News Broadcasting
DD Metro invites proposals for year end programmes
MUMBAI: Doordarshan has invited proposals from experienced producers of television programmes under sponsored category for shows on Christmas and New Years Eve on its Metro channel.
The programme slot on 25 December and New Years Eve is 8 -11:30 PM The programmes can be music or celebrity based entertainment shows along with Christmas and New Year greetings. All shows must be in Hindi.
Proposals should be furnished with a non-refundable processing fee in bank drafts of Rs. 10,000/- for each proposal in favour of PBBCI – D.G : Doordarshan, New Delhi.
Proposals should contain detailed storyline/ Synopsis/Segments, broad outline of treatment, details of artists, participants/Anchor, celebrities, names & CV of Producer, Director, Script writer, Director of Photography and other creative crew members. A show-reel (VHS) of a earlier telecast programme to substantiate the production quality should also be submitted along with the proposal.
Producers having sufficient experience of the production and marketing of programmes and who have organised and produced entertainment “Events” for television and having experience of marketing these “Events” may submit the proposals separately for each at the Facilitation Counter of Directorate General, Doordarshan, Doordarshan Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi-110001 latest by 31 October indicating “Proposals For Christmas & New Year Eve Programme For Metro Channel” on the cover.
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.
