UK ratings: Star Plus holds top spot despite Ramadan

Star Plus remained the ultimate leader in UK Asian TV ratings and held on to the top despite others suffering due to the holy month of Ramadan.

According to official data from BARB for week ending Sunday 28th July, Star Plus delivered a weekly reach of 908,000 viewers (last week 969,000 viewers), followed by Colors with 545,000 viewers (last week 560,000 viewers) and UMP Movies in third with 503,000 viewers (last week 529,000 viewers). Rishtey was in fourth place with 481,000 viewers and Star Gold next with 426,000 viewers.

The next tier consisted of Hum TV with 441,000 viewers (last week 528,000), followed by Zing with 355,000 viewers (last week 559,000), Life Ok with 323,000 viewers (last week 284,000) and &TV with 287,000 viewers (last week 488,000).

The bottom tier included PTC Punjabi with 286,000 viewers, Geo TV with 276,000 viewers, SAB TV with 252,000 viewers, Brit Asia TV with 223,000 viewers, PTV Global with 172,000 viewers, Sikh Channel with 115,000 viewers, Venus TV with 95,000 viewers and DM Global with just 83,000 viewers.

ARY News was undeterred by Ramadan with 472,000 viewers (last week 559,000 viewers) tuning in the week specified. Geo Tez delivered 284,000 viewers, Geo TV raked in 276,000 viewers, SAMAA TV with 211,000 viewers and NDTV 24×7 with 161,000 viewers. Aaj Tak and Dunya TV were next with 163,000 viewers, followed by ABP News with 160,000 viewers. News18 India got 64,000 viewers.