News Broadcasting
News24 Broadcast appoints Ajay Mishra as company secretary
MUMBAI: News24 Broadcast, the news TV arm of BAG Films, appointed Ajay Mishra as company secretary with effect from 11 February 2020.
The decision of appointing Mishra as company secretary was taken by BAG Films board on Monday while releasing the quarter third results of the financial year 2019-20. The company has reported a standalone net loss of Rs 1.82 crore in the December-ended quarter.
The BSE filing of BAG Films said that Mishra is a qualified company secretary and law graduate, having over 10 years of experience in dealing with corporate and allied compliances.
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.
