News Broadcasting
CNBC-TV18 to host discussion on Indian Auto Component Companies
Mumbai, August 26, 2005: CNBC-TV18 will host a first -ever interactive panel discussion on the topic: Can Indian Auto Component Companies become integrated systems suppliers? on August 29, 2005 in Mumbai. The discussion will bring together some of the most renowned experts and top names in the Auto Sector.
India’s reputation has grown drastically as a global manufacturing base in the auto component industry. The improvement in trade relations makes it an opportune time for the country to scale up the industry’s fortunes to the next level. However, a key challenge for Indian auto component manufacturers is to diversify their product base and in the process comprehensively cover the entire automotive manufacturing process.
The discussion on Indian Auto Component Companies becoming integrated systems suppliers will attempt to understand the challenges faced by this growing industry. This highly interactive discussion will primarily delve into the scope of Indian companies transforming themselves to truly global players, the role of the government in further accelerating this process and the possibility of specialized manufacturing in this sector.
CNBC-TV18 Discussion on Indian Auto Component Companies on August 29,
2005 at Sunset Room, Hilton Towes, Nariman Point, Mumbai at 7.00 pm
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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.
