News Broadcasting
This budget a bonanza of knowledge and wealth on the CNBC Universe
MUMBAI: Every year the average Indian awaits the budget with nervous expectation of how it will affect his household balance sheet. The CNBC Universe now enables the concerned viewer to not only understand the budget and all its intricacies but also profit from it.
Time is money – and the Budget 2007 on CNBC Universe is a minute-by-minute updated analysis of what it holds for the Indian. It is opportune information at the opportune moment to decide if the Budget 2007 really is the harbinger of the opportunity economy?
On Budget Day, February 28, 2007, contest winners can win Rs. 1 Lakh every hour for 11 hours, from 10 am to 9 pm by answering questions posed on both CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz or they could log onto Moneycontrol.com to win another Rs 25,000 per hour. The questions would pertain to the programming on air at that time. Viewers would be able to participate in the Budget Bonanza Contest by sending in their answers via SMS to 2622.
The CNBC Universe, India ‘s leading network for news and financial analysis, will telecast the live and uninterrupted coverage of the FM’s Budget Speech. After the budget speech, viewers can stay tuned for a complete analysis of the budget with expert opinions, industry reactions, market implications and informative bulletins on the CNBC Universe.
CNBC TV-18 & CNBC AWAAZ will air live coverage of the reactions of key stakeholders like CII, FICCI, industry leaders, the impact on markets and also from the studios on the budget day the CNBC Universe will have India’s best financial heads and most respected reporters analyzing the budget, to ensure that all viewers understand the full implications of the budget and are easily able to analyse the fine print of the FM’s speech.
The Budget day will also be power packed starting in the morning with a budget special of MARKETS with Udayan Mukherjee. In the evening, CNBC TV-18 would have three high impact shows starting with the BUDGET CENTRE at 8 pm, which would be followed by a comprehensive budget specific INDIA BUSINESS HOUR at 9 pm and finally assessing the impact that the budget would have on the galloping economy with the NATION’S BUDGET.
On budget day, CNBC-TV18 would present ‘TALKING TAXES’, a 3 event series from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, which shall focus on the tax ramifications from the budget and how everyone from the farmer to the industrialist would be affected by it.
– Win upto 2.25 lakhs every hour on the CNBC Universe.
– Prize money to be won from 10 am – 9 pm on Budget Day, February 28, 2007.
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.
