MUMBAI: TIMES NOW, India?s most watched 24-hour English news channel along with ET NOW, the channel always thinking markets, together continues to dominate the viewership of English news network genre with 46% combined channel share (Source: TAM, CS AB M 25+, week 25 - week 28, Relative share of viewership) compared to CNN IBN + CNBC TV 18 and NDTV 24x7 + NDTV Profit garnering 31% and 23% respectively.

While TIMES NOW continues to have an indomitable run being the channel of choice, ET NOW too has made strong inroads with enhanced focus on Market driven programming extended to weekends. This combination has clearly sustained its leadership position, setting itself apart as a formidable player in the news space with the best in class channels.

Stay tuned to ET NOW for more stock tips, trading strategies, market moving stories & exclusive interviews and keep tuning to TIMES NOW for relevant and insightful news from India and around the world.

New Delhi: TIMES NOW, India?s most watched 24-hour English news channel continues to dominate the English news genre with 42% relative channel share (Source: TAM, All India 1mn+ CS 25+, Males, AB, Week 28, July 8 ? 14 2012) with CNN IBN and NDTV 24x7 garnering 16% and 24% respectively.

In addition to the above and across a 13 week period, TIMES NOW has garnered 36% of channel share with CNN IBN and NDTV 24x7 acquiring 29% and 21% of the pie. (Source: TAM, All India 1mn+ CS 25+, Males, AB, Avg Week 16 ? 28, April 15 ? July 14, 2012). With its seamless programming and news-centric strategy combined with superior content and unmatched analysis, TIMES NOW has clearly sustained its leadership position, setting itself apart as a leading news brand that delivers relevant and insightful reportage of news from India and around the world.

With an unparalleled passion and its relentless focus on news TIMES NOW has been leading continuously for the past four years which has given the channel a clear edge over the competition thereby strengthening its topmost position.

MUMBAI: Highlights include live coverage of key Jubilee events and in-depth documentaries about the Royal family

Live from London, CNN will globally televise the spectacular pageantry of the Diamond Jubilee, marking Queen Elizabeth?s 60 year reign of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. CNN?s special live coverage will be anchored by Piers Morgan and Brooke Baldwin. Users can also watch the simulcast live online at CNN.com/live or on the CNN App for iPad and iPhone by authenticating through their cable, satellite or telco provider.

LIVE COVERAGE:

Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
CNN will be on location at the Tower Bridge for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Hundreds of boats will sail up the River Thames, making it one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river.
Airs Sunday, June 3 at 8:30pm IST(duration: 2 hours)

Royal Carriage Procession
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales will depart the Palace of Westminster for Buckingham Palace, travelling along a processional route by horse-drawn carriage. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh and members of the Royal Family will appear on Buckingham Palace?s balcony, at which point the Royal Air Force will fly over the palace and the Queen?s Royal Guard will deliver a celebratory cascade of rifle fire as a salute.
Airs Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30pm IST (duration: 2 hours)

SPECIAL DOCUMENTARIES:

CNN Presents: The Women Who Would Be Queen
CNN takes a look at the life of Catherine Middleton, the woman who will someday become Queen of the United Kingdom. The hour-long documentary also explores the ways in which the future King and Queen have honored the life and legacy of Diana. Featured in the documentary are Jules Knight, close friend of the couple from the origins of their fairytale romance during their university days at St. Andrews, and Arthur Edwards, longtime royal photographer, who has chronicled the princes? entire lives during his 30-year career at England?s The Sun newspaper.
Airs Sunday, June 3 at 5:30am IST.

Harry: The Fighter Prince
He is the soldier Prince, happiest in combat uniform. In this documentary, Prince Harry reveals to CNN?s Royal Correspondent, Max Foster, ?There?s something about me, I do enjoy running down a ditch full of mud. It?s the way I am. I love it.? With a glint in his eye and a healthy streak of irreverence, the young prince is third in line to the British throne, and has always been one of the lads. As his grandmother celebrates sixty years on the throne, Prince Harry has been given duties away from the battlefield. He was sent on a Royal tour of the Caribbean ? a trip which senior members at Buckingham Palace judged as a great success.
Airs Monday, June 4 at 6:00am IST.

MUMBAI: International news channels BBC World and CNN International continue to grow in the country. CNN International reaches more viewers globally than any other international news channel, with findings from both the latest Pan-Asia Pacific Cross-Media survey (PAX) and Europe?s Media and Marketing Survey (EMS) reinforcing the network?s undisputed leadership position. The Pax survey reveals that no international English news channel reaches more Indian viewers on a monthly basis than CNN International. In India, CNN International is more of a daily habit than BBC World News among Business Decision Makers and Top Management.

The latest Pax findings for the first to the fourth quarter of 2011 show that CNN International continues to be a leader in the Asia Pacific region among international news and business channels across all metrics:

Meanwhile as far as one of its arch rivals BBC World News is concerned an Ipsos Pax survey showed that in India, it is the top international English news channel and the news destination of both the young and upwardly mobile mid-level corporate managers. BBC World News was also shown to be the most watched international news channel for mid-level income earners, women, tech enthusiasts and those under the age of 30. The channel is also the most watched news channel amongst key audiences such as potential car buyers, international travellers and consumer durable owners.

The latest Pax survey also demonstrated the power of BBC?s integrated reach across its TV and digital platforms. BBC combined platforms reach out to more young people, mid management execs, women, potential car buyers and international fliers as compared to key competitors.

BBC World News commercial director Colin Lawrence said, ?BBC World News and BBC.com are strongly demonstrating impact to Indian audiences?not only top management but also those with their careers on the rise. Our platforms deliver a targeted route to these discerning viewers and it?s more and more clear that our style of impartial international news and business coverage is increasingly relevant to viewers and advertisers across the country.?

The latest Pax findings also highlighted CNN International?s ability to reach business leaders and travelers in the Asia Pacific region.

- More business travelers watch CNN International in a single week than BBC World News in a month

- Leisure travelers also have a stronger connection with CNN International, with 49% more leisure travelers watching CNN International each week than the next placed news/business channel - CNN International enjoys a clear audience advantage among key business targets, such as Business Decision Makers and Top Management (57% and 42% reach advantage respectively) over the next placed news/business channel CNN International executive VP Tony Maddox said, ?What we are seeing is that there continues to be a strong appetite for global news, and that people throughout the world are turning to CNN for that news ? and in great numbers. People want a depth of analysis and a genuine breadth of coverage, and we provided that throughout 2011 wherever the big stories were breaking, and continue to do so in 2012. Add in our commitment to global business news and our excellent sports and cultural programming and there is a clear, compelling proposition for viewers.?

CNN in Asia Pacific VP, News ad sales William Hsu said, ?Once again, CNN?s ability to reach this highly-desirable, upscale target audience is unmatched. There is simply no better platform for advertisers across the Asia Pacific region, and the caliber of our clients is testament to our ongoing best-in-class performance here and around the world.?

In addition to CNN International?s on-air positioning, the PAX survey shows that CNN International?s leadership also extends to its digital platforms.

- Each month CNN.com/CNNMoney.com reaches 51 per cent more users online than BBC.com, and more than twice as many (+113 per cent) Top Management

- 95 per cent more business decision Makers visit CNN.com/CNNMoney.com than the next largest international media site - CNN International?s multi-platform reach in Asia Pacific is unrivalled among news/business brands, with the network?s weekly combined TV and digital audiences 54% greater than that of the next largest news/business provider

In Europe, CNN International achieved a record score in the latest EMS 2012 research, achieving the best ever score for any news network in monthly reach, with 36.9 per cent (18 million viewers). Overall, CNN International is also the number one multi-platform news provider in Europe, with 47 per cent monthly combined reach across TV, mobile, and online.

Mumbai: Fashion designer and international style icon Victoria Beckham sits down with CNN correspondent Anna Coren for an in-depth one-on-one interview on CNN?s ?Talk Asia?. In Hong Kong to promote the launch of her new line ?Victoria?, she discusses her design philosophy and her experiences entering the fashion industry. The former Spice Girl also opens up about family life with husband David Beckham and their four children, living in the public eye for more than 20 years, and how she responds to critics. CNN?s Talk Asia with Victoria Beckham airs on Tuesday, May 22 at 1300 IST and Thursday, May 24 at 1000 IST.

Please find excerpts from the interview with Victoria Beckham below.

?CNN?s Talk Asia? must be credited for any use of this material.

ON THE TRANSITION FROM POP TO FASHION

BECKHAM: ?I?m very respectful of my past and what I?ve done with the Spice Girls, and I?ve learned an enormous amount from that. And now I?m doing what I?ve always wanted to do, you know, fashion is my passion."

ON HOW SHE RESPONDS TO CRITICS

"I care what people say about what I do professionally, I care about what my customer says, you know, that?s what I do care about, because why do I do what I do? I do what I do because I love women. I want to empower women, I want women to feel good, I want them to feel beautiful and so I care about what my customer thinks because I want to give her what she wants."

ON HER CAREER HIGHS

BECKHAM: "One of the most exciting points of my career was dressing Oprah, for example, a woman that...I mean I met Oprah and I didn?t know whether I should shake her hand or curtsy. I mean literally, and the fact that I had the opportunity to dress Oprah, who is definitely a more curvaceous women. So that?s what feels very exciting for me. It?s the fact that I am designing dresses that are for women, whatever age and whatever shape and size."

ON BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE

BECKHAM: "I can?t bear it when people complain about that sort of thing [being followed by paparazzi]. It is what it is. It comes with the job if you like, and we are used to it and we have a private life. So I kind of don?t pay too much attention to that side of it really."

"I?m never going to sit here and say ?poor me, I?m being followed by photographers,? are you kidding me? I?m the luckiest woman in the world and I appreciate absolutely, absolutely everything."

Highlights of the Victoria Beckham interview with ?Talk Asia? will be available online at www.cnn.com/talkasia

Airtimes: Indian Standard Time*
Tuesday, May 22 at 1300
Thursday, May 24 at 1000

New Delhi: The Indian Premier League is back in its fifth season with its electric mix of cricket and entertainment and CNN-IBN will be there to give its viewers the most comprehensive coverage of this sporting spectacle with its lineup of special programming called Cricketainment.

The CNN-IBN team of some of India?s most experienced sports journalists will be joined by well-known experts of the game such as Harsha Bhogle, Sanjay Manjrekar, Aakash Chopra, Anil Kumble, Shishir Hattangdi, Maninder Singh to give the viewers the sharpest and most precise analysis of every game in the tournament.

Cricketainment begins its innings on CNN IBN from April 2 and continues till the end of the IPL season on May 27. The coverage will be divided in two stages:

1. PRE-IPL:
The show will feature celebrities and guests and will discuss strengths and weaknesses of all IPL teams and try to predict who will come out on top in IPL 5.
Timings: April 2 @ 7:00 PM & April 3 @ 7:00 PM

2. DURING IPL:
Daily pre & post-match analysis where the experts will discuss & analyze the teams? performance
Timings: April 4 ? May 27, Everyday @ 3:30 PM, 7:30 PM & 11:30 PM Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN Lokmat, said, ?The tournament that shook cricket and enthralled fans is back and so is our boundless IPL coverage on and off the field. Cricketainment aims to give viewers multiple perspectives of the tournament with the most pertinent experts and our team of reporters who add the extra spark into the game.?