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  • CNN-News18 revamp part two: ‘India 360’ & ‘The Crux’ launched

    MUMBAI: With an aim to provide differentiated content to viewers, CNN-News18 recently initiated a revamp of its primetime with the launch of new shows – Face-Off At 9 at 9 PM and Viewpoint at 10 PM. Continuing with this process, the channel will unveil two more shows starting tonight at 8 PM with India 360 and The Crux at 8.30 PM. Anchored by the senior associate editor Arunoday Mukharji and the executive editor Anubha Bhonsle, respectively, the shows will add further to the channel’s primetime offering.

    Hosted by Mukharji, India 360 will be a one-stop destination for the day’s top news stories. The 30-minute news bulletin will provide the viewer with non-stop news from India and around the world. Statistically rich and based on facts, the show will keep the viewers updated with all the latest news from the field of business, politics, sports, crime and entertainment. With an aim to focus on stories that have not been covered through the day, India 360 will present only news in a fast-paced, crisp and concise manner.

    The Crux, anchored by award-winning journalist Bhonsle, will deep dive into a top story of the day through modern storytelling. With the help of high-quality reportage and a commitment to rigorously un-layer the stories, the show will have quick reactions from the guests on the story, sidestepping long and noisy discussions. The platform agnostic show will combine the strengths of both television news and social media, and will build on the channel’s commitment of immersive journalism.

    Commenting on this, CNN-News18 managing editor Radhakrishnan Nair said, “I am very excited about all the changes that we are doing to our primetime programming. Our objective is to be the one-stop destination for views, discussions, credible opinions, day’s highlights or in-depth coverage. We are confident that with this programming line-up we would be able to achieve this objective.”

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  • CNN News18 to cover race for White House

    CNN News18 to cover race for White House

    MUMBAI: After weeks of campaigning and widely watched debates, the U.S. Presidential Election is in its last leg. As the final phase of one of the most anticipated elections comes to a close, CNN News18 is all geared up to cover the elections through its new show – Race for White House.

    The channel will present 30 hours of non-stop coverage, from 5:30 pm on 8 November until the results are called and declared.

    Special shows starting from 1 November will capture the mood of the voter, as well as the issues which have dominated the Trump-Hillary race.

    Drawing on its partnership with CNN, the extensive in depth coverage on CNN-News18 will be driven by the channel’s team of editorial experts led by executive editor Anubha Bhonsle, who will be live from Washington and New York. The channel’s team comprising anchors and experts will provide coverage of the elections – exclusives, projections and insightful analysis, tracking America and the verdict about who will move into White House.

  • CNN News18 to cover race for White House

    CNN News18 to cover race for White House

    MUMBAI: After weeks of campaigning and widely watched debates, the U.S. Presidential Election is in its last leg. As the final phase of one of the most anticipated elections comes to a close, CNN News18 is all geared up to cover the elections through its new show – Race for White House.

    The channel will present 30 hours of non-stop coverage, from 5:30 pm on 8 November until the results are called and declared.

    Special shows starting from 1 November will capture the mood of the voter, as well as the issues which have dominated the Trump-Hillary race.

    Drawing on its partnership with CNN, the extensive in depth coverage on CNN-News18 will be driven by the channel’s team of editorial experts led by executive editor Anubha Bhonsle, who will be live from Washington and New York. The channel’s team comprising anchors and experts will provide coverage of the elections – exclusives, projections and insightful analysis, tracking America and the verdict about who will move into White House.

  • ‘Citizen Journalist’ remains to be a show sans baggage: Anubha Bhonsle

    ‘Citizen Journalist’ remains to be a show sans baggage: Anubha Bhonsle

    MUMBAI: The Press has always been considered as the fourth pillar of democracy, but in a vast country like India, the plight of citizens seldom reach the mainstream media. Almost a decade back with the mission of empowering every citizen with a platform of expression, CNN-IBN launched a show called Citizen Journalist Show (CJ). The show travelled to various nooks and corners of the country and Indians became a part of it by sharing their stories.

     

    Acknowledging the emergence of digital years after inception, the network has decided to re-brand the show as CJ+, which will not only have a presence on television but will also be available on digital platforms. “The scrutinization will remain the same,” says CNN-IBN executive Anubha Bhonsle, adding, “The critics of the show often reverberate that as the show is now available on digital, the content’s credibility will get compromised but that’s not true. The story will still go through the same rigour, and the show’s rich legacy, authenticity in reportage will remain intact.”

     

    CJ Show airs on the channel every Saturday. “People had to wait for the content to come on television and if they missed it, it was gone. Digital now enables viewers to see the content whenever they want and that’s something that we have achieved,” informs Bhonsle.

     

    From 1 August, 2015 the new avatar has unfolded for the mass and the reaction has been positive asserts Bhonsle. “Considering that it has been just two weeks, I would refrain from giving numbers but yes viewership has gone up and we are expecting it to grow bigger. We want CJ+ to enhance its base, reach out to more people and tell many more stories and digital will help us achieving that goal,” she says.

     

    “The idea of CJ+ came in because we were interested in new age story telling, where we will intersect journalists with technology and make things more digitised. But at the end of the day, we will continue to be what we were. People can still use the previous procedures that they were using to connect with us,” adds Bhonsle.

     

    With digital innovation rolled out, the probability of rural India sharing their story multiplies. When queried about rural India, Bhonsle says, “I will not say that we received an overwhelming response from rural areas after we launched the digital platform. Rural reacts the most to word of mouth. Whenever we feature a story, we observe many talking about it. It’s early days yet so we will see how it goes.”

     

    “CJ over the years has remained a show that carried no baggage,” says Bhonsle. At a time when television news is occupied by panel discussions and high decibel debates, CJ+ comes out as a differentiator. Now it remains to be seen if the new format garners mass recognition and more importantly whether it manages to grab advertisers’ attention too in a world ruled by ad revenues.

     

    On Twitter, CJ+ has 14.8K followers, while the Facebook page has over 15k likes.

  • IBN Network gears up for the most extensive coverage on Modi’s much awaited trip to the US

    IBN Network gears up for the most extensive coverage on Modi’s much awaited trip to the US

    MUMBAI: The world is abuzz as Modi makes his much anticipated visit to the US after he was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. His seven day visit to US is much anticipated and is being billed as one of the most important political developments internationally; a clear acknowledgement of PM Modi’s stature as a world leader.

     

    The network’s recent programming on Modi Government completing 100 days in office and Modi’s visit to Japan, Nepal and Bhutan were hugely popular and were amongst the most watched shows in the genre. With all eyes now set on the trip, CNN-IBN & IBN7 present 10 days of the most comprehensive programming that will bring to the viewers a 360o coverage of this visit.

     

    The programming line-up on CNN-IBN & IBN7 will bring to the viewers an array of special shows, stories in newswheels, special reports and live prime time programming. IBN’s team of journalists and reporters headed by Bhupendra Chaubey & Anubha Bhonsle, Executive Editors, CNN-IBN; Sumit Awasthi, Deputy Managing Editor, IBN7; CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajar editor in chief Sanjay Pugalia and Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 will travel to the US to cover this historic visit and provide viewers with in-depth reportage from Ground Zero. With more than 80 hours of coverage, our reporters will report live from various locations including Times Square, Columbia University, Giants Stadium, UN Building and will closely track all the visit’s high points including Modi’s visit to the White House, his address to the public rally at Madison Square and his maiden speech at UN General Assembly.

     

    The network’s association with America’s leading news channel CNN will bring out the most detailed American perspective on this visit.

     

    Don’t miss this special programming till 30 September on CNN-IBN & IBN7, all through the day.

  • CNN-IBN & IBN7 pay tribute to Kargil Martyrs

    CNN-IBN & IBN7 pay tribute to Kargil Martyrs

    MUMBAI: The Kargil War saw many of our young soldiers make the ultimate sacrifice for India. The sacrifice made by these martyrs still remains fresh in the mind of all Indians. To mark the 15th anniversary of the end of the Kargil war, CNN-IBN & IBN7 remember the brave hearts of the Indian Army and pay homage to these martyrs

    CNN-IBN will air the following special show on Kargil – Lest WE FORGET…KARGIL: CNN-IBN’s Senior Editor and leading Prime Time Anchor, Anubha Bhonsle travels across the battlegrounds of Kargil and Dras to take the viewers back to the 1999 war. It captures the sacrifices made at Kargil by our veer jawans (brave soldiers) and helps us recall incredible bravery that secured the inaccessible Tiger Hill and Tololing Ridge and pushed back the infiltrators. The show will also make an on-ground assessment of the Indian Army’s current state of battle- readiness in this hostile Ladakh terrain. Anubha Bhonsle also meets families of the Kargil martyrs and spends time with civilians who were caught in the conflict, and finds out how the battle scarred many of them forever.

    On IBN7, the line-up of special shows on Kargil will include –

    1. Tumko Bhul Na Payenge – This special show will feature the families of Kargil martyrs and find out how they have dealt with the loss of their loved ones over the years and how their lives have been affected in the last 15 years.

    2. Kargil – Qurbani Ka Dedh Dashak – will recap the Kargil war, the reasons behind the conflict, how it was fought to ensure Indian victory over Pakistan Army. Also, on the show find out how the army celebrates its victory and re-occupation of Tiger Hill.

    Don’t miss this special documentary “Lest We Forget” on Saturday, July 26th @ 1:30 PM & 5:30 PM and Sunday, July 27th @ 12:30 PM & 7:30 PM only on CNN-IBN & “Tumko Bhul Na Payenge” on Friday, July 25th @ 7.30 PM PM and “Kargil- Qurbani Ka Dedh Dashak” on Saturday, July 26th @ 7.30 PM only on IBN7.

  • CNN-IBN shines at the prestigious RedInk Awards 2014

    CNN-IBN shines at the prestigious RedInk Awards 2014

    MUMBAI: CNN-IBN, the Most Awarded English News Channel continues its legacy by adding two more awards to its kitty. The channel swept the ‘Television Story of The Year’ category by winning both the winner and runners-up trophy at the RedInk Awards 2014 on Saturday night, in Mumbai. CNN-IBN’s Special Correspondent Priyali Sur was declared the winner for her documentary ‘Girls In Bondage’, while Senior Editor and Anchor Anubha Bhonsle bagged the runners-up title in the same category for her story ‘Kashmir After Afzal’.

    Instituted by The Press Club, Mumbai, ‘Press Club Awards for Excellence in Journalism’, better known as the Press Club Mumbai ‘RedInk’ awards is an annual award ceremony to felicitate the exemplary works of journalism in India. The objective of this initiative is to recognize and promote what the organizers hold dear – quality writing, fair play and high ethical standards in Journalism.

    Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said, “It’s a matter of great pride for us to receive this award as it signifies the tireless effort put in by our entire team as we strive for excellence in Journalism. At CNN-IBN, we believe in ‘Putting Journalism First’ and by winning these awards we are setting the benchmark for ourselves.”

  • 30 minutes: Muzaffarnagar – The Riot Aftermath

    30 minutes: Muzaffarnagar – The Riot Aftermath

    MUMBAI: This week on CNN-IBN’s flagship documentary show 30 Minutes, Anubha Bhonsle travels to Muzaffarnagar, the place that witnessed one of the worst communal riots in Uttar Pradesh. The show brings to its viewers the testimonies of rape victims under the shell and the accused roaming free. Four months after the riots, the situation there still smacks of apathy, indifference and depleting hope for justice. The show also showcases the rural landscape where once the Hindu Jats and Muslims used to co-exist and is now marked by ghettos-each community in their own.

     

    Don’t miss this special episode of 30 Minutes on Sat, jan 18 @ 7:30 PM & 11.30 PM (R) and Sun, jan 19 @ 9:30 PM (R), only on CNN-IBN.

  • Agenda for change

    Agenda for change

    MUMBAI: Marking the first anniversary of the horrific Delhi gang rape that shook the country on December 16, 2012 and paved the way for new laws on women safety, CNN-IBN has put together a series of shows on women related issues under its programming Agenda for Change – One Year On.
    The first show Men Against the Tide, will showcase men who have made it their mission to empower women and will go on air on December 13, 2013 at 8:30 PM.

    On December 14, 2013, at 9:30 PM a special episode of The Citizen Journalist Show will engage viewers in a discourse with Anubha Bhonsle, who will speak about women safety and the shrinking public spaces for women.

    The personal loss and the fight for justice that Nirbhaya’s parents endured will be highlighted in a special show Nirbhaya: The Fearless One on December 16, 2013 at 7:30 PM.

    The last part of the programming, The Justice Dialogue will have CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose analysing the scenario of gender justice in India and investigating whether there has been any significant progress in administering the same, since the horrendous gang rape that resulted in the death of the victim Nirbhaya. The show will be telecast on December 16, 2013 at 10:00 PM.
    Commenting on this special programming line-up, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN Network said, “The women of our country have faced immense injustice for decades. The gang rape incident that took place last year has marked a page in India’s history and propelled women to come to the forefront and resist being victims. CNN-IBN’s programming Agenda for Change – One Year On, is committed to giving the women of the country a voice and ensuring that gender issues are addressed rightfully.”

    Don’t miss this special programming from Dec 13, 2013 to Dec 16, 2013, only on CNN-IBN.