BARC Wk 20: Republic TV’s charge continues in the English news space

In what has become a keenly watched television genre, the English news space saw Arnab Goswami’s television venture Republic TV maintained its lead. As per BARC data for Week 20 (May 13-19) [All India (U+R) : NCCS AB : Males 22+ Individuals], Republic TV garnered a gross viewership of 1,703, a decline from its debut week’s numbers of 2,117. 

It may be noted here that following BARC releasing Republic TV’s numbers for Week 19 despite NBA urging the Council not to, all English news had decided to pull out f BARC and had removed the watermarks. 

In the data release by BARC for Week 20, Times Now continued to be placed in the second spot with a gross viewership of 978. The channel had secured a gross viewership of 1,148 in Week 19. 

India Today Television, which was placed in the fourth spot in Week 19, climbed up a notch to No. 3 this week, garnering a gross viewership of 289, compared to 350 recorded last week. 

CNN-News18, too, climbed up a notch to No. 4 in Week 20, registering a gross viewership of 281, compared to 315 recorded last week. 

NDTV 24x7 slipped a couple of notches to the fifth spot, garnering a gross viewership of 241, compared to 352 last week.