News Broadcasting
NBC, HBO dominate Creative Prime time Emmies
LOS ANGELES: On Saturday night, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) awarded the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Prime time Emmys for programmes and individual achievements.
The event took place at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards presentation at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
NBC headed the winners circle with 11 wins, closely followed by cable network HBO with ten. CBS got nine citations while ABC got eight. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox got recognised seven times.
Meanwhile, Emmys in 28 other categories will be presented at the 2003 Primetime Emmy Awards on 21 September at the Shrine Auditorium. Zee English will cover the event in India.
Coming back to Saturday’s function, HBO’s Six Feet Under which airs in India on Zee English won in the outstanding casting for a Drama Series section. Will & Grace which airs on the same channel was recognised for its cinematography. Fox’s 24 which airs in India on AXN was cited for the quality of editing. HBO’s movie Live From Baghdad was also recognised for editing as well as for the casting.
Comedian Hank Azaria went home with a trophy for voicing various characters on Fox’s The Simpsons. In India, the show airs on Star World. Bill Conti’s music direction of The Oscar Awards also did not go unnoticed. The Oscars also won for the art direction.
Monk which will soon air on Star World won for its main title theme music. Production designer Scott Willis was recognised for the animation design done for the Cartoon Network show Samurai Jack. The Grammy Awards were cited for sound mixing as was CSI which airs in India on AXN.
Another AXN show Alias was cited for the stunt co-ordination. The CSI spinoff CSI Miami which will commence shortly on the channel won for the cinematography.
Meanwhile, veteran television broadcaster, Bob Costas, of HBO’s Emmy-winning On the Record with Bob Costas, has been named to host the 2003 International Emmy Awards Gala which will be held on 24 November at the New York Hilton Hotel. Costas, a 23-year veteran of NBC Sports, joined the network’s sports division in 1980. Since then, he has hosted five Olympics and been prominently involved in virtually every major sports event, including numerous World Series, Super Bowl and NBA Finals broadcasts.
HBO’s star of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker has also been roped in as the presenter of the International Emmy Founders Award for innovative programming to HBO.
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.
