News Broadcasting
Tellys ’02 a roaring success in ratings stakes too
MUMBAI: The telecast of the Indian Telly Awards 2002, organised by indiantelevision.com was as big a success as the ground event had been on 1 November.
The three-hour telecast on Star Plus from 8 pm on 9 November notched up an impressive TVR of 3.9 across the country in cable and satellite households (TG 4+), ranking 30th in the top 100 shows, ratings data released by TAM Media show. In all the main metros, the event that showcased the talent of the small screen, interspersed with some vibrant musical entertainment, was able to score even better ratings.
The Mumbai figure stands at 7.51, with the Delhi TVR following closely behind at 6.71. Ahmedabad was a close third at 6.68. The event gathered a collective TVR of 6.41 in the important north-west region. Cities like Kanpur and Ludhiana too recorded TVRs of 6.15 and 6.08 for the event. Kolkata registered a TVR of 5.14 for the event. The key nine markets averaged a TVR of 4.71.
The Telly Awards, in their second edition this year, bestowed honours in 53 different categories including trade, technical and popular categories. Even the southern markets, usually cool to programming north of the Vindhyas have responded favourably, with Bangalore recording a TVR of 1.88 for the event, and Hyderabad 0.66.
Indian Telly Awards 2002 – Looking back with pride
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.
