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BARC Week 15: Star Sports 1 Tamil enters the top 5 channels in the Tamil-speaking market

by MN4U Bureau
April 22, 2022
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BARC Week 12: Zee Kannada, Sun TV, Asianet, Star Maa lead in South
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In the South channel category in Week 15 of BARC data, the first three positions remained unchanged compared to last week. Sun TV maintained its lead with 2634.05 (000) AMA, followed by Star Maa in second place with 2355.28 (000) AMA and Star Vijay in third place with 1690.5 (000) AMA.Zee Telugu, with 1320.45 AMA at the 4th spot and Zee Kannada, with 1301.51 (000) AMA at the 5th spot, interchanged their positions.

Tamil (Tamil Nadu/Pondicherry)

Among the Tamil-speaking market, the top 4 positions remained unchanged compared to last week. Sun TV continued its lead with 2377.31 (000) AMA, followed by Star Vijay with 1586.88 (000) AMA in the second spot. Zee Tamil came in third place with 767.49 (000) AMA, followed by KTV in fourth place with 675.1 (000) AMA.Star Sports 1 Tamil entered the chart with 384.83 (000) AMA and claimed the 5th spot.

Kannada (Karnataka) 

In the Kannada speaking market, Zee Kannada retained its top spot with 1294.55 (000) AMA, followed by Colors Kannada in the 2nd spot with 737.13 (000) AMA. Star Suvarna shifted one spot up and claimed the 3rd position with 519.49 (000) AMA. Udaya TV fell one spot to fourth place with 507.21 (000) AMA.Udaya movies retained its 5th spot with 376.61 (000) AMA.

Malayalam (Kerala)

Among the Malayalam-speaking market, Asianet continued its lead with 864.83 (000) AMA, followed by Mazhavil Manorama in the 2nd spot with 197.18 (000) AMA. Surya TV, in third place with 186.1 (000) AMA, and Flowers TV, in fourth place with 163.3 (000) AMA, switched places from the previous week.Zee Keralam retained the 5th spot with 147.03 (000) AMA.

Telugu (Andhra Pradesh/Telangana) 

In the Telugu speaking market, the top 5 spots retained their positions compared to last week. Star Maa maintained its lead with 2210.99 (000) AMA followed by Zee Telugu with 1278.18 (000) AMA at the 2nd spot and ETV Telugu with 1059.36 (000) AMA at the 3rd spot. Gemini TV stood at the 4th spot with 694.47 (000) AMA followed by Gemini Movies with 563.3 (000) AMA at the 5th position.

Tags: BARC Week 15Star MaaStar Sports 1 TamilStar SuvarnaStar VijaySun TVZee Telugu

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