Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Sun TV Vs Regional Channels Ratings

A quick update on ratings of Sun TV Vs other Regional Channels

Tamil. Sun TV’s ratings have come off by about 10% over the past 3 weeks and it is at about 4.5-5X that of Star Vijay as against 5.5-6X earlier. That said, on an average, Sun TV's ratings are ~5X that of Star’s Vijay TV under BARC as against 3X TAM. The Movie channel KTV's ratings have also improved under BARC.

Telugu. Gemini TV has been pushed to a distant #4 position under BARC from #2 under TAM. Further, the quality of ratings is weaker, both in terms of urban/rural mix and composition (movies/non-movies). Gemini TV’s viewership share in the top four Telugu GECs has come down to 19% in the past two weeks as against an average of 21.4% since mid Oct 2015.

Kannada. Udaya TV has been pushed to #2-4 position under BARC from strong #1 under TAM. Colors Kannada is a clear #1 in a 4-player Kannada general entertainment genre. Further, the quality of ratings is weak both in terms of urban/rural mix and composition (movies/non-movies). Udaya TV’s viewership share in the top four Kannada GECs has come down to 17% in the past two weeks as against an average of 20% since mid Oct 2015.

Malayalam. Surya TV's position has dropped to #4 position in the four-player Malayalam GEC market dominated by Asianet. Flowers TV, a new GEC launched in 2015 has consistently surpassed Surya TV to settle at #3 spot. Surya TV’s share is down to single digits in the top four Malayalam GECs.

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