News Broadcasting
DD invites tenders for archives project
MUMBAI: Doordarshan has invited CD mastering firms to file a tender for its archives project.
The tender notice that appeared in the leading dailies, on 16 July, invites the eligible firms to bring out recordings of maestros in CDs/VCDs/DVDs formats.
DD’s plans to replicate the recordings of performances of great masters in Indian music, dance and art. The plan behind getting the recordings in the CD format, is to bring in new generation to lead the project.
The bids are to be submitted in two parts as prescribed in the format. The details can be viewed on Doordarshan’s website, www.ddindia.com under the subhead – Business on DD.
The last day of submitting the bids is 26 August 2004.
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.
