News Broadcasting
Jain Television into exclusive content arrangement with 18 leading publications
NEW DELHI: Jain Television, set to become the first Business & News Channel in Hindi, has entered into an exclusive content sharing arrangement with 18 leading regional publications, across the country.
Through this unique tie-up, Jain Television will share the content of its Budget special programme, Mere Sau Rupaye with these publications and get their editors and journalists on the programme.
According to Jain Television managing editor Ankur Jain, “The idea is to bring news into peoples language, even if it means simplifying the complex business and finance matters.”
“Moreover, appearance of senior mediapersons on the programme will provide unbiased and expert opinion to the viewers”, added Jain. The transcripts of Mere Sau Rupaye, aired on Jain Television every day between February 22 – March 5, 2003, between 7.00 – 10.00 pm will be published in key regional dailies such as:
North
Aaj all Editions in UP
Jansatta Express Lucknow
Prabhat Khabar Ranchi, Patna
Greater Kashmir Jammu
Navabharat Nagpur, Mumbai and Bhopal
Jansatta – Raipur
East
Prabhat Khabar Kolkata
Dharitri Bhubaneswar
Purvanchal Prahiri Assam
Amar Assam Assam
West
Loksatta – Ahmedabad
Jansatta – Ahmedabad
Sambhav – Ahmedabad
Mumbai Samachar – Mumbai
Navjyoti Ajmer
South
Siasat – Hyderabad
Vaartha (Hindi/ Telugu) Hyderabad
New Indian Express Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai
In line with its plans to become the first free-to-air Business and News Channel in Hindi, Jain Television is totally changing the look and feel of the current programme content, aiming to reach out to all the news watchers in 40 million Cable & Satellite (C&S) households in the country.
Jain Television has started a series of new programmes where the countrys leading economists, financial analysts, corporate heads, former prime ministers and finance minsters will give their expert opinions about the Budget. This includes series such as Mere Sau Rupaye, Agar Aap FM Hote and Sau Rupaye Ka Chutta.
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
