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New weekend business show on CNBC India
Business channel CNBC India is launching yet another weekend business show, Global Market Wrap from 25 May.
The 30-minute show aims to focus on key developments in the international world of finance and markets. CNBC markets editor Udayan Mukherjee will bring viewers a comprehensive round up of the US, European and Asian markets on a weekly basis.
The new show is based on CNBC’s belief that in today’s scenario, economies, markets and businesses are linked more closely than ever. The show will feature popular market barometers like the NASDAQ and the Dow Jones indices, the key trends in the US and the European stock markets to the latest updates on the global currencies, commodities and oil prices. There will be live analysis from US and Asian market experts and also an update on key issues such as the Enron crisis, the HP-Compaq deal and the Microsoft case, featuring captains of the US Industry. The wrap will also include key corporate developments from the US.
The show will be telecast at 8 pm on Saturdays with repeats at 10:30 am on Sunday.
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.
