News Broadcasting
Star World catches Canadian singer Michael Bublé in the act
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel will air a concert featuring Canadian singer Michael Bublé.
The 29-year-old takes centrestage in the show Caught in the Act: The Greatest Performance. He performs at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
Caught In The Act presents behind the scenes footage of Michael and his band backstage at Wiltern. It includes guest performances by trumpet virtuoso Chris Botti, a duet of the standard, You’ll Never Find with Italian diva Laura Pausini and a hilarious surprise visit by Josh Groban.
He performs Nina Simone classic Feelin’ Good, Van Morrison’s Moondance among other numbers.
Bublé, who has been performing around the world for rabid fans of all ages, has critics raving about his talent. “He had ’em dancing in the aisles… a natural showman… belted out standards like a master,” raved the Toronto Star about his recent performance. “Backed by a 12-piece band playing arrangements that would make Nelson Riddle smile, Buble can sing and swing. He moves easily between ballads and up-tempo numbers. Michael Buble has arrived and in fine style,” echoed Robert Nesti of the Boston Herald.
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.
