As the viewership of news channels stabilised in Week 14, CNN-News18 saw a growth of 40% and jumped to No. 3 position in All India market. The English news genre continued to be led by Republic TV followed by Times Now.
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NCCS AB M 22+ | All India | Imp (000)
|
|
WK13'20
|
WK14'20
|
Growth
|
Republic TV
|
2082
|
1896
|
-8.94%
|
Times Now
|
1284
|
922
|
-28.18%
|
CNN News18
|
653
|
917
|
40.50%
|
India Today Television
|
1182
|
866
|
-26.74%
|
WION
|
623
|
627
|
0.64%
|
NDTV 24x7
|
426
|
281
|
-34%
|
News X
|
24
|
28
|
16.51%
|
Among Hindi news channels, Zee News slipped to No. 5 in Week 14 from the No. 3 in the previous week. India TV and Republic Bharat jumped one position each as they held their viewerships. News18 India also retained eyeballs.
Gross Imp’000s/HSM /15+
|
Channel
|
WK13'20
|
WK14'20
|
Growth
|
Aaj Tak
|
429900
|
372688
|
-15.35%
|
ABP News
|
311382
|
295264
|
-5.46%
|
India TV
|
282228
|
283103
|
0.31%
|
Republic Bharat
|
280219
|
272602
|
-2.79%
|
Zee News
|
300324
|
270066
|
-11.20%
|
News18 India
|
263739
|
260742
|
-1.15%
|
The growth of news channels slowed down further in Week 14 even though news viewership rose by 219% over the pre-Covid period between Week 2-4. The growth was 251% in Week 13 and 298% in Week 12.
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