News Broadcasting
Vynsley Fernandes is INX News COO
MUMBAI: Vynsley Fernandes has been appointed as the COO of INX News, part of INX Media. His new role would be in addition to his existing role as group director network operations INX Media.
Fernandes was instrumental in setting up the Tata Sky DTH (direct-to-home) business and as project director for Star News. He was general manager operations – CMM Studios and handled the Buena Vista Television, MTV and Discovery Networks accounts. He was also programming head of news and current affairs, at Plus Channel TV India.
INX News chairperson Indrani Mukerjea said, “Vynsley, who has immense experience across all aspects of the business and especially on the News side, provides tremendous value to NewsX. He is a senior member of the INX Network, and his added expertise with commercial planning is a great asset to the overall operations of NewsX.”
INX News CEO Vir Sanghvi said, “The appointment formalises the role that Vynsley has already being playing. He has been on board even before we launched the company and his contributions have been invaluable. I look forward to continuing to work with him.”
Fernandes said, “As with our other channels, the INX Network has set extremely high standards for NewsX. I look forward to taking up the agenda of making NewsX a top Indian News channel of international quality.”
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.
