MUMBAI: India TV garnered the top slot in all three Hindi news markets, dethroning Aaj Tak in the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s (BARC) week 18 ratings for 2018. Republic TV completed its one year anniversary on 6 May 2018 and maintained its top slot for all the weeks.
English News
Republic TV retained its numero uno position for the past 52 weeks of its launch with 763 impressions (000s) sum. Times Now was at the second spot with 584 impressions (000s) sum, followed by India Today Television with 305 impressions (000s) sum. CNN News18 was at fourth position with 219 impressions (000s) sum. NDTV 24x7 was at the fifth position with 200 impressions (000s) sum.
English Business News
CNBC TV18 is at the top slot with 390 impressions (000s) sum followed by ET Now with 159 impressions (000s) sum. BTVI and CNBC TV18 Prime HD were at third and fourth positions respectively with 42 impressions (000s) sum and 4 impressions (000s) sum.
Hindi News (U+R)
India TV dethroned Aaj Tak and led the genre with 74638 impressions (000s) sum. Aaj Tak dropped to second slot with 70610 impressions (000s) sum.
News18 India and Zee News were at third and fourth positions after interchanging the spots with 63218 impressions (000s) sum and 61804 impressions (000s) sum respectively.
News Nation entered the genre at fifth spot with 53918 impressions (000s) sum. ABP News exited the top five list in week 18.
Hindi News Rural
India TV and News Nation climbed a slot each to the first and second slot with 29635 impressions (000s) sum and 27713 impressions (000s) sum. Aaj Tak dropped two slots to the third position with 27583 impressions (000s) sum compared to 32483 impressions (000s) sum last week.
News18 India entered the genre at fourth position with 24159 impressions (000s) sum. Zee News dropped a slot to fifth position with 23219 impressions (000s) sum.
Hindi News Urban
India TV topped the chart in urban market as well with 45003 impressions (000s) sum followed by Aaj Tak which dropped a slot with 43026 impressions (000s) sum.
News18 India was at the third position with 39059 impressions (000s) sum.
Zee News and ABP News were at the fourth and fifth spots with 38585 impressions (000s) sum and 31462 impressions (000s) sum respectively.
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