News Broadcasting
CNBC inks deal with Singapore Airlines for live in-flight news
MUMBAI: Looks like airline passengers are in a treat from television networks! The latest to cash in on this high-flying viewer segment is CNBC. The business news and information channel has inked a deal with Singapore Airlines to deliver live in-flight news on select routes.
In an agreement with Connexion by Boeing, which claims to be the world’s leading high-speed in-flight Internet services provider, NBC Universal Cable is making available globally either CNBC Asia, CNBC Europe or CNBC US, depending on flight path, as well as MSNBC programming within the United States, informs a media release.
CNBC’s full range of programmes will be accessible live to passengers through their laptops. These include Asia Squawk Box, the signature morning bulletin anchored by Martin Soong, CNBC Tonight, a daily evening programme combining business, news, investment and lifestyle.
The official release also adds that Generation-e, the network’s popular weekly technology programme anchored by Keith Liu and Amanda Drury, Managing Asia, a weekly look inside the minds of the region’s top leaders, to name a few will be part of the in-flight news package.
The Connexion by Boeing television’s service availability will be expanded later this year to include other airlines that are offering the award-winning high-speed in-flight Internet service.
CNBC Asia Pacific president and CEO Alexander P Brown said: “With a strong reputation built on providing the critical tools and information that empower the efforts of successful business leaders who are often frequent travellers, CNBC is proud to be among the first networks selected for live in-flight broadcast.”
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.
