News Broadcasting
TV18 Q3 net profit up 42 % at Rs 208 million
MUMBAI: Television 18 India Ltd declared its third quarter results for the period ended 31 december 2007. Net profit for the quarter (after deferred tax) was Rs 208.22 million, up 42.3 per cent from the Rs 146.31 million achieved in the corresponding quarter a year ago.
TV18’s Total Q3 Revenues surge to Rs 1.12 bn; UP 74 per cnt YoY and up 27 per cent QoQ.
Business news revenues were up 57 per cent (YoY), according to a statement issued by the company on the unaudited results. Business News operating margin was back at 50 per cent. Internet revenues were up 161 per cent (YoY), while newswire18 revenues were up 44 per cent (QoQ).
Meanwhile, Infomedia (subsidiary-under-acquisition) revenues stood at Rs 410 million;
Highlights:
• TV18 forays into print medium with acquisition of Infomedia.
• Announces a Strategic tie-up with Forbes to launch business magazine.
• Web18 revenues show promising growth. Moneycontrol stays ahead of ndtv.com and wsj.com for the entire quarter.
TV18 MD Raghav Bahl said: “We are happy to announce the financial results for this quarter. We are excited about our entry in the print space through the acquisition of Infomedia. Both news channels are maintaining their dominant positions in relevant markets. Web18 revenues have started showing strong growth. Newswire18 is continuously adding new clients to its list.”
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.
