The following are the performance of various GECs in respective market as per the ratings of week 43:
TN Market:
Unlike the previous week which had a overall increase in viewership in TN market, the current week has witnessed a 10% drop that resulted in dropping GRPs of many channels with very few gainers. During the week 44 Sun TV as usual stood as a strong No. 1 despite losing 123. The distant No.2 Vijay TV has lost 58 GRPs. Raj TV was a major gainer among Tamil GECs which added 16 GRPs to reach No. 3 GEC and Kalaignar TV lost 68 GRP.
Channel – GRP of week 44
Sun TV – 1331
Vijay TV – 420
Raj TV – 137
Polimer TV – 132
Jaya TV – 117
Zee Tamizh – 112
Kalaignar TV – 112
AP Market :
AP market didn’t see any change in overall viewership. However, there was a major change in order among the top GECs in AP market. Maa TV bounced to No.1 with a gain of 56 GRP displacing Gemini TV to No.3 as the channel has lost 99 GRP. Zee Telugu managed to retain its No.2 position while ETV stood at No.4
Maa TV – 574
Zee Telugu – 540
Gemini TV – 492
ETV – 486
Karnataka Market :
Udaya TV witnessed a major gain of 118 GRP and strengthened its No. 1 position, while ETV Kannada bounced to No.2 position displacing Suvarna to No.3 position. ETV Kannada gained 30 GRP in week 44 and Suvarna lost 39 GRP. Despite being at No. 4 Zee Kannada managed to gain a whooping 54 GRP to registrar its slow and steady growth:
Udaya TV – 560
ETV Kannada – 404
Suvarna – 351
Zee Kannada – 264
Kerala Market :
Kerala didn’t see any major changes as Asianet stood strong No.1 with a gain of 38 GRP in week 44. Surya TV stood at a very distant No.2 followed by Mazhavil Manorama at No.3
Asianet – 933
Surya TV – 278
Mazhavil Manorama – 226
Kairali TV – 82
Amirtha TV – 38