Reality check for SP creators and viewers

YESTERDAY'S TOP 10 RANKING (February 05, 2009) :-NWE India (N + W + E + All Towns) C&S4+

(1) Star Plus 2100-2130

(2) Colors 2000-2030

(3) Star Plus 2130-2200 Yeh Rishta

(4) Zee TV 1930-2000 - Chhoti Bhahu

(5) Neo Cricket 2200-2230

(6) Zee TV 2200-2230 Betiyaan

(7) Zee TV 2230-2300 Shree

(8) Neo Cricket 2130-2200

(9) Star Plus 2230-2300

(10) Star Plus 2030-2100

http://www.audiencemap.com/

GEC Genre: Star Plus keeps distance with Colors in Week 5

Friday - Feb 06, 2009

Tushar Patel - Televisionpoint.com | Mumbai
For the fifth week of 2009, the broadcast ratings brings out miniscule developments in the overall Hindi general entertainment space. Star Plus has distanced itself from close competitor Colors as the number one Hindi GEC.
Star Plus, with 317 GRPs, has garnered 26 per cent relative share, a 2 per cent increase from Week 4, adding 24 GRPs. Colors has lost 15 GRPs and its relative share decreased by 2 per cent from last week and stands at 24 per cent.
Bidaayi on Star Plus, was the number one show this week with a TVR of 8.98, a giant leap from a TVR of 7.7 last week. Balika Vadhu on Colors, which was last week's top rated show has seen a decline in TVR from 8.35 in Week 4 to 7.3 in Week 5.
Zee TV has seen a decline in its GRPs from 221 to 209, and its channel share stands at 17 per cent. Its new reality dance show, Dance India Dance, had a good beginning with a TVR of 3.5.
Sony has maintained its place at number four with 75 GRPs and a relative share of 6 per cent. Star One and NDTV Imagine remain intact at number five position with 63 and 61 GRPs respectively and with a relative share of 5 per cent each.
Sahara One and Sab TV have garnered 4 per cent share each, with 49 GRPs and 47 GRPs respectively. 9X and Star Utsav, both which run archives of programming, had a relative share of 2 per cent share each.

http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2009/newsfullstory.php?id=1233921567

Indiantelevision.com's News Headlines

Star Plus claws its way back, Colors slips

Indiantelevision.com Team

(5 February 2009 10:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Last week (week 4) saw Hindi GEC market leader Star Plus and newbie Colors contesting to grab the top spot. Colors was only 6.3 GRPs (gross rating points) behind Star Plus, while its channel share was half a percentage point lower at 25.

However, the TAM ratings for week 5 (25-31 January, HSM 4+ C&S homes) have a different story to tell.

Not only has Star successfully held onto the number one spot with a vice-like grip, but it has also managed to widen its gap with tough as nails rival Colors by garnering GRPs of 317.

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For Star Plus, the newly launched weekly Yeh Rishta too has witnessed an 11 per cent growth over week 4's average of 5.6 TVR finishing at 6.2 TVR wherein the Tuesday episode singularly pocketed a TVR of 6.51.

"Yeh Rishta has been the most successful launch of a television show across all channels in the last three years and is rising rapidly," Adyanthaya quips.

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Meanwhile, for Colors, Balika Vadhu remained as the top rated show for the week with a peak TVR of 7.74; Jai Shri Krishna clocked a peak of 5.49 TVR in the week. Jeevan Saathi and Uttaran also added their bit with peak TVRs of 3.57 and 3.54 respectively helping the channel retain the second spot.

Whereas, the third in command, Zee TV, registered 209 GRPs - down by 11.6 points over last week's (220.6). Interestingly, its newly launched dance reality show Dance India Dance with Mithun Chakraborty as grandmaster opened with a TVR of 3.46 at 9.30 pm. Meanwhile, Zee's top rated fiction Chhoti Bahu at the 7.30 pm slot has climbed up the TVR ladder further to fetch a rating of 4.13.

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http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/feb/feb43.php

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