GEC Watch: Dangal maintains lead in U+R and Rural, Zee climbs to second spot in Urban market

Ever since BARC India started publishing television data after the implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) new tariff regime, the ratings for Hind GECs didn’t witness much change. For Week 17, the hierarchy for Urban+Rural and Rural chart remained the same while there were fluctuations in the Impressions.

Consecutively for the fifth week, Dangal continued leading the Hindi GEC Urban+Rural and Rural chart while Star Plus maintained its top spot in the Urban market. The Urban market witnessed Zee TV moving up to second position while Sony Entertainment Television and Colors dropped to the third and fourth spot, respectively.

Top channels in U+R market

According to BARC data, India HSM (Urban+Rural): NCCS All: 2+ Individuals, for Week 17 (April 20-April 26) of 2019, Dangal maintained the No. 1 position and clocked 1, 081 million Impressions (last week 990.660 million Impressions). On the second spot, Big Magic registered 797,198 million Impressions (last week 729.166 million Impressions) followed by Star Plus on third with 692.226 million Impressions (last week 646.662 million Impressions).

Zee TV stayed at the fourth position with 573.404 million Impressions (last week 539.891 million Impressions). Colors on fifth rank registered 508.602 million Impressions (last week 498.378 million Impressions) followed by Sony Entertainment Television on sixth rank with 461.837 million Impressions (last week 469.575 million Impressions). Sony SAB followed on to the seventh spot with 424.347 million Impressions (last week 392.182 million Impressions). Star Bharat with 288.020 million Impressions (last week 293.314 million Impressions) stayed at the eighth rank, followed by &TV at ninth with 137.654 million Impressions (last week 144.751 million Impressions). Sony Pal maintained the No.10 spot with 127.987 (last week 144.751 million Impressions). 

Top shows in U+R market

Dangal’s Ramayan took the lead with 12.471 million Impressions (last week 10.597 million Impressions). The channel’s another show Mahima Shanidev Ki entered on second spot with 11.259 million Impressions. Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya followed on third with 10.989 million Impressions (last week 10.124 million Impressions) while Kundali Bhagya grabbed the fourth rank with 10.645 million Impressions (last week 9.103 million Impressions). The channel’s fictional drama Tujhse Hai Raabta entered at the fifth spot, logging 8.731 million Impressions (last week 8.404 million Impressions).

Top channels in Urban market

In Week 17, Star Plus stayed at the top spot with 467.679 million Impressions (last week 436.173 million Impressions). Zee TV moved up to the second position with 347.374 million Impressions (last week 323.610 million Impressions). While, Sony Entertainment Television and Colors dropped to third and fourth places, respectively. Sony Entertainment registered 345.604 million Impressions (last week 358.961 million Impressions) whereas Colors recorded 341.098 million Impressions (last week 332.298 million Impressions).

Sony SAB on fifth clocked 311.591 million Impressions (last week 293.766 million Impressions) followed by Dangal at sixth with 238.247 million Impressions (last week 237.669 million Impressions).  Star Bharat clocked 238.247 million Impressions (last week 197.634 million Impressions) at the seventh position. It was followed by Big Magic at eighth position with 187.973 million Impressions (last week 162.878 million Impressions). &TV at ninth spot clocked 110.436 million Impressions (last week 115.045 million Impressions) and Star Utsav at No. 10 with 70.533 million Impressions (last week 68.634 million Impressions).

Top 5 shows in Urban

Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya took the lead with 6.561 million Impressions (last week 5.757 million Impressions). The channel’s fictional drama entered the list on second spot with 6.490 million Impressions.

Star Plus’s Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai at third registered 5.788 million Impressions (last week 5.424 million Impressions) while Kulfi Kumar Bajewala at fourth clocked 5.547 million Impressions (last week 5.459 million Impressions). Colors’ Naagin 3 entered the chart on fifth spot with 5.498 million Impressions.

Top channels in Rural market

Dangal remained at No. 1 position and clocked 842.857 million Impressions (last week 752.992 million Impressions). Big Magic followed at the second spot with 609.225 million Impressions (last week 566.288 million Impressions). Zee TV stayed in the third position with 226.030 million Impressions (last week 216.281 million Impressions). Star Plus maintained its fourth position and clocked 224.546 million Impressions (last week 207.634 million Impressions) followed by Colors at fifth spot with 167.504 million Impressions (last week 166.080 million Impressions). Sony Entertainment Television stayed at sixth spot with 116.234 million Impressions (last week 110.614 million Impressions). Sony SAB at the seventh spot clocked 112.756 million Impressions (last week 98.416 million Impressions) while Star Bharat grabbed eighth rank with 87.406 million Impressions (last week 94.680 million Impressions). Sony Pal stayed at the ninth place and clocked 57.575 million Impressions (last week 48.953 million Impressions). DD National on No.10 registered 44.326 million Impressions (last week 38.329 million Impressions). 

Top shows in Rural market

Dangal’s shows grabbed top four slots while Big Magic took the fifth positions. Dangal’s Ramayan at first rank clocked 10.228 million Impressions (last week 8.506 million Impressions) followed by Mahima Shanidev Ki at second with 9.344 million (last week 7.986 million Impressions) and Saibaba at fourth with 6.010 million Impressions (last week 4.875 million Impressions). The channel’s fictional show Baba Aiso Var Dhundo entered the list on third position with 6.506 million Impressions.

 Big Magic’s Parmavtar Shree Krishna grabbed fifth rank and registered 5.844 million Impressions (last week 4.655 million Impressions).

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