News Broadcasting
Crest Comm approves delisting, GDR issue of $ 10 million
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Crest Communications Ltd is going the GDR way to raise funds for the company.
In the annual general meeting (AGM) held on 8 September 2003, the members of Crest Communications Ltd have approved a GDR issue not exceeding $ 10 million. The shareholders have also approved the delisting of the company from the Ahmedabad and Chennai stock exchanges. Additionally, the borrowing limit for the board of directors has been set at Rs 1000 million.
Earlier, at its meeting held on 31 July 2003, the board had already agreed to take the above issues to the members for approval.
Crest Communications is primarily into animation software. It specialises in multi-format digital production and post-production editing. Its mainline business includes commercial television serials and packaging, ad films, 3D/2D animation and special effects.
The company reportedly plans to ramp-up the number of computer graphic workstations from 120 to about 300 by the year-end, which is expected to cost the company about Rs 500-600 million.
Earlier this year, Crest Communications had bagged three 3D animation television series worth over $6 million from the US-based Mike Productions. Its competitors in India include Pentamedia, UTV Toons, Colour Chips and the Padmalaya-Zee Telefilms combine.
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.
