Sun TV maintains lead in week 48: Barc

Sun TV maintains lead in week 48: Barc

Star Utsav climbed several spots up and secured the fourth position.

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Mumbai: According to Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc) data for week 48 (27 November to 3 December), Sun TV was the most-watched channel with weekly AMAs of 2861.9 (‘000s).  The Tamil language GEC improved its score over last week when it had garnered 2783.24 AMA to be in this position.

Telugu channel Star Maa toppled Star Plus to emerge at number two with 2636.85 (‘000s). Star Plus finished in the third position at 2554.02.

Star Utsav entered the top five league after delivering consistently high ratings in the Hindi hinterland (Rajasthan and UP/Uttarakhand), for the past many weeks. Its score stood at 2306.99 in week 48 (All India, 2+).

Colors slipped to number five, followed by Star Vijay and Sony SAB. Goldmines Telefilms’ FTA Hindi movie channel Dhinchaak climbed up two places to grab the eighth spot. Zee Telugu and Star Pravaah (Marathi) were in the last two positions.

Sun TV led the mega cities with 480.66 (‘000s). Colors, Star Plus, Star Vijay, Sony SAB followed. The South market was also dominated by the Tamil major at 2855.89 AMA. Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Telugu, and Zee Kannada were at number two to five.

With 1499.47 weekly AMA, Star Pravah was the leader in Maharashtra/Goa market. West Bengal was led by Star Jalsha (1232.54), Odisha by Tarang (526.96), and Karnataka by Zee Kannada (1367.28). At 241.29 Star Utsav was the most-watched channel in Rajasthan and Zee Anmol (386.08) in UP/Uttarakhand.