News Broadcasting
BBC website provides immigration map of Britain
MUMBAI: BBC News website readers can see a immigration map of Britain. Based on a set of figures yet assembled about people born outside the British Isles it shows where they come from, where they live and how they’re doing.
Based on data from a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research, the Born Abroad pages reveal immigration data at national, regional and local level. Readers can find out what proportion of the population where they live was born abroad, and where they are most likely to come from. Information is also available for each country of birth, plus there are economic figures for different immigrant groups.
Interactive maps, facts and figures, highlights, contextual information and sortable tables are all provided to help people’s understanding of how immigration has shaped Britain.
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.
