News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 campaign to highlight the plight of common man against fraud real estate developers
New Delhi: Buying a house is the biggest investment that most people make in their lifetime and although some dreams come true easily, some don’t. CNN-News18, through its special campaign ‘Where is my Home?’ is all set to highlight the cases of fraud real estate developers across the country and how they robbed the common man of their biggest dream, i.e., owning one’s own home.
Through this campaign, the channel will highlight stories of families from all across the country, who are fighting to get their dream homes delivered by private builders. CNN-News18 will take up the cause of these helpless house owners. The aim is to question the real estate developers and raise the concern in front of the government with a hope that the system will deliver them justice this time.
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.
