BARC week 32: Republic TV regains top position in English News

BARC week 32: Republic TV regains top position in English News

News 18 India jumps up to second position in Hindi News genre(U+R)

Republic TV

MUMBAI: After losing its top position in week 31 of BARC ratings Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV regained its top position in the English news genre in week 32. Times Now stepped down to second position.  

Zee News replaced News Nation in Hindi news genre, Aaj Tak continued to rule Hindi news genre. Whereas News 18 India jumped up tosecond position this week in Hindi news (U+R).

English News

This week Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV regained it top position in the english news genre with 936 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 734 impressions (000s) sum last week. Times Now stepped down to the second position with 815 impressions (000s) sum. Meanwhile, CNN News 18 found itself at third position with 485 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 236 impressions (000s) sum last week, followed by India Today Television at fourth position with 346 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV maintains its fifth position with 191 impressions (000s) sum. 

English Business News

CNBC TV 18 continues to rule in the English business news genre with 619 impressions (000s) sum. ET Now and BTVI maintained theirsecond and third positions with 200 impressions (000s) sum and 105 impressions (000s) sum. CNBC TV 18 Prime HD found itself at fourth position with 18 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 25 impressions (000s) sum last week.

Hindi News (U+R)      

Aaj Tak continues to lead in Hindi news genre with 132715 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 149487 impressions (000s) sum last week. Meanwhile News 18 India found itself at second position with 101841 (000s) sum as compared to 99687 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News and Zee News maintained their third and fourth positions with 101215 impressions (000s) sum and 99428 impressions (000s) sum. Meanwhile, India TV steps down to fifth position with 94834 impressions as compared to 115894 impressions (000s) sums last week.  

Hindi News Rural  

Aaj Tak also continued to to dominate in Hindi news (R) with 62162 impressions as compared to 73376 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its second position this week with 49176 impressions, followed by News 18 India is at third position with 41798 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News replaced News Nation at fourth position with 39957 impressions (000s) sum. Meanwhile India TV stepped down to fifth position with 39731 (000s) impressions as compared to 45738 impressions (000s) sum last week. 

Hindi News Urban

Aaj Tak maintained its top position in Hindi news genre (U) with 70553 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 76112 impressions (000s) sum last week. News 18 India found itself at second position this week with 60043 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News maintained its third position with 59471 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 60523 impressions (000s) sum last week. India TV moved down to fourth position with 55103 impressions (000s) sum as compared to 70156 impressions (000s) sum last week. ABP News maintained its fifth position with 52038 impressions (000s) sum.