News Broadcasting
BBC World’s revamped ‘Click Online’ airs in January
MUMBAI: From 5 January 2006, BBC World’s weekly technology programme Click Online will be re-launched with a new name, look and presenter. Spencer Kelly, who is currently a reporter on the programme, will take over as the main presenter.
Click will report from leading industry exhibitions and conferences to give audiences an insight into the technologies about to enter the marketplace. It will also offer practical computing and technical advice, as well as acting as a trusted guide to outstanding websites. Click will be first broadcast on BBC World every Thursday with four repeats during the week.
Kelly says, “Our new 30-minute programme will offer a comprehensive guide to the latest innovations and developments in computing, mobile communications and gadgets. We’ll also have analysis of the wider technological issues, plus interviews that will challenge business, industry and political leaders, whose decisions can affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the globe.”
The Click microsite will also show the programme in full each week – bbcworld.com/click – and will offer background information on all of the topics covered on-air, plus online archive with clips and text from previous shows.
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.
