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GEC Watch: Sony Pal enters Top 10 GECs

DD National gets excluded from Top 10, while all private FTA channels make it to the list.

BARC Data: Top GECs of Week 44: October 31 to November 6, 2015-HSM: NCCS All: Individuals: BARC India base - All India (U+R)

GEC Watch: Sony Pal enters Top 10 GECs

Star Plus retained its No.1 position while Zee Anmol was ranked No.2. Zee TV jumped up a spot from the previous week and came in at third position, separated by a very narrow margin from Colors which followed at the 4th spot.

Star India's Life OK and Star Utsav came in at fifth and sixth spots, respectively.

GEC Watch: Sony Pal enters Top 10 GECs

With a slight increase in its ratings, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) jumped from its ninth position last week to the seventh spot this time. Witnessing a significant fall in ratings, SAB slipped down to No.8 from No.7 last week, while Colors' FTA channel Rishtey occupied the ninth position.

Sony Pal entered the top 10 GECs list for the first time since BARC released its rural-inclusive data.

FTA channels of all private networks were among the top 10 in the GEC genre, but DD National hasn't made it to the list this time.

Among the top shows in Week 44 of BARC data, Star Plus' Saath Nibhana Saathiya is at the No.1 spot with Zee's Kumkum Bhagya slipping to No. 2. Star Plus' Yeh Hai Mohabbatein moved up a spot at No.3, while Zee Anmol's Ek Se Bhale Do is at fourth position. Sasural Simar Ka on Colors continues to be at the fifth spot.

TAM Data: Top Hindi GECs of Week 45--November 1 to November 7, 2015-HSM without LC1, C&S 4+

In TAM's latest data, Colors rose to the No.1 spot from its No.2 position with 236 GRPs (221 last week), while Star Plus slipped to the No.2 spot as its ratings declined to 226 GRPs from 239 GRPs in the previous week.

In TAM data too, Zee TV was at No.3 spot, but its ratings declined to 152 GRPs from 153 GRPs last week.

Life OK was at No.4 as its ratings increased this week to 138 GRPs in Week 45, from 124 GRPs in Week 44.

SAB TV slipped to the No.5 spot and raked in 122 GRPs, down from 137 GRPs last week. Sony TV saw slight marginal decline in ratings with 100 GRPs (108 GRPs last week).

Among the top shows in Week 45 of TAM data, Star Plus' Ye Hai Mohabbatein was at the top spot while the Colors new show Naagin comes in at No.2. Zee's Kumkum Bhagya was at third position, followed by Star Plus' Diya Aur Baati and Saath Nibhana Saathiya at the 4th and 5th spots, respectively.

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