News Broadcasting
Nick US acquires GocityKids site
MUMBAI: US kids brand Nickelodeon has acquired GoCityKids, an online city directory and resource for families.
The GoCityKids website allows parents to search for activities that they can do together. It also keeps them informed of key dates for local events and attractions, and can be searched by a kids’ age and activity preference.
It is written by parents for parents, and includes user feedback, parents’ ratings of listings, as well as local details on everything from kids’ classes to party planning and seasonal events. The site also offers a weekly newsletter by city with local editor’s top picks for what to do with kids that week.
The five-year-old venture features information on destinations such as San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, among others. Under Nick, GoCityKids will broaden its reach from 14 to 20 cities by end of first quarter of 2006.
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.
