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Company type | Public |
BSE: 532800 NSE: TV18BRDCST | |
Industry | Television |
Founded | 6 June 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-06) |
Founder | Ritu Kapur Raghav Bahl |
Defunct | 3 October 2024; 5 months ago (2024-10-03) |
Successor | Network18 Group |
Headquarters | , |
Owner | Reliance Industries (56.89%) |
Divisions | Viacom18 (84.03%) |
Website | nw18.com |
TV18 Broadcast Limited (formerlyGlobal Broadcast News andIBN18 Broadcast Limited)[1] was an Indian television company based inMumbai and owned byNetwork18 Group. TV18 owned and operates various national channels in separate partnerships withNBCUniversal (CNBC TV18,CNBC Awaaz and CNBC-TV18 Prime HD) andWarner Bros. Discovery (CNN-News18). In October 2024, it merged with its parent companyNetwork18 Group.[2]
In the regional space, the group operated a Gujarati business news channel – CNBC Bajar, aMarathi general news channel –News18 Lokmat and operated ten regional news channels under the News18 umbrella and 3 regional entertainment channels under the News18 brand. The group also operated a 24-hour Indian news channel in English –News18 India, targeting global audiences.
TV18 and Viacom18 had formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform 'content asset monetisation' entity that drove domestic and international channel distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from the group and third parties.
On 31 January 2018, TV18 increased its stake in the Viacom18 joint venture to 51% taking operational control.[3]
Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD availability | Notes |
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CNBC TV18 | 1999 | English | News | SD+HD | |
CNN News18 | 2005 | SD | Previously known asCNN-IBN | ||
News18 India | Hindi | Previously Known asIBN7, founded asChannel 7 | |||
CNBC Awaaz | |||||
News18 Rajasthan | 2000 | Previously known asETV Rajasthan | |||
News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 2002 | Previously known asETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | |||
News18 Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh | Previously known asETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh | ||||
News18 Bihar Jharkhand | Previously known asETV Bihar/Jharkhand | ||||
News18 Punjab Haryana | 2014 | Hindi,Punjabi | Previously known asETV Haryana/Himachal Pradesh | ||
News18 Odia | 2015 | Odia | Previously known asETV News Odia | ||
News18 Urdu | 2001 | Urdu | Previously known asETV Urdu | ||
News18 Kannada | 2014 | Kannada | Previously known asETV News Kannada | ||
News18 Bangla | 2014 | Bengali | Previously known asETV News Bangla | ||
News18 Gujarati | Gujarati | Previously known asETV News Gujarati | |||
CNBC Bajar | |||||
News18 Assam North East | 2016 | Assamese | |||
News18 Lokmat | 2008 | Marathi | |||
News18 Kerala | 2015 | Malayalam | |||
News18 Tamil Nadu | Tamil | ||||
News18 Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal | 2022 | Kashmiri,Ladakhi |
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