News Broadcasting
Disney is US’ most admired entertainment company: Fortune
MUMBAI: Publication Fortune magazine has reported that Walt Disney is America’s most admired entertainment company
The magazine conducted a survey of top entertainment industry executives, directors and securities analysts. The results were reported as part of Fortune’s “America’s Most Admired Companies” issue, which is being distributed this week.
Talking about the result Disney chairman, CEO Michael Eisner said, “In 2003, we emerged from a protracted period of economic difficulty and had a great year. This is primarily because the women and men of Disney remained focussed on what they do best, producing high quality and memorable family entertainment experiences. The fact that other entertainment industry executives recognised this by voting Disney as number one in our industry is a tribute to the hard work of our incredibly creative and dedicated cast members and employees.”
Last year Disney’s earnings per share grew by eight per cent, driven in part by the success offilms like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Finding Nemo.
To identify America’s most admired companies by industry, Fortune and its survey partner, the Hay Group, take the ten largest companies by revenues in 64 industries. They then ask 10,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts to rate the companies in their own industries. Eight criteria are used. They are innovation, employee talent, use of corporate assets, social responsibility; quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment value and quality of products/services.
Meanwhile a Reuters report stated that General Electric which owns NBC is not concerned about a potential merger between Walt Disney and Comcast. GE’s chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt however said that Comcast had chosen an opportune time to try and make a deal.
As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com NBC is combining with Vivendi Universal Entertainment. The new company will be known as NBC Universal. Its assets will include broadcast and cable TV properties, theme parks and Universal Studios.
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.
