TV18 explained

TV18 Broadcast
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Type:Public
Traded As:
Industry:Television
Fate:Merged with Network18 Group
Hq Location City:Mumbai
Hq Location Country:India
Owner:Reliance Industries
Parent:Network18 Group
Divisions:Viacom18 (86.92%)

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 India2005HindiNewsSDPreviously Known as IBN7, founded as Channel 7
CNBC Awaaz
News18 Rajasthan2000Previously known as ETV Rajasthan
News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand2002Previously known as ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
News18 Madhya Pradesh ChhattisgarhPreviously known as ETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh
News18 Bihar JharkhandPreviously known as ETV Bihar/Jharkhand
News18 Punjab Haryana2014Hindi, PunjabiPreviously known as ETV Haryana/Himachal Pradesh
CNN News182005EnglishPreviously known as CNN-IBN
CNBC TV181999SD+HD
News18 Assam North East2016AssameseSD
News18 Bangla2014BengaliPreviously known as ETV News Bangla
News18 GujaratiGujaratiPreviously known as ETV News Gujarati
News18 Lokmat2008Marathi
News18 Odia2015OdiaPreviously known as ETV News Odia
News18 Urdu2001UrduPreviously known as ETV Urdu
News18 Kannada2014KannadaPreviously known as ETV News Kannada
News18 Kerala2015Malayalam
News18 Tamil NaduTamil
News18 Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal2022Kashmiri, Ladakhi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bansal. Shuchi. 2015-06-29. CNN, IBN unlikely to renew deal on branding; Zee could step in. 2021-01-15. Livemint. en.
  2. Web site: Teresa Britto, Tandon . Ashna, Kashish . 6 December 2023 . India's TV18 Broadcast to merge with Network18 in $1.2 bln deal . 13 July 2024 . Reuters.
  3. Web site: TV18 to increase stake to 51% in Viacom18, the JV with Viacom Inc. 2018-01-31. Viacom 18. 2018-02-01.