News Broadcasting
Republic TV to track real-time data for Gujarat elections
MUMBAI: Republic TV has partnered data-science company Gramener to track real-time data, along with analysis, during the Gujarat elections. According to a release sent by Republic TV, “Gramener will help enhance the visual look both on-air and on Republic’s digital platforms to present the data in a comprehensible and meaningful manner.”
Gramener is an Indian data science company that handles large-scale data via non-traditional analytics and visualises it in real-time, helping identify the right questions and draw out insights. The company forayed in visual data journalism in 2013 and has since conducted multiple projects in visualising election campaign data with clear number-based analyses.
Republic TV editor-in-chief and founder Arnab Goswami said, “The Gujarat elections are strategically important as they will set context for the national elections in 2019. We are delighted to work with team Gramener once again and look forward to cutting-edge analysis and sharp visuals provided real time for the Republic audience.”
Gramener’s past projects include the national elections in 2014 and state elections since then.
“We are excited to partner with Republic TV and will bring our data science expertise to sharpen the Gujarat election analysis with analytics and visualisation tools in a real-time environment,” Gramener CEO Anand S said.
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.
