Mumbai: In an interesting development Star Maa has displaced long-time leader Sun TV from the top position in Barc’s top ten channels list for week 6 (5 to 11 February). The Telugu GEC clocked in 2511.21 AMA to emerge as the most viewed channel.

After ruling the charts for weeks consecutively, Sun TV dropped to the third position this week with ratings of 2496.27 (‘000s). Star Utsav, the Hindi GEC that has been challenging the status quo of Sun TV, Star Plus and Star Maa at the top three slots for some time now, was second at 2505.85 AMA.

Star Plus was at number four, followed by Dhinchaak, Star Vijay, Zee TV, Star Jalsha, Sony Pal and Sony SAB.

Maintaining hold over the mega cities and south, Sun TV registered average ratings of 430.03 and 2487.54 in the two markets respectively. Star Plus, Colors, Star Vijay, and Sony SAB were other top performers in the mega cities, in that order. The remaining four slots in the south market were grabbed by Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Telugu and Zee Kannada.

Among the regional markets, Maharashtra/Goa was led by Star Pravah at 1321.8 (‘000s), West Bengal by Star Jalsha at 1356.09, Odisha by Tarang (453.05), Karnataka by Zee Kannada (1315.07), Rajasthan by Star Utsav (248.61) and UP/Uttarakhand by also by Star Utsav at 417.06.