News Broadcasting
Jain Television into exclusive content arrangement with 18 leading publications
NEW DELHI: Jain Television, set to become the first Business & News Channel in Hindi, has entered into an exclusive content sharing arrangement with 18 leading regional publications, across the country.
Through this unique tie-up, Jain Television will share the content of its Budget special programme, Mere Sau Rupaye with these publications and get their editors and journalists on the programme.
According to Jain Television managing editor Ankur Jain, “The idea is to bring news into peoples language, even if it means simplifying the complex business and finance matters.”
“Moreover, appearance of senior mediapersons on the programme will provide unbiased and expert opinion to the viewers”, added Jain. The transcripts of Mere Sau Rupaye, aired on Jain Television every day between February 22 – March 5, 2003, between 7.00 – 10.00 pm will be published in key regional dailies such as:
North
Aaj all Editions in UP
Jansatta Express Lucknow
Prabhat Khabar Ranchi, Patna
Greater Kashmir Jammu
Navabharat Nagpur, Mumbai and Bhopal
Jansatta – Raipur
East
Prabhat Khabar Kolkata
Dharitri Bhubaneswar
Purvanchal Prahiri Assam
Amar Assam Assam
West
Loksatta – Ahmedabad
Jansatta – Ahmedabad
Sambhav – Ahmedabad
Mumbai Samachar – Mumbai
Navjyoti Ajmer
South
Siasat – Hyderabad
Vaartha (Hindi/ Telugu) Hyderabad
New Indian Express Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai
In line with its plans to become the first free-to-air Business and News Channel in Hindi, Jain Television is totally changing the look and feel of the current programme content, aiming to reach out to all the news watchers in 40 million Cable & Satellite (C&S) households in the country.
Jain Television has started a series of new programmes where the countrys leading economists, financial analysts, corporate heads, former prime ministers and finance minsters will give their expert opinions about the Budget. This includes series such as Mere Sau Rupaye, Agar Aap FM Hote and Sau Rupaye Ka Chutta.
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.
