News Broadcasting
2008 Intl Emmy Awards winners for news, current affairs announced
MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Iatas) in the US has announced the 2008 International Emmy Awards winners for its News and Current Affairs categories.
The Pro-TV News report Any Idea of What Your Kid is Doing Right Now?” about abandoned children made history by winning the first News Emmy ever for Romania and for Eastern Europe.
Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries’ undercover camera report on the Natalee Holloway case, produced by SBS Broadcasting BV/Endemol Entertainment won the Current Affairs category. De Vries investigated the disappearance and possible murder of a young American in Aruba.
The International Emmys were presented to the winners by Iatas president Bruce L. Paisner in New York City. He says, “We continue to marvel at the spread of news capabilities and excellence in television reporting in an increasing number of countries. The winners will cause even more organisations around the world to aspire to win International Emmys in future years.”
Nominees for 10 other International Emmy Awards categories will be announced on 13 October at the television trade event Mipcom in Cannes, France. Winners will receive their awards at the 36th International Emmy Awards Gala on 24 November, in New York City.
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.
