News Broadcasting
Revenue slowdown crimps TV Today’s profit growth
MUMBAI: A slowdown in revenue growth has crimped TV Today Network’s net profit in FY’09. For a company conscious of shoring up profitability at the cost of expansion for turnover growth, a 23 per cent fall is surely a setback.
While the company’s revenue grew at a steady clip over the last few years, it was unable to sustain the momentum in FY’09. Used to over 20 per cent growth over the last few years, TV Today posted a revenue growth of just 9 per cent in FY’09 amid a slump in the advertising spend among companies.
Total income stood at Rs 2.74 billion in FY’09, compared to Rs 2.51 billion a year ago. Expenses grew at the same rate as the last few years, from Rs 1.68 billion in FY’08 to Rs 2.05 billion in FY’09.
The chart below shows the company’s performance over the last few years.
31-Mar-09
31-Mar-08
31-Mar-07
31-Mar-06
Total Income (Rs millions)
2,741.98
2,514.20
2,024.40
1,678.90
YOY growth%
9.06
24.19
20.58
Expenditure (Rs millions)
2,059.02
1,685.10
1,372.00
1,075.20
YOY growth%
22.19
22.82
27.60
Net Profit (Rs millions)
335.5
435.5
310.9
277.7
YOY growth%
-23.0
40.1
12.0
An average performance by TV Today in the last two quarters of FY’09, as compared to the corresponding quarters of FY’08, has helped worsen matters.
The graph below shows the total income of the company across all quarters of FY’08 and FY’09. The dip in revenue towards the end of the year is evident from this.
The drop in profit is indicated in the graph below.
TV Today had incidentally lowered its expenses in the last quarter, perhaps in anticipation of tough times. The expenditure over the quarters is shown below.
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Expenditure
551.69
588.9
579.24
531.8
TV Today has kept its expansion plans on hold, waiting for better market conditions. Till then, it will have to weather the rough weather.
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.
