News Broadcasting
ETC Network reports net profit of Rs 27.4 m in Q3
MUMBAI: The Zee group controlled ETC Network reported a net profit of Rs 27.4 million for the quarter ended 31 December, 2003 as compared to Rs 41.5 million for the quarter ended 31 December, 2002.
Total income of the company increased from Rs 124.4 million in the Q3-2002 to Rs 132.2 million in the quarter ended 31 December, 2003. The results were taken on record by the board of directors at a meeting held on 20 January.
As of yesterday, ETC Networks was among the select few media scrips on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) which showed a gain. The company’s shares opened at Rs 55.30 and closed at Rs 56.50 thereby amounting to a gain of 2.17 per cent. The total number of shares that were traded on the BSE on 20 January were 1,25,858.
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.
