UK ratings: Lamhe overtakes Zing & SAB
ZEE Network’s Lamhe channel managed to overtake Zing and Sony SAB TV in the UK Asian TV ratings, according to latest weekly reach data from BARB for week ending Sunday 18th May.
Star Plus held on to the top spot with 1,030,000 viewers – down from 1,164,000 viewers last week. UMP Movies was second with 779,000 viewers and Colors third with 654,000 viewers (down from 691,000). Rishtey was down further with just 575,000 viewers from 602,000 viewers. Lamhe completed the top five with 561,000 viewers – up from 479,000 viewers.
The next tier saw Sony SAB TV in sixth with 540,000 viewers, Zing next with 535,000 viewers, Star Gold with 505,000 viewers and Star Life Ok with 354,000 viewers. Pakistani infotainment channel, PTV Global pulled in 164,000 viewers – up from 149,000 viewers last week.
The news genre got a significant push ahead of the India elections. ARY News remained the leading South Asian news channel with 383,000 viewers, followed by Aaj Tak, which was the most watched Indian news channel. It delivered a reach of 298,000 viewers. NDTV 24×7 was next with 268,000 viewers and ABP News delivered the best ever ratings with 247,000 viewers. Troubled news channel, Geo News was in third with 242,000 viewers. News18 India got a huge boost with 169,000 viewers – biggest ever. SAMAA TV was last with 119,000 viewers.
