MUMBAI: According to week 19 of BARC India ratings, Times Now continued to top the English News genre with improved ratings. ET Now grabbed the top spot in English Business News yet again. In the Hindi News genre India TV continued at its number one position while CNBC Awaaz secured number one position this week also.
English News
Times now yet again dominated top position with improved rating of 378 Impressions (000s) as compared to 341 Impressions (000s) in week 18. India Today Television maintained its second spot with 160 Impressions (000s), as compared to 176 Impressions (000s) last week.
NDTV 24x7 regained third spot with improved rating of 153 Impressions (000s), as compared to 132 Impressions (000s) in week 18. CNN News 18 further dropped position and rating this week with 113 Impressions (000s). News 9 stood at fifth position with 92 Impressions (000s).
English Business News
ET Now grabbed top position but with a drop in rating, it garnered 100 Impressions (000s) as compared to 152 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV18 also saw a drop in rating to less than half with 61 Impressions (000s) as compared to 129 Impressions (000s) last week and held second spot.
NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime stood on same position as last week but with rise in rating, from 29 Impressions (000s) to 34 Impressions (000s) in week 19. Bloomberg was on last spot with 8 Impressions (000s).
Hindi News
India TV again topped the spot in its genre with 62387 Impressions (000s), followed by Aaj Tak with 58379 Impressions (000s) on second spot. ABP News garnered 35391 Impressions (000s) and took third position. India News repossessed its fourth spot with 30450 Impressions (000s) and News Nation dropped down to fifth position with 30136 Impressions (000s).
Hindi Business News
CNBC Awaaz held top position with 553 Impressions (000s), followed by Zee Business with 377 Impressions (000s) on second spot.