News Broadcasting
Sun TV Q2 net profit up 27% at Rs 479 million
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran’s Sun TV today reported its second quarter revenues of Rs 1059 million over the corresponding period in the previous fiscal where it stood at Rs 990.4 million.
Sun TV has posted a net profit of Rs 479.6 million for the quarter as compared to Rs 336.10 million for the corresponding period last year. Operating profit registered at Rs 829.4 million as against the previous fiscal where it recorded Rs 788.9 million.
Total income has increased from Rs 832.10 million for the quarter ended 30 September, 2005 to Rs 1059.00 million for this quarter.
The broadcaster incurred an expenditure of RS 229.6 million as compared to Rs 201.5 million for the corresponding period a year ago. The expenditure includes, cost of revenues Rs 46.80 million, employees remuneration and benefits Rs 106.10 million and other expenditure Rs 76.70 million.
Against the total projected utilisation of Rs 5220 million upto 31 March, 2007 from the IPO funds, an amount of Rs 740.60 million has been utilised towards capitalization of Kal Radio Ltd.
The balance proceeds from the IPO after meeting the IPO expenses, pending utilization have been invested in Fixed Deposits with the banks.
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.
