News Broadcasting
Arianespace to launch Flight 157 on 28 Nov
FRANCE: Following the successful Launcher System Rehearsal in Kourou on 5 November, Arianespace has announced that its Flight 157 is now scheduled for a 28 November take-off.
Arianespace’s 11th launch of the year will orbit two satellites: HOT BIRD 7 for telecom operator Eutelsat, and STENTOR, a telecom technology demonstration satellite for the French space agency CNES.
The second Launcher System Rehearsal went off without a hitch, including the simultaneous filling with liquid hydrogen and oxygen of the cryogenic main stage (EPC) and cryogenic upper stage (ESC-A), as well as the synchronised launch sequence, up to T – 6 seconds. Based on this successful rehearsal, Arianespace scheduled the launch of the first “10-ton payload” Ariane 5.
Arianespace claims to be the commercial launch services leader, holding more than 50 per cent of the international market for satellites launched to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
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.
