Formerly |
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Company type | Public |
BSE: 532800 NSE: TV18BRDCST | |
Industry | Television |
Founded | 6 June 2005 |
Defunct | 1 April 2023 |
Successor | Network18 Group |
Headquarters | , |
Owner | Reliance Industries |
Parent | Network18 Group |
Divisions | Viacom18 (86.92%) |
Website | nw18.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 December 2023, 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]
Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD availability | Notes |
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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 |
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