News Broadcasting
Punjabi Music Awards live on etc Channel Punjabi on 21 Feb
MUMBAI: ETC Channel Punjabi has announced the Punjabi Music Awards 2004 to honour excellence in the vibrant Punjabi music industry. The awards which will be held in Jalandhar will be anchored by witty firebrand Navjot Siddhu and Sunita and will be aired live on ETC Channel Punjabi and Alpha TV Punjabi on 21 February from 7.00 pm.
Through these annual awards, ETC Channel Punjabi is honoring outstanding achievements in Punjabi music in 24 different categories covering every aspect of the music industry from singing, writing, composing to choreography and music video direction.
The award categories are: Best Pop Vocalist (Male), Best Pop Vocalist (Female), Best Pop Album, Best Folk-Pop Singer, Best Folk- Pop Album, Best Video, Best Video Director, Best Duet Vocalist, Best Folk Singer (Male), Best Folk Singer (Female), Best Sufi Singer (Male), Best Sufi Singer (Female), Best Sufi Album, Best Religious Album, Best Comedy Album, Best Non Resident Indian Singer, Best International Punjabi Album, Best Debut (Male), Best Debut (Female), Best Music Director, Best Lyricist, Best Choreographer, Best Recording (Technical) and Life Time Achievement Award.
ETC Channel Punjabi presidentRabindra Narayan says, “Punjabi music is now a world wide rage. More Punjabi albums are released every month than any other language. More Punjabi singers go abroad to entertain the world with Punjabi music than any other language’s singers. It is high time that the creators of this exquisite brand of music be honored with an award which has the respect of the entire industry.”
Adds ETC Channel Punjabi VP programming Rajiee M Shinde, “ETC Channel Punjabi is the most popular Punjabi music channel in the industry. It is only fitting that we start this glorious tradition where every year we honor the very best in Punjabi music.”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
