News Broadcasting
CBS, PBS triumph at Emmy Awards for news, documentaries
MUMBAI: The 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the US . During the ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to PBS journalist Bill Moyers. Moyers was honored for his contributions as a television journalist and documentarian over more than three decades. Presenters of the Lifetime Achievement Award included his wife and business partner Judith Davidson Moyers, legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, former Chairman and CEO of CNN News Group Tom Johnson, and PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger.
CBS and US pubcaster PBS took five trophies each. The History Channel won four awards. ABC picked up three citations whileCNN won two awards. The National Geographic Channel won three awards.
CNN won an Emmy for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story–Long Form for Starving in Plain Sight. This appeared on Anderson Cooper 360º in August 2005. For those reports, Anderson Cooper and Jeff Koinange and their crews put faces and names to one of the most underreported crises in the world today: famine in Niger.
The network also won an Emmy for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for Charity Hospital. This was a segment from Dr. Sanjay Gupta documenting the plight of New Orleans’ Charity Hospital after Katrina hit landfall. Gupta and CNN Production crews debunked official reports that the hospital had been completely evacuated, showing how dozens of doctors, nurses, hospital staff and patients struggled for days at the hospital. The segment appeared on Anderson Cooper 360º in September 2005. The award for Historical Programming – Long Form went to PBS’ Slavery and the Making of America Seeds of Destruction
The award for the best Science, technology and nature programming went to the National Geographic special, Predators at War. Also at this ceremony, three press organizations –New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, The International Press Institute (Vienna) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans Frontieres), headquartered in Paris – were honoured for their work in the defense of freedom of the press worldwide.
Two Emmy Awards were presented to international news organizations in the categories of Breaking News & Continuing Coverage by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The award for coverage of a breaking news story in a regualrly scheduled news cast went to NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams for
Hurricane Katrina: Moment of Crisis. The award for continuing coverage of a news story in a regularly scheduled newscast went to ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings for Iraq: Where Things Stand 3 on ABC.
Also this year, the first Emmy Award for News & Documentary programming distributed via non-traditional platforms, including the Internet, cellphones, portable media players and other devices, was presented.
News Broadcasting
Network18 channels lead YouTube news viewership in March 2026
CNN-News18, News18 India and CNBC channels top categories with record views
MUMBAI: When the world hit refresh on breaking news, Network18’s channels were already streaming ahead. As geopolitical tensions and war-driven headlines fuelled a surge in global news consumption, the network’s digital playbook delivered big clocking record Youtube viewership across English, Hindi and business news categories in March 2026.
At the forefront was CNN-News18, which emerged as the clear leader in the English news segment with 130 million live and video-on-demand views. The channel edged past competitors such as Times of India (126.5 million), Times Now (101.1 million), India Today (88.2 million) and NDTV (77.5 million), according to Databeings data for March.
In the Hindi news arena, News18 India delivered a commanding performance, racking up a staggering 3,297 million views on YouTube. The channel comfortably outpaced NDTV India, which recorded 3,119 million views, underlining its deep reach and consistent engagement with mass audiences, as per Playboard data.
The network’s dominance wasn’t confined to general news. In the Hindi business segment, CNBC Awaaz topped the charts with 92 million views, narrowly ahead of Zee Business (90 million) and well ahead of ET Now Swadesh (57 million). Meanwhile, its English counterpart CNBC-TV18 posted a strong 58 million views, reinforcing the network’s cross-category strength.
The spike in viewership reflects a broader shift in audience behaviour, with viewers increasingly turning to digital platforms particularly Youtube for real-time updates and in-depth coverage during high-intensity news cycles. For Network18, the numbers signal more than just scale; they underline the effectiveness of a multi-platform strategy that blends speed, credibility and continuous coverage.
In a month where the news never paused, it seems viewers chose to stay tuned where the stream never stopped.
