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CNBC-TV18 to host the 11th edition of IBLA
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 is back with the 11th edition of the prestigious India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2015-16.The visionaries that have led India’s glorious journey from the front are the champions that CNBC-TV18 looks forward to saluting at the award function which will take place on 30 August in New Delhi.
This year’saward ceremony will be presided over by the Honorable Finance Minister of India ArunJaitley.Also, present on the occasion will be dignitaries such as NirmalaSitharaman, Smriti Irani, Digvijay Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Amitabh Kant, Nirupama Rao, ArvindSubramanium, Deepak Parekh, and other top corporate chiefs.
The India Business Leader Awards are the definitive awards celebrating the spirit of excellence in business leadership in India. The winners have been chosen through a rigorous process by an eminent jury chaired by UdayKotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank and co-chaired by DilipShanghvi – Managing Director – Sun Pharma along with Shikha Sharma – MD & CEO Axis Bank, Cyril Shroff- Managing Partner – Cyril AmarchandMangaldas, V.G. Siddhartha – Chairman – Coffee Day Enterprises and Sanjay Nayar – CEO, KKR.
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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.
