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The Indian broadcast & film industry poised to redefine creativity at Broadcast India Show 2016
MUMBAI: Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce The Broadcast India Show 2016 to be hosted at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India from 20 -22 October 2016.
The show will be complemented by a two-day Conference that will be held along with the main exhibition. The conference will bring together CEOs, directors and proprietors of companies, along with engineers, technicians and technologists to facilitate a medley of technical presentations, product promotions and in-depth discussions.
Broadcast and entertainment technology continues to evolve at breakneck speed, and The Broadcast India Show with its formidable 26-year reputation will once again be the subcontinent’s prime platform showcasing the latest innovations from around the world.
Thus far, companies like Blackmagic Design, Panasonic, Sony, AVID, RED Digital, Canon, Datavideo, Ross Video, FOR-A, On Air Asia, Adobe, Grass Valley, AJA, PlayBox, IHSE, Primestream, Canare, Ikegami, Hitachi, Chyron Hego, Monarch, Boston, Netweb, Seagate, ARRI, Canara Lighting, GoPro, Atomos, Carl Zeiss, Cooke Optics, Tiffen, Vitec Group, Panther, Yamaha, Sennheiser, Digigram and Planetcast Media Services to name just a few, have already confirmed their participation at the 2016 show.
Broadcast India Show 2016 will allow visitors and delegates to witness technology’s direct impact on content creation and management in an unprecedented fashion – a massive show floor focused on and dedicated to hands-on, experiential learning. As is tradition, the show will bring together companies and corporates, veterans and professionals, suppliers and customers, stalwarts and other stakeholders from the industry to optimize opportunity, facilitate meaningful trade links and enable information-exchange on a global level.
Last year, around 19,000+ trade visitors and 580+ participants from more than 35 countries gathered to connect with the future of the industry. This year is poised to exceed those numbers, a veritable win-win for all.
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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.
