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CNN-IBN indian of the year: entertainment nominees revealed
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is back again with one of the biggest and the most credible awards in the Indian media, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013, in association with GMR, where the iconic inspirational faces of India in the present calendar year are recognized. A highly distinguished jury panel comprising of personalities bestowed with the most prestigious Padma honours choose the winners across five different categories: Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Public Service.
CNN-IBN unveils the nominees in the entertainment category of ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year’. The contenders for the 8th edition of the upcoming award includes renowned celebrities like Deepika Padukone for reinventing herself as a leading lady and delivering a slew of hits in 2013, Farhan Akhtar for his full-bodied performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Hrithik Roshan for creating the India’s most successful superhero movie through Krrish, Kapil Sharma for creating the most successful standup comedy show ever, that has a universal appeal across audiences, Shah Rukh Khan for producing and starring in one of the Hindi cinema’s biggest blockbuster, Chennai Express and last but not the least Team Lunchbox for the sensitive and skillfully mounted film that has piqued the west’s appetite for the Indian Cinema.
Don’t forget to catch the Entertainment Nominees on Wednesday, 11th December @10.30 PM & repeat telecast on Thursday, 12th December @12:30 noon only on CNN-IBN.
To nominate, please visit https://www.facebook.com/indianoftheyear/app_1439162886303532
For more, you can also visit the official website IndianoftheYear.com.
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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.
