News Broadcasting
CNN.com launches new website for Asia
CNN’s first web site to be produced and edited from Asia launched on Tuesday. CNN.com Asia features in-depth stories from across the Asia Pacific and top world news stories that impact on the region. Using the latest technology, the site will also feature multi-media elements to bring more news from the region to online users.
“This new Asian web site is an integral part of CNN’s global strategy to offer consumers more regionally relevant news content on television and the web. Our Hong Kong production centre is pioneering the way for CNN’s worldwide vision for a more integrated news service, capitalising on the potential of media convergence,” said Chris Cramer, president CNN international networks.
An extra 30 international journalists are now employed to work out of CNN’s integrated newsroom in Hong Kong, with the regional headquarters now consisting of a total of 85 television and web journalists.
The new site offers a comprehensive and focused service for Internet users in Asia and those wanting to know more about the region. CNN.com Asia includes five main sections: Australia/Pacific, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, South East Asia plus special sections on business, technology, weather and travel.
CNN.com Asia is the second English-language site developed by CNN.com specifically for the international market; the online news provider launched a European version in September 2000. CNN.com also operates eight local-language news sites and two local-language headline news services, including Japanese (CNN.co.jp), Chinese (CNN.com/Chinese) and Korean (CNN.com/Korean).
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.
