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Hinduja TMT bags US BPO contract
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) has picked up a business process outsourcing (BPO) contract from a US health insurance company.
The contract will initially run for a period of three years and will involve both transactions processing as well as client contact center work in the area of health care.
Speaking to indiantelevision.com, HTMT senior VP Arun Kumar said that while “the training and pilot project started on 12 January, the commercial processing would take off within a month.” This is the second health insurance BPO contract that HTMT has bagged from the US. “Both clients are Fortune 200 companies,” Kumar added.
HTMT has employed 80 people as transaction processors for 3 modules of the training and pilot project. The company is expecting to further add 600 transaction processors to the work force based on its experience with the existing healthcare insurance BPO client.
HTMT vice chairman Solomon Raj was quoted in a company statement saying, “Our existing domain expertise coupled with realization of high quality performance metrics in the health insurance sector was a major factor that made HTMT the preferred vendor of choice.”
The company is in the process of setting up a high-end call center employing medical doctors, states the release. HTMT has taken on lease premises admeasuring 80,000 sq. ft. for building 1400 seat capacity at Bangalore to meet the expanding requirements of its customers including those of the new client. This is in addition to the existing capacity of 1050 seat 52,000 square feet offshore development centre ‘HTMT House’ at Bangalore, which is now fully occupied.
HTMT has won a number of accolades in the recent past. It was recently voted as the second best employee friendly company in the Dataquest-IDC BPO Employee Satisfaction Survey. The first position had gone to the first name of India off-shoring, GE Capital. It was also rated the second largest in the insurance claim processing business by the Business World magazine in terms of number of processors. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 Program 2003 has recognized HTMT as one of Asia Pacific’s leading technology companies in the year 2003.
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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.
