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South GECs WK 36: Star Maa leads the Telugu market; Colors Kannada achieves 2nd spot in Kannada market

by MN4U Bureau
September 19, 2020
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South GECs WK 40: Asianet leads the Malayalam market; Star Suvarna at No. 2 in the Kannada market
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According to BARC Ratings of South GEC for week 36, following are the ranking of various Regional GECs.

Malayalam:

Asianet has been a consistent performer and a leader in the Malayalam category. The channel in week 35 had garnered a total of 309mn impressions, which in week 36 had a straight fall of 20mn to 289mn. Next on the chart is Flowers TV with 105mn impressions. The 3rd spot is secured by MazhavilManoramawith 94mn impressions. The last two spots consist of Surya TVand Zee Keralam with 89mn impressions and 81mn impressions respectively.

Tamil:

In week 36 of BARC India’s TV rating data there are no changes in the pecking order in the TAMIL GEC category as usual with Sun TV leading the Tamil – All Platform Top 5 channels category with 839mn impressions. The channel in week 35 had garnered a total of 835mn impressions, which in week 36 grew by 4mn to 839mn. Star Vijay follows with 509mn impressions, and the last three spots are secured by Zee Tamil with 434mn impressions, KTV with 280mn impressions and Star Vijay Super with 126mn impressions.

Telugu:

In the Telugu market, Star Maa leads the All Platform Top 5 channels category with 787mn impressions which grew by 95mn impressions in week 36 followed by ZEE Telugu with 527mn impressions. ETV Telugu secures the 3rd spot with 444mn impressions while Gemini TV in week 35 had garnered 374mn impressions and this week it has achieved 392mn impressions, growing by 18mn impressions. Lastly, Star Maa Movies in week 36 has garnered 220mn impressions.

Kannada:

With the undisputed leader Zee Kannada leading the Kannada GEC category with 408mn impressions followed by Colors Kannada on the 2nd spot with 253mn impressions. For the last 3 spots, we have Udaya TV with 250mn impressions, Star Suvarna with 250mn impressions and Udaya Movies with 173mn impressions.

 

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