News Broadcasting
CNN takes an in-depth look at Japan next month
MUMBAI: The week of 4 December 2006 on CNN marks a series of special programming focusing on the diversity and complexity of Japan. The news broadcaster presents a series of talk shows and feature programs in the initiative Japan Now that includes five consecutive episodes of Talk Asia from Monday through Friday, Revealed and Business Traveller over the weekend.
Talk Asia off the week of specials with the likes of Bulgarian sumo wrestler champion (Ozeki) Kotooshu, architect Tadao Ando, ‘Mr. Nintendo’ Shigeru Miyamoto, and R&B Japanese pop singer Ken Hirai. Revealed then catches up with Japan’s most internationally recognized football star Hideotoshi Nakata at the crossroad of his career. Recruited by Italy’s series A, the world’s toughest football league, after representing Japan in the World Cup in 1998, he was the first to show the world what Japanese players are capable of on the pitch. Shocking Japan with his early retirement, the program follows Nakata on a post-retirement trip around Asia.
Also known as the city of merchants, Business Traveller flies to Osaka, Japan, to feature one of the most expensive cities in the world. Correspondent Richard Quest follows a daily routine of a businessman and attempts to replicate the same day in Osaka on a shoestring budget. The show will also focus on foreign expatriates, asking for their tips on how to survive and thrive at business scenes in Japan.
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.
