BARC India released its Week 49 data for South GEC markets including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. The positions in the top five list changed for some GEC markets.
Tamil (Tamil Nadu/Pondicherry)
In the Tamil speaking market, the top four positions in the chart remained same compared to last week. Sun TV continued its lead with 2248.69 (000) AMA followed by Star Vijay with 1335.33 (000) AMA at 2nd spot and Zee Tamil at 3rd spot with 931.88 (000) AMA. KTV retained its 4th spot with 695.04 (000) AMA. Star Vijay Super entered the chart with 347.77 (000) AMA and claimed the 5th spot.
Kannada (Karnataka)
In the Kannada speaking market, the positions in the chart remained same compared to last week. Zee Kannada continued its lead with 1469.44 (000) AMA followed by Colors Kannada with 824.85 (000) AMA at 2nd spot and Star Suvarna at 3rd spot with 485.52 (000) AMA. Udaya TV retained its 4th spot with 454.7 (000) AMA followed by Udaya Movies at 5th spot with 372.26 (000) AMA.
Malayalam (Kerala)
Among the Malayalam speaking market, Asianet continued its lead with 670.25 (000) AMA followed by Sports18 1 with 195.52 (000) AMA at 2nd spot and Flowers TV at 3rd spot with 188.98 (000) AMA. Surya TV moved one spot up and claimed the 4th position with 167.84 (000) AMA. Mazhavil Manorama slipped one spot down and stood at 5th position with 166.31 (000) AMA.
Telugu (Andhra Pradesh/Telangana)
In the Telugu speaking market, the positions in the chart remained same compared to last week. Star Maa continued its lead with 2041.07 (000) AMA followed by Zee Telugu at 2nd spot with 1227.02 (000) AMA and ETV Telugu with 1024.08 (000) AMA at 3rd spot. Gemini TV retained its 4th spot with 570.13 (000) AMA followed by Gemini Movies at 5th spot with 546.76 (000) AMA.