News Broadcasting
Media stocks nearly steady as Sensex rises
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent and closed at 3,499 on 20 June, the best close in the last 14 months. This close was higher than the previous week’s close of 3,354 on 14 June 2003. The S&P CNX NSE Nifty also gained and ended the day at 1,100.25 as compared to 1,056.20 marginally on 14 June.
Market observeRs say that the optimism over the arrival of the monsoons and fresh inflow of funds from FIIs is responsible for the indices touching new highs. Most of the media scrips however registered small drops in their share prices as compared to the previous week.
Zee Telefilms opened the day (20 June) on the BSE at 87.65; registered a drop of 4.85 per cent to end the day at Rs 83.40 (as compared to Rs 90.40 on 14 June). The volume of shares traded was around 2.28 million shares on 20 June.
On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the Zee Telefilm scrip opened the day at Rs 87.5;dipped by 4.63 per cent to end the day at Rs 83.45 (as compared to Rs 90.65 on 13 June). The volume of shares traded was around 5.17 million shares.
The Television Eighteen India scrip opened the day at Rs 88.05; rose by 1.48 per cent and ended the day at Rs 89.35 as compared to Rs 96 on the BSE on 13 June 2003. On the NSE, the scrip opened the day at Rs 88.10; increased by 1.02 per cent to end the day at Rs 89 as compared to Rs 95.85 on 13 June 2003.
On the BSE, the Balaji Telefilms scrip opened the day (20 June 2003) at Rs 62.45; dropped 1.28 per cent to end the day at Rs 61.65 as compared to Rs 63.35 on 13 June. The volume traded was 148,257 shares.
On the NSE, the scrip opened the day at Rs 62.40, dropped by 1.20 per cent to end the day at Rs 61.65 (as compared to Rs 63.35 on 13 June. The volume of
shares traded was 476,415.
Sri Adhikari BrotheRs Television Network (SABTNL) opened the day at Rs 76.65; dropped 3.33 per cent to end the day at Rs 74.09 as compared to Rs 76.59 on 13 June. On the NSE, the scrip opened the day at Rs 76.84; dropped 3.58 per cent and ended the day at Rs 76.84 (as compared to Rs 77.15 on 13 June).
On the BSE, Cinevistaas’ opened the day at Rs 29.15; rose 0.51 per cent and ended the day at Rs 29.30 as compared to Rs 29.25 on 13 June. On the NSE, the scrip opened at Rs 29.90; dropped 2.17 per cent and ended at Rs 29.25 as compared to Rs 40 on 13 June. The volume of shares was around 25,673 shares.
Creative Eye opened the day at Rs 14; dropped 1.07 per cent to end the day at Rs 13.85 as compared to Rs 15.01 on 13 June on the BSE. On the NSE, the scrip dropped 0.71 per cent to end the day at Rs 14 as compared to Rs 15.05 on 13 June.
The ETC Networks scrip opened the day at Rs 51.90; dropped 1.64 per cent to end the day at Rs 51.05 as compared to Rs 52.85 on 13 June.
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.
