News Broadcasting
POGO to take kids on a new adventure with Peter Pan
National, August, 2013: This season, POGO, kids leading entertainment channel, is all set to take kids on an exciting new quest to the famous land of Neverland with Peter Pan and his friends. Reprising the popular story, POGO will be launching The New Adventures of PeterPan animated series from 03 August 2013 and will air the show every Saturday and Sunday at 5pm henceforth.
The New Adventures of Peter Pan (4)A mischievous boy who can fly and who never ages, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland with his best friend Tinker Bell and his gang called the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, fairies, and constantly engaging in tiffs with the notorious pirate, Captain Hook. Right from saving his friends from dangers, to organizing fun treasure hunts, to exciting Christmas celebrations, to sketching out ways of over-coming Global warming, The New Adventures of Peter Pan promises to take its viewers on an entertaining journey that will display a perfect combination of friendship, trust, adventure, thrill and humour.
By constantly enhancing its portfolio with shows such as Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Mr. Bean, Pokémon, M.A.D. and, now, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, POGO aims to provide its viewers with funand engaging entertainment.
The New Adventures of Peter Pan premieres on 03 August 2013and airs every Saturday and Sunday at 5pm only POGO.
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.
