News Broadcasting
2014 Aircel Chennai open production awarded to sportzworkz
MUMBAI: Well known sports production house Sportzworkz has been chosen yet again to produce the live telecast of the 2014Aircel Chennai Open ATP tennis event. The tournament has been produced by Sportzworkzfor the last 4 years and they have been signed on for another 3 years till 2016.
Ashu Jindal the COO of IMG-Reliance said. “The Aircel Chennai Open has worked with Sportzworkz since the tournament’s 2010 edition and we are delighted to extend this association for a further three years. We are confident they will continue to provide a world class telecast for India and South Asia’s only ATP event.”
The AircelChennai Open will take place this year from December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014 and will be telecast on STAR Sports.
The player field for the Aircel Chennai Open 2014 will see an impressive line-up of both Indian and International players, including world number 8 StanislasWawrinka and defending champion JankoTipsarevic.
Sportzworkz has to its credit more than 800 hours of live programming in the last 4 years. This includes the Hockey India League in 2013, Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012, the Toyota University Cricket Championships in 2013 and the Sri Lanka-Pakistan cricket series in UAE in 2013-14. However the AircelChennai Open is very special for Sportzworkzwho have been involved with it since 2010.
Vishal Arora, Director of Sportzworkzsaid “theAircel Chennai Open is one of our favourite events since it is telecast in more than 100 countries and showcases Chennai and India as a tennis and sports destination”
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.
