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Manisha Koirala joins the board of GV Films
MUMBAI: Chenna-based GV Films Ltd has inducted Bollywood star Manisha Koirala into the board as a director, saying she will play a wider role in the company including movie and television productions.
Koirala joins the board at a time when GV Films is attempting to revamp its businesses which had taken a hit over the years. The company recently signed up with Jaya TV for making two 3D live action shows for the Tamil general entertainment channel. GV Films has also made a foray into the Hindi film industry.
Says GV Films chairman Mahadevan Ganesh, We are pleased to have Koirala on the board. We expect her association will enhance exponentially the media vision of G V films and give it a multiplier presence in the Bollywood film industry. She will be involved in various aspects of the company besides acting such as film and TV productions.
Adds Koirala: I look forward to contributing and sharing my experience of last 20 years in the movie industry. I am looking forward to explore new areas of growth and I feel it is a privilege to join GV films. It is offering a wider umbrella by opening up in multiple areas of entertainment such as Hindi films, TV content and foray into multiplexes.”
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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.
