BARC Ratings of week 32 for Hindi GEC and News Channels

As per BARC Ratings of week 32 for the period from 8th Aug to 14th Aug, Colors happened to be the major gainer as the channel saw its viewership increase by 26 Million, while all other channels saw a marginal decline in viewership.

Star Plus lost its previous week gaining momentum at suffered a loss of 8 Million Viewers against the gain of 50 million viewership in the week 31, Life OK almost remained unchanged while SAB TV lost around 5 million viewers.

According to BARC Ratings of week 32, for HSM, 1L+ Individuals, Star Plus’ lead margin over Colors reduced to 42 million. Zee TV retained its position unchanged at No. 3 despite loss of 4 Million viewers.

Among Hindi News Channels ABP News over took the 2nd place from India TV.

Ranking	Channel	Ratings of wk 32	Ratings of wk 31	wk on wk Diff
1	Star Plus	409 Million	417 Million	Loss 8 Million
2	Colors	367 Million	341 Million	Gain 26 Million
3	Zee TV	256 Million	262 Million	Loss 4 Million
4	Life OK	236 Million	235 Million	Gain 1 Million
5	SAB TV	192 Million	197 Million	Loss 5 Million

English News Channel Ratings:

Ranking	Channel	TVT in wk 32	TVT in wk 31	Wk on Wk Diff
1	Times Now	374	599	Loss 225 TVT
2	India Today	162	201	Loss 39 TVT
3	NDTV 24×7	158	168	Loss 10 TVT

Hindi News Channel Ratings:

Ranking	Channel	TVT in wk 32	TVT in wk 31	Wk on Wk Diff
1	Aaj Tak	37841	42977	Loss 5136
2	ABP News	36512	38353	Loss 1841
3	India TV	35780	39298	Loss 3518

English Business News Channel Ratings:

Ranking	Channel	TVT in wk 32	TVT in wk 31	Wk on Wk Diff
1	CNBC TV18	242	187	Gain 55 TVT
2	ET Now	165	111	Gain 54 TVT
3	NDTV Profit & Prime	44	50	Loss 6 TVT