News Broadcasting
TV18 reports Rs 9.8 million net loss for SQ-2002
MUMBAI: The Raghav Bahl-promoted Television Eighteen India Ltd, which runs the CNBC India business news channel, has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 9.81 million for the quarter ended 30 September, 2002 as compared to a net loss of Rs 14.67 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.
Total Income has increased from Rs 78.81 million in SQ-2001 to Rs 79.96 million in SQ-2002, bseindia.com has reported
The company’s business news revenue grew 47.25 per cent to Rs 82.46 million from Rs 56 million in the previous corresponding quarter. Revenues from both entertainment and Internet operations however were down. Entertainment revenues saw a 50.3 per cent drop from Rs 5.19 million to Rs 2.58 million, while the e-business income fell 46.7 per cent from Rs 3.66 million in SQ-2001 to Rs 1.95 million in SQ-2002.
Overall operating profit, however, improved to Rs 19.22 million from Rs 1.06 million last year, the company financial statement states.
The company ascribed two principal reasons for the losses:
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES – An extraordinary non recurring loss of Rs 5.79 million incurred on account of land in Noida (on the outskirts of Delhi) lying unused since 1995. This land was returned to the authorities at a value loss of Rs 5.79 million. The proceeds of Rs 22.73 million were used to prepay a term loan from ICICI Bank. This resulted in a prepayment penalty of Rs 700,000. This prepayment will lead to lowering of interest costs for the current quarter, the statement says.
OTHER INCOME: Net of foreign exchange losses of Rs 8.19 million on account of appreciation of the rupee against the dollar. This neutralises the extraordinary gains booked in the previous quarter on account of rupee depreciation.
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.
