News Broadcasting
ET Now brings ‘Kem Cho Gujarat’ on 26 May
MUMBAI: On viewers’ demand, India’s No. 1 English business news channel, ET Now, returns on 26 of May, with Kem Cho Gujarat, the knowledge-powerhouse ground initiative to empower individual investors across Ahmedabad and Gujarat. On monsoon-eve, ET Now is all set to make an even deeper connect with viewers and investors who, across three eventful days of Kem Cho Gujarat — through interactions the biggest market experts, live dealing room updates and investor education forums — will be empowered to pick the best stocks and make the best investment decisions to ride the bull run.
With the much anticipated monsoon around the corner, Kem Cho Gujarat, is planned as yet another significant investor welfare initiative from India’s #1 business news channel ET NOW from the TIMES NETWORK.
The activities will feature exclusive interaction opportunities with top market and business experts like Hiren Ved, Deven Choksey, Ashish Chugh and others along with ET NOW’s Niraj Shah and other market experts. Very special live coverage on Day One, i.e. Thursday, the 26 of May, from the state’s biggest brokerage firms and dealing rooms will help viewers to understand how the local players are dealing with the current market conditions.
On Day 2, 27 May, ET Now’s Niraj Shah gets together with ace market experts and analysts to power investors’ portfolios. He discusses with Deven Choksey (MD, KR Choksey Investment Managers Private Limited), Ashish Chugh (Hidden Gems) and Siddharth Bhamre (F&O Expert, ET NOW) on how investors should pick the right stocks for their portfolios. Viewers interested in attending the event, to be held at the J B Auditorium, Ahmedabad Management Association from 6 to 7.30 pm, can register on a first come first served basis
On Day 3, 28 May 2016, market guru Hiren Ved (Director & CIO, Alchemy Capital Management), through a candid conversation with Niraj Shah, Senior Editor – Stocks, ET NOW, will share his market outlook and recommendations on how investors should diversify their portfolios before the much anticipated monsoon to maximise gains. Viewers interested in attending the events, to be held at the J B Auditorium, Ahmedabad Management Association can do so by registering themselves as per the respective event schedule (Seating will be on a first come first served basis).
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
