News Broadcasting
NDTV Property Awards acknowledged Indian real estate space
MUMBAI: NDTV Property Awards, presented by Parryware, which is into its third year has emerged as the most credible benchmark for the real estate industry. Manisha Natarajan, Senior Editor, Business and Real Estate along with Vasudha Sharma and Anjali Istwal, co-anchors of The Property Show, hosted the third edition of the NDTV Property Awards, presented by Parrywareand powered by Johnson Tiles. The awards honoured and acknowledged excellence in Indian real estate and recognized real estate leaders whose persistent pursuit of excellence has fuelled India’s journey to the forefront of the world’s economy.
The Chief Guest of the evening was Shri Babul Supriyo, the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
The big winners of the night included Mr C.L Raheja who was conferred with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, Brotin Banerjee was honoured with the Best CEO in Real Estate Award and real estate giant Omaxe Ltd. was felicitated with outstanding contribution to Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities.
Held on 5th March, 2016 at Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel, Bengaluru, the ceremony was attended by the crème de la crème of the real estate world including Mr Irfan Razack, Chairman & Managing Director of the Prestige Group, Mr JC Sharma, VC & MD Sobha Limited, Mr Jaishankar, Chairman and Managing Director, Brigade Group and Mr Getamber Anand, CMD ATS Infrastructure.
Awardees List
Jury members for the awards included Mrs Renu Sudkarnad, MD, HDFC; Mr Amit Bhagat, CEO & Managing Director, ASK Property Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd; Mr Ritesh Vohra,Partner, Real Estate Investments, IDFC Alternatives Limited; Mr Rohit Salhotra, MD and CEO ICICI-HFC; Mr Sachin Sandhir, MD, South Asia, RICS and Ms Manisha Natarajan, Senior Editor, Business and Real Estate, NDTV.
All results were confidentially tabulated and audited by KPMG with Prop Equity as the Knowledge Partner and EDS as Knowledge Partner for the Green Awards.
Associate Sponsors for the event were Cushman & Wakefield, Rajnigandha Cables Pvt. Ltd, 99acres.com, Reliance Home Finance, Nippon Paint and Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway as the hospitality partner.
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.
