News Broadcasting
ABP News heats up primetime, launches new show “SELFIE” with Salman Khan
MUMBAI: It’s a known fact, as we all know that there are no free lunches. Struggle is the only way of success and when you reach the epitome and look back then there is an innocent smile and a proud feeling on your face which says it all. ABP News is all set to present yet another entertaining and innovative show SELFIE. The programme talks about the story of actors first break… story of the moment when his/her signature turned into an autograph… when walking carefree on the road receives a professional restriction.
The launch of the programme is with Salman Khan’s struggle story. “I wanted people to reject me more often…and I used it to build anger in me….I knew one day these people will help me get there” says Salman Khan on the show.
“Being famous writer Salim Khan’s son, how easy was it for him to get a big platform, was it or was it not”
“What happened when he knocked the door of a B-grade film maker”
“How he landed in a small screen appearance in a campa cola ad”
“How difficult was it to get his own space in the industry”
….All these questions in mind….here it from none other than Salman Khan only in SELFIE.
Scheduled at 9pm every Saturday, the show will have 13 episodes featuring 13 big Bollywood stars like Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and many more. The programme is supported by extensive marketing push like TV promos, print inserts, radio, and digital promotions.With so much of buzz on this launch, the programme has already been bagged by 3 sponsors – Royal Stag Mega Music, Wildstone FF Deo, and Milton.
SELFIE is presented by Star host Karan Singh Grover who is already a household name in television and now gaining popularity in the Bollywood too.
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.
