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TVNZ to fold satellite services division
MUMBAI: Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that later this year TVNZ Satellite Services will quit the global occasional use satellite delivery industry.
TVNZ Satellite Services has provided satellite carriage services to the international broadcast community in Asia, Africa for over a decade.
TVNZ issued a release stating that it would exit the industry after ensuring that existing obligations to its customers are met. It is committed for the remainder of this year. This includes providing programme services for the upcoming Athens Olympic Games in August.
In conjunction with TVNZ production, TVNZ Satellite Services will provide 15 channels of Olympics coverage comprising multilateral and unilateral carriage services to clients in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
This service is a 50 per cent increase on the acclaimed solution that TVNZ had conceived for Sydney 2000. TVNZ will outsource its satellite carriage requirements once TVNZ Satellite Services has ceased trading.
Whilst subject to both choice of supplier and negotiation, this is expected to cost substantially less that would have been the case in previous years due to the extensive changes that have occurred in the market. TVNZ will continue to be well positioned to develop unilateral carriage solutions for major events with which it is associated in the future.
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India Today Group sweeps top honours at Ramnath Goenka Awards
Journalists recognised for fearless investigative and civic reporting.
MUMBAI: India Today Group just turned the Ramnath Goenka Awards into its own trophy cabinet because when your reporters dig this deep, even the judges have to award a clean sweep. India Today Group journalists have secured multiple top honours at the latest edition of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, reinforcing the network’s legacy as the gold standard of Indian journalism. The awards were conferred by vice president C. P. Radhakrishnan at a ceremony held on 27 March 2026.
Sreya Chatterjee won in the ‘Investigative Reporting – Broadcast’ category for her powerful India Today TV report ‘Operation Illegals: The Alarming Rise in Bangladeshi Infiltration Across India’s Fragile Eastern Frontier’. The investigation stood out for its depth, on-ground rigour and national relevance.
In the ‘Civic Journalism – Print/Digital’ category, Sreya Chatterjee along with Arvind Ojha were honoured for their indiatoday.in report on unregulated water extraction and the ‘Tanker Mafia’ in Delhi’s Bawana Industrial Area. The story exposed critical systemic gaps and environmental challenges affecting daily life.
Additionally, aajtak.in was recognised in the ‘Investigative Reporting – Print/Digital’ category for its hard-hitting exposé ‘The Surrogate Mother Market’, which highlighted the human, legal and ethical dimensions of the surrogacy ecosystem.
India Today Group emerged as the only network honoured in Investigative Journalism across both Print/Digital and Broadcast categories. The wins reflect the strength of its multi-platform newsroom and its unwavering commitment to credible, high-impact reporting that informs public discourse and drives accountability.
In an era when speed often trumps substance, these awards remind us that the most powerful stories are still the ones dug out with courage, told with clarity, and delivered with conscience, one fearless byline at a time.
