News Broadcasting
Hinduja TMT Q2 net profit at Rs 5081 million
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT has posted a profit after tax of Rs 5081.989 million for the quarter ended 30 September, 2006 as compared to Rs 120.993 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2005.
The company has recorded a total income of Rs 7758 million for the quarter comparing with a year-before of Rs 459 million. Net sales stood at Rs 934.74 million, compared to Rs 410.31 million a year ago.
Expenditure came to Rs 919.06 million compared with Rs 348.18 million in the third quarter of 2005. Expenditure includes direct / operating cost and connectivity cost Rs 22.407 million, staff cost Rs 412.346 million, rent & compensation charges Rs 58.453 million, legal & professional charges Rs 317.983 million, discounts and commission Rs 4.180 million and others Rs 103.686 million.
Operating Profit registered at Rs 6839 million from Rs 111 million, a year earlier.
The figures related to the current quarter ended 30 September 2006 are strictly not comparable to the corresponding previous quarter, since the Manila Branch commenced operations w.e.f. 1 October, 2005.
According to the official statement, pursuant to the sale of the company’s effective stake in Hutchsion Essar Ltd., on 30 June, the company (alongwith wholly owned subsidiaries and one offshore group company) received the total consideration of USD 450 million.
Part consideration was received on 30 June and the balance consideration on 17 August. As on date, the overseas ITES / BPO arm of the company, Pacific Horizon Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary has cash surpluses of over USD 130 mn in-organic growth initiatives.
The company has booked profits (net) on sale of long term investments on sale of Hutch stake and other overseas subsidiaries of Rs 2050 million in the first quarter and Rs 6800 million in the second quarter.
On 31 August the board approved a scheme of demerger of its IT-ITES/ BPO operations from the company with the appointed date as 1 October. The scheme has been filed with the High Court of Judicature at Bombay and shareholder approval is being sought, informs the release.
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.
