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BARC week 34: Dangal retakes top slot; 2 more Hindi GECs return in across genres

BENGALURU: Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal returned to first place in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms (across genres list) in week 34 of 2019 (Saturday, 17 August 2019 to Friday, 23 August 2019, week or period under review). Two Hindi GECs – Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) flagship channel Sony Entertainment Television or SET and the Viacom18 flagship channel Colors returned to BARC’s across genres list on all platforms at the cost of two Hindi movies channels in week 34 of 2019.

Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Hindi movies and Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 34 of 2019. From the Network’s perspective, there were three channels from Star India, two channels from SPN and one channel each from B4U, Enterr10, the Sun TV Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel). Eight of the channels in the list were on the pay platform and two were free to air or FTA.

In BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on the pay platform, there were five Hindi GECs, three Telugu channels and one channel each from the Hindi movies and Tamil genres. There were three channels each from SPN and Star India, two channels from Viacom18 and one channel each from the Sun TV Network and Zeel in BARC’s across genres list on the pay platform. Besides the eight pay channels that were present in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms, the two more channels present in the across genres weekly list on the pay platform were SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max and the Network18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu. The Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV headed the across genres on the pay platform weekly list.

In BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on the free platform for week 34 of 2019, there were three channels each from the Bhojpuri, Hindi GEC and Hindi movies genres, and one channel from the Marathi genre. Four of the channels were from Enterr 10 Television, three were from B4U, two were from Zeel and one channel was from Skystar during the period under review. Quite obviously, Dangal headed this list also.

As mentioned above, Dangal headed BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 34 of 2019 with 860.070 million weekly impressions as compared to second rank and 827.063 million weekly impressions in week 33.

Sun TV slipped a place to second rank in week 34 of 2019 with 850.711 million weekly impressions in week 34 of 2019 as compared to first rank and 902.564 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus climbed up a place to third place with 837.519 million weekly impressions as compared to fourth place and 751.106 million weekly impressions in week 33.

Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa dropped a place to fourth rank with 784.095 million weekly impressions as compared to third rank and 761.055 million weekly impressions in week 33.

Zee TV jumped two places to fifth rank with 673.096 million weekly impressions in week 34 of 2019 as compared to seventh rank and 614.306 million weekly impressions in week 33.

SET re-entered the list at sixth rank with 661.005 million weekly impressions in week 34 of 2019.

Another SPN pay Hindi GEC Sony SAB climbed down one place to seventh rank in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 34 of 2019 with 641.869 million weekly impressions as compared to sixth rank and 632.959 million weekly impressions.

B4U’s Hindi movies channel B4U Kadak dropped three places to eighth rank in week 34 of 2019 with 617.522 million weekly impressions as compared to fifth rank and 683.075 million weekly impressions in week 33.

Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors reentered BARCs’ weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 34 of 2019 with 569.158 million weekly impressions at ninth rank.

Star India’s flagship Tamil GEC dropped a place to tenth rank in week 34 of 2019 with 522.916 million weekly impressions as compared to ninth rank and 529.953 million weekly impressions in week 33.

September 3, 2019
Star Gold & Star Plus announce mega movie line up before the festive season

MUMBAI: Star Plus and Star Gold together curate a special line-up of premieres of bollywood movies that includes some of the most talked about films of the year 2019! From a love triangle, De De Pyaar De; to the epic love-saga, Kalank; to the inspiring real-life story of a teacher with Super 30, the upcoming premiere slate promises to be engaging and entertaining.

Gold and Star Plus join forces to dominate the viewers’ TV screen with the simulcast of the biggest pre-festive line up of Bollywood blockbusters. Commencing this season with romance and humour, both the channels gear up to premiere De De Pyaar De starring Ajay Devgn alongside Tabu and Rakul Preet Singh, this Sunday at 1:00 PM.

Being a complete joy-ride full of fun, wit and quirk, De De Pyaar De is the perfect watch for the weekend with family. Also starring Jimmy Shergil, Javed Jaffrey, Alok Nath and Kumud Mishra, the film follows the journey of a 50-year-old single father, who faces disapproval from his family and his estranged wife when he falls in love with a 26-year-old woman. Taking forward the fun banter from the film, a series of videos featuring the lead actors have been released on social media to excite viewers, ahead of the film’s mega premiere.

“Star Gold and Star Plus have always entertained audience with their path-breaking content line-ups, and for the first time we are collaborating to provide our viewers with the latest Bollywood movies to celebrate the pre-festive season and thus taking the level a notch higher. We kick off with De De Pyaar De, which promises to be a delightful treat for the viewers. As each new movie is very special to us, we want to ensure that we make all the premieres as outstanding as possible,” says the spokesperson of Star India.

Actor Ajay Devgn says, “Home is where the heart is! Being home to my films, Star Gold impresses me by taking the film beyond a mere premiere. I hope the audiences shower their love for this movie of mine too, as they have done so far.”

Actress Tabu adds, “De De Pyaar De is made with lots of love and laughter. When I first heard the script, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a total family entertainer and can be enjoyed by audiences across all the ages.”

Excited for the premiere, Rakul Preet Singh adds, “De De Pyaar De lies very close to my heart! What makes this film different from the rest is the quirky plot which is relevant in today’s scenario. As it premieres on Star Gold and Star Plus, I hope people enjoy this light-hearted drama with their loved ones!”

August 28, 2019

BARC week 32: SET bags third position in urban, Zee TV slips to fifth position

MUMBAI: In week 32 (3 August to 9 August) of BARC India ratings, Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television has moved to third position from fourth in the last week in urban HSM with 360719 weekly impressions (000s). The channel continues to hold its seventh position in rural HSM and fifth position on pay platform.

Zee TV has slipped down to fifth position from third in week 32 in the urban segment. Big Magic and &TV have exchanged their positions at eighth and ninth places. Star Plus, Sony SAB, Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Zee TV, Dangal, Star Bharat, Big Magic, &TV and Star Utsav were seen at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth position respectively.

Hindi GEC Urban

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 32
1	STAR Plus	454541
2	SONY SAB	426085
3	Sony Entertainment Television	360719
4	Colors	357045
5	Zee TV	351523
6	Dangal	215562
7	STAR Bharat	209585
8	Big Magic	109323
9	&TV	106343
10	STAR Utsav	105814
HSM (Urban) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

On the free platform Dangal, Big Magic, DD National, DD Bharati, AA Arunprabha, DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Madhya Pradesh and DD Rajasthan were the top eight channels.

Hindi GEC Free Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 32
1	Dangal	675234
2	Big Magic	403793
3	DD National	52723
4	DD Bharati	5012
5	DD Arunprabha	3273
6	DD Uttar Pradesh	2554
7	DD Madhya Pradesh	1954
8	DD Rajasthan	1798
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

The pecking order of the channels on the pay platform remained unchanged. Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony Sab, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Dangal, Star Utsav, &TV and Sony Pal were at first, second, third, fourth, fifth, six, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth position respectively.

Hindi GEC Pay Platform

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 32
1	STAR Plus	694310
2	Zee TV	648453
3	SONY SAB	603442
4	Colors	536001
5	Sony Entertainment Television	512587
6	STAR Bharat	327180
7	Dangal	195153
8	STAR Utsav	182092
9	&TV	141922
10	Sony Pal	137975
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

No changes were observed in the pecking order of the channels in rural HSM. Top 10 channels were Dangal, Big Magic, Zee TV, Star Plus, Sony SAB, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat, Star Utsav and Zee Anmol.

Hindi GEC Rural HSM

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 32
1	Dangal	654826
2	Big Magic	371750
3	Zee TV	298970
4	STAR Plus	242089
5	SONY SAB	181399
6	Colors	180234
7	Sony Entertainment Television	152922
8	STAR Bharat	118440
9	STAR Utsav	76672
10	Zee Anmol	75749
HSM (Rural) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

August 19, 2019

BARC week 29: Sun TV back on top as ICC Cricket World Cup tourney ends

BENGALURU: The Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV was back on top as the most watched channel across genres on all platforms in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of top channels in week 29 of 2019. (Saturday 13 July 2019 to Friday 19 July 2019, week under review). With India out of the premier cricket tourney after the surprise loss to New Zealand, interest in the final match between England and New Zealand seemed to have waned in India, despite the nail-biting photo-finish. Star Sports 1 Hindi, the occupant of numero uno rank in the previous weeks’ lists failed to find a place in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres, or the top 11 Pay channels across genres – Sun TV headed both the lists. Further, DD Sports which also aired the tournament exited BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Free channels across genres during the week under review.

For week 29 of 2019, BARC has posted the following across genres lists: Top 10 channels across genres across platforms; Top 11 Pay channels across genres; and Top 11 Free channels across genres. For week 28, the ratings agency had posted only the top 10 channels list for across platforms, pay channels and Free channels across genres.

BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms

Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Telugu and Hindi movies comprised BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 29 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 TV, Sun TV Network, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel)

As mentioned above, Sun TV headed BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels with 863.550 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to second rank and 843.786 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

At second rank was Enterr 10 TV’s FTA Hindi GEC Dangal with 781.501 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to 762.595 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Moving up a place to third rank in week 29 of 2019 was Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus with 708.740 million weekly impressions as compared to fourth rank and 694.567 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

Moving up two places to fourth rank was Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV with 693.440 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to sixth rank and 676.868 million weekly impressions in week 28. Retaining its previous week’s rank five was Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa in week 29 of 2019 with 683.816 million weekly impressions as compared to 689.795 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Climbing up three places to sixth rank was Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 563.058 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to ninth rank and 526.158 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Climbing up a place to seventh rank in week 29 of 2019 was SPN’s Hindi GEC Sony Sab with 551.715 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 530.349 million weekly impressions in week 28. Dropping a rank to eighth place in week 29 of 2019 was Star India’s flagship Tamil GEC Star Vijay with 531.446 million weekly impressions as compared to seventh rank and 545.135 million weekly impressions in week 28.

SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max climbed a place to ninth rank in week 29 of 2019 with 522.040 million weekly impressions as compared to tenth rank and 496.497 million weekly impressions in week 28. SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) re-entered BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres in week 29 of 2019 with 504.481 million weekly impressions.

BARC’s weekly list of top 11 pay channels across genres

Four Star India channels, three channels from SPN, two channels from Zeel and one channel each from Sun TV Network and Viacom18 made up BARC’s weekly list if top 11 pay channels across genres in week 29 of 2019. Five Hindi GECs, three Hindi movies channels, two Tamil channels and one Telugu channel comprised BARC’s weekly list of top 11 pay channels across genres in week 29 of 2019.

As mentioned above, here also, Sun TV headed BARC’s weekly list with 863.550 million weekly impressions in week 29 of 2019 as compared to second rank and 843.786 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Star Plus also climbed a place to second rank in week 29 of 2019 with 705.707 million weekly impressions as compared to third rank and 690.613 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Climbing up two places to third rank was Zee TV with 691.204 million weekly impressions as compared to fifth rank and 674.518 million weekly impressions in the previous week. Retaining to fourth rank in week 29 of 2019 was Star Maa with 683.816 million weekly impressions as compared to 689.795 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Colors climbed up three places to fifth rank in BARC’s weekly list of top 11 pay channels across genres in week 29 of 2019 with 558.873 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 522.718 million weekly impressions in week 28. Sony Sab climbed up a place to sixth rank in week 29 of 2019 with 547.408 million weekly impressions as compared to seventh rank and 526.128 million weekly impressions in the previous week.

Star Vijay dropped a place to seventh rank with 531.446 million weekly impressions as compared to sixth rank and 545.135 million weekly impressions in week 28. Sony Max was on eight rank in week 29 of 2019 with 519.990 million weekly impressions as compared to ninth rank and 495.560 million weekly impressions in week 28.

SET climbed up a place to ninth rank in week 29 of 2019 with 502.417 million weekly impressions as compared to tenth rank and 487.728 million weekly impressions in week 28. Zeel’s Hindi Movies channel Zee Cinema and Star India’s Hindi Movies channel entered BARC’s weekly list if top 11 pay channels in week 29 of 2019 at tenth rank with 497.790 million weekly impressions and at eleventh rank with 460.007 million weekly impressions respectively.

BARC’s weekly list of top 11 Free channels across genres

Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels each from B4U Media and Zeel and one channel from Skystar comprised BARC’s weekly list of top 11 free channels across genres in week 29 of 2019. Four Hindi Movies channels, two Bhojpuri channels two Hindi GECs and one channel each from the Bhojpuri, Marathi and Music genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of top 11 free channels across genres during the week under review.

Dangal retained its previous week’s first rank in week 29 of 2019 with 589.951 million weekly impressions as compared to 593.000 million weekly impressions in week 28. Zeel’s Hindi GEC Big Magic also retained its previous week’s second rank with 358.730 million impressions as compared to 395.972 million weekly impressions in week 28.

B4U Media’s Hindi Movies channel B4U Kadak also retained its previous week’s third rank with 347.208 million weekly impressions as compared to 307.206 million weekly impressions in week 28. Enterr 10 TV’s Marathi channel Fakt Marathi climbed up a place to fourth rank in week 29 of 2019 with 184.384 million weekly impressions as compared to fifth rank and 197.780 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Enterr 10 TV’s Bhojpuri movies channel Bhojpuri Cinema climbed up a place to fifth rank in week 29 of 2019 with 160.117 million weekly impressions as compared to sixth rank and 172.979 million weekly impressions in week 28. B4U Media’s Bhojpuri Movies channel B4U Bhojpuri climbed three places in week 29 of 2019 with 154.732 million weekly impressions to sixth rank as compared to ninth rank and 154.067 million weekly impressions in week 28.

Zeel’s Bhojpuri channel Big Ganga also climbed a place to seventh rank in week 29 of 2019 with 154.732 million weekly impressions as compared to eighth rank and 154.924 million weekly impressions in week 28. B4U Media’s Hindi Movies channel dropped a place to eight rank in week 29 of 2019 with 130.537 million weekly impressions as compared to seventh rank and 164.568 million weekly impressions in week 28

Skystar’s Hindi Movies channel Skystar Movies entered BARC’s weekly list if top 11 free channels across genre in week 29 of 2019 at ninth rank with 124.183 million weekly impressions. Enterr 10 TV’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 also entered BARC’s across genres free channels list in week 29 of 2019 with 102.757 million weekly impressions. Zeel’s music channel Zing dropped a place to eleventh rank in week 29 of 2019 with 100.580 million weekly impressions as compared to tenth rank and 107.974 million weekly impressions in week 28.

July 26, 2019
BARC India week 29: Sony Sab moves to 2nd position in urban HSM

MUMBAI: In the week 29 of BARC India ratings, Sony Sab became the second leading channel in urban HSM of Hindi GECs. The channel was seen at 4th position of the pay platform. Last week the channel was at third position in urban HSM.

Dangal continues to lead the rural HSM and was number one channel on the free platform of Hindi GECs. The channel was followed by Big Magic, DD National, DD Bharati, DD Arunprabha, DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Rajasthan and DD Madhya Pradesh on the pay table of BARC India ratings.

Top 10 Hindi GECs on free platform

Star Plus continues to lead in urban HSM and pay platform of Hindi GECs. On the play platform the channel was followed by Zee TV, Colors, Sony Sab, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat, Dangal, Star Utsav, &TV and Sony Pal

Top 10 Hindi GECs on pay platform

There were no changes in the pecking order of the Hindi GECs channels in rural HSM

Hindi GEC Rural

In urban HSM, Sony Sab moved to second position and Zee TV moved down to third position.

Hindi GEC Urban

July 25, 2019

BARC week 28: Hindi GEC observes no changes

MUMBAI: In week 28 of BARC India's ratings, no changes were observed in the Hindi GEC urban + rural Hindi speaking market (HSM). Dangal was leading in the urban + rural segment of Hindi GECs with 760323 weekly impressions (000s). Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony Sab, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Big Magic, Star Bharat, Star Utsav and Sony Pal were seen at second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth position respectively.

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 28
1	Dangal	760323
2	STAR Plus	670964
3	Zee TV	647652
4	SONY SAB	518048
5	Colors	513170
6	Sony Entertainment Television	474399
7	Big Magic	471906
8	STAR Bharat	331159
9	STAR Utsav	154322
10	Sony Pal	138022
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

Hindi GEC rural:

In Hindi GEC rural HSM, no changes were observed. Top 10 channels in the segment were Dangal, Big Magic. Zee TV, Star Plus, Colors, Sony Sab, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat, Star Utsav and Sony Pal.

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 28
1	Dangal	564622
2	Big Magic	359625
3	Zee TV	283853
4	STAR Plus	243224
5	Colors	182142
6	SONY SAB	162790
7	Sony Entertainment Television	126296
8	STAR Bharat	122430
9	STAR Utsav	65644
10	Sony Pal	63922
HSM (Rural) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Hindi GEC urban:

In the week 28 of BARC India, Star Plus continued to lead in the Hindi GEC urban HSM followed by Zee TV, Sony Sab, Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Star Bharat, Dangal, Big Magic, &TV and Star Utsav.

Rank	Channel Name	Weekly Impressions (000s) sum
		Week 28
1	STAR Plus	427740
2	Zee TV	363799
3	SONY SAB	355258
4	Sony Entertainment Television	348103
5	Colors	331029
6	STAR Bharat	208729
7	Dangal	195701
8	Big Magic	112281
9	&TV	96509
10	STAR Utsav	88679
HSM (Urban) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

Top 5 Hindi GEC programmes in urban + rural HSM:

Zee TV’s three shows were in the list of top 5 programme in urban + rural HSM. Kundali Bhagya and Kumkum Bhagya were at first and second positions respectively. Star Plus’ Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai was in the third position followed by Zee TV’s Guddan Tumse Naa Ho Payega and Sony Sab’s Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma.

Rank	Channel Name	Programme	Impressions (000s)
			Week 28
1	Zee TV	KUNDALI BHAGYA	14710
2	Zee TV	KUMKUM BHAGYA	13452
3	STAR Plus	YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI	10633
4	Zee TV	GUDDAN TUMSE NAA HO PAYEGA	8359
5	SONY SAB	TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA	8160
HSM (U+R) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals,

Top 5 programmes in rural HSM:

In rural HSM, Zee TV’s Kundali Bhagya and Kumkum Bhagya were at first and second positions respectively followed by three Dangal shows i.e. Mahima Shanidev Ki, Baba Aiso Var Dhundo and Dwarkadheesh Bhagwan Shree Krishna


Rank	Channel Name	Programme	Impressions (000s)
			Week 28
1	Zee TV	KUNDALI BHAGYA	6716
2	Zee TV	KUMKUM BHAGYA	6306
3	Dangal	MAHIMA SHANIDEV KI	5970
4	Dangal	BABA AISO VAR DHUNDO	4449
5	Dangal	DWARKADHEESH BHAGWAAN SHREE KRISHNA	3881
HSM (Rural) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals,

Top 5 programmes urban HSM:

In urban HSM, Kundali Bhagya was in first position, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai in second position, Kumkum Bhagya in third position, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasma in fourth position and Yeh Rishtey Hai Pyaar Ke in fifth position.

Rank	Channel Name	Programme	Impressions (000s)
			Week 28
1	Zee TV	KUNDALI BHAGYA	7994
2	STAR Plus	YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI	7219
3	Zee TV	KUMKUM BHAGYA	7146
4	SONY SAB	TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA	5918
5	STAR Plus	YEH RISHTEY HAIN PYAAR KE	5346
HSM (Urban) : NCCS All : Prime Time (1800 – 2330 hrs) : 2+ Individuals,

July 18, 2019

Star Plus retains leadership position in Hindi GEC urban in BARC week 25

MUMBAI: &TV emerged as the new player in the space by replacing Star Utsav in its tenth position in Hindi GEC (U+R) according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) of India data for week 25 of 2019. In rural areas, Colors and Sony interchanged their sixth and seventh positions respectively as compared to the previous week. In urban areas, Star Plus retained its leadership position.

Hindi GEC (U+R)

Dangal TV retained its first position this week, followed by Zee TV and Star Plus that stood at second and third positions respectively. Big Magic jumped to the fourth from second position as compared to the previous week. Sony Sab, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat continued to be in their fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively. This week &TV emerged as the new player in the space by replacing Star Utsav in its tenth position.

Hindi Rural GEC

In rural areas, Dangal TV, Big Magic, Zee TV, Star Plus continued to be in first, second, third and fourth positions respectively. Colors and Sony interchanged their sixth and seventh positions respectively as compared to the previous week. Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat, Sony Pal and Star Utsav also retained their seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Hindi Urban GEC

In urban areas, Star Plus retained its leadership position. Zee TV and Sony Sab exchanged their second and third positions respectively. Sony Entertainment Television and Colors also interchanged their fourth and fifth positions respectively. Star Bharat, Dangal, Big Magic, &TV and Sony Pal retained their sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively as compared to the last week.

June 28, 2019
Star maintained leadership in Hindi GEC urban in BARC week 24

MUMBAI: Zee TV and Star Plus interchanged their third and fourth positions respectively as compared to the last week in Hindi GEC (U+R) according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) data for week 24 of 2019. In rural areas, Star Bharat and Sony Pal exchanged their eighth and ninth positions respectively as compared to the previous week. In urban areas, Sony Sab jumped to the second position from fourth position as compared to the previous week.

Hindi GEC (U+R)

Dangal TV, Big Magic retained their first and second positions. Zee TV and Star Plus interchanged their third and fourth positions respectively as compared to the last week. Sony Sab, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat and Sony Pal also continued to be in fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively as compared to the previous week.

Hindi Rural GEC

In rural areas, Dangal TV, Big magic, Zee TV, Star Plus, Sony Sab, Colors , Sony Entertainment Television retained their first, seco nd, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions. Star Bharat and Sony Pal exchanged their eighth and ninth positions respectively as compared to the previous week. Star Utsav continued to be in tenth position.

Hindi Urban GEC

In Urban areas, Star Plus retained its leadership position. Sony Sab jumped to the second position from fourth position as compared to the previous week. Zee TV climbed a two slot to third position from fourth position. Colors came down to the fourth position from third position. Sony Entertainment nosedived to the fifth position from second position as compared to the previous week. Star Bharat, Dangal, Big Magic continued to be in sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively. &TV and Sony Pal interchanged their ninth and tenth positions respectively.

June 20, 2019
Dangal TV dominates Hindi GEC (U+R), rural areas in BARC week 13

MUMBAI: Dangal TV dominated the Hindi GEC (U+R) and rural genres in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 13 of 2019. Star Plus bagged first position followed by Sony Entertainment Television in the second position in urban areas.

Hindi GEC (U+R)

Dangal TV secured first position, followed by Big Magic, Star Plus, Zee TV and Sony Entertainment Television in second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Colors, Sony Sab, Star Bharat, &TV and Star Utsav garnered sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Hindi rural GEC

In rural areas too, Dangal TV stood at first position. Big Magic, Zee TV, Star Plus and Colors bagged second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions were garnered by Sony Entertainment Television, Star Bharat, Sony Sab, Sony Pal and DD National respectively.

Hindi urban GEC

In the urban space, Star Plus the charts followed by Sony Entertainment Television, Colors, Zee TV and Sony Sab being placed in second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Dangal TV, Star Bharat, Big Magic, &TV and Star Utsav bagged sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

April 8, 2019
Aaj Tak sets new viewership record in Week 9

MUMBAI: India’s leading Hindi news channel Aaj Tak on Thursday added another feather to its cap in week 9 of 2019 as per the BARC data released to its subscribers.

According to Aaj Tak, it fared better than Hindi GECs during the four-day period when the national discourse was dominated by India’s air strikes in Balakot and the news surrounding wing commander Abhinandan’s capture and return to India.

When it came to news channels, Aaj Tak commanded more than 40 per cent higher viewership than its closest competitor in week 9. Interestingly, that margin went up 47% in the last four days. According to the channel, it reached 21 crore consumers in week 9 across genres.

Aaj Tak dominated the chart with 4,62,693 impression ‘000s in week 9, followed by ABP News on the second position with 3,30,055 impression ‘000s. During the last four days, Aaj Tak remained in pole position with 3,30,055 impression ‘000s.

“Since demonetisation in November 2016, Hindi news has been going up. The numbers that we saw last week have been tremendous. Nearly half of the Hindi speaking market in India, which is about 280 million people, watched Hindi news. Normally people watch 40 minutes of Hindi news per day, this week they watched 68 minutes daily. All the channels did a good job of covering the events, and hence the numbers,” BARC India CEO Partho Dasgupta told Aaj Tak.

Aaj Tak says it was the no.1 TV channel in India, beating the likes of Star plus, Star Sports Hindi and Sun TV, on the day wing commander Abhinandan returned to India (Source: BARC, Market: India, TG:2+, Date: 01st March'19, Gross Impression in 000s)

March 7, 2019