News Broadcasters Association
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| Abbreviation | NBA |
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| Formation | October 2008 |
| Type | Private organization. |
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President
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K. V. L. Narayan Rao (Executive Vice Chairman - NDTV) |
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Vice President
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Barun Das (CEO - Zee news) |
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Main organ
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Board of Directors |
| Website | nbanewdelhi |
The News Broadcasters Association is a private association of different current affairs and news television broadcasters in India . It was established by leading Indian news broadcasters in October 2008. The association was set up to deal with ethical, operational, regulatory, technical and legal issues affecting news and current-affairs channels. Its founding members were NDTV, Times Global Broadcasting, TV Today Network, TV18 Group, Zee News, Media Content and Communication Services, Independent News Service, and Global Broadcast News.
Apart from NDTV Group executive vice chairman K. V. L Narayan Rao, and Zee News Ltd CEO, Barun Das who are the president and vice president, Media Content and Communications ServicesCEO Ashok Venkatramani is the honorary treasurer. The other members are Independent News Services chairman Rajat Sharma; Times Television Network MD and CEO Sunil Lulla; and Network18 Group COO B. Sai Kumar.
Membership to the association is governed by qualifying certain guidelines. Besides this, an annual subscription fee has also to be paid by the applicant/member. The association in July 2012 had 22 members representing 41 channels.
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