News Broadcasting
Worldspace launched a series on ‘Soundtracks of your life’
MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has launched a new series Soundtrack of Your Life, which will broadcast across multiple channels on the Worldspace Satellite Radio network.
The series will bring in music from the movies of various genres and languages ranging from Hollywood soundtracks to Bollywood’s all time background scores as well as regional film hits in Kannada, Telugu and Bengali.
This new program kicked off on 23 October and will air till 31 December on a host of channels on Worldspace satellite radio network.
Jhankaar, Farishta, Shruti, Gandharv, Spin, Spandana, Sparsha, Tara and Falak Soundtrack of your life will go beyond just music to present a host of interviews with composers, actors and directors as well as on-air features and performances and much more, creating a compelling radio magazine on the impact of music on the movies.
“At Worldspace, we are committed to presenting to our subscribers with innovative new content unavailable anywhere else on radio,” said Worldspace India chief marketing officer Harshad Jain. “We are confident that our first-of-their-kind initiatives will further establish our brand as the best source for exclusive program listening in our markets.”
Program Highlights
Jhankaar – 23 October to 29 October
A week long series of exclusive interviews with award winning music directors like Salim-Suleiman, Sandeep Chowta, Raju Singh, Vishal Shekar and Ranjit Barot, who share their perspectives on trends in the Hindi film music scene today.
Spin – 30 October to 5 November
Spin plays songs of well-know composers like Michael Kamen, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman and John Williams – all renowned for some stellar background scores for movies on 4 November, 11 am to 12 PM – Radio Talkies’ OST, ties up with Soundtrack of Your Life with Radio Talkies, which is a weekly film special on the Big Bang (our breakfast show).
Gandharv – 13 November to 19 November
Gandharv traces the trajectory of folk music and the inspiration that Hindi movies have drawn from Hindustani Classical Music. The series features songs of popular Bollywood music directors like Pahadi & Mand and songs from legendary films like Teesri Kasam, Ganga Jumna, Lekin to the present day hits like Omkara.
Farishta – 27 November – 3 December
Farishta will trace the career of Husnlal Bhagatram – Hindi cinema’s first ever composer duo who started their career in the 40s. Radio Farishta will play 150 fresh songs composed by this duo, procured from a private collector exclusively for the series – these songs are not available elsewhere. Additionally, Radio Farishta will interview people who’ve worked with the duo and surviving family members.
Falak – 25 December – 31 December
Falak will present special programs for seven days presenting different aspects and influence of Urdu ghazals and lyrics in Indian cinema. The programmes will include a detailed description by prominent scholars on Parsi theatre and theatre songs in Hindi cinema, melodious and memorable Urdu songs of Hindi cinema, classical ghazals of legendry poets sang by prominent singers in Hindi cinema.
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.
