UK ratings: Rishtey inches closer to Star Plus
Rishtey has come closest yet to market leader, Star Plus in latest UK weekly reach data supplied by BARB for week ending Sunday 4th October.
According to official figures, Star Plus maintained lead with 911,000 viewers (last week 985,000 viewers) and Rishtey was just behind with 815,000 viewers (last week 613,000 viewers). There was just 96,000 viewers separating the two channels from their positions. &TV also performed exceptionally well with a reach of 699,000 viewers (last week 473,000 viewers). UMP Movies was in fourth with 657,000 viewers (last week 575,000 viewers) and Zing with 655,000 viewers (last week 519,000 viewers).
The next tier consisted of Star Gold with 587,000 viewers, Colors with 576,000 viewers, Hum TV with 534,000 viewers, SAB TV with 478,000 viewers, Life Ok with 309,000 viewers and Geo TV with 264,000 viewers.
The bottom tier consisted of Prime TV with 261,000 viewers, PTC Punjabi with 244,000 viewers, Venus TV with 212,000 viewers, PTV Global with 197,000 viewers, DM Global with 162,000 viewers, Brit Asia TV with 145,000 viewers, Akaal Channel with 99,000 viewers, Sikh Channel with 92,000 viewers, TV99 with 85,000 viewers.
On the South Asian news front, ARY News was the most watched channel with 424,000 viewers (last week 498,000 viewers), followed by Geo News with 291,000 viewers, Geo Tez with 280,000 viewers, SAMAA TV with 260,000 viewers, Dunya TV with 251,000 viewers, Aaj Tak with 242,000 viewers, ABP News with 209,000 viewers, NDTV 24×7 with 148,000 viewers and News18 India with 40,000 viewers.
