News Broadcasting
G Krishnan to stay as NBA president
NEW DELHI: News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has re-elected TV Today CEO G Krishnan as its president for the second term, at the first annual general meeting (AGM) held in the Capital today.
Ibn18 Broadcast joint MD Sameer Manchanda holds the position of vice president for the second term while NDTV group CEO KVL Narayan Rao will continue as the treasurer.
Krishnan said, “The future before us is very complex and challenging. The question we have to ask is, do we have the vision to move together to meet these challenges? The Indian broadcasting industry will change enormously and we will have to change willingly. Instead of reluctantly drifting into the future, we should drive the future using all the tools available to us, given of course that government policies adapt to new realities.”
“The movement forward is a collective initiative supported with a sound policy environment. The industry and government must work together in a public private partnership to meet the new challenges and to strengthen the broadcasting industry rather than strangulate the industry. A meaningful dialogue is needed with the government and the various stakeholders,” he added.
In addition NBA announced the names of office bearers and board of directors for 2008-09 which includes G Krishnan, Zee News CEO Barun Das, Times Global Broadcating CEO Chintamani Rao, KVL Narayan Rao, Independent News Services COO Rohit Bansal, Sameer Manchanda and Media Content and Communications Services (India) managing editor Shazi Zaman.
The board of directors of NBA remains exactly the same as it was last year.
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: 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.
