dominates, Mirror Now enters top five

    BARC, Week 24: Rebublic TV dominates, Mirror Now enters top five

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s English news channel, Mirror Now, replaced NDTV in the All India Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 24 rantings, as Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market While Aaj Tak led the charts in two Hindi news markets, ABP News replaced News 18 India in top five in the rural segment.

    English News

    Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 901 impressions (000s) sum compared to 1009 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself on the second spot with 747 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television at the third position with 270 impressions (000s) sum compared to 313 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now entered the top five list and was at the fourth position with 176 impressions (000s) sum. CNN News18 dropped one place to the fifth position with 173 impressions (000s) sum compared to 187 impressions (000s) sum in week 23. NDTV 24×7 found no place in the top five this week.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 maintained the top spot with 517 impressions (000s) sum compared to 434 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 164 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions with 66 impressions (000s) sum and 18 impressions (000s) sum  respectively.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak retained its top slot with 87682 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 93805 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News was at the second position with 86859 impressions (000s) sum compared to 90927 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at the third position with 76557 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 79523 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India and ABP News maintained their fourth position and fifth positions with 72841 impressions (000s) sum and 64463 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

     Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak also led the Hindi news rural market with 38054 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News are at second and third position after interchanging their spot with 32987 impressions (000s) sum and 32075 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    News Nation captured fourth position with 31438 Impressions (000s) sum compared to 29779 Impressions (000s) last week. ABP News replaced News18 India at the fifth position with 29744 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi News Urban

    Zee News led the genre with 54785 impressions (000s) sum compared to 57746 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by Aaj Tak at second position with 49628 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India and India TV are at third and fourth fifth position after interchanging positions with 44612 impressions (000s) sum and 43569 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News is at fifth spot with 34719 impressions (000s) sum.

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  • BARC Data: Republic TV continues to lead English news

    BARC Data: Republic TV continues to lead English news

    MUMBAI: Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market in the latest All India Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 23 rantings. While Aaj Tak led the charts in two Hindi news markets, News 18 India replaced ABP News in top five in the rural segment.

    English News

    Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 1009 impressions (000s) sum compared to 822 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself on the second spot with 731 impressions (000s) sum. India Today Television captured the third position with 313 impressions (000s) sum compared to 418 impressions (000s) sum last week. CNN News18 at fourth garnered 187 impressions (000s) sum compared to 214 impressions (000s) sum last week. NDTV 24×7 replaced Mirror Now in the top five with 151 impressions (000s) sum.

     English Business News

    CNBC TV18 maintained the top spot with 434 impressions (000s) sum compared to 451 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 194 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions respectively with 69 impressions (000s) sum and 35 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak retained its top slot with 93805 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 95274 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News was at the second position with 90927 impressions (000s) sum compared to 95022 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at the third position with 79523 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 83897 impressions (000s) sum.

    News18 India and ABP News maintained their spots at fourth position and fifth positions with 73695 impressions (000s) sum and 62664 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

     Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak also led the Hindi news rural market with 40129 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and India TV at second and third position maintaining their spot with 33180 impressions (000s) sum and 33107 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    News Nation, fourth, recorded 29779 Impressions (000s) sum compared to 30952 Impressions (000s) last week. News18 India replaced ABP News in top five with 27868 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi News Urban

    Zee News led the genre with 57746 impressions (000s) sum compared to 60764 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by Aaj Tak at second position with 53676 impressions (000s) sum. India TV, News18 India and ABP News were at third, fourth and fifth spots with 46416 impressions (000s) sum, 45827 impressions (000s) sum and 34827 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

  • BARC Data: Mirror Now enters the top five in English news

    BARC Data: Mirror Now enters the top five in English news

    MUMBAI: Times Network’s Mirror Now broke into the top five list of All India Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 22 ratings in the English News genre. While Aaj Tak led the charts in two Hindi news markets, Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV continued to dominate the English news market.

    English News

    Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 822 impressions (000s) sum compared to 1155 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now found itself on second spot with 764 impressions (000s) sum compared to 905 impressions (000s) sum. India Today Television captured the third position with 418 impressions (000s) sum compared to 398 impressions (000s) sum last week. CNN News18  at fourth garnered 214 impressions (000s) sum compared to 296 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now replaced NDTV 24×7 in the top five with 182 Impressions (000s) sum.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 maintained the top spot with 451 impressions (000s) sum compared to 401 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 188 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions respectively with 53 impressions (000s) sum and 33 impressions (000s) sum.

    Hindi News (U+R)

    Aaj Tak retained its top slot with 95274 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 100503 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News was at the second position with 95022 impressions (000s) sum compared to 96385 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India TV at the third position with 83897 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 83346 impressions (000s) sum.

    News18 India and ABP News were at the fourth position and fifth positions after interchanging spots with 72014 impressions (000s) sum and 67013 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

     Hindi News Rural

    Aaj Tak also led the Hindi news rural market with 39544 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News were at second and third position after interchanging the positions with 35728 impressions (000s) sum and 34257 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    News Nation and ABP News were at fourth and fifth position after interchanging the slots with 30952 impressions (000s) sum and 30435 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

    Hindi News Urban

    Zee News led the genre with 60764 impressions (000s) sum compared to 60332 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by Aaj Tak at second position with 55729 impressions (000s) sum. India TV,  News18 India and ABP News were at third, fourth and fifth spot with 48169 impressions (000s) sum, 45286 impressions (000s) sum and 36578 impressions (000s) sum respectively.