News Broadcasting
Shorts TV brings legendary Jim Henson’s short films
Mumbai: ShortsTV, the 24×7 linear channel for short format content is all set to broadcast unseen short films of Jim Henson for their subscribers on Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Dish TV, and d2h.
The HD TV channel will telecast Jim Henson: The Early Works, which is a group of short films that will give viewers a slice of Jim Henson’s life. The most noted one among these short films is Time Piece made in 1965. The film is written, directed, and produced by Henson, and he himself has starred in this film.
Time Piece depicts an ordinary man living in constant motion, in a desperate attempt to escape the passage of time. It is one of the few live-action projects produced by Jim Henson that did not involve any form of puppetry. The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966.
Other films on the list are Alexander The grape, Wheels that go, Run Run, Shearing Animation, Cat and Mouse, Drum West, and Ripples. Each of these short films showcases the events that made the American puppeteer famous over the years.
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.
