News Broadcasting
Aaj Tak announces 6th Edition of “Agenda Aaj Tak” on 1 and 2 December
MUMBAI: Aaj Tak, presents the 6th Edition of the annual event ‘Agenda Aaj Tak ‘. The two day conclave is scheduled for the 1st and 2nd of December in New Delhi and will feature the powerful voices debating on issues dominating the Hindi heartland’s mindspace.
The greatest minds and leaders across various fields will set the mood for the sessions. With an impressive line-up of the most distinguished stalwarts coming together, the two day conclave will prove to be defining in more ways than one.
Aaj Tak takes the lead in shaping the way forward by bringing all key stakeholders on one platform. Aaj Tak has proven time and again that when there is any news of national significance, the nation tunes into only Aaj Tak and trusts it like none other to stay abreast with the latest developments and impact. With the pioneering initiative of Agenda Aaj Tak, the channel will once again get the leaders together to update the viewers on the nation’s agenda.
The invited distinguished list of speakers includes personalities from politics – Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Smriti Irani, Nitish Kumar, Captain Amarinder Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mohammed Salim, Asaduddin Owaisi, Sachin Pilot, Farooq Abdullah, and others, from Bollywood – Dharmendra, Badshah, Vidya Balan, Anuradha Paudwal, Kapil Sharma etc. from sports – Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, V V S Laxman and many more.
This year Agenda Aaj Tak will tap into the most burning questions facing this nation and will dissect complicated issues on the national agenda. In the light of excitement around Gujarat Elections, Agenda Aaj Tak, for the very first time, is also introducing one more set from Ahmedabad. Prominent political leaders like Amit Shah among other guests and audience will go live from Ahmedabad and interact with audience in Delhi.
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.
