News Broadcasting
Big 92.7 FM announces Nakli No.1 winners
MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM announced the Nakli No.1 winner of its Mumbai leg at Atria Mall, Worli.
The FM mimicry hunt involved contestants impersonating their favorite celebrities. The contest offered mimics the opportunity to display their talent to the public. The winner would win a yearlong contract with Big 92.7 FM as an RJ.
Big 92.7 FM RJs Rohit and RJ Baburao were the hosts of the evening and the judges panel consisted of celebrity couple Delnaz Paul & Rajiv Paul of Nach Baliye fame and, voice over artist Siddharth Kannan.
After auditions and short-listing of candidates, the 3 finalists put their best mimic foot forward in front of the judges & the audience. Nitin Zagade was crowned the Big STAR with a yearlong contract on the station.
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.
