News Broadcasting
CNBC-TV18 anchor Mini Menon moves to Times Global Broadcasting
MUMBAI: One of CNBC-TV18 faces Mini Menon has switched over to the proposed news channel from the Times of India Group.
In a statement issued by Times Global Broadcast, editor in chief Arnab Goswami said, “We are delighted to have Mini on board. Besides hosting our prime time shows, Mini will be a very valuable asset as part of our senior editorial team. She has equal competence over business and general news, and has a strong sense of the visual medium”
Menon started her career in broadcast journalism in 1997 and has been involved in hosting and producing news shows on BITV, Star, ANI TV and, for the last five years, on CNBC-TV18. Among the shows she has been associated with are Bazaar, India Business Hour, Emerging India series, The Good Life Show and Classroom.
A winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Award for excellence, Menon has received professional training in broadcast news from the UK. The Mumbai-based news channel from the Times Group is expected to be launched later this year.
Talking about her move to Times, Menon said “I am very excited to be part of a project that brings together two of the biggest brands in the news business. Besides, it will be challenging to be part of a startup that looks set to make a mark in the broadcast news landscape”
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: 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.
