India ratings: Star Plus extends lead from Colors

Star Plus widened the gap from its closest rival, Colors in latest India ratings for Week 30 of 2016.

According to official data from BARC India, Star Plus remained the leading channel in Urban markets with 468.778 million Impressions (last week 478.215 million Impressions), followed by Colors, which lost ground this week with 372.710 million Impressions (last week 414.701 million Impressions) and ZEE TV in third with 337.113 million Impressions (last week 356.423 million Impressions). Life Ok was in fourth with 280.748 million Impressions (last week 287.242 million Impressions) and Sony Entertainment Television in fifth with 276.553 million Impressions (last week 258.719 million Impressions).

The next five channels in the Urban markets were SAB TV with 264.731 million Impressions, &TV with 139.318 million Impressions, ZEE Anmol with 109494 million Impressions, Star Utsav with 109.457 million Impressions and Sony Pal at No.10 with 94.189 million Impressions.

The top rated show in Urban markets was ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ on ZEE TV with 7.719 million Impressions (last week 7.521 million Impressions), followed by ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ with 6.005 million Impressions and ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ on Star Plus with 5.707 million Impressions.

In the Rural markets, the top channel was Star Utsav with 376.906 million Impressions (last week 348.824 million Impressions), followed by ZEE Anmol with 362.250 million Impressions, Sony Pal with 309.097 million Impressions, ZEE TV with 274.163 million Impressions and Rishtey at No.5 with 218.429 million Impressions.

The top rated show in Rural markets was once again ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ on ZEE TV with 6468 million Impressions (last week 5.970 million Impressions), followed by ZEE Anmol’s ‘Jodha Akbar’ with 6.414 million Impressions and ‘Bandini’ on ZEE Anmol with 6.141 million Impressions.