News Broadcasting
Raj TV to air ‘Satyaraj 25’ in December
MUMBAI: An event to commemorate the 25 years of Tamil actor Satyaraj was held at Coimbatore on 9 November at 6:30 pm.
Witnessing a attendence of 19,833, the scintillating show celebrated the accomplishment of vetran Tamil actor Satyaraj. The show will be aired exclusively on Raj TV in December.
The star studded performance included Ramya Krishnan,Ramba,Shereen, Junior Silk,Sangamam fame Vindhiya. The event saw a great attendence from the renowned names in the Tamil film industry.
The highlight of the evening included the felicitation of the recipient of the Kalaimamani Satyaraj by Padmashree Kamal Hasan and Shri Vijaykanth.
Satyaraj, who started out as a character artist in 1974, then quickly made a transition to playing a villain, followed by villian-cum-comedian and later he moved on to play the main negative lead. But after a fair share of playing the anti-hero, he branched out to comedy and made his mark.
He has worked with eminent directors like Fasil, Mani Ratnam, Mannivannan, K.Balachander and Bharthiraja and actors like Kamal Hasaan, Rajnikanth, Late Sivaji Ganesan. He has also received Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Poovizhe Vasalile, and Vedham Pudhidhu.
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.
