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CNBC India launches forum for Indian telecom industry
MUMBAI: Business channel CNBC India has linked up with Computer Associates to launch ‘Telecom Turf’, touted as the first of its kind corporate colloquium of the Indian telecom Industry.
The channel says ‘The Telecom Turf’ will focus on challenges as well as parameters for growth in this sector, developments on limited mobility telephony, funding pressure, price wars and consolidation in the industry, among other issues. Initiated by a panel of corporate chieftains and thinkers from the industry, this interactive session is to be held on 19 July at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai.
This event for the telecom industry acquires significance in the light of the current developments in this space, currently undergoing a transition with respect to regulations, technology and private sector participation. The telecom industry is going through a critical phase in its evolution in India and decisions that are being taken today are likely to have a far-reaching impact on the future of individual businesses and the sector as a whole. The panel of speakers from the telecom industry would comprise personalities like Akhil Gupta (CEO Corporate Development Reliance Industries) F B Cardozo (BPL Mobile), Pramod Saxena (CEO Motorola), Amitabh Kumar (Zee Televentures), Akhil Gupta (Jt. MD Bharti Telecom), Shyamal Ghosh (Universal Service Fund Administrator & Ex-Secretary – Dept of Telecommunications) and Rajiv Mehrotra (President ABTO).
Computer Associates claims to be a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management solutions in India.
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.
