MUMBAI: No changes were observed in the Bengali and Kannada markets in BARC data week 40. In the Bhojpuri market, Big Ganga and Bhojpuri Cinema swapped their first and second positions. Surya TV and Flowers TV exchanged their second and third positions in the Malayalam segment. Moreover, in the Marathi market Star Pravah and Colors Marathi swapped their second and third positions. In the Tamil industry, Star Vijay and Zee Tamil interchanged their second and third positions. Gemini TV and ETV Telugu exchanged their third and fourth positions in the Telugu space.
Bangla
No changes were observed in the Bengali space. Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha, Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Sony Aath continued to be at the first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively with 361264 impressions '000s, 277046 impressions '000s, 76223 impressions '000s, 66102 impressions '000s and 58090 impressions '000s.
Bhojpuri
This week, Big Ganga and Bhojpuri Cinema swapped their first and second positions with 67321 impressions '000s and 52976 impressions '000s respectively. Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum retained its third position with 13661 impressions '000s. Housefull Action and Oscar Movies Bhojpuri stood at fourth and fifth positions respectively with 3966 impressions '000s and 2631 impressions '000s respectively.
Kannada
No changes were observed in this segment. Colors Kannada and Zee Kannada continued to be at first and second positions with 486378 impressions '000s and 416785 impressions '000s respectively. Udaya TV, Udaya Movies and Star Suvarna also retained their third, fourth and fifth positions with 205259 impressions '000s, 175734 impressions '000s and 157461 impressions '000s respectively.
Malayalam
Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel from Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 323998 impressions '000s. Surya TV and Flowers TV exchanged their second and third positions with 90573 impressions '000s and 87558 impressions '000s respectively.
Mazhavil Manorama and Asianet Movies retained their fourth and fifth positions respectively with 84830 impressions '000s and 79566 impressions '000s.
Marathi
Zee Marathi retained its first position with 377789 impressions '000s. Star Pravah and Colors Marathi swapped their second and third positions respectively with 123882 impressions '000s and 123609 impressions '000s. Zee Talkies and Zee Yuva also continued to be in the fourth and fifth positions respectively with 112279 impressions '000s and 47277 impressions '000s.
Tamil
Sun TV retained its first position with 985980 impressions '000s. Star Vijay and Zee Tamil interchanged their second and third positions with 515479 impressions '000s and 509335 impressions '000s after interchanging their places. KTV retained its fourth position with 347075 impressions '000s. Sun Life emerged as the new entrant, securing fifth position with 91456 impressions '000s.
Telugu
Telugu market also didn’t witness any change. Star Maa and Zee Telugu maintained their first and second positions respectively with 763931 impressions '000s and 505943 impressions '000s. Gemini TV and ETV Telugu exchanged their third and fourth positions with 472476 impressions '000s and 459036 impressions '000s respectively. Gemini Movies retained its fifth position with 199876 impressions '000s.
