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News18 Madhya Pradesh /ChhattisgarhBrings BackKehta Hai Voter
As Madhya Pradesh is gearing up for by-elections, News18 Madhya Pradesh / Chhattisgarh is all set to bring back Kehta Hai Voter –the award winning show that makes the voters speak and leaders listen. As the region’s leading news channel, News18 Madhya Pradesh / Chhattisgarh firmly believes that elections are all aboutcommon people and it is therefore important for their voice, their issues and their aspirations to be heard. It is to this objective that News18 Network’s popular show – Kehta Hai Voter – is being launched on 18th July on the channel.
The show was conceived with the purpose of giving voters a voice during the elections. For all these years the show has been travelling to the constituencies undergoing election and empowering viewers to highlight issues that are important to them. The show’s USP is that it facilitates a direct conversation between the voters and the political leaders.
Viewers from different constituencies will be asked to raise the questions that they wish to ask of their leaders. Political leaders will then respond to these viewer questions. The show promises to discuss and debate issues in the lead- up to by-electionsthat will have a direct impact on the outcome of these.
Tune in to Kehta Hai Voter, every Saturday & Sunday at 5.30 PM only on News18 Madhya Pradesh /Chhattisgarh.
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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.
