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CNN-IBN & IBN7 score big with World Cup contests
MUMBAI: Throughout the duration of the Cricket World Cup, CNN-IBN & IBN7 brought a delectable fare of coverage on the tournament. The channels launched a series of contests that allowed both advertisers and viewers to take centre stage. Specifically, advertisers are being offered an exclusive opportunity to dine and interact with such legends of the game as – Kris Srikanth, Ricky Ponting, Zaheer Abbas, Chris Harris and Kiran More.
Additionally, CNN-IBN & IBN7 have also launched Cup Quiz With Cheeka and #Cricfie. Cup Quiz With Cheeka is a cricket quiz on-air and on social media wherein participants need to answer questions related to past cricket world cups, asked by the former India captain and chairman of selectors Srikanth.
#Cricfie is a contest running on IBN7 wherein the channel is calling for selfies with quirky captions wishing and cheering for Team India to be shared on Facebook page or the Twitter handle of IBN7. The top Cricfies will be printed, framed and sent back to participants duly autographed by the channel’s panel of experts.
While the extensive programming providing viewers with a 360 degree view of this mega cricketing event will continue till the end, CNN-IBN & IBN7’s special viewer and trade engagement activities will add another dimension to its coverage.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
