News Broadcasting
Comcast SportsNet garners 16 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award nominations
MUMBAI: Comcast SportsNet bagged 16 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award nominations. The awards recognise excellence in news, programming and individual achievement in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
“I am extremely proud of everyone here at Comcast SportsNet. As a regional sports network, we are honored to be nominated for Overall Station Excellence. This nomination is a true testament to the depth and versatility that our staff, here at the network, demonstrates every day on the air and behind the scenes,” said Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia senior vice president and general manager Stephanie Smith.
Comcast SportsNet was nominated for Overall Station Excellence, a new category as well as “SportsNite” for Outstanding Sports – Regularly Scheduled Daily or Weekly Program, which captured the honor the past two years. Comcast SportsNet also received nominations for Philadelphia 76ers game coverage in the Outstanding Live Sports Coverage/Series category as well as numerous nominations for Craft Achievement.
The Emmy Awards will be presented on 9 September at the Mid- Atlantic Awards Gala in Philadelphia. All entries are judged outside the chapter’s region by panels of television industry peers with expertise in a given category who are working in comparable television markets across the country.
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.
