News Broadcasting
CNN to air special series on green movement
MUMBAI: CNN International (CNNI) will roll out Going Green: Green Light for Business, a special series that concentrates on how the green movement is affecting the business sector across the globe.
The coverage will be aired on 9 July at 6 pm and 11pm. Additionally, viewers can catch it on 11 July at 12.30 pm and 11 pm and on 12 July at 8.30 am, 1 pm and 8.30 pm.
CNNI SVP Katherine Green says, “We want to know how the world’s most forward-thinking companies are achieving their environmental and economic goals, and bring the conversation to our international audience that cares about the impact of green initiatives in business.”
CNNI will offer a full-week of coverage from the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The channel will talk to brands like Google and Warner Brothers to discover how serious their claims are and how is it working for them.
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.
