News Broadcasting
iTV network launches news broadcast media institute
Mumbai: iTV network has announced the launch of ITV Media Institute (ITVMI) in New Delhi.
The institute offers media aspirants the opportunity to register for a one-year full time diploma course in television and digital journalism. This will give entry-level journalists the professional and technical expertise to work across media platforms. The course will impart knowledge of various aspects of television and digital journalism viz. script and content writing, reporting, PTC, walk-through, anchoring, voice-over, video-editing, graphic designing, camera, lighting, news production, working of PCR and MCR, mobile journalism, live streaming and nitty-gritty of digital media like news writing for news portals and social media.
The media aspirants may also choose from a variety of short-term certificate courses (four months) at the institute in reporting, anchoring, video-editing, script and creative writing.
“The programmes will give students access to national network and professional resources laying a strong foundation for a future in media,” said the statement. “The courses will help students learn all aspects of journalism including editorial and technical. And, they get an opportunity to work in a news channel to put theory into practice.”
“There’s immense competition out there and as a credible media network, it’s our responsibility to not get lost in the confusion and deliver news with clarity and integrity,” said iTV Network founder Kartikeya Sharma. “We take pride to warm-heartedly welcome media aspirants to the best academic institute in Delhi.”
“With the new concept: ‘Newsroom as classroom’ assisted with highly experienced and professional faculty, the courses at ITVMI will not teach students from books, but from real scenes as the action unfolds,” he further said.
The institute offers features such as an interactive teaching approach, emphasis on practical training, well-equipped infrastructure with state-of-art studios, live to track, student friendly focused learning environment, covid protection in total capacity, training under well-equipped newsroom with high-end cameras, editing machines, graphic machines, live broadcast graphics like Vizrt and Wasp-3d, online editing, 3D animation on Maya software et al, guaranteed placement based on performance assessment of students and access to live production and outdoor shoots with an expert production team, said the statement.
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.
