News Broadcasting
CNN offers extensive coverage of the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland
CNN is to broadcast a week of coverage dedicated to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos , Switzerland , including documentaries, live debate, interviews and regular news updates. Anchors Richard Quest, Becky Anderson and Charles Hodson will be reporting live on location as the week’s events develop.
Coverage includes a special two-hour network event titled “ Europe ‘s identity crisis” which culminates in a CNN CONNECTS global forum before a live audience. A prestigious panel of experts will brainstorm and debate how European nations can effectively embrace different faiths and cultures. CNN anchor Becky Anderson hosts the one-hour special, which features guests including Ali Babacan, Minister of State for the Economy of Turkey, and Günter Verheugen, European Commission Vice-president and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry .
Supporting CNN CONNECTS is an hour-long documentary hosted by CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul. In EUROPE’S IDENTITY CRISIS , Penhaul travels across the continent visiting France , Germany , Ireland , the Netherlands and Spain , examining life through an immigrant’s eyes, and investigating how nations have reacted to the increasing tide of migrant workers.
In addition, a special program THIS WEEK AT DAVOS brings all the events into perspective in a half hour round-up. THIS WEEK AT DAVOS features interviews with the Director General of the WTO Pascal Lamy and CEO of Motorola Edward Zander, while also looking at some of the more intriguing round-tables and odder happenings at the Swiss mountain village.
Rena Golden, Senior Vice President of CNN International, said: “Some of the most powerful political and business leaders in the world will be at Davos. That’s our audience, so of course CNN will be there. We’ll debate the important issues and find out what the world’s leaders intend to do about them. Their agenda intersects with the issues we examine daily.”
The documentary EUROPE ‘S IDENTITY CRISIS (documentary) and CNN CONNECTS, two hours, back-to-back on 29 January 2006 at 8:30 am, 3:30 pm.
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.
