News Broadcasting
MTV Splitsvilla Season 6 – The Grand Finale!
MUMBAI: As Nikhil said in the previous episode, this is the last lap of MTV Splitsvilla Season 6 and undoubtedly, it is full of twists and turns. The Splitsvillains are in for a shock as their frenemies, the ex-Splitsvillians re-enter the villa. With words flying like daggers from both sides, ex and current Splitsvillans come together and take the most crucial decision of this season.
As the next day dawns, the temperatures soar high during the final Hotness Quotient session, where the ex-Splitsvillans take a surprising decision as to who will represent them. The third pair emerges for the finale but before going for the ultimate battle, they will have to choose one pair from the two couples remaining in the villa and fight it out with them to seal their fate for the last round of Splitsvilla 6 Grand Finale. After a long battle of strength, stamina, pain and perseverance the tide turns towards the spirited pair.
Finally, the battleground is set! The couples are ready to claim the throne that awaits them. The final task will test all qualities that a pair in love should posses in three stages- a maze: to test their combined strength; an obstacle course: to test their compatibility; and a leap of faith: to test their faith in each other. But the catch is, during every stage one member of each pair will be blindfolded! It definitely can’t get hotter than this!
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: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.
