News Broadcasting
CNN News18 to cover race for White House
MUMBAI: After weeks of campaigning and widely watched debates, the U.S. Presidential Election is in its last leg. As the final phase of one of the most anticipated elections comes to a close, CNN News18 is all geared up to cover the elections through its new show – Race for White House.
The channel will present 30 hours of non-stop coverage, from 5:30 pm on 8 November until the results are called and declared.
Special shows starting from 1 November will capture the mood of the voter, as well as the issues which have dominated the Trump-Hillary race.
Drawing on its partnership with CNN, the extensive in depth coverage on CNN-News18 will be driven by the channel’s team of editorial experts led by executive editor Anubha Bhonsle, who will be live from Washington and New York. The channel’s team comprising anchors and experts will provide coverage of the elections – exclusives, projections and insightful analysis, tracking America and the verdict about who will move into White House.
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.
