UK TV Reach: Star Bharat overtakes Colors & ZEE TV

Star Bharat was the surprise performer in latest weekly reach data beating Colors and ZEE TV, according to BARB data for week ending Sunday 22nd July 2018.

Star Plus extended its lead over rival channels with a reach of 629,000 viewers (last week 567,000 viewers), followed by Sony Entertainment Television with 424,000 viewers.

Star Bharat, which has been performing well with shows like ‘Savdhaan India’, ‘Musakaan’ and ‘Jiji Maa’ delivered a reach of 364,000 viewers and was placed at No.3. It performed better than Colors with 328,000 viewers, Zing with 325,000 viewers, ZEE TV with 276,000 viewers, &TV with 270,000 viewers, Hum TV with 232,000 viewers, Venus TV with 229,000 viewer, Sony SAB TV with 226,000 viewers and Prime TV with 205,000 viewers.

The next batch consisted of Rishtey with 181,000 viewers, Geo TV with 177,000 viewers, Hum Masala with 160,000 viewers, Iqra TV with 159,000 viewers, NTV Europe with 130,000 viewers, Geo Kahani with 94,000 viewers, PTC Punjabi with 93,000 viewers, ATN Bangla with 77,000 viewers, ARY Family with 72,000 viewers, PTV Global with 69,000 viewers, Living Foodz with 63,000 viewers, Urdu 1 Europe with 58,000 viewers and Akaal Channel with 45,000 viewers.

Movie genre
Sony MAX firmly remained ahead of its rival in the Bollywood film genre. It delivered a reach of 369,000 viewers, followed by ZEE Cinema with 358,000 viewers and Star Gold with 356,000 viewers. B4U Movies delivered 312,000 viewers and Rishtey Cineplex clocked a reach of 229,000 viewers.

Music genre
B4U Music was No.1 in the South Asian music genre with 171,000 viewers, followed by MTV Beats with 50,000 viewers, BritAsia TV with 37,000 viewers and Sony Mix with 28,000 viewers.