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BARC Wk 7: Star Bharat becomes No. 1 in U+R while Colors retained the top spot in Urban HSM

by MN4U Bureau
February 22, 2018
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BARC Wk 2 : Sony regains top spot in Urban HSM & becomes No. 2 in U+R; Zee Anmol continues to lead Rural

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Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 07 for the period between 10th Feb’18 to 16th Feb’ 18.Star Bharat has revisited the top spot in Urban + Rural HSM market after long gap moving ahead of Zee Anmol with a margin 35K impressions. In Urban market Star Bharat stood next to Colors at No. 2 while Star Plus was at No. 3. Despite losing it leadership in U+R, Zee Anmol retained its strong hold in Rural Market.Sony Pal and Star Utsav stood at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively in Rural market.

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 07 – Urban +Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression  (000s) sum
1 STAR Bharat 748539
2 Zee Anmol 715014
3 Sony Pal 680587
4 Colors 566399
5 Zee TV 548284
6 STAR Utsav 545554
7 STAR Plus 476819
8 Sony Entertainment Television 441687
9 Rishtey 429550
10 SONY SAB 387944

 

 BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 07 – Urban 
Rank Channel Name Impression (000s) sum
1 Colors 413629
2 STAR Bharat 364738
3 STAR Plus 330236
4 Zee TV 326359
5 Sony Entertainment Television 314255
6 SONY SAB 290528
7 Sony Pal 217792
8 Zee Anmol 160221
9 STAR Utsav 153091
10 Rishtey 132130

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 07- Rural
Rank Channel Name Impression (000s) sum
1 Zee Anmol 554793
2 Sony Pal 462795
3 STAR Utsav 392462
4 STAR Bharat 383801
5 Rishtey 297420
6 Dangal TV 243200
7 Zee TV 221924
8 Big Magic 176364
9 Colors 152770
10 STAR Plus 146582

 

BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC  week 07- Top 5 Programs

 

 Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) 
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee TV KUNDALI BHAGYA 12683
2 Zee Anmol KUMKUM BHAGYA 11580
3 Zee TV KUMKUM BHAGYA 11053
4 STAR Bharat NIMKI MUKHIYA 10260
5 STAR Bharat KYA HAAL MR PANCHAAL 9878

 

 Hindi GEC Urban  
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee TV KUNDALI BHAGYA 7958
2 Zee TV KUMKUM BHAGYA 6859
3 Sony SAB TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH 6529
4 Colors UDAAN 5872
5 Colors RISING STAR 5852

 

Hindi GEC Rural 
Rank Channel Name Programme Impressions (000s) sum
1 Zee Anmol KUMKUM BHAGYA 9542
2 Sony Pal BAALVEER 6605
3 Sony Pal TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH 6512
4 Zee Anmol GANGA 6026
5 Sony Pal C I D 5944
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