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Asia’s ‘Top 20 IT-savvy’ firms listed
SINGAPORE: Intelligent Enterprise Asia conferred the 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards to the region’s top 20 enterprises that use infocom-related technologies to drive new levels of operational excellence, customer service and innovation. The panel of judges was chosen from 10 global consulting and research firms such as Accenture, Gartner and IDC.
The winners and finalists will be honoured at a presentation ceremony on 16 January, 2003, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore. The vice-chairman of the SITF Wireless Chapter, Chong Yoke Sim, will be the chief guest at the event.
Intelligent Enterprise Asia conferred the 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards to Asiatravelmart, Bank of America (Asia), Bumrungrad Hospital, City Harvest Church, CWT Distribution, CWT Globelink, FarEastFlora.com, Great Eastern Life, HDFC Bank, Hongkong International Terminals, Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Nanyang Technological University, Noble Group, Pioneer Electronics Technology Asia, Raffles International, Seagate, Singapore Telecommunications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Prudential Assurance.
The 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards received a total of 52 entries from countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Entries were assessed through application submissions and weightage given to customer satisfaction; product/service quality assurance; return on technology investment and innovation.
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.
