UK TV Reach: Hum TV crosses 600k; Rishtey at No.2

The UK television ratings game witnessed some big movements in latest official weekly reach data from BARB for week ending Sunday 29th May 2016.

While Rishtey and Hum TV saw a big jump in its reach, Star Plus held on the top spot with 910,000 viewers (last week 916,000 viewers), followed by a resurgent Rishtey with 620,000 viewers (last week 514,000 viewers) and Hum TV with one of its best ever weekly reach data with 608,000 viewers (last week 538,000 viewers).

The next tier consisted of UMP Movies with 600,000 viewers (last week 612,000 viewers), followed by Zing with 512,000 viewers (last week 461,000 viewers), &TV with 494,000 viewers (last week 462,000 viewers), Colors with 481,000 viewers (last week 416,000 viewers), SAB TV with 405,000 viewers (last week 386,000 viewers), Star Gold with 390,000 viewers (last week 491,000 viewers), Life Ok with 364,000 viewers (last week 419,000 viewers) and Prime TV with 327,000 viewers (last week 349,000 viewers).

The bottom tier consisted of PTV Global with 235,000 viewers, Akaal Channel with 232,000 viewers, Geo TV with 221,000 viewers, PTC Punjabi and Venus TV with 199,000 viewers, Brit Asia TV with 198,000 viewers and Sikh Channel with 96,000 viewers.

ARY News was the biggest South Asian news channel with 404,000 viewers (last week 528,000 viewers), followed by Geo News with 271,000 viewers (last week 390,000 viewers) and Dunya TV with 230,000 viewers. Geo Tez was in fourth with 225,000 viewers, followed by SAMAA TV with 215,000 viewers, Aaj Tak with 187,000 viewers, NDTV 24×7 with 155,000 viewers, ABP News with 116,000 viewers, Times Now with 87,000 viewers and News18 with 71,000 viewers.