News Broadcasting
Pix has a treat for viewers next month
MUMBAI: English movie channel Pix has announced that it has got a treat in store for viewers this month.
The spread kicks off with Will Smith. He will feature on the interview show Inside the Actors Studio on 1 October at 7 pm. Viewers can also get Jiggy with Will with Men In Black right after on Pix of the Week at 8 pm. Smith incidentally had come down to India for the launch of the channel in April.
Cameron Diaz on 8 October and Julianne Moore on 22 October will also feature on Inside The Actors Studio. Versatile veterans Ian Mckellan and Ben Kingsley feature on the show on 15 and 29 October respectively
The channel will also featre Sir Sean Connery in The Great Train Robbery and The Man Who Would be King on 2 and 3 October on Perfect 10.
Action buffs can check out Cheap Thrills Friday. Krull airs at 8 pm and The Golden voyage of Sinbad airs at 10 pm on 6 October. In Krull a prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
The channel will also air The Greatest Story Ever Told. This is a retelling of the story of Christ and airs on 21 October 2006 at 8 pm on Damn Good Drama.
Pix will also be kicking off an SMS contest. This basically gives viewers a chance to win a holdiday trip this festive season. Pix also has a contest for Inside The Actors Studio where through SMS viewers can win DVDs.
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.
