News Broadcasting
Subhajyoti Ghosh joins Collective Newsroom as BBC Bangla India Lead
NEW DELHI: After nearly a quarter of a century with the BBC, Subhajyoti Ghosh is turning a familiar page to start a new chapter. The journalist has joined Collective Newsroom as BBC Bangla Team Lead for India, continuing his work for the storied brand, just under a different employer’s banner.
Ghosh describes the change as more administrative than emotional. “My long association with the BBC has come to an end. And yet, in a deeper sense, it has not,” he said, noting that his editorial mission remains intact even as his payslip changes.
His journey with the BBC began 24 winters ago at Bush House in London, then home of the BBC World Service. Since then, he has reported across continents and platforms, becoming a familiar voice and byline for Bengali audiences. Nearly 300 payslips later, the letters on the salary statement may have changed, but the journalism, he insists, has not.
The move follows the restructuring of the BBC’s India operations to meet foreign direct investment norms. That process led to the creation of Collective Newsroom, which now houses all Indian language services and English language YouTube operations for the BBC in India. BBC Bangla content originating from India will now be produced under this umbrella.
In his new role, Ghosh will provide editorial and administrative leadership to the India based Bangla team. The brief is clear and ambitious. Expand the BBC Bangla audience across West Bengal and other Bengali speaking regions of India, primarily through digital platforms, with television firmly in sight for the future.
Put simply, the plan is to take the BBC’s Bangla journalism to more screens, more phones and more people.
With decades of reporting experience behind him and a new newsroom ahead, Ghosh is optimistic. He says he is confident that colleagues, readers and viewers who value strong journalism will join him on the road ahead.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
