According to BARC Ratings of South GEC for week 42, The following are the ranking of various Regional GECs.
Malayalam:
Asianet has been a consistent performer and a leader in the Malayalam category. The channel in week 41 had garnered a total of 289mn impressions which in week 42 grew by 22mn impressions making it 311mn impressions. We have Flowers TV on the 2nd spot with 99mn impressions and the 3rd spot is secured by Mazhavil Manorama with 90mn impressions. The last two spots consist of Zee Keralam with 73mn impressions and Surya TV with 69mn impressions respectively.
Tamil:
In week 42 of BARC India’s TV rating data, there are no changes in the pecking order in the TAMIL GEC category as usual with Sun TV leading the Tamil – All Platform Top 5 channels category with 846mn impressions, the channel in week 41 had 843mn impressions which rose by 3mn impressions. Star Vijay follows with 597mn impressions and the last three spots are secured by Zee Tamil with 476mn impressions, KTV with 257mn impressions, and Star Vijay Super with 119mn impressions.
Telugu:
In the Telugu market, Star Maa leads the All Platform Top 5 channels category with 786mn impressions which grew by 5mn impressions in week 42 followed by ZEE Telugu with 492mn impressions. ETV Telugu secures the 3rd spot with 461mn impressions while the last two spots are secured by Gemini TV with 311mn impressions and Star Maa Movies with 184mn impressions.
Kannada:
With the undisputed leader Zee Kannada leading the Kannada GEC category with 366mn impressions followed by Star Suvarna on the 2nd spot with 289mn impressions. For the last 3 spots, we have Colors Kannada with 266mn impressions, Udaya TV with 193mn impressions, and Udaya Movies with 170mn impressions.