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BARC Wk 2: Star Bharat back on top in U+R; Colors leads Urban and Zee Anmol tops Rural

by MN4U Bureau
January 18, 2018
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BARC Wk 2 : Sony regains top spot in Urban HSM & becomes No. 2 in U+R; Zee Anmol continues to lead Rural

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Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 02 for the period between 06th Jan’18 to 12 Jan’ 18, Star Bharat has returned back to the top spot in Urban + Rural and total Rural HSM market in the second week of the year 2018 as Zee Anmol has moved down to No. 2 position in U+R. In Urban market Colors retained its leadership while Zee Anmol was on top in Rural market. Kundali Bhagya remained as the most watched show in U+R and Urban. Super Dancer 2 was the most watched Non-fiction property.

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 02 – Urban +Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression  (000s) sum
1 STAR Bharat 713443
2 Zee Anmol 674543
3 Colors 627061
4 Zee TV 571781
5 Sony Pal 561707
6 STAR Utsav 532146
7 STAR Plus 501448
8 Sony Entertainment Television 434651
9 Rishtey 421999
10 SONY SAB 401334

 

 BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 02 – Urban 
Rank Channel Name Impression (000s) sum
1 Colors 457653
2 STAR Plus 356088
3 Zee TV 346290
4 STAR Bharat 341721
5 Sony Entertainment Television 310921
6 SONY SAB 297416
7 Sony Pal 176742
8 Zee Anmol 166321
9 STAR Utsav 152412
10 &TV 151782

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 02- Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression (000s) sum
1 Zee Anmol 508221
2 Sony Pal 384965
3 STAR Utsav 379734
4 STAR Bharat 371722
5 Rishtey 298159
6 Zee TV 225491
7 Dangal TV 224788
8 Big Magic 171562
9 Colors 169408
10 STAR Plus 145360

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 02- Top 5 Programs

 

 Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) 
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee TV KUNDALI BHAGYA 12533
2 Zee TV KUMKUM BHAGYA 11275
3 Zee Anmol KUMKUM BHAGYA 10676
4 STAR Bharat KYA HAAL MR PAANCHAL 10036
5 STAR Bharat NIMKI MUKHIYA 9831

 

 Hindi GEC Urban  
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee TV KUNDALI BHAGYA 7889
2 Zee TV KUMKUM BHAGYA 7057
3 SONY SAB TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA 6872
4 Sony TV SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 6384
5 STAR Plus YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI 6234

 

Hindi GEC Rural 
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee Anmol KUMKUM BHAGYA 8512
2 Sony Pal BAALVEER 6575
3 Rishtey TERE NAAL ISHQ 6142
4 Sony Pal TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMA 6121
5 Zee Anmol JAMAI RAJA 5634
Tags: BARC Wk 2ColorsColors leads UrbanKUNDALI BHAGYAStar Bharat back on top in U+RSuper Dancer 2Zee AnmolZee Anmol tops Rural for the period

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