News Broadcasting
Zee Media shareholders approve special fund-raising resolutions
MUMBAI: And so the juggernaut of Zee Media continues to roll on.
The company’s shareholders approved on 21 February two key special resolutions through a remote e-voting process, as set out in the postal ballot notice dated 13 January 2025.
The resolutions include an increase in the aggregate investment limit for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to 49 per cent of the company’s paid-up equity share capital on a fully diluted basis, as well as the issuance of securities amounting to Rs 400 crore or its equivalent in other currencies.
The proposals, aimed at strengthening Zee Media’s financial backbone, were passed with the requisite majority, reflecting strong shareholder support for the company’s growth initiatives. The first resolution got the go-ahead with 99.98 per cent of favourable votes, while the second one got 82.57 per cent ayes.
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: 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.
