Modi’s 9pm-9minutes video message receives a billion viewing minutes
Apr 9, 2020, 11:32 IST
- According to a BARC report, these are the third highest viewing minutes recorded in any PM’s speech.
- More than 119 million people watched the video telecasted across 199 channels.
- Previously, lockdown became the biggest news event in India so far. It received more views than the finale of Indian Premier League 2019, which had 133 million viewers.
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According to the report, it is the third highest viewing minutes recorded for any PM’s speech. Also, more than 119 million people watched the telecast of the video across 199 channels on April 3.
Modi’s ‘complete lockdown’ received 197 million views
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day world's largest lockdown to contain Coronavirus on March 24, as many as 197 million people were glued to TV across 201 news channels.
Date | PM Address to the nation | Channels | Viewership in millions |
8 November 2016 | Demonetisation | 114 | 57 |
8 August 2019 | Article 370 | 163 | 65 |
19 March 2020 | Janata Curfew due to COVID-19 | 191 | 83 |
24 March 2020 | Complete Lockdown in India due to COVID-19 | 201 | 197 |
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