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BARC WK 19: Star Plus continues to lead Hindi GEC Pay-TV and Urban category; DD National drops down to 6th position in Hindi GEC Rural

by MN4U Bureau
May 22, 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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In week 19 the Hindi GEC Pay-TV category, we see Star Plus leading with 859mn impressions according to the television viewership data released by BARC India. Sony SAB on the 2nd spot with 712mn impressions followed by DD Bharati on the 3rd spot with 471mn impressions.

Colors move up from the 6th spot to the 4th spot this week with 426mn impressions and as usual, we see Sony Entertainment Television is still on the 5th spot with 409mn impressions, followed by Star Utsav on the 6th spot with 372mn impressions.

DD National gets down from the 3rd spot to the 7th spot with 355mn impressions and then for the last 3 spots we have Sony Pal with 282mn impressions, Dangal with 273mn impressions, and Zee TV with 271mn impressions.

Hindi GEC Rural 

The undisputed leader Dangal this week leads the Hindi GEC Rural category followed by Big Magic on the 2nd spot and Star Plus that has moved up to the 3rd spot from the 5th spot this week. DD Bharati this week too hasn’t shown any growth and is still in the 4th position, while SONY SAB achieves the 5th spot on the other hand DD National witnesses a massive fall and gets down directly to the 6th spot. Star Utsav still at the 7th spot while for the 8th spot we have Sony Pal. The last two spots are secured by Colors and ZEE TV.

Hindi GEC Urban:

Star Plus leads the Hindi GEC Urban category too followed by Sony SAB on the 2nd spot, while DD Bharati and Sony Entertainment Television move up to the 3rd and 4th spots respectively. For the 5th and 6th spots, we have Colors and Dangal, while the undisputed leader DD National gets down to the 7th spot and we have Star Utsav, Big Magic, and Zee TV who are the last 3 contenders in this category.

Tags: BARC Hindi GEC Rural  WK17BARC Hindi GEC Urban WK 19BARC HSM RatingsBARC WK 19 DataDangal HINDI GEC RuralStar Plus Hindi GEC Urban

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