New Delhi: CNN- IBN, India’s best English news channel is the No.1 English news channel during polling hours across the first three phases of polling on April 16, 23 and 30. (Source: TAM). The channel is also the most viewed during polling hours on the third polling day on April 30.
The third phase of polls had a total of 14.4 crore Indians voting for 1,567 candidates across 1, 65,112 polling stations.
A look at the market share also shows a skew in favor of CNN-IBN, with the market share of CNN-IBN showing a 17 per cent increase in the 18th week over the 17th week in 2009, while that of NDTV 24x7 shows a 12 per cent drop and a dip of 5 per cent in case of Times Now. (Source: TAM).
Editor-in-Chief - IBN18 Network, Rajdeep Sardesai, said, “Our leadership only goes towards reaffirming the fact that we are the No.1 choice of the audiences during events of national importance. It’s only true to say that when India votes, India watches CNN-IBN.”
Chief Marketing Officer - IBN18 Network and Chief Operating Officer - IBN18 Focus, Dilip Venkatraman, said, “CNN-IBN’s continuing leadership in its genre reinforces the faith that the viewers have in the channel. CNN-IBN’s election programming has been immediate, relevant and inclusive of the audience and the ratings only go towards ratifying our leadership.”
About Network 18
Network18 is one of India's leading full play media conglomerates with interests in television, print, Internet, filmed entertainment, mobile content and allied businesses.
Through its holding in Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18), Network18 operates India’s leading business news television channels, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz. It also runs one of India’s largest Internet players - Web18, as well as one of India’s leading real time financial information and news terminals - Newswire18.
TV18 has recently expanded into print with Infomedia18, a newly formed entity following the acquisition of Infomedia, India's leading player in the special interest publishing and printing operations space.
TV18 has also announced a collaboration with Forbes media for the launch of a business magazine in India.
Through its holding in ibn18 Broadcast Ltd (ibn18), Network18 operates in the general news and entertainment space with leading general news channels CNN-IBN and IBN7 and has launched IBN Lokmat, a Marathi news channel in partnership with the Lokmat group. ibn18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18 which houses the MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon channels in India - as also Studio18, the Group’s filmed entertainment operation and has launched ‘Colors’, a Hindi general entertainment channel.
Additionally, Network18 holds the Group’s online & on-air home shopping venture, Homeshop18 and its full spectrum events management venture, E18.
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