News Broadcasting
Star Pravah vishesh prastuti “Mission Loveria 143”
Maharashtra’s leading Marathi GEC shall telecast its special presentation, MISSION LOVERIA 143’ at 7 pm on Sunday, October 20th. Every special presentation of Star Pravah explores a fresh and new aspect of relationships and Mission Loveria is a rib-tickling story of two friends, Raghav (played by Bhushan Pradhan) and Sampat (played by Hemant Dhome) desperately trying to woo girls and Love Guru (played by Sharad Ponkshe) who advises them.
Bushan and Sampat are roommates and work in the same mobile store. Apart from their house and place of work, they also share a common problem; both are consistently failing in their attempts to get a girlfriend; Raghav due to his shy nature and Sampat due to his over-confident nature. It is under these circumstances that they meet Prem Kumar a.k.a. Love Guru who starts advising them in matters of love. The efforts bear fruit and Raghav and Sampat fall in love with two sisters, Aditi and Anagha and leads to a series of mis-understandings between the two friends. While attempting to clear the mis-understanding, more trouble erupts when Prem Kumar comes face-to-face with Aditi and Anagha’s mother.
What was the reason of the mis-understanding between the two friends, what is Love Guru’s relationship with Aditi and Anagha’s mother, what is the thread of relationship that connects all of them together and will Raghav and Sampat get back their love? Star Pravah’s special presentation, “Mission Loveria 143’ has all these answers.
Mission Loveria 143, produced by Reel Life Productions, is directed by Hemant Deodhar and features noted artists like Sharad Ponkshe, Vrunda Ahire, Bhushan Pradhan, Hemant Dhome and Sai Lokur in key roles.
Watch ‘MISSION LOVERIA 143’ Exclusively On Star Pravah
On October 20th, 2013at 7 Pm
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.
