News Broadcasting
Vijay TV to launch celeb dance show ‘Jodi No.1’ on 7 October
MUMBAI: The Vijay TV celebrity dance show Garnier Fructis Jodi No.1 is set for its commencement from 7 October Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm. As reported earlier, Jodi No.1 is a celebrity dance show featuring real life and reel life couples of the Tamil television world.
There are three-jury members for the show; dance master Kala, actor Prashanth and actress Ramya Krishnan to judge the performance of the eight Jodi’s. The programme will be anchored by Aravind Aakash and Dhivyadarshini.
The Judging Criteria:
Expression/Attitude & Costume – to be judged by Ramya Krishnan
Chemistry and Body language – to be judged by Prashanth
Choreography & Co-ordination – to be judged by Kala Master
Each reality episode will be given one theme that has to be followed by the eight jodi’s. The couples will perform for different songs from the same theme. Each of the three jury will award points on a scale of 1 to 10. The individual score (out of 10) of each of the judges will be totaled to 30 and then will be ranked in an order. Also, after every reality episode, the least scoring Jodi will be eliminated, adds the release.
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.
