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BBC World News to air special shows on Olympics
MUMBAI: BBC World News is set to screen its special programmes, which are weaved around Beijing Olympics 2008.
My Games, the new BBC World News programme based on the Olympics, will be broadcast live from 8 August at 6:15pm.
Presented by BBC’s Adnan Nawaz, the show will feature people from all around the globe talking live on TV, using webcams and will air four times in a weak.
Nawaz says,“My Games is a great platform to look at the Olympics from every possible angle. It’s an opportunity for me to capture some of the colour and excitement surrounding the Games and share it with the audience, who in turn can communicate their thoughts with BBC World News’ 78 million weekly viewers.”
Adnan will also report live for BBC World News’ Sport Today and Mishal Husain will be in the Chinese capital from 6 August to present a special daily edition of World News Today.
Extratime will run a week of special Olympic-related sport interviews and travel programme fast:track will aim at looking at what “non-sport fans can enjoy in the country”.
In addition, BBC World News will also feature programmes looking at Life in China, which will explore personal stories and social issues.
The Culture Show, presented by Miranda Sawyer and Tom Dyckhoff, will look at Beijing’s lcontemporary art, design, fashion and music scene.
China Reporting China, a series of four documentaries investigating different aspects of rural life in the country will also be aired.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
