News Broadcasting
Russia to unveil 24×7 English news channel
MUMBAI: It’s not just the French that are looking to present their point of view to a wider global audience. To air the Russian perspective to the international audience and media, a 24-hour English news channel Russia Today is soon to be launched by state-funded RIA Novosti news agency.
According to media reports, Russia Today is scheduled to go on air by end-2005. The Russian equivalent of ‘Voice of America’, which is a brainchild Mikhail Y. Lesin, a media businessman and an advisor to President Vladimir V Putin who is realising a long-cherished goal.
The 24-hour news channel will broadcast to Europe, North America and Asia, to reflect the Russian voice. The news channel will cover international as well as Russian news. The channel will employee as many as 200 professionals and has a budget of about $30 million.
Margarita Simonyan has been named editor in-chief of Russia Today.
Simonyan said, “We do not want to change the professional format developed by such TV channels as the BBC, CNN and Euronews. We want to reflect Russia’s opinion of the world and to make Russia clearer for understanding.”
The state-controlled RIA-Novosti news agency and television station Rossiya will provide journalists and premises for Russia Today TV.
Some observers have suggested that the creation of the channel is a financially dubious effort to counter Western concerns that President Vladimir Putin is returning to more authoritarian Soviet ways, sparked in part by the politically charged drive against oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his Yukos oil empire.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
