MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 re-entered the top five of the English news genre in week 48 of BARC ratings. Aaj Tak yet again stood on top in all the three genres. Republic TV continued to dominate the English news genre. English business news genre saw no changes this week again.
English News
Republic TV maintained its lead in the first position in the English news genre with 978 impressions ‘000. Times Now at second and CNN News18 at third hold onto their respective positions with 777 impressions ‘000 and 377 impressions ‘000. India Today Television stood at fourth position with 367 impressions ‘000. NDTV 24X7 with 245 impressions ‘000 came back at the fifth position replacing Mirror Now which occupied the spot last week.
English business news
The English business news genre yet again saw no changes this week. CNBC TV18 continued to stay on the first place with 362 impressions '000. ET Now and BTVI stood at their second and third positions with 116 impressions '000 and 73 impressions '000. CNBC TV18 Prime HD also held on to its fourth position with 23 impressions '000.
Hindi News (U+R)
Aaj Tak once again stood on top in the Hindi news (U+R) genre with 139244 impressions ‘000. News18 India took the second place with 111857 impressions ‘000. ABP News is at the third position with 103568 impressions ‘000 followed by Zee News with 103432 impressions ‘000. India TV sits at fifth position with 99287 impressions ‘000.
Hindi news rural
Aaj Tak is positioned first in the Hindi news rural genre with 61284 impressions ‘000. ABP News, News18 India and Zee News are at second, third and fourth positions with 50356 impressions ‘000, 46842 impressions ‘000 and 43254 impressions ‘000, respectively. India TV with 39964 impressions ‘000 took the fifth place again this week.
Hindi news urban
Aaj Tak stood on top with 77960 impressions ‘000 followed by News18 India with 65015 impressions ‘000. Zee News and India TV were at third and fourth positions after interchanging their slots with 60178 impressions ‘000 and 59323 impressions ‘000. ABP News held on to the fifth place with 53212 impressions ‘000.
