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BARC Wk 49: Star Plus retains leadership in Urban HSM; Zee Anmol leads Rural and U+R

by MN4U Bureau
December 13, 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 data for the week 49, for the period between Saturday, 1st December 2018 and Friday, 7th December 2018, the HSM Urban category is dominated by Star Plus 508 mn impressions as its leader, followed by Zee TV 444 mn impressions and Sony 380 mn impressions. The HSM Urban has not witnessed any change in the rankings this week other than an interchange of positions between Zee Anmol and Sony Pal. Colors 373 mn impressions and Star Bharat 370 mn impressions have settled at the 4th and 5th slots while Sony Sab 301 mn impressions and Star Utsav 197 mn impressions have retained its places of No.6 and No.7 respectively.  Zee Anmol 159 mn impressions has stepped up to the 8th slot pushing Sony Pal 159 mn impressions to the 9th slot while &TV 120 mn impressions settled at the 10th position in week 49.

The Urban + Rural HSM has seen a rearrangement of in the ranking of Hindi GEC’s this week, with Zee Anmol 847 mn impressions continuing its leadership, Star Plus 745 mn impressions emerged as the runner up in the chart while Star Bharat 740 mn impressions has moved to the No.3 place pushing away Zee TV 739 mn impressions to the 4th slot. Star Utsav 630 mn impressions has stepped up to the 5th place while Colors 552 mn impressions climbed to the 6th position in week 49. Sony Pal 539 mn impressions and Sony 523 mn impressions have occupied the 7th and 8th positions respectively. Dangal 458 mn impressions and Sony Sab 400 mn impressions are seen settling in the 9th and 10 place in the top 10H Hindi GEC chart in week 49.

Zee Anmol 689 mn impressions continues its dominance in the HSM Rural category, followed by Star Utsav 434 mn impressions and Sony Pal 381 mn impressions. Star Bharat 371 mn impressions stands at the No.4 position while Dangal TV 355 mn impressions occupies the 5th position in the list. Zee TV 294 mn impressions and Rishtey 283 mn impressions ranks the 6th and 7th positions respectively. Star Plus 238 mn impressions stepped up to the 8th place while Big Magic 221 mn impressions moved to the 9th place, leaving Colors  178 mn impressions settling in the 10th slot this week.

Tags: BARC data for the week 49BARC Wk 49Hindi GECHSM Urban categorySony PalSony SABStar PlusZee AnmolZee TV

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