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BARC : TV Consumption up by 37% across India

The data revealed that the share of the news to total TV grew from 7% to 21% at all India level in both non-primetime and primetime

BARC-Nielsen has released the second edition of its Insight Series Crisis Consumption -- An Insight Series into TV, Smartphone & Audiences. The April 2, 2020 data offered a perspective into the impact of the COVID-19 led disruption, which has plagued India since mid-March, on television consumption and smartphone usage.

The report revealed that COVID-19 week 2 has witnessed a highest-ever TV viewing at 1.20 trillion minutes and average daily viewers grew by 62 million. Also, 622 million viewers watch TV daily for 4 hours 40 minutes.

OFP Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack

Mohammad Mosaed, a reporter who criticized the Iranian government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, has been arrested and banned from social media

IN MAY 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly “10 Most Urgent” list of journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases demand justice.

NBF Requests MIB to not stop TV ratings

In a letter to Prakash Javadekar, MIB, NBF President Arnab Goswami explained that the move will stymie the work done by news channels during the COVID-19 crisis

News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) President Arnab Goswami has penned a letter to Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, requesting him to disallow attempts made by certain parties to stop news channels from publishing ratings measured by the BARC during the Coronavirus crisis. Goswami informed that these efforts were being falsely made in the name of the news broadcasting industry of India.

In the letter, the NBF President mentioned the tireless work done by broadcasters, which has won the praise of the Prime Minister in his recent video conference with owners and editors of some news channels.

News Channels need Support of Advertising Fraternity: Arnab Goswami

Goswami, President of the NBF, said the news broadcasters will work hard to bring factual news to the people to strengthen the fight against Covid-19

This is an extraordinary time for the country, and the news broadcasters are leading the battle against COVID 19 from the front. News TV has emerged as the single greatest source of news and information at a critical time of the lockdown. Across India, broadcasters in all languages are doing non-stop programming with an almost 100 % focus on battling the Coronavirus and ensuring the success of the nationwide lockdown. Besides the news on the latest figures of corona infected and the degree of spread of the pandemic, news channels have put hundreds of experts, doctors, public health experts, civil and police personnel, and government officials on air in a massive effort to disseminate the right information and counter the barrage of fake news.

exchange4media launches DigiOne Awards

The awards will honour exemplary work done in three categories – Websites, Videos and Mobile Sites & Apps

exchange4media has announced the launch of India’s biggest awards for excellence in online media and publishing. DigiOne Awards have been grouped into three types of entries: Websites, Videos and; Mobile Sites & Apps. All three groups have awards categories related to the subject or industry, feature and design or performance and craft. Website categories range from Humour to News to Entertainment. Awards for design and functionality of Websites include Best User Experience, Best Data Visualization and Best Writing. Some of the categories in the online Video group are News, Sports, Public Service, Music, Trailers and Reality Shows.

iTV Network shows solidarity with ‘Corona Warriors’

The network’s NewsX and India News channels have begun #Stayathome and #GharParRahe initiatives respectively to reinforce the importance of social distancing

The ongoing battle against COVID-19 has become a mission statement for everyone at the personal and community levels.

During this unprecedented crisis, iTV network aims at working together to protect its employees, their families and our communities. To minimise the risk of an employee contracting COVID-19 at the workplace, iTV network has ensured equal detailing and planning to provide a work environment that is without risk to health and safety.

Efforts of BBC to Fight Covid-19

To douse the spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 crisis, BBC's fact-checking team Reality Check has also been shooting down unfounded claims

BBC Global News – which operates the BBC’s 24-hour international news channel, BBC World News, and BBC.com – today announced plans to support international and governmental organisations by replacing up to 20% of its advertising inventory with opportunities for them to communicate their public health messages relating to the coronavirus crisis at no charge.

Major multilateral organisations and national health ministries whose aim is to communicate information to help protect citizens and stop the spread of the virus, should speak to BBC Global News’ advertising team (internationalsales@bbc.com) about opportunities to broadcast their messages to the BBC’s TV and online audiences outside the UK.

Global Print Media gets Coronavirus jitters

Even as a number of global magazines & newspapers are looking at going completely digital due to the coronavirus crisis, newspapers in India have been delivering papers at the doorsteps every morning

Playboy suspends publication for this year, US-based Shepherd Express says publishing to be shut temporarily. The coronavirus pandemic has left Playboy, the global magazine, and many other foreign publications acknowledge that with such challenges to content production print was no longer a viable business, at least in these testing times.

The Shepherd Express wrote to its readers: “For the next several weeks, the Shepherd Express will shift its focus to our website and temporarily suspend our print edition. This is the first time the Shepherd newspaper has temporarily suspended publication in its 38 year history.”