News Broadcasting
Fortune Star, Triage Entertainment and DreamWorks Television hatch alliance for television series
Fortune Star a wholly owned subsidiary of the Star Group, Triage Entertainment and West End Stories have joined forces to produce “Hong Kong Caf”. This is an original one-hour series highlighting Hong Kong action movies and martial arts in the US. The series will be distributed in America by DreamWorks Television and in Asia by Fortune Star.
An official release informs that the series features Hong Kong action films’ greatest scenes on a high-tech set. It will be offered for broadcasting to major U.S. TV networks and stations in the coming weeks. Production is scheduled to begin later this month in Los Angeles.
The series has access to more than 600 classic Hong Kong action films. This has been made possible by an extensive clip licensing agreement between Triage and Fortune STAR. It will feature legendary action films starring crossover martial arts stars such as Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Chow Yun-fat.
The high-tech caf set is reminiscent of the bar/restaurant locale frequently seen in Hong Kong films, and will be frequented by rising stars. These series regulars will provide interstitial conversation along with comedy, fashion and music elements. Fortune STAR is the content arm of Star for distribution, production and commissioning of its programming content.
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.
