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Republic TV continues to lead as English news genre ratings drop

BENGALURU: Arnab Goswami-headed Indian English news channel Republic TV has continued an uninterrupted lead of the genre since its launch in May 2017. Republic TV led the genre with 0.553 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018 (Saturday, 7 April 2018 to Friday, 13 April 2018) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s weekly data for the top-five English news channels—All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : males 22+ individuals. BARC had reported 0.652 million weekly impressions for Republic TV for week 14 of 2018.

In the meanwhile, the ratings of the genre have recorded a new nadir–the lowest combined weekly ratings of the top-five English news channels for 2018 until week 15 were 1.678 million impressions, 19 per cent lower than the previous weeks combined ratings of the top-five English news channels of 2.071 million impressions in the previous week. The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 11) commenced in week 15 of 2018 and the ratings of news television channels were most likely affected. Most of the matches are played during the primetime of GECs, news channels as well as other genres.

All the five channels in BARC’s list remained the same with the same ranks in week 15 of 2018 as compared with week 14. As a matter of fact, the first three ranked channels have retained their places and order in BARC’s weekly list of the top-five English news channels through the first 15 weeks of 2018. All the channels, however, had lower ratings in week 15 as compared with week 14 of 2018.

Republic TV was followed by Goswami’s former channel–Times Now–for which BARC reported ratings of 0.488 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018. Times Now had ratings of 0.595 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Continuing on at its regular third rank was India Today Television with 0.265 million weekly impressions in the week under review as compared with 0.363 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

At fourth rank was CNN News18 with 0.219 million weekly impressions in week 15 of 2018 as against 0.293 million weekly impressions in week 14. At fifth rank was the Prannoy and Radhika Roy led NDTV 24×7 with 0.153 million weekly impressions in week 15 as compared with 0.168 million weekly impressions in week 14 of 2018

April 19, 2018
BARC week 14: Status quo in news genre

MUMBAI: Republic TV continued its leading streak in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 14 ratings. Aaj Tak topped the chart in all three Hindi news markets. Zee News and ABP News entered the rural Hindi speaking market (HSM).

English News

Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 652 impressions (000s) sum compared to 576 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now was at the second spot with 595 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 363 impressions (000s) sum compared to 320 impressions (000s) sum in week 13 of 2018. CNN News18 and NDTV 24×7 were at fourth and fifth positions with 293impressions (000s) and 168 impressions (000s) sum respectively.

English Business News

CNBC TV18 was at the top slot with 599 impressions (000s) sum compared to 480 impressions (000s) sum in the previous week, followed by ET Now with 243 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions respectively with 72 impressions (000s) sum and 43 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News (U+R)

The viewership of this genre has grown as compared to the previous week. Aaj Tak led the genre with 124772 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 97723 impressions (000s) sum. India TV was at the second position with 94164 impressions (000s) sum.

Zee News and News18 India were at third and fourth positions after interchanging their positions with 90081 impressions (000s) sum and 83240 impressions (000s) sum.

ABP News entered the top five list at fifth position with 82815 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation exited the top five list from the fifth spot.

Hindi News Rural

Aaj Tak topped the rural chart as well with 52344 impressions (000s) sum followed by News Nation with 39629 impressions (000s) sum, which was at the third position.

Zee News and ABP News entered the top five list at third and fourth positions with 37242 impressions (000s) sum and 35651 impressions (000s) sum. India TV dropped three slots to the fifth position with 33620 impressions (000s) sum.

News Nation and News18 India exited the top five list from third and fourth positions.

Hindi News Urban

Aaj Tak retained its top slot with 72428 impressions (000s) sum followed by India TV at the second position with 60543 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and News18 India were at third and fourth positions after interchanging their spots with 52839 impressions (000s) sum and 50151 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News stayed at the fifth spot with 47164 impressions (000s) sum.

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April 12, 2018
Rajeev Chandrasekhar steps down from Republic TV board

MUMBAI: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, after being sworn in as BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP on Tuesday, has resigned from the board of directors of ARG Outlier Asianet News Pvt Ltd, the company that owns Republic TV.

The media owner-turned-politician resigned from his position on March 31.

“I have taken this decision because of my recent joining of [the] BJP and being elected as a BJP MP. As you are aware, from 2006 I have been in public life as an Independent MP and not a member of any political party. Since I am now a member of the BJP, I believe it is in the best interest of Republic TV’s brand and team that I no longer serve on the board,” reads a press statement issued by Chandrasekhar on Monday.

It goes on to state, “In my career as an investor and entrepreneur, I have had the privilege of investing and building several successful companies and brands. The Media Tech investment in Republic ranks high amongst my many investments and it has been a pleasure to witness first-hand the amazing journey and growth over the first year of this exciting Media Tech Brand and company under the leadership of Arnab and his team.”

On March 12, Chandrasekhar joined the BJP a day after the party nominated him as their candidate in the Rajya Sabha election, which was held on March 23. Prior to joining the BJP, Rajeev has been a Rajya Sabha MP twice before, first in 2006 and then in 2012 as an independent candidate. He got the support of the BJP and JD(S) on both occasions.

Republic TV went on air on 6 May 2017.

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BARC week 9: Mirror Now enters the top-5 list

April 2, 2018
BARC week 10: News18 India enters HSM top 5

MUMBAI: New18 India entered the top-five list in all the three genres of Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 10 ratings for 2018. Republic TV continued its leading streak while Aaj Tak topped the charts in all three Hindi news markets.

English news

Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 822 impressions (000s) sum compared to 1223 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now was at the second spot with 718 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 530 impressions (000s) sum compared to 814 impressions (000s) sum in week 9 of 2018. NDTV 24×7 entered the top-five list at fourth position with 331 impressions (000s) sum.

CNN News18 dropped a slot to fifth position with 330 impressions (000s) sum as against 516 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now exited the top-five list in week 10.

English business news

CNBC TV18 was at the top slot with 684 impressions (000s) sum compared to 636 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 236 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions, respectively, with 48 impressions (000s) sum and 22 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi news (urban + rural [U+R])

Aaj Tak led the genre with 112008 impressions (000s) sum as against 265508 impressions (000s) sum. India TV climbed two slots to the second position with 91748 impressions (000s) sum.

News18 India entered the top five at third position with 85826 impressions (000s) sum.

ABP News and Zee News dropped two slots to the fourth and fifth positions with 82516 and 784714 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi news rural

Aaj Tak was on the top of the rural list as well with 51553 impressions (000s) sum followed by ABP News with 38628 impressions (000s) sum. India TV climbed two slots to the third position with 35741 impressions (000s) sum.

Zee News dropped a rung to the third position with 63129 impressions (000s) sum.

News Nation was at the fourth position with 35631 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India entered the top-5 list at fifth position with 33269 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News exited from the top-five list from third position last week.

Hindi News Urban

Aaj Tak retains its top slot with 60454 impressions (000s) sum. India TV climbs two slots to the second position with 56007 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India enters the top 5 list at third position with 52556 impressions (000s) sum.

Zee News drops a slot to the fourth position with 45635 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News drops three slots to the fifth position with 43888 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation exited the top 5 list.

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BARC week 9: Mirror Now enters the top-5 list

March 15, 2018
BARC week 9: Mirror Now enters the top-5 list

MUMBAI: Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top 5 list of Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 9 ratings for 2018. Republic TV continues its leading streak while ABP News jumps to the second slot in all the three market. Aaj Tak tops the chart in all three Hindi News markets.

English News

The viewership for all the channels more than doubled in BARC All India week 9 data. Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 1223 impressions (000s) sum compared to 593 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second spot with 1034 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 814 impressions (000s) sum compared to 337 impressions (000s) sum in week 8 of 2018. CNN News18 is in the fourth position with 516 impressions (000s) sum compared to 211 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top five list at the fifth position with 321 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV 24X7 exits the top five list in week 9 of BARC All India data.

English Business News

CNBC TV18 is at the top slot witnessing a drop with 636 impressions (000s) sum compared to 804 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 206 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD are at third and fourth positions respectively with 73 impressions (000s) sum and 20 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News (U+R)

Aaj Tak leads the genre with 265508 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News enters the top 5 list at the second position with 259622 impressions (000s) sum followed by Zee News at the third position with 152917 impressions (000s) sum. India TV drops two slots to the fourth position with 134206 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation sits at fifth position with 118815 Impressions (000s) sum. News18 India exited the top 5list.

Hindi News Rural

Aaj Tak tops the rural chart as well with 112631 impressions (000s) sum followed by ABP News, which made an entry in the top 5 list at the second position with 108022 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News drops a slot to the third position with 63129 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation climbs a slot to the fourth position with 56836 impressions (000s) sum. India TV is at fifth position with 49051 impressions (000s) sum. India News and News18 India which were in the third and fourth position are not present in the week 8 data.

Hindi News Urban

Aaj Tak retains its top slot with 152877 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News jumps three slots to the second position with 151600 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News climbs a slot to the third position with 89787 impressions (000s) sum. India TV drops to slots to the fourth position with 85155 impressions (000s) sum.

News Nation enters the top 5 list at fifth position with 61979 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India exited the top 5 list in week 9.

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March 8, 2018
Debates continue to reap rewards for Eng news channels on prime time

MUMBAI: Prime-time shows on Indian English news channels have struggled to budge from their reliance on the debate format. In spite of access to new technologies, the content of the programming during the slot has largely remained the same. Even the allure of virtual reality (VR) and the latest production techniques have failed to wean viewers from the formulaic nature of debates.

It was NDTV that was the first to make use of VR videos online. In July 2017, Republic TV followed suit. The news broadcaster announced its intent to form a VR production studio to create a set of 10-series VR news stories for digital. Soon after, Times Network also began to take rapid strides in that direction with 3D 360-degree video-based VR and Google’s 180-degree VR format. Moreover, in December 2017, NDTV came up with a turnaround plan to improve profitability that involved reducing the workforce by up to 25 per cent and increasing its reliance on accessible technology such as mobile journalism.

Times Now with the Newshour Debate, hosted by Rahul Shivshankar, and Republic TV with The Debate at 9 pm, steered by Arnab Goswami, touch upon current, political and social issues that take place in the country with eminent personalities from diverse fields on the panel.

Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani says that the channel’s primetime format is giving them an edge over others. “Our primetime format is working beautifully for us and giving us a leadership against all of the channels. When Arnab is on air, we have 45-60 per cent market share between 9-11 pm. We have an overall market share of 35-45 per cent which is better than other channels’ primetime shows also. Republic is also working in building the second line at 8 and 8:30 pm shows with other big anchors like Parikshit Lutra and Shivani Gupta.”

Mirror Now has made an entry in the top-five list of Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) all India data in week 6 this year for the first time. The channel’s primetime shows include The Urban Debate at 9 pm and The Last Word at 10 pm. At every stage of the debate, viewers will poll on whether they agree with the panellists or not. The show zooms in on and discusses the problems faced by the citizens of the country, including topics ranging from civic apathy and crimes against women.

At the time of the launch of The Last Word in November last year, Mirror Now executive editor Faye D’souza said, “The idea behind our new 10 pm show is to raise issues that are pertinent to viewers and force the authorities to answer and act. We have cultivated a loyal viewership by showcasing subjects that affect day-to-day lives of urban Indians.”

CNN News18 has a different approach to its primetime show called Viewpoint hosted by anchor Bhupendra Chaubey. He explores the top-five news stories and interacts with a panel that provides its opinions. Furthermore, he also connects with viewers through social media to get their inputs. The other show Epicentre is hosted by Shreya Dhoundial and Marya Shakil where they present the latest issues and talk to experts and prominent individuals.

Chaubey said that the show will be driven by graphics and facts. “We are trying to bring the focus back to facts and we are hoping that, over a period of time, it will grow. Once people get used to the offerings that we have, the CNN News18 primetime will go a long way in just establishing the channel’s share. Right now, our market share for the primetime slot is 20-30 per cent.”

India Today TV at 9 pm has a show called News Today, wherein they compile the latest social, economic and political news of the day. The next show is Newsroom wherein Rahul Kanwal, the host, presents the latest social, economic and political news from across the world.

NDTV 24X7 has a show The 9 o’clock News where it shows news devoid of debate and covers all the top stories of the day, including politics, sports, cities, the world and business. The next show at 9:30 pm is Reality Check, which aims to bust myths.

It seems like the debate show at the prime-time slot works better than any other format. BARC data reflects that four channels in the top-five list have debate shows in their prime-time slot. It is quite unlikely that the Indian audience will move away from the debate format any time soon given the entertainment they generate.

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February 16, 2018
BARC week 6: Mirror Now enters the top 5 list

MUMBAI: Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top 5 list of Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 6 ratings for 2018. Republic TV continues its leading streak while ABP News exits the top five chart in Hindi News Rural market. Aaj Tak tops the chart in Hindi News urban market.

English News

Republic TV retained its numero uno position with 840 impressions (000s) sum compared to 757 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second spot with 663 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 243 impressions (000s) sum compared to 311 impressions (000s) sum in week 5 of 2018. CNN News18 is in fourth position with 188 impressions (000s) sum compared to 195 impressions (000s) sum last week. Mirror Now joined the party and entered the top five list at the fifth position with 132 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV 24X7 exits the top five list in week 6 of BARC All India data.

English Business News

The English Business news channels saw a dip in the after the budget week. CNBC TV18 is at the top slot witnessing a drop with 1172 impressions (000s) sum compared to 1424 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 385 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD are at third and fourth positions respectively with 153 impressions (000s) sum and 43 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News (U+R)

Aaj Tak leads the genre with 114402 impressions (000s) sum. India TV climbed two slots to the second position with 88568 impressions (000s) sum followed by Zee News which dropped a slot to third position with 84554 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India climbs a slot to the fourth position with 81274 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News drops two slots to fifth position with 72327 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News Rural

Aaj Tak tops the rural chart as well with 50525 impressions (000s) sum followed Zee News with 36368 impressions (000s) sum. News Nation climbs a slot to third position with 35975 impressions (000s) sum. India News is at fourth position with 34659 impressions (000s) sum. News18 India re-enters the top 5 slot with 33452 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News which was in the third position is not present in the week 6 data.

Hindi News Urban

Aaj tak retains its top slot with 63876 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News are at second and third position with 55242 impressions (000s) sum and 48186 impressions (000s) sum.

News18 India and ABP News are at fourth and fifth position after inter-changing the positions with 47822 impressions (000s) sum and 39740 impressions (000s) sum.

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February 15, 2018
News channels rake in advertising on budget day

BENGALURU: Normally, the days leading up to, during and following the state and national elections and election result day are when news channels rake in the moolah. Another important day for news channels for attracting advertisers is the day the national budget is announced. This budget day was no different – advertisers flocked news channels. Here is a list of top five advertisers and brands on news channels on 1 February 2018 according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC):

Channels: CNBC Awaaz; CNBC Bazar; CNBC TV 18; CNBC TV 18 Prime HD; Zee Business; ET Now; BTVI

Channels: Aaj Tak; Zee News; India TV; News18 India; India News; News Nation; News 24; Zee Hindustan; Tez

Channels: Republic TV; Times Now; Times Now HD; India Today Television; CNN News18; NDTV 24×7; Mirror Now; News X; NewsX HD

As is obvious from the above charts, the top five advertisers and brands were across verticals – be it infrastructure, finance, insurance, home décor, lighting, pharmaceutical, etc. Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved was the biggest advertiser among the top five lists and that too across just one genre of news – Hindi business news.
A number of these players are normally not present in BARC’s weekly lists of top 10 advertisers and bands in terms of insertions. Here are BARC’s lists of the top 10 advertisers and brands in week 5 of 2017 (Saturday, 27 January 2018 to Friday, 2 February 2018).

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February 13, 2018
BARC week 5: Aaj Tak and Republic TV lead in respective genres

MUMBAI: Republic TV continues its leading streak in the fifth week of the year as it has been doing from the time of launch in week 19 in 2017 of BARC All India ratings. India News enters the top five chart in week 5 of 2018 in Hindi news rural market. Aaj Tak tops the chart in Hindi news urban market.

English News

The English news genre has seen a drastic fall in the viewership across all the channels except NDTV 24X7 which saw a slight increase. Republic TV still retained its numero uno position with 757 impressions (000s) sum compared to 901 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now is at the second spot with 636 impressions (000s) sum followed by India Today Television with 357 impressions (000s) sum last week to 243 impressions (000s) sum in week 4 of 2018. CNN News18 is in fourth position with 195 impressions (000s) sum compared to 222 impressions (000s) sum last week. NDTV 24X7 witnessed a slight hike in ratings at fifth place with 180 impressions (000s) sum.

English Business News

In the budget week, the English news channels saw a get spike in the ratings. CNBC TV18 is at the top slot witnessing an increase more than 110 per cent with 1424 impressions (000s) sum compared to 654 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by ET Now with 608 impressions (000s) sum. BTVi and CNBC TV18 Prime HD are at third and fourth positions respectively with 110 impressions (000s) sum and 35 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News (U+R)

Aaj Tak leads the genre with 124533 impressions (000s) sum followed by Zee News with 99801 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News and India TV are at third and fourth spots respectively after exchanging their positions with 91510 and 89370 impressions (000s) sum respectively. News18 India is at fifth position with 84965 impressions (000s) sum.

Hindi News Rural

Aaj Tak tops the rural chart as well with 56473 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News and ABP News are at second and third positions with 45427 and 40105 impressions (000s) sum respectively followed by News Nation at fourth position with 36258 impressions (000s) sum. India News made an entry to the top five chart at the fifth position with 34396impressions (000s) sum. News18 India which was in the fifth position is not present in the week 5 data.

Hindi News Urban

Aaj tak retains its top slot with 68060 impressions (000s) sum. India TV and Zee News are at second and third places after inter-changing their positions with 55858 impressions (000s) sum and 54374 impressions (000s) sum.

ABP News and News18 India are at fourth and fifth positions after inter-changing their spots with 51404 impressions (000s) sum and 50690 impressions (000s) sum.

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February 8, 2018
Republic TV leads English news; Aaj Tak tops Hindi news ranking

BENGALURU: Deja Vu-that is what one can say about the occupants of the first two ranks in Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) weekly ratings for the English news (All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : Males 22+ Individuals) and Hindi News (HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 15+ Individuals) genres. In the weeks leading to the announcement of the national budget, both the genres, English news as well as Hindi news, recorded increase in viewership. BARC classifies Hindi news viewership into three markets–viewership in rural Hindi-speaking India HSM – (R); in urban Hindi speaking India HSM – (U) and combined viewership of urban and rural Hindi speaking India HSM – (U+R).

The combined ratings of the top-five English news channels grew by 28.1 percent to 2.495 million weekly impressions in week 4 as compared to 1.948 million impressions in week 3 of 2018.

The combined weekly impressions of the top-five Hindi news genre in HSM (U+R) grew by 16.3 percent in week 4 of 2018 to 531.471 million from 456.868 million. In HSM rural across the same demographics, the combined ratings of the top-five Hindi news genre increased by 13 percent to 223.713 million weekly impressions in week 4 of 2017 from 197.899 million weekly impressions in week 3 of 2017. Hindi news viewership in the HSM urban market grew by more than in rural markets. The combined ratings of the top-five Hindi news channels in HSM – U grew by 17.8 percent in week 4 to 309.971 million weekly impressions from 263.186 million weekly impressions. The occupants of the top two ranks in the separate HSM rural and urban markets of the Hindi news genre were the same in week 4 of 2018 as in the combined HSM market.

In week 4 of 2018 (Saturday, 20 January 2018 to Friday, 26 January 2018), Arnab Goswami-helmed Republic led the English news genre with 0.901 million weekly impressions. The previous occupant of the numero uno slot until Republic TV came along, Times Now, occupied its regular second rank with 0.853 million weekly impressions. At third place in the English news genre in week 4 of 2018 was another regular–India Today Television with 0.357 million weekly impressions. CNN News18 was ranked with 0.222 million weekly impressions followed by NDTV 24×7 with 0.162 million weekly impressions.

In HSM (U+R), HSM (R) and HSM (U), Aaj Tak led the Hindi news genre. In HSM (U+R), Aaj Tak scored 140.277 million weekly impressions. The Essel group’s Hindi news channel, Zee News, was ranked second in all three BARC HSM classifications. It recorded 112.665 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R). At third place was India TV in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U). India TV was absent from the top-five channels list in HSM (R). The channel had 93.857 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R) in week 4 of 2017.

ABP News was ranked fourth in HSM (U+R), third in HSM (R) and fifth in HSM (U) market. The channel recorded 93.172 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R). News18 India was ranked fifth in HSM (U+R) and HSM (R), and fourth in HSM (U). News 18 India recorded 91.500 million weekly impressions in HSM (U+R).

News Nation was ranked fourth in HSM (R) with 36.535 million weekly impressions. The channel did not feature among the top five ranks in HSM (U+R) and HSM (U).

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