News Broadcasting
HSBC chairman Eldon discusses the Asian economy on CNN
This week on CNN's chat show Talk Asia the chairman of the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) David Eldon gives viewers insights into the Asia Pacific region's economic future. He also shares his plans for life after retirement in May.
The show airs on 12 March at 9:30 am, 7 pm, 10:30 pm and on 13 March at 5 pm, 8:30 pm and on 14 March at 9 am.
Eldon, who has spent 37 years with HSBC, discusses with host Lorraine Hahn the importance of Asia's role in the global economy. "I think that it is very important, and I believe it's going to get even more important. If you take our own definition of Asia, which runs effectively from Pakistan to New Zealand and Japan to Indonesia…you have two of the largest countries in the world – India and China. Both of which, by themselves are going to have a major global impact."
The chairman also talks about HSBC's stake in the Bank of Communications in China and the World Trade Organisation deal in which China has promised to fully open up its banking sector by 2006.
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.
