UK TV Reach: Gap narrows again between Star Plus & Sony TV
The competition between Star Plus and Sony Entertainment Television intensified further in latest weekly reach figures for week ending Sunday 3rd March 2019 from BARB.
Numbers increased amongst majority of the Asian TV channels, including South Asian news channels, which benefited from the Indo-Pak tensions.
Rankings of UK Asian Entertainment TV channels (weekly reach)
Week ending Sunday 3rd March 2019
1. Star Plus – 668,000 viewers (last week 628,000 viewers)
2. Sony TV – 590,000 viewers
3. Colors – 393,000 viewers
4. ZEE TV – 389,000 viewers
5. Sony SAB TV – 360,000 viewers
6. Hum TV – 320,000 viewers
7. Hum Masala – 311,000 viewers
8. Star Bharat – 255,000 viewers
9. Zing – 220,000 viewers
10. Geo TV – 214,000 viewers
11. &TV – 211,000 viewers
12. Prime TV – 209,000 viewers
13. PTC Punjabi – 167,000 viewers
14. Rishtey – 166,000 viewers
15. Iqra TV – 135,000 viewers
16. ARY Family – 134,000 viewers
17. PTV Global – 133,000 viewers
18. Venus TV – 124,000 viewers
19. A1TV – 106,000 viewers
20. Living Foodz – 95,000 viewers
21. Geo Kahani – 76,000 viewers
22. Akaal Channel – 52,000 viewers
23. ATN Bangla – 38,000 viewers
Rankings of UK Asian Movie channels (weekly reach)
Week ending Sunday 3rd March 2019
1. Sony MAX – 429,000 viewers
2. ZEE Cinema – 352,000 viewers
3. Star Gold – 342,000 viewers
4. B4U Movies – 309,000 viewers
5. Rishtey Cineplex – 286,000 viewers
Rankings of UK Asian Music channels (weekly reach)
Week ending Sunday 3rd March 2019
1. B4U Music – 297,000 viewers
2. MTV Beats – 177,000 viewers
3. BritAsia TV – 144,000 viewers
4. Sony Mix – 91,000 viewers
Rankings of UK Asian News channels (weekly reach)
Week ending Sunday 3rd March 2019
1. Geo News – 401,000 viewers
2. ABP News – 395,000 viewers
3. New Vision TV – 374,000 viewers
4. NDTV 24×7 – 373,000 viewers
5. Aaj Tak – 350,000 viewers
6. Samaa TV – 202,000 viewers
7. Dunya News – 190,000 viewers
8. 92 News – 154,000 viewers
9. Hum News – 113,000 viewers
10. UK 44 – 109,000 viewers
11. News18 – 65,000 viewers
