News Broadcasting
RAPA awards to be held on 20 May
MUMBAI: Radio and Television Advertising Practitioners’ Association of India (RAPA) is all set to stage its 31st Annual awards for excellence on 20 May at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra, Mumbai.
RAPA has been honouring and encouraging creative excellence for over 30 years. This is the only association in the country which encompasses all Indian languages and English and gives as much importance to radio as television.
Entries have come in from all over the country and judging has been completed. The panel of judges include Ameen Sayani, Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Rinki Bhattacharya, Karuna Samtani, Ramesh Deo, Manjul Sinha, Javed Siddiqi, Pushpa Bharati, Sandesh Shandilya Anil Ganguli, Jyoti Venkatesh, Gufi Paintal and Nandita Puri to name a few.
The winners list does not compromise of work from metros only, people from small towns have also made a mark, informs an official release.
This year also happens to be the 100 year of Radio coming into existence. RAPA says that it salutes those who had faith in radio and did not desert it when boom in the television industry made most people comment that radio was dying and it was a matter of time before radio would be forgotten.
The association states that all the who’s who of the entertainment industry will be there to felicitate and be felicitated.
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.
