News Broadcasting
Emmy Awards to salute TV icon Dick Clark
MUMBAI: US television industry icon Dick Clark will be at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Conan O’Brien, on 27 August 2006. Clark among other activities produces the Golden Globe Awards.
Clark began his entertainment career at the age of 17 at WRUN Radio in Utica, New York. After graduating from Syracuse University with a bachelor of science in business administration, he became a news anchorman at television station WKTV. In 1952, he moved to Philadelphia to work for WFIL Radio and Television. Four years later, he became the host of the local television station’s show, Bandstand.
In 1957, Clark founded Dick Clark Productions and convinced ABC to carry the show nationwide. Within weeks American Bandstand was the US’ highest-rated daytime show. American Bandstand holds the record as television’s longest running music/variety programme.
It has earned many awards and honours, including two Emmy awards. The show also served as the foundation upon which Clark rose to national fame and built a multi-faceted entertainment company which produces shows like So You Think You Can Dance, The American Music Awards and The Golden Globe Awards.
Since his breakthrough with American Bandstand Clark has gone on to host many special broadcasts including the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve specials, the Bloopers series and specials, and numerous retrospective specials centered around his history-making American Bandstand television series. Clark is also well known for his live behind-the-scenes interviews at events like the Golden Globe Awards.
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.
