Arnab Goswami's Republic TV debuts with record viewership

Amid allegations of using multiple frequencies, Republic TV has debuted with a record opening on the barometers. As per BARC India’s data for Week 19 (May 6 – 12), sourced from one of the subscribers, the channel has grabbed about half of the relative share in most of the target audience groups.

Among NCCS AB Male 22+, Republic TV has captured the relative share of 49.2 per cent in the all-India market. The channel’s relative share in top six mega cities stood at 52.1 per cent.

On the other hand, Times Now recorded a relative share of 26.2 per cent in all-India and 25.7 per cent in six mega cities. The relative shares of India Today Television, CNN-News18 and NDTV stood at 8.1, 7.4 and 8.1 per cent in the all-India market, respectively.

In six mega cities, the three channels recorded 7.6, 6.7 and 5.9 per cent relative share, respectively.

Impressions:

Republic TV’s impressions stood at 2,117 (000s) while Times Now recorded 1,148 (000s) Impressions in all-India. NDTV, India Today Television and CNN-News18 recorded 352, 350 and 315 (000s) Impressions, respectively.

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