UK TV Reach: Star Gold overtakes rivals to take No.3

Star TV Network’s movies channel, Star Gold climbed to No.3 in latest weekly reach ratings for week ending Sunday 4th September.

The channel delivered a reach of 637,000 viewers (last week 504,000 viewers) owing to ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’, which generated 33,000 viewers on Saturday and ‘Daagdi Chawl’ on Saturday with 30,000 viewers. Star Gold was placed at No.3, with UMP Movies dominating the movie genre with 686,000 viewers (last week 540,000 viewers) and Star Plus continued to lead overall with 821,000 viewers (last week 938,000 viewers).

In the next tier &TV was in fourth with 620,000 viewers, followed by Zing with 580,000 viewers, Hum TV with 467,000 viewers, Colors with 463,000 viewers, Rishtey with 452,000 viewers, SAB TV with 437,000 viewers, Life Ok with 398,000 viewers and ATN Bangla with 305,000 viewers.

The bottom tier consisted of Prime TV with 277,000 viewers, Geo TV with 242,000 viewers, PTC Punjabi with 203,000 viewers, PTV Global with 151,000 viewers Venus TV with 102,000 viewers, Brit Asia TV with 88,000 viewers, Akaal Channel with 86,000 viewers and Sikh Channel with 75,000 viewers.

The news genre in the UK was led by ARY News with 416,000 viewers (last week 406,000 viewers), followed by Geo News with 364,000 viewers and Dunya TV with 278,000 viewers. The next tier consisted of Aaj Tak with 236,000 viewers, Geo News with 232,000 viewers, SAMAA TV with 228,000 viewers, NDTV 24×7 with 182,000 viewers, ABP News with 110,000 viewers, Times Now with 51,000 viewers and News18 with 26,000 viewers.