News Broadcasting
CNBC US to launch a daily global business show
MUMBAI: US business and financial channel CNBC will launch what it calls a truly worldwide daily business news programme, with anchors in New York, London and Singapore. The two-hour live programme is scheduled to launch on 19 December 2005.
The broadcast will focus on global investment issues, analyzing the trends and economic indicators that are influencing those who are investing across international markets. The programme will look at the close of the trading day from Asia, the middle of the trading day in Europe and the pre-market action in the U.S.
The premiere of the worldwide programme coincides with CNBC assuming full control in both CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia. From January 2006, CNBC will assume full control of CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia and CNBC World, per the agreement with Dow Jones. The companies announced in July 2005 that Dow Jones will transfer its 50 per cent equity interests in CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia as well as its 25 per cent interest in the domestic digital service, CNBC World.
Utilising the resources of CNBC, CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia, the telecast will be anchored by Michelle Caruso Cabrera in New York, Ross Westgate in London and Christine Tan in Singapore.The programme is under the direction of Jeremy Pink, who was named CNBC VP, international news and programming in September 2005.
CNBC US president Mark Hoffman says, “This broadcast is the first full integration of CNBC’s worldwide roster of anchors, correspondents and producers. As business increasingly is conducted on a worldwide basis, it is essential for our audience to have the most complete and relevant coverage. Only CNBC has the resources to meet such a challenge.”
CNBC says that it believes in the continued increasing competitive environment, businesses need to find global solutions and take an international perspective. The CNBC worldwide telecast will deliver in-depth analysis of worldwide trends that are influencing those who are investing across international markets. The program will feature live reports from financial centers around the world, including Shanghai, Mumbai, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Dubai, among others.
“This will be an exciting and informative programme. CEOs and other newsmakers will be able to speak to an audience, live, on a global basis, fielding questions from CNBC reporters from around the world,” adds Hoffman.
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:Â 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.
