Top TV news channels in India

Top English TV news Channels: NDTV is the most popular English news channel in India followed by CNN IBN. Times Now is closely following the leaders. Top 3 channels command more than 85% of English news viewership.

Market share of English news channels:

1. NDTV – 31%.
2. CNN IBN – 30%.
3. Times Now – 25%.
4. Headlines Today – 14%.

Top Hindi TV News Channels:

Aaj Tak is the leading Hindi news channel in India followed by Star News. Sensational tactics pushed India TV to No.3 slot.

1. Aaj Tak – 22% market share.
2. Star News – 19%.
3. India TV – 15%.
4. Zee News and IBN – 10%.
5. NDTV India – 8%.

Is there any space for more news channels in Indian Television space?

Source: TAM and Business World.

Top 10 News Channels In India

Indian Viewers are now spending more time watching News than reading news. TV Channels are competing with each other for more viewership.

As per Latest TAM ratings, Aaj Tak is the number one news channel in India with 23.5% market share. Zee News is in second place with 16.4% market share. NDTV India is the number one English news channel with 13% share. IBN 7 is in fourth place with 9% share. India TV is in the fifth place with 9% share.

TV9 is the number one Telugu News channel with 8.2% market share followed by another Telugu channel with 6.6% share. So, Andhra Pradesh viewers are spending more time watching news.

Sahara Samay, DD News and Awaaz occupied other places. With ZeeTV, TV9 and ETV are planning to launch more news channels in regional languages, Indian News Space is in the hot zone. Read this blog for more Breaking news.

Source : Business World