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CNBC’s ‘Trend Mill’ turns one Sunday
CNBC's top-drawer lifestyle oriented show Trend Mill completes one year of telecast on Sunday. The channel will celebrate the show's anniversary with a 'Trend Mill celebration month' in November, wherein the programme will showcase an eclectic mix of people and events that have made news and provoked views.
The celebration starts with the telecast of a special episode on Sunday at 11 am with encores on Thursday 15:30 pm and 10:30 pm. As a part of the festivities, the channel has lined up a Trendspotting contest at the end of every episode, which will be aired on the channel all through November.
The special episode, anchored by Damini Kumari, will telecast a preview of Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding in its entertainment segment, exclusive coverage of Hyundai Tornado in its auto segment, and will relive a montage of landmark events that occurred in the entertainment industry in the year gone by, says a CNBC release.
The programme will showcase profiles of Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Zubin Mehta, Saurav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Baichung Bhutia, racing track star Narain Karthikeyan and media personality Riz Khan.
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.
