MUMBAI: Star Plus retained leadership of Hindi GEC and Hindi GEC Urban market whereas Sony Pal witnessed a hike in ratings and remained the leader in Hindi Rural market. On the other, in Hindi GEC (U+R) Sony Pal maintained its second slot and Colors remained on number three, according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data of week 18.
Hindi GEC
Star Plus witnessed a fall in ratings but continues to lead the Hindi GEC genre with 632254 Impressions (000s) against 640266 Impressions (000s) followed by Sony Pal on second spot with a hike in ratings and recorded 591324 Impressions (000s) against 577002 Impressions (000s). Colors too saw a downfall in ratings and garnered the third slot with 529712 Impressions (000s) against 554259 (000s) in week 17.
Zee TV bagged the fourth spot with 488762 Impressions (000s) followed by Rishtey on the fifth with 486269 Impressions (000s) and Zee Anmol stood at number six with 440610 Impressions (000s).
Sab TV replaced Star Utsav at number seven with 424986 Impressions (000s) and Star Utsav fell to number eight position with 378777 Impressions (000s).
Life OK and Sony Entertainment Television bagged ninth and tenth spot with 348821 (000s) and 344598 Impressions (000s).
Hindi GEC Rural
Sony Pal continued to remain at the top position with 447480 Impressions (000s) sum followed by Rishtey with 365513 Impressions (000s) sum. Zee Anmol and Star Utsav stood at third and forth position with 341417 Impressions (000s) sum and 374588 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.
Zee TV bagged the fifth position with 202288 Impressions (000s) sum. Star Plus, Colors and Sab TV respectively grabbed the sixth, seventh and eighth spot with 201683 Impressions (000s) sum, 168315 Impressions (000s) sum and 163215 Impressions (000s) sum.
Big Magic and Life OK interchanged their positions at ninth and tenth with 128210 Impressions (000s) sum and 125495 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.
Hindi GEC Urban
Star Plus led the chart with 430571 Impressions (000s) sum followed by Colors on the second position with 361397 Impressions (000s) sum.
Zee TV sat pretty at the third slot with 286474 Impressions (000s) sum and Sab TV bagged the fourth spot with 261771 Impressions (000s) sum. Sony Entertainment Television retained its fifth slot with 240272 Impressions (000s) sum.
Life OK, Sony Pal and Rishtey respectively stood on the sixth, seventh and eighth spots with 223325 Impressions (000) sum, 143843 Impressions (000) sum and 120755 Impressions (000) sum.
&TV and Star Utsav interchanged their positions at ninth and tenth level with 116136 Impressions (000s) sum and 104188 Impressions (000s) sum, respectively.
