MUMBAI: In the Bengali space, Zee Bangla and Star Jalsha continued to be in first and second positions in BARC data week 49. News18 Bihar Jharkhand emerged as the new player in the market by securing fifth position in the Bhojpuri market. No changes were observed in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu market. In the Marathi space, Zee Yuva entered the market standing at fifth position. Sun TV retained its leadership position in the Tamil segment.
Bangla
Zee Bangla and Star Jalsha continued to be in first and second positions with 379144 impressions '000s and 322158 impressions '000s respectively. Jalsha Movies and Colors Bangla exchanged their third and fourth positions respectively with 66783 impressions '000s and 58588 impressions '000s. Aakash Aath retained its fifth position with 56201 impressions '000s.
Bhojpuri
Big Ganga, Bhojpuri Cinema, Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Housefull Action continued to be in first, second, third and fourth positions respectively with 42348 impressions '000s, 42178 impressions '000s, 13989 impressions '000s and 7094 impressions '000s. News18 Bihar Jharkhand emerged as the new player in the market by securing fifth position with 2903 impressions '000s.
Kannada
No changes were observed in this segment. Colors Kannada, Zee Kannada, Udaya TV and Udaya Movies and Colors Super continued to be in first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively with 428232, 414845 impressions '000s , 205625 impressions '000s , 193098 impressions '000s and 147762 impressions '000s.
Malayalam
Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel from Star TV, retained its first position with 303195 impressions '000s. Flowers TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Surya TV and Asianet Movies also continued to be second, third, fourth and fifth positions with 107015 impressions '000s, 80247 impressions '000s, 79096 impressions '000s and 65505 impressions '000s respe1ctively.
Marathi
Zee Marathi, Colors Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Talkies continued to be in first, second, third and fourth positions respectively with 361943 impressions '000s, 164949 impressions '000s, 142194 impressions '000s and 118705 impressions '000s. Zee Yuva entered the market standing at fifth position with 49838 impressions '000s.
Tamil
Sun TV retained its leadership position with 958692 impressions '000s. Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, KTV and Adithya TV stood at second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively with 510328 impressions '000s, 504342 impressions '000s, 312675 impressions '000s and 102091 impressions '000s.
Telugu
Star Maa retained its first position with 656656 impressions '000s. Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu, Gemini TV and Gemini Movies stood at subsequent positions with 520942 impressions '000s, 478254 impressions '000s, 417860 impressions '000s and 197338 impressions '000s respectively.