News Broadcasting
Sooperfly & Vivek Law ink JV for digital content brand in personal finance
MUMBAI: New media company Sooperfly has joined hands with veteran finance journalist and former India Today Group editor – business television Vivek Law to launch a multi-platform, multi-format brand in the personal finance genre. The new brand will target online Indians across multiple social and digital platforms, who are seeking financial advice and insights.
With an aim to redefine the genre and garner new audiences through friendlier programming, the video-first brand will have a mix of Hindi and English content featuring primarily bite-sized content.
The partnership will be set in motion with content around the impending Union Budget 2016, especially for the young investor.
Talking about the digital debut, Law said, “After a decade each in print and television, I am thrilled to partner with Sooperfly in my foray into digital journalism. I have been passionate about personal finance and financial literacy and I do believe this venture will help reach out to audiences that are increasingly consuming information through digital, instead of conventional platforms.”
“Personal finance or money management is a high priority focus for online Indians everywhere, yet it’s also a subject most are intimidated by. Expertise and credibility must power any solution to this problem. Vivek embodies both qualities in the superlative and we share a common vision of how to build a sustainable business in resolving this pain point. We’re thrilled to announce this partnership as one of the primary pillars on which we’re building Sooperfly,” added Sooperfly and The 120 Media Collective founder and CEO Roopak Saluja.
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.
