Chennai : As per the TAM ratings of the week 9, the following are the status of General Entertainment Channel is South Regional Markets comprising Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala:
In Tamil Nadu market topper Sun TV registered number one position with 216,150 GVTs followed by Star Vijay with 90,069 GVTs , it may be noted that Star Vijay has gained enormously from the telecast of ICC World cup matches with Tamil commentary. Zee Tamizh at ranked number three with 21,000 GVTs, followed by Raj TV at fifth position with 18909 GVTs, Kalaignar TV at sixth position with 17989 GVTs and Jaya TV at seventh place with 11,931 GVTs
On the other hand, in the Kannada GEC space, Udaya TV comfortably stood at number one spot with 68,402 GVTs. ETV Kannada ranked second with 53,460 GVTs and Suvarna at number three scored 47,679 GVTs, Zee Kannada stood at No. 4 with 30,064 GVTs and Kasthuri TV at No. 5 scored 8628 GVTs.
In the Telugu GEC space, Gemini TV became the chart leader with 108,013 GVTs followed by Maa TV with 95,444 GVTs at NO. 2 and ETV stood at number three with a score of 82,710 GVTs and Zee Telugu scored 79,694 GVTs and stood at no.4
Finally, in the Kerala Market, Asianet stood on top among the Malayalam GECs with 52,390 GVTs, while Mazhavil Manorama stood at second position with 13,456 GVTs, closely followed by Surya TV at no. 3 with a score of 13,104 GVTs, Asianet Plus stood at 4th position with 5,170 GVTs, Kairali TV at no. 5 scored 5003 GVTs and Amritha TV stood at the bottom of the chart with a score of 2506 GVTs.