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BARC WK 15: Star Plus secures the 5th spot in Hindi GEC Pay TV; DD National leads the Hindi GEC Rural

by MN4U Bureau
April 24, 2020
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In week 25 the Hindi GEC Pay-TV category, we see the undisputed leader Star Plus leading the category this week too with 867mn impressions
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According to BARC data of HSM NCCS All India (Urban+Rural) for week 15 and we see no major change with this week too DD National leading the Hindi GEC Pay-TV category with 1970mn impressions, Sony SAB at the 2nd spot with 876mn impressions followed by Sony Entertainment Television on the 3rd spot with 467mn impressions.

DD Bharati on the 4th spot with 425mn impressions, Star Plus moves up to the 5th spot with 351mn impressions. Colors move down to the 6th spot with 304mn impressions.

Star Utsav on the 7th spot with 287mn impressions, ZEE TV on the 8th spot with 250mn impressions, Dangal on the 9th spot with 222mn impressions and previous week’s player Star Bharat has been replaced by Sony Pal with 193mn impressions.

Hindi GEC Rural:

In the HINDI GEC Rural category, this week too DD National is leading the chart making the undisputed leader Dangal get on to the 2nd spot, followed by Big Magic on the 3rd spot. Sony SAB, this week to manages to secure the 4th spot and for the 5th spot, we have DD Bharati. On the 6th spot we have Sony Entertainment Television and for the 7th spot, we have Star Plus that moved up from the 8th spot. For the last three spots on this category, we have Star Utsav, Zee TV, and Zee Anmol.

Hindi GEC Urban:

DD National being the leader this week too followed by Sony SAB on the 2nd spot, Sony Entertainment Television moves up to the 3rd spot. DD Bharati on the 4th spot and as usual we have Dangal on the 5th spot. On the 6th spot we have Star Plus and Colors on the 7th spot.For the last three spots on this category we have Star Utsav, ZEE TV and Big Magic.

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