News Broadcasting
Anil Uniyal is CNBC-TV18 and Awaaz CEO
NEW DELHI: Network18 will have a chief executive officer for its two business news channels, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, as it prepares for its next phase of growth in a marketplace that is crowded with new entrants.
The company has elevated Anil Uniyal to the newly created post. He will be responsible for the strategic, financial and operational management of the channels and will report into Network18 Group COO B Saikumar.
Earlier, as Network18 Media COO and TV18 Media Operation business head, Uniyal was leading the commercial arm of the Group, with responsibilities for driving the topline for the CNBC channels and Forbes India.
As part of the restructuring, the company recently moved Ajay Chacko, who was playing a critical role in looking after CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz and Forbes India, to its new joint venture company AETN18 as its president.
On Uniyal’s promotion, Saikumar said, “Anil has been one of the key executives involved in the growth of Network18‘s business news channels – CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz since their respective launches. He is now expected to steer the channels into a whole new phase of leadership and profitability and I am sure that he will be equal to this challenge.”
Added Uniyal, “I believe that, as in the last decade, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz will lead a new phase of innovation and growth in the business news space and I look forward to working with the channel editorial and business teams to further strengthen our market “
Uniyal has over a decade of experience in sales and strategy and has been with Network18 since 2001. He has played a leadership role in building different revenue verticals for Network18 – from inventory sales to setting up the customised solutions business for the CNBC channels and other business brands in the Group.
He began his career as an entrepreneur, running a media services and consulting enterprise.
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.
