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) |
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|
|
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.
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Gross Imp’000s/HSM /15+ |
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|
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.
