Republic TV decisively leads English news genre in the first week of lockdown

English news channels garnered unprecedented viewership in the first week of lockdown which is BARC India’s Week 12 of 2020 from March 21-27.

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Considering young audiences of 15+ are glued to English news in the lockdown period, BestMediaInfo.com is taking this TG in consideration. In NCCS 15+ All India TG, Republic TV led the pack with a decisive margin. Times Now and India Today TV were at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

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In the 22+ age group too the channel maintained its leadership with a big margin. In terms of percentage growth CNN-News18 grew maximum by 309%.

English news cannels recorded massive growth in their reach across All India markets. Republic TV again led the pack with maximum growth in its reach in both 15+ and 22+ age groups.

In 22+ age group, Republic TV’s reach grew by 181% followed by CNN-News18 which grew by 178%.

In Mega Cities, which is core TG from a marketer's perspective, the pecking order of the English news channels saw some changes. While Republic TV continued to lead the pack, India Today TV jumped at No. 2 followed by Times Now. Mirror Now and WION were ahead of CNN-News18 and NDTV 24x7.

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