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  • Colors continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    Colors continues as most watched pay TV Hindi GEC across genres

    BENGALURU: Network18/Viacom18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors had climbed up to rank 3 in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 3 of 2020 (previous week or period). Colors is a pay TV channel. Enterr10 Television’s free-to-air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal had regained top spot after a short hiatus of one week from the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV in the previous week.The same ranking status continued on in week 4 of 2020 (Saturday, 25 January 2020 to Friday, 31January 2020, week or period under review). Hence Colors was the most watched pay TV Hindi GEC in week 4 of 2020 for the second week in a row.

    As a matter of fact, the first seven ranks during the period under review in BARC’s top 10 channels across genres on all platforms weekly list were the same in rank and file as in the previous week. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) pay TV flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television (SET) pushed up one place to eighth rank in week 4 of 2020 from week 3, while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) flagship Kannada GEC Zee Kannada dropped a place to ninth rank. Viacom18’s kids channel Nick exited BARC’s weekly across genres on all platforms list in week 4 of 2020 and was replaced by Zeel’s Hindi Movies channel Zee cinema.

    Six Hindi GECs’ and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu genres made up BARC’s Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 4 of 2020. There were three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN and Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sun Tv Network and Viacom18/Network18 in the list in week 4 of 2020. Nine of the channels were on the pay platform and one channel was FTA.
    The combined ratings of the Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 4 of 2020 were lower than those of the previous week.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020

    Sun TV continued its run as the most watched pay channel in week 4 of 2020. It topped BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. The first six ranks in week 4 of 2020 were the same as in week 3. SET climbed to eighth rank, while Zee Kannada dropped to ninth rank in week 4 of 2020 as compared to the previous period. Viacom18’s Nick was replaced at tenth rank by Zee Cinema during the period under review.

    Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu GECs’ and one channel each from the Hindi Movies, Kannada and Tamil genres comprised BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. There were three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Network18/Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in BARC’s weeklylist of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. The combined ratings of the Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020 were lower than those of the previous week.

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020

    The first 4 channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020 were the same as in the previous week. Enterr10 TV’s Bhojpuri channel Bhojpuri Cinema jumped up three places to fifth rank during the week under review from its previous week’s eighth position. Zeel’s Music channel Zing entered the list at ninth rank, while pubcasterDoordarshan’s Sports channel DD Sports exited BARC weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. 

    Four Bhojpuri channels, two channels each from the Hindi GEC and Hindi Movies genres and one channel each from the Marathi and Music genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels each from Enterr10 Television and Zeel and two channels from B4U network in the list in week 4 of 2020. Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 4 of 2020.

    Of note was Zeel’snew Bhojpuri channel Zee Biskope – the channel retained its place and rank in its second week since coming under BARC’s ambit.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • Sun TV regains most watched channel across genres top spot

    Sun TV regains most watched channel across genres top spot

    BENGALURU: The Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV was ranked first in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 2 of 2020 (Saturday, 11 January 2020 to Friday, 17January 2020, week or period under consideration). This was the first time in 2020 and the first time since week 36 of 2019 that the channel regained what was its regular top spot during earlier periods before the implementation of Telephone Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) New Tariff Order (NTO).

    Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu GECs, and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Tamil genres made up BARCs’ weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 2 of 2020. From the network’s perspective there were three channels from Star India, two channels each fromViacom18/Network18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and the Sun Tv Network. Nine of the channels were pay TV and one channel, ranked second – Dangal, was free to air (FTA).

    Dangal, which was ranked first since week 37 of 2019 and even earlier, dropped a place to second rank during the week under review.

    Please refer to the figure below: 

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020

    As has become a norm, the top two pay channels in week 2 of 2020 were not Hindi GECs, they were a Tamil GEC and a Telugu GEC at ranks one and two respectively. Star India’s flagship Telugu GEC Star Maa replaced its network sibling Hindi GEC Star Plus at rank 2 in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020. 

    Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Tamil genres were present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020. There were three channels from Star India, two channels each from SPN, Viacom18 and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in the top 10 list during the period under consideration.

    Please refer to the list below:

    Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020

    Three channels from the Hindi Movies genre, two channels each from the Bhojpuri and Hindi GEC genres and one channel each from the Marathi, Music and Sports genres made BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020.  The nail biting India-Australia T20 cricket series has helped increase viewership of DD Sports, bringinr it into the fold of top 10 FTA channels across genres list during the past few weeks. Four of the channels were  from Enterr 10 Television network, three channels from Zeel, two channels from B4U and channel from pubcaster network Doordarshan in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres in week 2 of 2020. Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC Week 49: Across genres list shared equally by Hindi and South Indian GECs

    BARC Week 49: Across genres list shared equally by Hindi and South Indian GECs

    BENGALURU: There were five channels each from Hindi GEC and three South Indian languages in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49 of 2019 (Saturday, 30 November 2019 to Friday, 6 December 2019, week or period under review). There were three channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada and Telugu genres in the top 10 across genres on all platforms weekly list for week 49 of 2019.

    There were three channels each from Star India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Sun Tv Network and Viacom 18 in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49.

    Eight of the channels in the across genres on all platforms list in week 49 were same as in the previous week. Zee’s Tamil channel Zee Tamil Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay reentered the weekly list at the cost of SPN’s flagship Hindi GEC Sony Entertainment Television  (SET) and the Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC ETV Telugu. The first seven channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across genre for week 49 of 2019 were same in rank and file. Zeel’s Zee Kannada climbed up a place in week 49 to eighth rank in week 49 from ninth place in the previous week. One channel, the most watched one – Dangal TV was free to air (FTA), while the other nine were on the pay TV platform.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay TV channels Across Genres

    It was the three South Indian languages channels that dominated BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019. There were six channels – three from Tamil, two from Telugu and one from Kannada genres in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres during the period under review.Besides the six South Indian channels, there were four Hindi GEC’s in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019.

    Nine of the channels in the weekly pay TV across genres list in week 49 0f 2019 were same as in the previous week with a slight shuffling of ranks. SET exited the list and was replaced by Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay. There were three channels each from Star India and Zeel, two channels from Network18/Viacom18 and one channel each from SPN and Sun Tv Network in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs’ at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free channels Across Genres

    Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres

    The first nine channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free to Air Channels Across Genres in week 49 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week with slight changes in the ranks. Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 exited the list in week 49 of 2019 to be replaced by Zeel’sMusic channel Zing.

    There were three channels each from Enterr 10 Television, the B4U Network andZeel and one channel from SkyStarin BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 49 of 2019. There were three channels each from the Hindi Movies  and the Bhojpuri genres, two were Hindi GECs’ and there was one channel each from the Marathi and Music genres in week 49 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Television viewership went up by 0.2 million weekly impressions in. week 49 of 2019 as compared ton week 48 while OTT viewership remained the same at 0.2 billion weekly impressions as per BARC weekly data for TV+OTT for week 49 of 2019. Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • Santoor Sandal and Turmeric becomes top brand in BARC week 48 rankings

    Santoor Sandal and Turmeric becomes top brand in BARC week 48 rankings

    MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for top advertisers and brands for the period between 23 November and 29 November 2019.

    The data reflects top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television, including OOH screen, (U+R): 2+, Individuals NCCS All, demonstrating ads that were inserted the most in week 48 of 2019.

    Top Advertisers:

    Minor shuffles were observed in the week 48 rankings of BARC, as compared to the past week. As expected, Hindustan Unilever Ltd remained the top advertiser. It had made 191003 ad insertions on TV. 

    Reckitt Benckiser reclaimed its position on the second spot, after a minor slip in the past week, with 62287 insertions.

    ITC Ltd slipped down a spot to rank third. Its impression count was 61685. Wipro Ltd. climbed up two spots and rank fourth with 44039 insertions. 

    Ponds India found itself on the fifth spot, two ranks down from week 47, with 42943 insertions.

    Other top advertisers in the list were as follows: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Brooke Bond Lipton India, Smithkline Beecham, Cadbury India Ltd, and Procter & Gamble respectively.

    Rank

    Advertiser

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 48

       

    1

    HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD

    191003

       

    2

    RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD

    62287

       

    3

    ITC LTD

    61685

       

    4

    WIPRO LTD

    44039

       

    5

    PONDS INDIA

    42943

       

    6

    GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LTD

    39458

       

    7

    BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LTD

    34798

       

    8

    SMITHKLINE BEECHAM

    27864

       

    9

    CADBURYS INDIA LTD

    22208

       

    10

    PROCTER & GAMBLE

    19906

       

    TOP 10 Advertiser *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

     

    Top Brands: 

    The top brands also witnessed little reshuffles in the BARC week 48 rankings. Lux Toilet Soap was replaced from the top slot by Santoor Sandal and Turmeric, which ranked up two places, with 16803 insertions. Lux Toilet Soap came in second with 16504 insertions.

    Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion slipped down a rank, with 14410 insertions. Trivago maintained its position on fourth rank with 13699 insertions. Dettol Toilet Soaps re-entered the list at fifth spot after a small break with 12629 insertions.

    Other top brands in the list were as follows: Santoor Beauty Soaps, Horlicks, Lizol, Flipkart Video Originals, and Clinic Plus Shampoo, respectively.

    Rank

    Brands

    Insertions

     

     

     

    Week 48

       

    1

    SANTOOR SANDAL AND TURMERIC

    16803

       

    2

    LUX TOILET SOAP

    16504

       

    3

    VASELINE INTENSIVE CARE LOTION

    14410

       

    4

    TRIVAGO

    13699

       

    5

    DETTOL TOILET SOAPS

    12629

       

    6

    SANTOOR BEAUTY SOAPS

    12455

       

    7

    HORLICKS

    11166

       

    8

    LIZOL

    9966

       

    9

    FLIPKART VIDEO ORIGINALS

    9860

       

    10

    CLINIC PLUS SHAMPOO

    9184

       

    TOP 10 Brands *Across Genre : All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals.

  • Eight of top ten across genres channels from 4 major networks

    Eight of top ten across genres channels from 4 major networks

    BENGALURU: Week 48 of 2019(Saturday, 23 November 2019 to Friday, 29 November 2019, week or period under review) saw two each channels from four major networks amongst Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms. Star India, Viacom18 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) had one channel from the Hindi GEC genre and one channel each from three South Indian genre language in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list for the week under review. Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) had two channels from the Hindi GEC genre during the period.

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list for week 48 were the same as in week 47 with a slight tweak in the ranks. The Network18/Viacom18 associated ETV Telugu reentered BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list  at the cost of Zeel’s Tamil GEC Zee Tamil during week 48 of 2019. The combined weekly impressions of the top 10 channels across genres on all platforms were slightly lower because viewership of the 9 persisting channels declined slightly in week 48 of 2019 as compared to the previous week.

    As has become a norm, Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal headed BARC’s across genres on all platforms weekly list on all platforms in week 48 of 2019, followed by the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. As mentioned above, the other 8 channels were from 4 major networks.  Six Hindi GEC’s, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres made up BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms. Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list if top 10 channels on all platforms across genres were on the pay TV platform while one was FTA.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    BARC’s weekly list of top 10 pay channels across genres saw one change – Network18/Viacom18’s Telugu GEC ETV entered the list at the cost of the same network’s kids channel Nick. 

    BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 48 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels each from the Tamil  and Telugu genres and one channel from the Kannada, genre in  BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 48 of 2019.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs’ at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres was the same  in rank and file in week 48 of 2019 as in the previous two weeks. Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 48 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs’ and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 48 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Though TV viewership seems to have remained stagnant in week 48 of 2019 as compared to the previous week at 14 billion impressions, OTT viewership seems to have doubled according to BARC data. Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BARC week 47: Few changes in Top 10 channels across genres; entertainment viewership falls

    BENGALURU: There was not too much change in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019 (Saturday, 16 November 2019 to Friday, 22 November 2019, week or period under review) as nine of the channels were same as in week 46. Even the ranks of the first eight channels in week 47 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. One channel – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s (Zeel) free to air (FTA) Hindi GEC Big Magic exited the list in week 47 of 2019 to be replaced by Zeel’s Tamil GEC Zee Tamil as compared to the previous week.

    Entertainment viewership falls in week 47 of 2019 as compared to the previous week

    Though overall entertainment viewership seemed to have dropped according to BARC’s weekly data for TV+OOH viewership, there was not too much impact on the combined viewership numbers of the Top 10 channels across genres lists on All Platforms, on the Pay TV platform and the FTA platform as is obvious from the charts that follow. TV viewership dropped to 14 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019 from 14.4 billion in week 46. An analysis of the rough data furnished by BARC, OTT viewership seems to have fallen by almost 50 percent during the week under review as compared to the previous week. Simple mathematical calculations show that OTT viewership in week 46 was 0.2 billion weekly impressions, which fell to about 0.1 billion weekly impressions in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below for TV and OTT viewership numbers for weeks 46 and 47 of 2019.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    Six Hindi GECs, two Tamil channels and one channel each from the Kannada and the Telugu genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms for week 47 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN), Star India and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18.

    One channel – Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi GEC Dangal was FTA, while the other nine channels were Pay TV in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below:

    Top 10 Pay TV channels

    BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 47 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    As mentioned above, the first eight channels were same in rank and file in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 47 of 2019 as compared to week 46. There was one change in the list – Star India’s Tamil GEC Star Vijay (ranked 10 in week 46) exited it in week 47 to be replaced by Zee Tamil at rank 9. Viacom18’s kids channel NICK moved down to rank 10 in week 47 from rank 9 in week 46 of 2019.

    Also, as has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below

    Top 10 Free to Air channels

    The weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres was the same in rank and file in week 47 of 2019 as in the previous week.Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 47 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 47 of 2019.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BARC week 46: 3 Zeel channels among top 10 in across genres once again

    BENGALURU: Three channels from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 46 of 2019. Zeel earlier had three channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 channels across genres on all platforms in week 42 of 2019. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada joined the acquired Hindi GEC and free to air (FTA) Big Magic and flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV in week 46 of 2019 (Saturday, 9th November 2019 to Friday, 15th November 2019, week or period under review).Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms.

    Seven of the channels were Hindi GECs, and there was one channel each from the Kannada, Tamil and Telugu genres in the list in week 46 of 2019. All the channels (including the non-Hindi ones) in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels on All Platforms Across Genres were general entertainment channels or GECs. Eight of the channels in the list were pay TV, two, both Hindi GECs, were FTA.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier, Ultimately, Dangal retook the numerouno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    Sun TV has been ruling BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform and it continued its dominance at the pole position in week 46 of 2019. BARC weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres had three channels from Star India, two channels each from SPN, Star, Viacom18 and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 46 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Tamil genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Telugu genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019.

    One channel, at rank 10, was replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 46 of 2019. Star Vijay re-entered the list at the cost of SPN’s Hindi Movies channel Sony Max. The other nine channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 46 of 2019 were the same as in week 45, with some reshuffling of ranks.

    As has been the case over the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from Enterr 10 Television, three channels from the B4U Network, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 46 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 46 of 2019. The FTA channels in BARC’s weekly list of top 10 Free channels during week 46 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week with a slight shuffling in ranks.

    Please refer to the figure below:


     

  • BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BARC week 44: Top 10 pay channels lost & FTA channels gained ratings across genres

    BENGALURU: Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) data for week 44 of 2019 (Saturday, 26 October 2019 to Friday, 1 November 2019, week or period under consideration) for Top 10 Channels Across Genres revealsthat the combined ratings of Pay TV were lower as compared to the previous week. At the same time, Free to Air of FTA channels gained viewership in week 44 of 2019 as compared to the previous week in terms of combined weekly ratings of the Top 10 channels of each platform. The channels, genres and rankings in the respective weekly lists were not all the same for both weeks – week 44 and week 43 of 2019 in the case of BARC Across Genres on All Platforms and Across Genres on Pay Platform lists.

    Combined weekly impressions of the Top Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 at 6,824.793 million were 3.1 percent lower than the 7,043.023  million weekly impressions for week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 at 6,322.534 million were 1.8 percent lower than the 6,437.237 million weekly impressions in week 43. Combined weekly impressions of the Top 10 Free channels in week 44 of 2019 at 2,594.861 million were 4.1 percent higher than the 2,491.909 million weekly impressions in week 43.

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms

    The Network18/Viacom18 associated Telugu GEC re-entered ETV Telugu BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019 while Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Kannada GEC Zee Kannada exited the list. The rest of the channels in the list for week 44 of 2019 were same as in the previous week with a some shuffling in ranks. 

    Six Hindi GECs’, two Telugu channels and one channel each from the Kids and Tamil genres made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from Star India and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and one channel each from Enterr10 Television, The Sun Tv Network and Zeel. Nine of the channels in week 44 were on the pay platform, while one was on the Free platform. 

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres

    Nine of the channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019 were the same as in the previous week. The one change was the entry of ETV Telugu and the exit of Zeel’s Telugu GEC Zee Telugu. Five Hindi GECs’, two Telugu and one channel each from the Kannada, the kids and the Tamil genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Pay Channels Across Genres in week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were three channels from Network18/Viacom18, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Zeel and one channel from the Sun Tv Network. As has become almost a norm, the two most watched pay channels were not Hindi GECs’ – they were Tamil (Sun TV) and Telugu (Star Maa).

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    The list of channels in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres during the week under review was the same as in the previous week (week 43 of 2019) with a slight shuffling in ranks. Four Hindi Movies channels, three Bhojpuri channels, two Hindi GECs’ and one channel from the Marathi genre made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 44 of 2019. From the network’s perspective, there were four channels from Enterr10 Television, three channels from B4U, two channels from Zeel and one channel from Skystar.

    Please refer to the chart below:


     

  • BARC week 43 : No significant changes in regional market

    BARC week 43 : No significant changes in regional market

    MUMBAI: No significant changes were observed in the regional broadcasting market as per BARC week 43 data. In Bhojpuri space, Bhojpuri Cinema and B4U Bhojpuri exchanged their place at first and second positions and Colors Gujarati Cinema, Colors Gujarati also exchanged their place at the top two positions.

    Tamil:

    In Tamil space, Sun TV, Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, KTV and Star VIjay Super were the top five Tamil channels in week 43 of BARC India ratings.

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Sun TV

    875912

       

    2

    STAR Vijay

    429031

       

    3

    Zee Tamil

    384954

       

    4

    KTV

    251329

       

    5

    STAR Vijay Super

    119821

       

    Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individual

    Marathi:

    The pecking order of top five Marathi channels remained unchanged. Zee Marathi, Colors Marathi, Fakt Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Talkies were the top five Marathi channels.

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Zee Marathi

    386006

       

    2

    Colors Marathi

    167787

       

    3

    Fakt Marathi

    149314

       

    4

    STAR Pravah

    106247

       

    5

    Zee Talkies

    105153

       

    Mah/ Goa (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individual

    Gujarati:

    Colors Gujarati Cinema , Colors Gujarati, , ABP Asmita TV9 Gujarati and Sandesh News were the top five Gujrati channels in week 43 of BARC India ratings while top two channels exchanged their place at first and second position compared to last week’s data.

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Colors Gujarati Cinema

    22442

       

    2

    Colors Gujarati

    18516

       

    3

    ABP Asmita

    14527

       

    4

    TV9 Gujarati

    12223

       

    5

    Sandesh News

    7537

       

    Guj / D&D / DNH (U+R): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals

    Bangla:

    Top five Bangla channels this week were Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Zee Bangla Cinema.

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Zee Bangla

    320153

       

    2

    STAR Jalsha

    279558

       

    3

    Jalsha Movies

    82610

       

    4

    Colors Bangla

    62258

       

    5

    Zee Bangla Cinema

    59548

       

    WB (U+R): NCCS All : 2+ Individuals,

    Bhojpuri:

    In Bhojpuri space Bhojpuri Cinema and B4U Bhojpuri exchanged their places at first and second positions.

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Bhojpuri Cinema

    60187

       

    2

    B4U Bhojpuri

    45233

       

    3

    Big Ganga

    39879

       

    4

    Dabangg

    15037

       

    5

    Bhojpuri Dhamaka DISHUM

    11457

       

    Bihar/Jharkhand (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

    Kannada:

    No changes were observed in the pecking order of top five Kannada channels in the week 43 of BARC India ratings.

    Week 43: Saturday, 19th October 2019 to Friday, 25th October 2019

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Zee Kannada

    536899

       

    2

    Colors Kannada

    318081

       

    3

    Udaya TV

    182774

       

    4

    Star Suvarna

    173124

       

    5

    Udaya Movies

    143276

       

    Karnataka (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individual

    Telugu:

    Star Maa Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu, Gemini TV and Star Maa Movies were the top five Telugu channels. No significant changes were observed in this market.

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    STAR Maa

    725538

       

    2

    Zee Telugu

    445127

       

    3

    ETV Telugu

    437274

       

    4

    Gemini TV

    386329

       

    5

    Star Maa Movies

    229042

       

    AP/ Telangana (U+R) : NCCS All : 2+ Individuals

    Malayalam:

    In Malayalam space  Asianet, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers TV, Surya TV, Zee Keralam were among top 5 channels. 

    Rank

    Channel Name

    Weekly Impressions (000s) sum

     

     

    Week 43

       

    1

    Asianet

    272390

       

    2

    Mazhavil Manorama

    81621

       

    3

    Flowers TV

    80693

       

    4

    Surya TV

    60062

       

    5

    Zee Keralam

    53067

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BARC week 42: Three Zeel channels in across genres on all platforms list once more

    BENGALURU: Three channels from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel), two channels each from Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and Star India, and one channel each from Enterr 10 Television, the Sun Tv Network and Viacom18 were present in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms in week 42 of 2019 (Saturday, 12 October 2019 to Friday, 18 October 2019). Over the past few weeks, only one channel from the Zeel stable was present in BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Channels Across Genres on All Platforms. Zeel’s Kannada GEC Zee Kannada and Telugu GEC Zee Telugu joined its flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV at the cost of Star India’s Star Vijay and Viacom18’s Kids channel Nick.

    Six of the channels were Hindi GECs, two were from the Telugu genre and there was one channel each from the Kannada and Tamil genres in the list.

    Of the 10 channels in the list, nine were on the pay platform, while the lone FTA entrant was from the Hindi GEC genre from Enterr 10 Television Network’s Dangal that managed to retain its numero uno rank in week 42 of 2019, as it has over the past few weeks.

    Two channels – Enterr 10 Television’s free to air (Free or FTA) Hindi GEC Dangal and the Sun Tv Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV having been vying for the top slot in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) weekly lists of Top 10 Channels across genres as mentioned by us earlier. Ultimately, Dangal retook the numero uno mantle in BARC’s Across Genres on all platforms weekly list. In general, Dangal has been the most-watched channel across genres on all platforms also as mentioned by us earlier.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform

    BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform had three channels from Zeel, two channels each from SPN, Star India and Viacom18 and one channel from the Sun Tv Network in week 42 of 2019. There were five channels from the Hindi GEC genre, two channels from the Telugu genre and one channel each from the Kannada, Kids and Tamil genres which made up BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on the Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019

    Two channels were replaced in BARC’s weekly list of Top Channels Across Genres on Pay Platform in week 42 of 2019. Zee Kannada and Zee Telugu re-entered the list at the cost of Star Vijay and SPN’s Hindi movies channel Sony Max.

    As was the case in the past few weeks, the most watched pay channels were not Hindi GEC – they were Tamil and Telugu GECs at ranks one and two respectively in the list.

    Please refer to the chart below:

    Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres

    Four channels from the B4U Network, three channels from Enterr 10 Television, two channels from Zeel and one channel from SkyStar made up BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres for week 42 of 2019. Four of the channels were from the Hindi Movies genre, three were from the Bhojpuri genre, two were Hindi GECs and one channel was from the Marathi genre in week 42 of 2019. One Sports channel – Star India’s FTA Star Sports First exited BARC’s weekly list of Top 10 Free Channels Across Genres in week 42 of 2019, while Enterr 10 Television’s Hindi Movies channel Enterr 10 re-entered the list in week 42 of 2019.

    Please refer to the figure below: