News Broadcasting
Nick’s Kids’ Choice Awards on 12 April
CALIFORNIA: Nickelodeon will once again give kids the chance to vote for their favourite movie and music stars when its 16th Annual Kids Choice Awards is held on 12 April.
The event – which has evolved into a pint-sized Oscar ceremony, takes place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California The show will be seen in more than 120 million households on Nick’s international channels in Asia, UK, Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, Latin America and Brazil.
Rosie ODonnell will host proceedings for the seventh time running. An official release informs that this years awards will take the stars, music and mess to the next level with a video-game theme that will make Nick viewers feel they are virtually part of the show This years show will feature edgy, state-of-the-art technology that will replicate a live video game – filled with stars, music and mess.
Celebrity presenters will complete fantastic challenges and face-off with virtual-reality nemeses. Kids at home will also be invited to participate in the live show through real-time voting.
Box office hits Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ice Age and Spiderman are competing for the kids favourite film titles this year. The wizard Potter also figures in the favourite book and favourite video game categories. Spiderman also features in the favourite video game category as well as favourite male butt-kicker (Tobey Maguire). Three-time nominee Jennifer Lopez ranks as this years most nominated female entertainer with recognition for song, actress and singer.
Justin Timberlake leads the men with a total of three nominations: one for male singer and two-shared nominations with his NSYNC band members for music group and song.
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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.
