News Broadcasting
CNN News18 to salute ‘Agents of Change’
MUMBAI: CNN-News18 is all set to air a special half-hour show on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Titled Agents for Change, the show will air on 1 and 2 October. In this special, the channel salutes the citizens who are being the change they want to see.
The channel has given three slots to this show on both the days. On Saturday, it will air at 1:30 pm, 5:30 pm and 11:30 pm whereas on Sunday the show will broadcast at 1:30 pm, 6:30 pm & 11:30 pm
The show will highlight the inspiring stories of real life people.
A father who lost his son to a pothole is now set about repairing them across Mumbai. Kung Fu nuns of Ladakh who are breaking stereotypes in each punch and kick. The channel will show how they are following the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi.
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.
