News Broadcasting
Chernin signs new five-year pact with News Corp
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp has announced that its president and COO Peter Chernin has signed a new, five-year employment pact. Chernin has been News Corps president and COO since 1996.
New Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said, “Peter has been a close and trusted colleague for more than a decade. I am delighted that News Corporation will continue to have the benefit of his dynamic qualities for many years to come.
“He has done a superb job growing and operating our core entertainment businesses in an increasingly challenging global marketplace. Peter is respected throughout our company and the industry for his intelligence, drive and leadership.”
Chernin added, “Across the board, this organisation has the most talented, creative and aggressive management team in the business and I consider myself privileged to collaborate with them day in and day out.
“I am also enormously fortunate to have worked side by side with Rupert as News Corporation has become a global media company that today is without peer.”
Chernin joined News Corporation in 1989. He joined the company as president of Entertainment of the Fox Broadcasting Company, a position he held for three years. Under his leadership the network launched such hits as The Simpsons, In Living Colour and Beverly Hills 90210. From 1992 to 1996. He also served as Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO. He oversaw blockbusters like Speed, Independence Day and Titanic.
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.
