MUMBAI: Star Plus jumped to the fifth from third position in the Hindi (U+R) genre in Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data for week 5 of 2018. Dangal TV stood at third position from ninth position in the rural market. Zee TV dominated the urban space with its first position in the urban areas.

Hindi GEC (U+R)

Zee Anmol and Zee TV continued to be in first and second positions respectively. Star Utsav climbed from fifth position to third position. Star Bharat maintained its fourth position. Star Plus jumped to the fifth from third position. Colors and Sony Entertainment Television swapped their sixth and seventh positions respectively. Sony Pal, Dangal TV and Rishtey retained their eigth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.

Hindi Rural GEC

Zee Anmol continued to be in first position. Star Utsav climbed a slot to second from third position. Dangal TV stood at third position from ninth position. Rishtey and Sony Pal interchanged their fourth and fifth positions. Star Bharat, Zee TV, Star Plus and Colors maintained their sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth positions respectively. Sony Entertainment Television emerged as the new leader by bagging tenth position.     

Hindi Urban GEC

Zee TV dominated the urban space with its first position. Sony Entertainment Television retained its second position. Star Plus jumped to the third position from first position. Colors, Star Bharat, Sony Sab, Star Utsav, Sony Pal, Zee Anmol and &TV maintained their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.