News Broadcasting
SAT further stays SEBI’s impugned order against NDTV till next hearing
MUMBAI: The Securities Appellate Tribunal has further extended the relief to New Delhi Television news channel’s promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, against the impugned order of the Securities and Exchange Board of India till next hearing.
According to a BSE filing of the NDTV, “The Securities Appellate Tribunal at Mumbai, at a hearing on February 24, 2020, has extended the stay; in operation against the Impugned Order granted vide order dated June 18, 2019, until the next date of hearing.”
The appeals have accordingly been adjourned, and are now scheduled to be listed on 21 April 2020.
SEBI on 14 June 2019 had debarred the Roys from holding any key managerial positions in the board or the management of the news channel company for being involved in fraudulent activities.
SEBI had also debarred both the promoters of the company along with their RRPR Holdings, from accessing the stock markets or selling their holdings in the news channel. The Roys were found to be in violation of NDTV's code of conduct, SEBI had said in its order.
SEBI had come out with an order after carrying out a detail probe into allegations against the promoters of the company and their holdings for not disclosing material information to the shareholders about loan agreements entered into with Vishva Pradhan Commercial Private Ltd.
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.
