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Rishtey leads Rural while Star Plus tops U+R with thin margin

by MN4U Bureau
December 15, 2016
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Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 49 for the period between 03rd Dec to 09th Dec.

  • STAR Plus remained in No. 1 position in Urban and Urban + Rural market, despite considerable dropped in viewership that resulted in very close margin between Colors & Star Plus.
  • Rishtey moved up in the charts of  Rural market pushing down Sony Pal that was leading for the past two weeks.
  • Zee TV continued to move lower in the order in Urban market as Sony SAB moved ahead of it to No.4, thus pushing Zee TV to No.5 in urban market.
BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 49- Urban +Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression 
1 STAR Plus 653181
2 Colors 648782
3 Zee TV 451639
4 Sony Entertainment Television 431993
5 Sony Pal 428522
6 Rishtey 424356
7 Life Ok 395131
8 Zee Anmol 379534
9 SONY SAB 370495
10 STAR Utsav 333564

 

 BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week  49- Urban 
Rank Channel Name Impression
1 STAR Plus 438092
2 Colors 436325
3 Sony Entertainment Television 308322
4 SONY SAB 270767
5 Zee TV 263715
6 Life Ok 251905
7 &TV 135508
8 Sony Pal 107554
9 Rishtey 97539
10 Zee Anmol 91111

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 49- Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression
1 Rishtey 326817
2 Sony Pal 320967
3 Zee Anmol 288423
4 STAR Utsav 253740
5 STAR Plus 215089
6 Colors 212457
7 Zee TV 187923
8 Life Ok 143226
9 Big Magic 128898
10 Sony Entertainment Television 123671

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 49- Top 5 Programs
       
 Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) 
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions
1 Colors Naagin – Season 2 15055
2 Zee TV Kumkum Bhagya 11280
3 Rishtey Naagin 11097
4 STAR Plus Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 9963
5 Sony Entertainment Television Super Dancer 9796

 

 Hindi GEC Urban  
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions
1 Colors Naagin – Season 2 9370
2 Zee TV Kumkum Bhagya 7005
3 Sony Entertainment Television The Kapil Sharma Show 6737
4 Sony Entertainment Television Super Dancer 6510
5 STAR Plus Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 6378

 

Hindi GEC Rural
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions
1 Rishtey Naagin 9138
2 Sony Pal Baalveer 5879
3 Colors Naagin – Season 2 5686
4 Zee Anmol Jodha Akhbar 5331
5 STAR Utsav Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4885
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