GEC Watch: Rishtey replaces Sony Pal as the most watched channel in the Rural market

BARC Data: Top 5 Hindi GECs of Week 49 - December 3 - December 9, 2016-HSM: NCCS All: 4+ Individuals: BARC India base - All India (U) and (R). (Impressions in 000s.)

Top five Channels in Urban market:

In Week 49 of BARC's television viewership data for the urban market, Star Plus continued to be the No.1 channel with 438092 Impressions despite losing its ratings from 491749 impressions in last week. Colors stayed at No.2 position with 436325 Impressions compared to 431666 Impressions in last week. Sony Entertainment Television stayed at third with 308322 impressions followed by Sony Sab with 270767 impressions at No.4 and Zee TV with 263715 impressions at No.5 position.

Top five shows in Urban market:

Colors' Naagin - Season 2 continued to be the most watched show in the urban market with 9370 impressions. Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya was at No.2 position with 7005 Impressions followed by Sony Entertainment Television's The Kapil Sharma Show at No.3 with 6737 Impressions and Super Dancer at No.4 with 6510 Impressions. Star Plus' Saath Nibhana Saathiya was at No.5 position with 6378 Impressions.

Top five Channels in Rural market:

Rishtey replaced Sony Pal as the No.1 channel for week 49 with 326817 Impressions compared to 297108 Impressions in last week. Sony Pal was at No.2 with 320967 Impressions. Zee Anmol was at No.3 position with 288423 Impressions followed by Star Utsav at No.4 with 253740 Impressions and Star Plus at No.5 position with 215089 Impressions.

Top five shows in Rural market:

Rishtey's Naagin continued to be the most watched show with 9138 Impressions followed by Baalveer at No.2 with 5879 Impressions. Colors' Naagin - Season 2 was at No.3 position with 5686 Impressions. Zee Anmol's Jodha Akbar was at No.4 position with 5331 Impressions while Star Utsav's Saath Nibhana Saathiya was at No.5 position with 4885 Impressions.