News Broadcasting
Deccan Chronicle IPO oversubscribed 1.82 times on Day 1
MUMBAI: The initial public offer (IPO) of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, publishers of the English broadsheet newspaper Deccan Chronicle, opened today to a positive response from the capital markets. The 8.01 million shares on offer were oversubscribed more than 1.82 times by the end of the first day.
The public issue offer for ownership of India’s first listed broadsheet newspaper is slated to close on 2 December. The final share allocation and pricing will be determined through the book-building route, the company has determined the price band as being between Rs 162 and Rs 194. At this price, the IPO is expected to yield between Rs 1.3 billion and Rs 1.55 billion.
Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited has appointed ICICI Securities Limited as the lead managers to the issue. The issue constitutes approximately 20 per cent of the fully diluted post offer paid-up capital assuming that the green shoe option is not exercised, and approximately 22 per cent assuming that the green shoe option is exercised in full.
Deccan Chronicle is the largest circulated and read English newspaper in Andhra Pradesh. The capital raised by the IPO will be used for financing new printing facilities, and for venturing into new territories and future strategic initiatives & acquisitions. The company has announced that it will be launching Deccan Chronicle in Tamil Nadu shortly.
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.
