TV18

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TV18 Broadcast
Formerly
  • Global Broadcast News
  • IBN18 Broadcast Limited
Company type Public
BSE:  532800
NSE:  TV18BRDCST
Industry Television
FateMerged with 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]

Owned Channels

ChannelLaunchedLanguageCategorySD/HD availabilityNotes
News18 India 2005 Hindi NewsSDPreviously Known as IBN7, founded as Channel 7
CNBC Awaaz
News18 Rajasthan 2000Previously known as ETV Rajasthan
News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand 2002Previously known as ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
News18 Madhya Pradesh ChhattisgarhPreviously known as ETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh
News18 Bihar Jharkhand Previously known as ETV Bihar/Jharkhand
News18 Punjab Haryana2014 Hindi, Punjabi Previously known as ETV Haryana/Himachal Pradesh
CNN News18 2005 English Previously known as CNN-IBN
CNBC TV18 1999SD+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 Himachal2022 Kashmiri, Ladakhi

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