News Broadcasting
Channel 7 claims No 2 position in Uttar Pradesh
MUMBAI: Hindi news channel Channel 7, which was recently launched by Jagran TV Pvt. Ltd, has in a statement claimed that it recorded a reach of 37.9 per cent in Uttar Pradesh.
The channel asserts that it holds second position amongst Hindi news channels during the period 12 June to 18 June amongst the 25 + males in SEC ABC, all day.
As per the TAM data offered, during the same period Sabse Tez channel –Aaj Tak holds 44 per cent, followed by NDTV India and Zee News, which signifies 37.7 per cent and 37 per cent of the market share.
Commenting on the performance, Channel 7 chief operating officer Piyush Jain states, “With a growing number of news channels, the Indian television Industry has become extremely competitive and the key to holding the attention of the viewers is having relevant and compelling differentiators. We started with innovation as the key and strong programming content and were confident of consolidating our position in the market place. We will continue with these to increase our viewer ship even further.”
Suprisingly, Channel 7, NDTV In
dia and Zee News are battelling it out neck-to-neck in the same market.
The channel claims that the increase in reach has come at time when all other news channels are experiencing negative growth in their reach.
Channle 7 has set itself a target of being among the top three news channels in the country, states the release.
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.
