News Broadcasting
First NT Awards Delhi jury meet ends, 200 entries screened
NEW DELHI: The three-day New Delhi chapter of the jury meetings for nominating awardees for the country’s first NT Awards of Indiantelevision.com concluded here today, after the jurors watched close to 200 representations sent by various news channels.
The channels had sent in their representations in various categories – with each category having separate Hindi and English sections.
Of the entries received, those in the categories of Entertainment, Lifestyle & Fashion and Talk Show (Hindi) – were screened today and were evaluated by a jury comprising some of the leading scribes and creative persons in the respective fields.
The categories screened yesterday – the second day of the jury meeting – had included both hard news and business news reports.
Of these, the hard news segment included daily newscast (Hindi and English); news documentary programme (Hindi and English) and crime show (Hindi).
The business section included various other categories, like talk shows, news reports and documentary among others, for which jurors with specialisation in business reporting met in a screening room separate from the one in which the hard news items were watched.
The jurors found the entire exercise free and independent, with entries being marked first on a rough score card. These entries had to be transferred by the jurors themselves into the final ballot, and signed by them.
The final ballots were then shipped to the independent auditing team from the reputed agency, Ernst & Young, who were present in the same building complex in a separate room.
The ballots marked by them were then tabulated by the auditors and the names of the top five were given in print in the stationary of the auditing company.
Finally, the jurors were required to sign the names of the top five sent in by the auditing firm, though the names of the final winners are still being kept a strict secret known to the auditors alone.
The elaborate procedure has been made fool proof and tamper free, in the usual international standard and procedure followed.
The jurors had the freedom to do two things: one, decide how long of each item they would like to watch; and two, whether an individual entry did not at all fit into the category for which the particular channel had sent the representation. In both instances, the jury had to come to a consensus, without which no decision on these two issues were taken.
The Mumbai chapter of jury meeting will take place later this month, with categories like sports, promos, etc., being evaluated for nomination.
The final award ceremony will be held in Delhi in the middle of July and prizes for the best products in at least 50 categories would be given away.
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.
