UK ratings: SAB jumps ahead of Star Gold & Life Ok

Sony SAB TV has managed to attract the biggest ever audience in the UK, in terms of weekly reach, according to BARB data for Sunday 4th August. It beat off competition from the likes of Star Gold, Star Life Ok and Zing.

Star Plus remained the market leader with a reach of 985,000 viewers, followed by a resurgent Rishtey with 902,000 viewers and UMP Movies in third with 806,000 viewers.

Sony SAB TV jumped in fourth place with 668,000 – mainly thanks to hit shows like ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, ‘Chidiyaghar’ and ‘BaalVeer’ regularly attracting large viewership.

In fifth place was Zing with 536,000, Star Life Ok in sixth with 422,000 viewers and Star Gold in seventh with 390,000 viewers.

In the news category, Al Jazeera English continued its lead with 916,000 viewers, ARY News in second with 449,000 and Aaj Tak with 348,000 in third.