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TV18 Broadcast
Formerly
  • Global Broadcast News
  • IBN18 Broadcast Limited
Company typePublic
BSE532800
NSETV18BRDCST
IndustryTelevision
Founded6 June 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-06)
FounderRitu Kapur
Raghav Bahl
Defunct3 October 2024; 50 days ago (2024-10-03)
SuccessorNetwork18 Group
Headquarters,
OwnerReliance Industries (56.89%)
DivisionsViacom18 (84.03%)
Websitenw18.com

TV18 Broadcast Limited (formerly Global Broadcast News and IBN18 Broadcast Limited)[1] was an Indian television company based in Mumbai and owned by Network18 Group. TV18 owned and operates various national channels in separate partnerships with NBCUniversal (CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC-TV18 Prime HD) and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN-News18). In October 2024, it merged with its parent company Network18 Group.[2]

In the regional space, the group operated a Gujarati business news channel – CNBC Bajar, a Marathi 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]

Owned Channels

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Channel Launched Language Category SD/HD availability Notes
News18 India 2005 Hindi News SD Previously Known as IBN7, founded as Channel 7
CNBC Awaaz
News18 Rajasthan 2000 Previously known as ETV Rajasthan
News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand 2002 Previously known as ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
News18 Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Previously known as ETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh
News18 Bihar Jharkhand Previously known as ETV Bihar/Jharkhand
News18 Punjab 2014 Hindi, Punjabi Previously known as ETV Haryana/Himachal Pradesh
CNN News18 2005 English Previously known as CNN-IBN
CNBC TV18 1999 SD+HD
News18 Assam North East 2016 Assamese SD
News18 Bangla 2014 Bengali Previously known as ETV News Bangla
News18 Gujarati Gujarati Previously known as ETV News Gujarati
News18 Lokmat 2008 Marathi
News18 Odia 2015 Odia Previously known as ETV News Odia
News18 Urdu 2001 Urdu Previously known as ETV Urdu
News18 Kannada 2014 Kannada Previously known as ETV News Kannada
News18 Kerala 2015 Malayalam
News18 Tamil Nadu Tamil
News18 Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal Haryana 2022 Kashmiri, Ladakhi

References

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  1. ^ Bansal, Shuchi (29 June 2015). "CNN, IBN unlikely to renew deal on branding; Zee could step in". Livemint. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ Teresa Britto, Tandon, Ashna, Kashish (6 December 2023). "India's TV18 Broadcast to merge with Network18 in $1.2 bln deal". Reuters. Retrieved 13 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "TV18 to increase stake to 51% in Viacom18, the JV with Viacom Inc". Viacom 18. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.