News Broadcasting
Patricia Field tells CNN’s ‘Talk Asia’ what the devil wears
Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Saturday, May 6 at 0500am and 2030hrs
Sunday, May 7 at 0600am and 1830hrs
This weekend on CNN’s TALK ASIA, American designer Patricia Field shares with Lorraine Hahn on what it’s like to style for the trend-setting series “Sex and the City.” She also talks about her 40th anniversary in the fashion business, how fashion “doesn’t cost a dime” and offers simple tips for the everyday wear.
Loud but chic, Field’s early designs had wide appeal and her reputation for “fashion forward” made her popular among celebrities and fashionistas. Style is “a unique way of appearing to the rest of the world. It’s something to do with originality and synonymous with signature…that belongs to an individual person”, the designer explains.
The popularity of television series, “Sex and the City,” also projected Field onto the international stage. “We were like “Oh, my God! Oh, my God! This is unbelievable!” she recalls of the series’ success. The stylist adds, “Sex and the City empowered or helped women feel their power. I want all the women to be powerful and whatever I could do to push that. I’m happy.”
Tune into TALK ASIA for the latest update on Field, including her work on the upcoming film release of “The Devil Wears Prada” and other big screen projects. The designer also offers fashion tips for those rich and famous, as well as those on a shoe-string budget.
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For more program information and details on upcoming guests on TALK ASIA visit
http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/talkasia/
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.
