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CNBC TV18 to review biggest happenings of the year
MUMBAI: CNBC TV18 is closing 2007 with a bouquet of special programmes that will recap the biggest happenings of the action-packed year. The programmes will picture India in the glory it gathered through the year, a definitive perspective and a focus on various aspects that have made news this year.
On 26 December at 10.30 pm, a special bulletin Corporate News of the Year will review the year that corporate India could well call a ‘red letter year’ as it went about brokering the largest ever deals.
Young Turks Special at 7:30 pm on 27 December will be a year-end special with extraordinary young achievers of India.
On 28 December at 10.30 pm, Storyboard Special will review the strengths and weaknesses of the campaigns targeted at the consumers throughout the year.
Markets in a two-part series on 31 December and 1 January, will showcase how the year took a leap from 15,000 to 20,000.
Global CEO will have anchor Shereen Bhan in conversation with some of the biggest names from fortune global forum, in a three-part series from 1-3 January at 7:30 pm.
In Policy Battleground, Shereen Bhan will bring a critical look at the governmental policies from special economic zones (SEZs) to telecom industry. The special programme will be on 2 January at 10:30 pm.
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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.
