Chennai : As per the ratings of week 47 ratings of regional channels showed sign of improvement with Tamil Nadu and Kerala market witnessing significant growth.
In Tamil Nadu, the market leader Sun TV increased to 239,206 GVTs from 230,133 GVTs in week 46. Vijay on the other hand rose to 67,370 GVTs in week 47 from 63,558 GVTs in week 46. Kalaignar TV saw a large increase in its ratings as it increased to 22,478 GVTs in week 47 from 19,993 GVTs in week 46. Polimer increased marginally to 21,888 GVTs in week 47 from 20,822 GVTs in week 46. Raj TV which gained significantly in week 46 saw a decline this week to 21,435 GVTs from 23,484 GVTs last week. Zee Tamil gained ground as it increased to 19,636 GVTs in week 47 from 17,424 GVTs in week 46. Jaya TV too increased from 14,300 GVTs in week 46 from 16,121 GVTs in week 47.
The Karnataka market saw Kannada GEC Udaya gain significantly as it rose to 72,409 GVTs in week 47 from 68,991 GVTs in week 46. ETV Kannada increased to 54,399 GVTs in week 47 from 51,316 GVTs in week 46. Suvarna however declined from 41,041 GVTs in week 46 to 40,362 GVTs in week 47. Zee Kannada saw a major increase in ratings and rose from 30,339 GVTs in week 46 to 34,901 GVTs. Kasturi declined from 8,712 GVTs last week to 8,236 GVTs this week.
MAA in the Andhra Pradesh market saw a decline in ratings from 109,503 GVTs in week 46 to 106,426 GVTs in week 47. Zee Telugu increased significantly to 98,195 GVTs during this week from 90,729 GVTs in week 46. Gemini declined to 86,601 GVTs in week 47 from 95,293 GVTs in week 46. ETV decreased to 86,296 GVTs this week from 88,972 GVTs in week 46.
Finally, in the Kerala market the Malayalam GEC Asianet increased significantly to 55,706 GVTs in week 47 from 48,912 GVTs in week 46. Surya increased from 13,835 GVTs in week 46 to 14,159 GVTs in week 47. Asianet Plus also increased from 4,189 GVTs in week 46 to 5,594 GVTs in week 47. Kairali declined from 4,496 GVTs in week 46 to 3,419 GVTs in week 47. Amrita increased to 2,493 GVTs in week 47 from 1,755 GVTs in week 46.