Tag: English Business News

  • CNN-News18 dominates as India’s top english news channel for three years

    CNN-News18 dominates as India’s top english news channel for three years

    MUMBAI: CNN-News18 has reinforced its position as holding the top spot in BARC ratings for three consecutive years. This remarkable achievement underscores the channel’s commitment to credible, insightful, and engaging journalism.

    To celebrate this milestone, CNN-News18 has unveiled a bold new visual identity, prioritising immersive storytelling with fewer words and more powerful visuals. The redesign delivers a sleeker, cleaner aesthetic, enhancing the on-screen experience and setting a new standard in news presentation.

    The revamped format embraces a One Screen, One Form, One Stream approach, seamlessly integrating content across TV and digital platforms. This convergence-first strategy ensures news is dynamic, interactive, and future-ready. The channel also introduces documentary-style reportage, delivering in-depth analysis with a focus on exclusivity and diversity.

    For three consecutive years, CNN-News18 has remained at the top, consistently outperforming rivals such as Republic TV, Times Now, and India Today TV.

    English & Business News, Network18 CEO Smriti Mehra said, “This milestone is about more than numbers—it is about trust. Our audience expects the best in journalism, and this transformation ensures they receive a world-class news experience.”

    CNN-News18 managing editor Zakka Jacob added,  “Our focus on depth over sensationalism has been key to our dominance. The new look reinforces our commitment to evolving storytelling formats while maintaining accuracy and impact.”

    In a rapidly changing world, CNN-News18 has remained steadfast in its pursuit of factual, analytical, and incisive journalism. The channel’s success is driven by its team of seasoned journalists and anchors, including Jacob, Anand Narasimhan, and Rahul Shivshankar, who deliver sharp analysis and in-depth coverage of critical issues.  

  • CNBC-TV18 sets up new show ‘Mad About Markets’ for young & budding investor

    CNBC-TV18 sets up new show ‘Mad About Markets’ for young & budding investor

    Mumbai: Business news channel CNBC-TV18 has launched a weekly show called “Mad About Markets” that will air every Wednesday at 3.30 p.m. The show will be hosted by the anchors Ritu Singh and Mangalam Maloo who will examine the markets, explain and analyse trends, and look at social media buzz on market-related chatter. 

    “Mad About Markets” will cater to millennial and GenZ viewers and keep them updated on the latest happenings in markets, business, technology by de-jargonising finance, demystifying investment trends, all in an easy to comprehend style and a snackable format, said the channel in a statement on Thursday.

    Starting with ‘On Top of Mind!’ to share the headlines, the show will discuss all the ‘Yays’ and ‘Mehs’ of the top stories, and ‘The Bigger Q’ will identify the underlying trends of business and finance. Exciting segments like ‘Number Crunchhhhh’ will give an idea of how big the markets are in terms of numbers and size. ‘Quack Quack’ will explain how to read & comprehend the big news of the week, while ‘Newsreel’ will give the audience quick bytes on the stories of the week. In addition to this, the last segment ‘Viral’ will focus on what’s trending in the world of social media by sharing interesting reels and video clips.

    “Mad About Markets is our latest offering that stays true to our promise of providing credible, actionable financial information. This show is unique as it attempts to connect a whole new generation of young retail investors to what matters in the markets. Sharp financial insights are delivered in a format and style that a younger demographic is familiar with,” said CNBC-TV18, managing editor, Shereen Bhan. “Over the past two decades, CNBC-TV18 has helped create a culture of equity investing and we hope our new programming line-up will resonate with future investors.”

  • ET NOW launches ‘Budget for Bharat’, an exclusive programming line-up

    ET NOW launches ‘Budget for Bharat’, an exclusive programming line-up

    MUMBAI: Setting the agenda for the first full-year budget of the new Government ET NOW, India’s leading English Business News channel launches ‘Budget for Bharat’, a comprehensive budget special programming line-up. Capturing the opportunities, challenges in the backdrop of current economy and growth rate, ET NOW with its battalion of think tanks and experts will analyse the impact and implications of Budget 2019 for the consumers.

    Amplified by real time market data and data intelligence, ET NOW brings industry leaders across sectors to examine and decode Union Budget 2019 and put forth the nation’s economic priorities.  Programming details below,

    INDIA DEVELOPMENT DEBATE – BUDGET SPECIAL: ET NOW brings the eminent voices to discuss economy, markets and every subject that matters to the consumers.

    BUDGET HOTLINE: With the special call in show, ET NOW decodes every jargon, tax instruments and the nitty-gritties for the viewers. With the queries addressed by the top experts in the industry, the show aims to help consumers with their investments in line with the Budget.

    CII BUDGET WISHLIST:  A roundtable grasping the Budget expectations from the India Inc– CII.

    STATE OF THE ECONOMY POLL: With a detailed discussion with the country’s top economists, ET NOW brings the on-ground report of the State of the Economy in tie-up with Confederation of India Industry (CII).

    AGENDA FOR FM: On the eve of the Union Budget 2019, ET NOW presents the agenda that is set ahead of the Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister on July 05, as she tables her maiden Union Budget.

    CAMPUS BUDGET: ET NOW brings the voice of the millennials across Indian campuses on their expectations from the Union Budget.
    THE MUTUAL FUND SHOW: Ahead of the Union Budget, ET NOW will help the viewers understand how to brace the storm of volatile moves, keeping their investment safe for a long term via MFs.

    BUDGET DAY: Commencing with the LIVE coverage of the FM speech, think tanks- Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Mythili Bhusnurmath, R Gopalan will analyse and dissect the Budget and give real-time views as its being delivered.  Tracking the economic and political impact of Budget, ET NOW will feature a series of series of in-depth discussions and interviews of various secretaries involved in the Budget making process.

    BUDGET 2019 – THE DAY AFTER: With a LIVE programming from Bombay Stock Exchange with market veterans, ET NOW will bring an all-encompassing analysis of Union Budget 2019 and guide viewers decipher the markets.

    With a platform agnostic approach ET NOW has also lined up a series of digital originals on the channels social media platforms, educating viewers through informative videos in the run up to the Budget.

  • News18 India enters Top 5 list, News Nation exits

    MUMBAI: Although Times Now retained its leadership position, the English News genre witnessed a decrease in ratings in BARC week 13. In the Hindi News – Urban genre too, the channels saw a decrease in the viewership. News18 India entered the Top 5 list leading to the exit of News Nation. Players in the English Business News genre, dominated by CNBC TV18, observed mixed ratings. 

    English News

    Times Now and India Today respectively retained their number one and number two positions with 606 Impressions (000s) and 371 Impressions (000s). 

    CNN News18 bagged the third slot with 354 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 with 338 Impressions (000s) and BBC World News with 136 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV 18 emerged the leader with 547 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now with 356 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime together were at the third position with 90 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 34 Impressions (000s) and CNBC TV 18 Prime HD took the fifth place with 20 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak with low ratings continued at its number one position with 129150 Impressions (000s) as compared to 152024 Impressions (000s) in week 12. ABP News was at the second position with 115506 Impressions (000s). At the third and fourth slots respectively, India TV and Zee News interchanged their past week positions with 95234 and 94469 Impressions (000s). News18 India took the fifth position with 72140 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural

    Despite reduced ratings Aaj Tak emerged at the number one position in the rural market with 59143 Impressions (000s) as compared to 64889 Impressions (000s) last week. ABP News was at the second place with 53506 Impressions (000s) and India TV grabbed the third position with 40198 Impressions (000s). Zee News and India News respectively took the fourth and fifth place with 36903 and 36878 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Urban

    Aaj Tak retained the numero uno spot in the urban market with 70007 Impressions (000s) as compared to 87135 Impressions (000s) last week. ABP News was at the second position with 61999 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 57565 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the fourth position with 55035 Impressions (000s). News 18 India took the fifth position with 40469 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz continued to dominate the genre as ratings climbed from 1848 Impressions (000s) last week to 2348 Impressions (000s) this week. The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 1339 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, CNBC TV18, Awaaz & Aaj Tak retain genre leadership

    Times Now, CNBC TV18, Awaaz & Aaj Tak retain genre leadership

    MUMBAI: Times Now remained the undisputed leader in the English News space. CNBC TV18 continued to dominate the English Business News space.

    According to week 3 of Broadcast Association Research Council (BARC), Aaj Tak remained the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets.

    CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in the Hindi Business News genre.

    English News

    Times Now continued to lead with 699 Impressions (000s). India Today Television grabbed the second slot with 295 Impressions (000s) while CNN News18 took the third position with 218 Impressions. BBC World News with 206 Impressions (000s) and NDTV 24×7 with 193 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 was at the number one position with 238 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second spot with 192 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime was at the third position with 51 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 15 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 2 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 115902 Impressions (000s) as followed by India TV at the second position with 99470 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 91522 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 88020 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 70134 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural 

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 52553 Impressions (000s). India TV with 44284 Impressions (000s) took the second berth. India News grabbed the third position with 39303 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 39150 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 38163 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban 

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position in the urban market with 63350 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 55186 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 52372 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 49858 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 40901 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz continued at the number one position with 937 Impressions (000s). The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 761 Impressions (000s).

  • Times Now, CNBC TV18, Awaaz & Aaj Tak retain genre leadership

    Times Now, CNBC TV18, Awaaz & Aaj Tak retain genre leadership

    MUMBAI: Times Now remained the undisputed leader in the English News space. CNBC TV18 continued to dominate the English Business News space.

    According to week 3 of Broadcast Association Research Council (BARC), Aaj Tak remained the number one channel in the Hindi News space both in rural and urban markets.

    CNBC Awaaz ranked number one in the Hindi Business News genre.

    English News

    Times Now continued to lead with 699 Impressions (000s). India Today Television grabbed the second slot with 295 Impressions (000s) while CNN News18 took the third position with 218 Impressions. BBC World News with 206 Impressions (000s) and NDTV 24×7 with 193 Impressions (000s) took the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

    English Business News

    CNBC TV18 was at the number one position with 238 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second spot with 192 Impressions (000s). NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime was at the third position with 51 Impressions (000s). BTVi was on the fourth spot with 15 Impressions (000s). CNBC TV 18 Prime HD sustained at the fifth place with 2 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 115902 Impressions (000s) as followed by India TV at the second position with 99470 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 91522 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 88020 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 70134 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi News Rural 

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 52553 Impressions (000s). India TV with 44284 Impressions (000s) took the second berth. India News grabbed the third position with 39303 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fourth place with 39150 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 38163 Impressions (000s) at the fifth position.

    Hindi News Urban 

    Aaj Tak stood at the number one position in the urban market with 63350 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 55186 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the third position with 52372 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 49858 Impressions (000s). News Nation took the fifth position with 40901 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi Business News

    CNBC Awaaz continued at the number one position with 937 Impressions (000s). The second spot was taken by Zee Business with 761 Impressions (000s).

  • News channels witnessed drop in ratings, says BARC

    News channels witnessed drop in ratings, says BARC

    MUMBAI: All the players from the news ecosystem have witnessed a decrease in their respective ratings, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data for this week (i.e week 41). The channels from every category observed a significant fall in the viewership.  

    While genre leaders continued to lead in their respective categories, English News channel News X made an exit this way paving way for BBC World News.

    English news

    Times Now continued to remain the undisputed leader this week though with a decrease in ratings from 1340 Impressions (000s) to 999 Impressions (000s). CNN News18  sustained the second position with 354 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 298 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 233 Impressions (000s). News X made an exit in this week’s data making way for BBC World News at the fifth position with 151 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 with a decline in the ratings stayed at the number one position with 312 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 216 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 79 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 14 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with fall in the viewership from 164583 Impressions (000s) in week 40 to 131643 Impressions (000s) this week followed by India TV at the second position with 115059 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained its third position with112803 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 92968 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fifth position with 90968 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak continued to dominate the rural market with 65150 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 60326 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed the third slot with 52451 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed to sustain at the fourth place with 43696 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fifth berth with 43176 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 66493 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 62607 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 55046 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth position with 52477 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 49792 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz also witnessed a decline in the ratings this week with 896 Impressions (000s) from 1432 Impressions (000s) in week 40. Zee Business stood at the second spot with 787 Impressions (000s).

  • News channels witnessed drop in ratings, says BARC

    News channels witnessed drop in ratings, says BARC

    MUMBAI: All the players from the news ecosystem have witnessed a decrease in their respective ratings, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data for this week (i.e week 41). The channels from every category observed a significant fall in the viewership.  

    While genre leaders continued to lead in their respective categories, English News channel News X made an exit this way paving way for BBC World News.

    English news

    Times Now continued to remain the undisputed leader this week though with a decrease in ratings from 1340 Impressions (000s) to 999 Impressions (000s). CNN News18  sustained the second position with 354 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 298 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 233 Impressions (000s). News X made an exit in this week’s data making way for BBC World News at the fifth position with 151 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 with a decline in the ratings stayed at the number one position with 312 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 216 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 79 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 14 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with fall in the viewership from 164583 Impressions (000s) in week 40 to 131643 Impressions (000s) this week followed by India TV at the second position with 115059 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained its third position with112803 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 92968 Impressions (000s). Zee News took the fifth position with 90968 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak continued to dominate the rural market with 65150 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 60326 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed the third slot with 52451 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed to sustain at the fourth place with 43696 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fifth berth with 43176 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 66493 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 62607 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 55046 Impressions (000s) followed by India News at the fourth position with 52477 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 49792 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz also witnessed a decline in the ratings this week with 896 Impressions (000s) from 1432 Impressions (000s) in week 40. Zee Business stood at the second spot with 787 Impressions (000s).

  • News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    MUMBAI: After dividing Hindi news into Rural and Urban, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all-India figures reported that genre leaders continued to dominate their respective categories. News X entered the Top 5 list in the English news space whereas Times Now stood at the number one position. CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre. The business news players except BTVi witnessed a tremendous hike in its ratings.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas other players saw an increase in their viewership. The channels in the Hindi Business News space also observed growth in ratings led by CNBC Awaaz at the number 1 position.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1340 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 505 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 349 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 331 Impressions (000s) whereas News X stood at the fifth position with 147 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 582 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 339 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 146 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 18 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 164583 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 138723 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at its third position with 132445 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 118301 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 115601 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 80034 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 71270 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 62529 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed 54026 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 53175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 84549 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 76194 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 73907 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 62426 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 61175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 1432 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 1006 Impressions (000s).

  • News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    News space witnesses mixed ratings: BARC week 40

    MUMBAI: After dividing Hindi news into Rural and Urban, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all-India figures reported that genre leaders continued to dominate their respective categories. News X entered the Top 5 list in the English news space whereas Times Now stood at the number one position. CNBC TV 18 dominated the English business news genre. The business news players except BTVi witnessed a tremendous hike in its ratings.

    In the overall Hindi news genre Aaj Tak continued to lead whereas other players saw an increase in their viewership. The channels in the Hindi Business News space also observed growth in ratings led by CNBC Awaaz at the number 1 position.

    English news

    Times Now maintained its first position with 1340 Impressions (000s). CNN News18 took the second position with 505 Impressions (000s). India Today Television settled on the third berth with 349 Impressions (000s). NDTV 24×7 grabbed the fourth spot with 331 Impressions (000s) whereas News X stood at the fifth position with 147 Impressions (000s).

    English business news

    CNBC TV 18 dominated the space with 582 Impressions (000s) followed by ET Now at the second slot with 339 Impressions (000s).  NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime with 146 Impressions (000s) and BTVi with 18 (‘000s) Impressions (000s) took the third and fourth positions respectively.

    Hindi news

    Aaj Tak stood at the first spot with 164583 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 138723 Impressions (000s).  India News sustained at its third position with 132445 Impressions (000s) followed by Zee News securing the fourth position with 118301 Impressions (000s). ABP News took the fifth position with 115601 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – rural

    Aaj Tak dominated the rural market with 80034 Impressions (000s) followed by India News with 71270 Impressions (000s). India TV grabbed 62529 Impressions (000s). News 24 managed 54026 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News with 53175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi news – urban

    Aaj Tak was at the number one position with 84549 Impressions (000s) followed by India TV at the second position with 76194 Impressions (000s).  Zee News grabbed the third position with 73907 Impressions (000s) followed by ABP News at the fourth position with 62426 Impressions (000s). India News took the fifth position with 61175 Impressions (000s).

    Hindi business news

    CNBC Awaaz grabbed the first spot with 1432 Impressions (000s) whereas Zee Business stood at the second spot with 1006 Impressions (000s).