News Broadcasting
Senior Group looking at hiring 300+ professionals for news channel
MUMBAI: The Delhi-based Senior Group of Companies, which recently announced its foray into the already cluttered news channels space, is on a hiring spree.
The Rs 25-billion company, which is entering the Hindi news channel business with S1, is looking for a December launch for the channel. The company released a half page ad in a leading daily today that said ‘Ready to Reinvent’ calling applicants interested in working for the same.
The ad stated that the company was looking for news and programming professionals, correspondents, anchors, marketing, finance and distribution professionals and also technical and administrative professionals.
The basic requirements for anyone who wished to apply for the news and programming slot need to have ‘adequate’ experience in the television media as they will be responsible for overall news planning, programming and packaging. Applicants should also have a degree or diploma in journalism and experience of working in a live environment.
The company is looking at hiring more than 300 professionals in 34-odd departments. The ad mentions an Email and a contact address where aspirants can post their resumes. A line saying – ‘Salary will not be a hindrance for a deserving candidate,’ has also been mentioned towards the end of the announcement.
Santosh Bhartiya will be in the position of chief executive officer and editor-in-chief at the channel.
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.
