News Broadcasting
News X strengthens leadership with new hires
MUMBAI-NewsX, India’s new news leader has augmented its leadership team with a number of key appointments to consolidate its position for future growth.
The channel, now India’s leading English news channel with a consistent performance of being a market leader over the last 17 weeks has some aggressive growth plans and the addition of fresh talent is in line with the same.
Rahul Shivshankar, executive editor and a renowned anchor on Headlines Today, has joined as the managing editor with NewsX. Diptosh Majumdar, ex-National affairs editor with CNN-IBN, also joins the team in the same capacity. To augment channel’s business operations, Raktim Das, erstwhile Business Head and Senior Vice President at Zee News Limited has joined as President. Shivshankar, a celebrated name in the news fraternity, has been associated with brands like Times Now, and Headlines Today in the past. Majumdar joins in from DNA. Prior to DNA, he was a senior editorial resource with CNN-IBN.
Das, comes with an exhaustive experience in the media space spanning newspaper, magazine and television. As part of his new mandate, he’ll be responsible for brand development and exploring new avenues of revenue generation. He has earlier worked with brands like India Today, Times of India and Zee News.
Kartikeya Sharma, MD, ITV Network said in an official communiqué “We are delighted to induct seasoned talent on board at this important juncture, and we are confident that their experience and understanding of the business will help us to achieve our objective of sustaining the leadership in the genre, and will set new benchmarks in Indian news television.”
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.
