News Broadcasting
Infosys: India’s most admired company
Infosys tecnologies was voted the most admired company according to a survey conducted by The Economic Times. Infosys beat heavyweights such as Hindustan Lever, Reliance Industries, Larsen & Tubro and Ranbaxy by a huge margin. The companies were rated on the basis of five most important attributes that drive admiration in the top performers: maintaining healthy profitability, enhancing shareholder value, responsiveness to customer needs, delivering products and services of high quality and the ability to thrive in a competitive environment. Infosys was the clear winner after being rated first in all these categories. HLL is at number 2 and Wipro at number 3.
Runner up HLL is number 2 in the areas of profitability, shareholder value and in its ability to thrive in a competitive environment. RIL is ranked third in terms of profitability, Satyam gets the same rank for enhancing shareholder value and Pepsi for its ability to thrive despite competition. Surprisingly, Wipro doesn’t figure in the top three on any of the five attributes.
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.
