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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.