News Broadcasting
TV-18 group posts Q1 net profit of Rs 169.42 mn
MUMBAI: The highlights of TV-18 group Q1 FY 2005 ended 30 June 2004 stands as follows:
Revenues at Rs 169.42 mn
Operating profit at Rs 86.37 mn
Operating margin at 50.98 per cent
Net profit at Rs 62.09 mn*
EPS at Rs 4.00*-
Net profit and earning per share (EPS) exclude forex gains/losses and deferred tax adjustment.
The TV-18 group Q1 FY 2005 ended 30 June 2004 published after the JV with CNBC are based on a substantially different structure of revenues and costs as compared to results published for the previous year. Hence, it is a statutory requirement to publish standalone results for TV18, they give an incomplete picture of the operations and can be misleading. Therefore, investors are advised to use consolidated figures for any correct analysis.
Consolidated accounts include TV18 India and its subsidiary companies TV18 Mauritius, Eighteen Entertainment India, E18 and MCD
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.
