CNN-News18
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Logo of CNN- News18
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| Launched | 18 December 2005 |
| Network | CNN |
| Owned by | Network 18 |
| Picture format |
4:3 (576i, SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 400,000 (November 2016, ) |
| Country |
India United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India, UK (as News 18 India), Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Formerly called | CNN-IBN |
| Replaced by | CNN-News18 |
| Sister channel(s) |
News18 India IBN-Lokmat CNN International News 18 Assam/North-East News 18 Kerala |
| Website | www |
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Sky (UK & Ireland) |
Channel 577 |
CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by Network 18. According to BARC, CNN-News18 has the third-highest rating among all English news channel in India.CNN provides international coverage for the channel, while Indian Broadcasting Network concentrates on Indian and local reports.
In May 2014, Reliance Industries announced it would be taking over Network18. The move is touted as "the biggest-ever deal in the Indian media space". Reliance Industries already has indirect control in the TV18 network by virtue of investments it made in Network18 (starting from January 2012).
Like elsewhere in the world, CNN International only reached the urban elites in India. In order to reach the Indian masses Time Warner together with an Indian company- Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited)- launched the channel in India as CNN-IBN on 18 December 2005. The channel is completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only uses the Cable News Network (CNN) brand name.
Currently, Time Warner's India-specific CNN-News18 is watched by more people than its CNN International, although both channels are in English.
According to Network 18, since its inception, the channel has been reaching out to an average of 45 million households every day.
In 2015, it was announced that licensing agreement between Turner Broadcasting and Network 18 has not been renewed and will expire in January 2016. It is said to have been based on a mutual agreement. It is uncertain about the future of the channel once the re-branding occurs.
On 1 December 2015 however, it was announced the brand licensing had been renewed for another term.
At 7:57pm, 18 April 2016, CNN-IBN rebranded as CNN-News18.
CNN-News18 is the leading English news channel with 46% viewership shares and 2.3 times more than Times Now. It was ranked #1 in the latest survey.
On 5 August 2011 Comptroller and Auditor General of India's report on XIX Commonwealth Games was tabled in Parliament of India. In section 14.4.2 of the report, CAG alleged that while awarding contracts worth Rs 3.78 crore for production & broadcasting of commercials for promoting CWG-2010 to CNN-IBN & NDTV, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee followed an arbitrary approach. Proposals were considered in an ad hoc manner, as and when a proposal was received; no form of competitive tendering was adopted. The CAG further said in its report that, "We had no assurance about the competitiveness of the rates quoted by these channels and the need and usefulness of these proposals. From March 2010 to June 2010, the entire pre games publicity and sponsorship publicity was done only on NDTV & CNN-IBN."
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