News Broadcasting
NDTV denies violating any law while covering Yakub Memon’s hanging
MUMBAI: News channel New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) has denied violating any law while covering the news of Yakub Memon’s execution.
The statement comes in the wake of the show cause notice sent to the channel earlier this week by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry for alleged violation of Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, regarding the broadcast of news related to coverage of Memon’s execution.
“The company firmly believes that it has not violated any law while covering the said news and is in the process of seeking legal opinion before responding to the said notice,” the channel said in an official statement.
Meanwhile, as was reported by Indiantelevision.com earlier, both the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and the Broadcasters Editors Association (BEA) have expressed concern over the show cause notice sent to NDTV, ABP News and Aaj Tak by the I&B Ministry pertaining to their coverage of stories linked to Memon’s hanging.
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.
