News Broadcasting
CNN to feature ‘Taming the Beast: Inside the War on Cancer’
CNN will present a documentary Taming the Beast: Inside the War on Cancer. The documentary is scheduled to air on 13 August at 3:30 pm.
The CNN’s medical correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta will visit The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA to learn about cutting-edge methods used to fight the disease and to meet some of its survivors.
CNN will also provide rare and personal access to those battling cancer by providing a unique video recording room in the hospital to allow patients, doctors, families, clergy and others the opportunity to share and record information about their experiences with cancer, informs a press release.
An interview with Dr Fred Lang, associate professor of neurosurgery, and Dr Juan Fueyo, associate professor of the hospital’s Department of Neuro-Oncology is included in the programme. During filming, the doctors were preparing a clinical trial for treating deadly brain tumors with an injection of a gene altered cold virus called a “smart bomb.”
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.
