News Broadcasting
BMA 2003 honours Bollywood music industry
NEW JERSEY: Bollywood Group’s Bollywood Music Awards (BMA) 2003 was held recently at Atlantic City, New Jersey, to honour the artistes of Bollywood music industry.
The BMA conferred its Outstanding Music Producer of the Year award to the producers of Pritish Nandy Communication’s Kaante, Sur, Jhankaar Beats and Mumbai Matinee.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Pankaj Udhas. Other Goodwill Awards went to international choreographer Darren Henson who has choreographed for Britney Spears, N Sync, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Lopez and Arrow.
Singers like Sonu Nigam, Kumar Sanu, Hans Raj Hans, Sukhwinder, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bombay Vikings, Harry Anand, Anamika, Arrow amd Inder Kanhai and the middle eastern sensation Alabina performed live at the ceremony.
The show, anchored by television actress Tanaaz Currim was the brainchild of Bollywood Group chairman Kamal Dandona.
Among the list of winners were Sonu Nigam for Best Male Singer (Saathiya ), Sunidhi Chauhan for Best Female Singer(Kaante), Mahalaxmi Iyer Best New Musical Talent (Sur) and Adnan Sami for Best Pop Album (Tera Chehra).
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.
