News Broadcasting
Alpha Punjabi launches ‘Music Night’; announces September plans
MUMBAI: Alpha TV Punjabi has announced its programme highlights for the month of September. In addition to all the popular shows currently on air, the channel is launching a new weekly show named Music Nights for Wednesdays.
According to an official release, the channel is ready to churn out interesting programmes and has added some new programmes also to its existing chart.
Alpha Punjabi is bringing for its viewers the happening party scenes in the UK with a new show Music Night. The show will cover upmarket parties attended by fans of Punjabi music and the music stars. Starting 8 September, the show will air every Wednesday at 8:30 pm.
“Alpha TV Punjabi has brought a unique show for their viewers which gives them a sneak preview of all the up market celebrations and parties being held anywhere in UK and which has “saada Punjab” in it,” informs the release.
Alpha Punjabi, which has recently introduced the viewers’ choice feature for its Saturday blockbusters, has lined up movies Baagi Surme, Lalkaren Sheran De, Kee Banu Duniyan Da and Sawa Lakh Te Ekk Ladao for viewers to choose from. This Sunday the channel is airing the superhit Punjabi movie Mela starring Girja Shanker, Chandani and Sardar Sohi.
Sudesh Lahiri portrays the character of Yamraj, in the most popular comedy show Alpha Gaddi, on 11 September at 7:30 pm. In Saada Campus anchor Jasmin Bhatti takes the viewers to the Girls College, Shimlay to probe into what is the latest in the students circle out there. This episode will be aired on 9 September at 8 pm.
The celebrity show Meriyan Gallan Mere Geet this week will feature Muscat based singer Zila Khan, daughter of legendary sitarist Ustaad Vilayat Khan through its programme on 12 September at 7:30 pm. Another music programme Kuch Pal Tere Naa will showcase the popular singer Nachhattar Gill this week on 11 September at 8:30 pm.
Sitcom Jugnu Mast Mast has Punjabi comedian Bhagwant Mann taking part in an audition of a music company. It depicts in a delightful way the complexities involved in the whole process and how Bhagwant along with his partner Rana Ranbir takes up the issues and shows the lighter side of the problems, adds the release.
Naachi Saade Naal is a dance based show full of energy and rhythm, in which contestants from different streams and different age groups (15 years to 30 years) are short-listed and then they are invited to perform in front of an elite panel of judges. The weekly show will air 11 September at 8:00 pm.
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.
