BENGALURU: Two Hindi GEC channels from the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) Network topped the ratings among the six Hindi GEC channels that were present in the latest Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC) top 10 channels Across Genre list (All India (U+R) : 2+ Individuals). Zeel’s flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV (pay TV) and its free to air (FTA) channel Zee Anmol scored 704.522 million impressions and 693.027 million impressions respectively for week 30 of 2017 (Saturday, 22 July 2017 to Friday, 28 July 2017). The channels were ranked second and third, just after the Sun TV Network’s Tamil GEC flagship channel – Sun TV which scored 989.709 million impressions and retained its pole position.

As mentioned above – one Tamil GEC, six Hindi GECs’, two Telugu GECs’ and one Hindi Movies channel made it to the top 10 channels across genre list in week 30. From the network’s perspective – two channels each from 5 networks – The Sun TV Network, Zeel, Star India, Network 18 (Viacom 18) and Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) made up the top 10 channels across genre list.

Star India’s flagship Hindi GEC Star Plus was ranked fourth with 647.026 million impressions followed by Viacom 18’s flagship Hindi GEC Colors with 614.528 million impressions. Star India’s associate Telugu GEC channel Star Maa with 603.792 million impressions was sixth followed by Viacom 18’s FTA Hindi GEC Rishtey with 596.039 million impressions at seventh place.

SPN’s women centric shows channel Sony Pal was eighth with 538.710 million impressions. Its network sister and Hindi Movies channel Sony Max was ninth in the list with 529.383 million impressions with the Sun Network’s flagship Telugu GEC Gemini TV at tenth place with 515.418 million impressions.