UK ratings: Zing inches closer to Colors

ZEE Network’s lifestyle and music channel, Zing has had another impressive week in UK Asian TV ratings, according to official data from BARB for week ending Sunday 31st May 2015.

Star Plus remained the market leader and comfortably whizzed passed the million mark with 1,132,000 viewers (last week 994,000 viewers). UMP Movies was in second place with 739,000 viewers (last week 712,000 viewers), followed by Colors with 692,000 viewers (last week 740,000 viewers), Rishtey with 687,000 viewers (last week 594,000 viewers) and Zing in fifth with a record high with 652,000 viewers (last week 521,000 viewers).

The next tier consisted of Hum TV with 562,000 viewers, followed by Star Gold with 557,000 viewers, SAB TV with 446,000 viewers, Life Ok with 427,000 viewers and &TV with 393,000 viewers.

The bottom tier included Geo TV with 266,000 viewers, PTC Punjabi with 193,000 viewers, Prime TV with 183,000 viewers, PTV Global with 181,000 viewers, Sikh Channel with 140,000 viewers, Brit Asia TV with 131,000, DM Global with 119,000 viewers and Venus TV with 106,000 viewers.

ARY News remained the most watched South Asian news channel with 429,000 viewers (last week 459,000 viewers), followed by Geo News with 280,000 viewers, SAMAA TV with 247,000 viewers, ABP News with 230,000 viewers, Geo Tez with 198,000 viewers, NDTV 24×7 with 179,000 viewers, Aaj Tak with 135,000 viewers and News18 India with 71,000 viewers.