News Broadcasting
Balaji Telefilms Q4 net at Rs 155 million
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has posted a net profit of Rs 155.03 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2006 as compared to Rs 96.47 million a year ago.
The total income has increased to Rs 781.40 million, up from Rs 568.44 million during this period.
For the entire fiscal, the company has posted a net profit of Rs 596.428 million as against Rs 412.962 million for the year ended 31 March 2005.
Total income for the year was Rs 2.9 billion, up from Rs 2.01 billion a year ago.
The board of directors has recommended a full and final dividend of Rs 3 per share (150 per cent on par value of Rs 2 per share), subject to the approval of members at the ensuing annual general meeting.
Balaji Telefilms chief financial officer V Devarajan has put in his papers, the company said. Sandeep Jain will take over as the CFO of the company.
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.
