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NDTV pays tribute to the Sachin era – Thanks for the Memories
MUMBAI: As a tribute to cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar,NDTV will telecast a special chat show – ‘Thanks for the Memories’ on Tuesday 12 November. The show will see Dr. Prannoy Roy in conversation with Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and West Indian legend Brian Lara on the journey of the Master Blaster.
As Sachin Tendulkar’s 24-year tryst with international cricket draws to a close, fellow legends Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara will be seen discussing life after retirement for Sachin in this special show – ‘Thanks for the Memories’.
Speaking of Sachin Tendulkar’s achievements over the years, Brian Lara compares Sachin to sporting icons Michael Jordon and Mohammad Ali and says, “Tendulkar’s impact on cricket is similar to that of Jordon and Ali on their respective sports”. Sourav Ganguly adds that he “thinks Sachin has made the right decision to retire” and that “he deserves every bit of adulation that he has received. If this were in South Africa, Sachin wouldn’t have got half the adulation, but now he will go out on a high in Mumbai.”
Watch Prannoy Roy in conversation with Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara as they remember the Nation’s Hero with Sachin’s most memorable moments on NDTV 24×7 at 9:30 pm on Tuesday 12 November, 2013.
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.
