UK ratings: SAB overtakes Rishtey; Aaj Tak leads

Sony SAB TV has managed to topple Rishtey’s ratings for the first time in the UK after the latter slid further in the chart. Meanwhile, Aaj Tak took the lead amongst Indian news channels in the UK.

There was no comparison for leader Star Plus, as the channel remained top despite a slight nudge in the data this week. According to data for week ending Sunday 23rd February, Star Plus grabbed a weekly reach of 1,079,000 viewers, followed by UMP Movies with 829,000 and Colors with 730,000 viewers. A resurgent Sony SAB TV moved up to fourth place with 573,000 viewers.

The next tier saw Rishtey fall to fifth place with 567,000 viewers, while Zing delivered solid numbers, along with Star Gold joint sixth place with 556,000 viewers. Lamhe tumbled down to seventh with 447,000 viewers and Star Life Ok remained bottom of the pile with 440,000 viewers.

Aaj Tak was the most watched Hindi news channel with 244,000 viewers – up from 212,000 viewers last week. NDTV 24×7 was in second place with 180,000 viewers. Last week’s leader ABP News had nearly halved its audience since last week with just 124,000 viewers. News18 India continued to lose viewership with just 35,000 viewers.

ARY News dominated the South Asian news channels with a commendable 445,000 viewers, followed by Geo News with 363,000 viewers and SAMAA TV with 176,000 viewers.