News Broadcasting
‘Powerless’ Josh duo reign on MTV in March
MUMBAI: Punjabi mundas – Josh who shot to fame with their bhangra track on Nelly Furtado’s song Powerless are all set to rock MTV the whole of March.
The Josh duo Rupinder Magon aka Rup and Qurram Hussain aka Q have been chosen as MTV artists of the month.
Viewers can get a complete download, history and geography on this Canadian Bhangra duo and their various collaborations with Sukhbir, Apache Indian and Nelly Furtado on the MTV Alert – Josh Naal – special on 11 March at 5:00 pm.
An introspection on the band – their life, music, philosophies, success personal take on Bollywood on the MTV Alert – Josh Naal – special on 21 March at 2:00 pm with repeats on 26 March at 5:00 pm and 28 March at 12:30 pm.
Rup and Q made their debut with Main Hoon Tanha a single that they performed at the International Bollywood Awards. Since then they’ve been gigging around Manhattan clubs and have completed a Canadian tour with Panjabi MC.
Over the span of last two years, Josh performed numerous shows, gaining quite a large fan club. Riding on this wave of hot new act Josh is cashing in by releasing its second album J2. Their first album Within, received success in their local markets.
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.
