UK ratings: Hum TV crosses 500k weekly reach

It was a good week for many a lot of the Asian TV channels in the UK ratings with Hum TV Europe crossing half-a million weekly reach for the first time, according to official data from BARB for week ending Sunday 19th October.

Star Plus remained the most watched UK Asian television channel in the UK with a weekly reach of 1,134,000 (last week 1,143,000 viewers). UMP Movies also stayed in second place with 854,000 viewers (last week 862,000), while Colors was in third with 703,000 viewers (last week 858,000), Rishtey closely behind with 702,000 viewers (last week 859,000 viewers) and Zing rounded off the Top 5 with 641,000 viewers (last week 705,000).

The next tier saw SAB TV with 562,000 viewers (last week 608,000 viewers), Star Life Ok with 533,000 viewers (last week 582,000 viewers), Hum TV Europe got its best ever ratings with 522,000 viewers (last week 449,000 viewers). Star Gold was next with 413,000 viewers (last week 577,000 viewers).

The bottom tier consisted of Lamhe with 347,000 viewers (last week 517,000), PTC Punjabi with 258,000 viewers (last week 250,000) and PTV Global with 152,000 viewers (last week 221,000 viewers).

ARY News continued to maintain lead in the South Asian news genre with 516,000 viewers (last week 524,000), followed by ABP News with 258,000 viewers, NDTV 24×7 with 256,000 viewers, SAMAA TV with 229,000 viewers, Geo News with 220,000 viewers, Aaj Tak with 202,000 viewers, Geo Tez with 165,000 viewers, News18 India with 52,000 viewers.