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The 13th edition of the Dream11 Indian Premier League ( Dream11 IPL 2020) is all set to break all records of viewership. The BARC India has released the ratings of Week 38th (19th Sep to 25th Sep) and IPL 2020 magic can be seen al over the ratings charts.
Such has been the impact of IPL 2020 on viewership charts that Star Sports 1 Hindi has become the number 1 channel across genres, all languages of the Indian television. Be it entertainment, news or any other genre IPL 2020 is completely dominating the rating charts.
Star Sports 1 Hindi is the number 1 channel of the week for the first time with 1,247,407 (Weekly impressions in 1000’s). Free to air channel Star Utsav and Star Plus is number 2 and number 3 in the rating list.
IPL 2020 : Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 5th rates the best
According to the BARC Week 38th data, the live telecast of the game between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders is the top rated game of the week. The MI-KKR game has registered 237,750 (In 1000’s) weekly impressions. This is most for any television program of the week.
On number 2 is the live broadcast of 4th match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings on Star Sports 1 Hindi. The match number 7th between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings is the 3rd most rated match of the week.
As most other entertainment avenues remain shut, IPL 2020 is a big draw
Earlier BCCI Sec Jay Shah had announced that the opening match of the Dream11 IPL between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings on September 19 had garnered a viewership of 20 crore people, setting a ‘new record’
“Highest ever opening day viewership for any sporting league in any country — no league has ever opened as big as this,” Shah said, citing Broadcast Audience Research Council, which manages the TV audience measurement system in India. In comparison, last year, Star India had said it reached 21.9 crore television viewers across the country for the first three IPL matches put together.
According to BBC, its broadcast of Southampton vs Manchester City on July 5 was the most watched English Premier League football match with a peak audience of 5.7 million across all platforms, including the BBC Sport website.
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