News Broadcasting
BBC World to air ‘Wheels awards 2002’ as year-end special
NEW DELHI: 24-hour international news and information channel, BBC World, will air the first ever Wheels Awards 2002 today at 11.00 pm as its year-end special.
Winner of the ‘Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter’ at the Asian Television Awards 2002, Niret Alva will present the 30-minute show along with Navaz Sandhu, Paramangsu Mukherjee and Christopher Daruwalla. The award showcases more than 150 cars and 90 bikes.
The best cars were judged in six different categories and the best bikes in seven categories and the most coveted category of awards ‘Wheels Car of the Year’ and ‘Wheels Bike of The Year’ will go to Mahindra Scorpio Diesel and Yamaha Enticer respectively.
According to an official release, all the five car nominees in each category were reviewed on basis of common parameters of engine and performance, value for money, interiors, ride and handling, looks, build and finish, and brand value; while the bikes were adjudged on the basis of engine and performance, suspension, brand value, ride quality and comfort, looks, build and finish, and value for money.
According to Alva, Wheels provides viewers with an impartial and well-researched perspective of the automobiles industry which helps them arrive at a balanced conclusion and Wheels Awards 2002 is a step forward in the same direction.
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.
