News Broadcasting
DD, NDTV, CBS win Commonwealth Bcast awards
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan and the Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV, amongst others, bagged the Commonwealth Broadcasting Awards 2006, which were announced today here.
Other winners included the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The awards, sponsored by World Bank, UNICEF, Amnesty International and Rolls Royce, were announced at a glittering function this evening as part of the on-going 26th Commonwealth Broadcasting Associations general conference.
Doordarshan bagged the CBA-World Bank Award for Programmes on Development Issues for From Fallows to Food Baskets, produced by Doordarshans Hyderabad centre.
The programme is a marvelous depiction of how villagers in India are producing more at low cost, by involving the community, particularly, women. The programme was made in collaboration with Community Media Trust, Pastapur, Andhra Pradesh.
Doordarshan has also won the CBA-UNICEF Award for Childrens Programme for the television drama Joymoti, which is the story of a girl whose father works as a labourer in a tea garden and how she takes up the challenge of education.
The programme was made by Doordarshans Silchar centre.
The other awards given away today are as follows:
* CBA-Rolls Royce Award for Exceptional News Feature went to Canadian Broadcasting Corporations programme A War in Words: An Iraqi Family Diary.
* CBA-Amnesty International Award for Human Rights Programme went to Australian Broadcasting Corporations programme A Knifes Edge.
* CBA-IBC Award for Innovative Engineering went to NDTV.
News Broadcasting
Network18 channels lead YouTube news viewership in March 2026
CNN-News18, News18 India and CNBC channels top categories with record views
MUMBAI: When the world hit refresh on breaking news, Network18’s channels were already streaming ahead. As geopolitical tensions and war-driven headlines fuelled a surge in global news consumption, the network’s digital playbook delivered big clocking record Youtube viewership across English, Hindi and business news categories in March 2026.
At the forefront was CNN-News18, which emerged as the clear leader in the English news segment with 130 million live and video-on-demand views. The channel edged past competitors such as Times of India (126.5 million), Times Now (101.1 million), India Today (88.2 million) and NDTV (77.5 million), according to Databeings data for March.
In the Hindi news arena, News18 India delivered a commanding performance, racking up a staggering 3,297 million views on YouTube. The channel comfortably outpaced NDTV India, which recorded 3,119 million views, underlining its deep reach and consistent engagement with mass audiences, as per Playboard data.
The network’s dominance wasn’t confined to general news. In the Hindi business segment, CNBC Awaaz topped the charts with 92 million views, narrowly ahead of Zee Business (90 million) and well ahead of ET Now Swadesh (57 million). Meanwhile, its English counterpart CNBC-TV18 posted a strong 58 million views, reinforcing the network’s cross-category strength.
The spike in viewership reflects a broader shift in audience behaviour, with viewers increasingly turning to digital platforms particularly Youtube for real-time updates and in-depth coverage during high-intensity news cycles. For Network18, the numbers signal more than just scale; they underline the effectiveness of a multi-platform strategy that blends speed, credibility and continuous coverage.
In a month where the news never paused, it seems viewers chose to stay tuned where the stream never stopped.
