News Broadcasting
CNN’s Hong Kong bureau to lead WTO coverage
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has announced that Hong Kong will serve as the centre of the network’s in-depth, international coverage of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting from 13-18 December 2005. The Asian production hub is dedicating extensive resources and staff to cover the duration of the conference that has proved such a flashpoint in the past for anti globalisation protests.
CNN’s on the ground presence includes senior Asia correspondent Mike Chinoy and correspondents Eunice Yoon and Mallika Kapur who are to report live across CNN International programming from sites including the roof of the Hong Kong Convention Centre and the surrounding streets where up to 20,000 protestors are expected to congregate.
Further coverage highlights include packages on the wider implications of the WTO decisions around the world, including individual reports from Jim Boulden and Alphonso van Marsh on how farmers in France and Mali respectively may be affected.
In addition, Mike Chinoy will analyse Hong Kong’s security preparations, Eunice Yoon asks whether global trade can ever be truly fair while Seoul correspondent Sohn Jie-Ae hears from Korean farmers protesting against rice imports.
Reports air from today 7 December 2005 in shows like CNN Today and World News Asia which are both produced in Hong Kong.
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.
