Times Now
| Times Now | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 23 January 2006 |
| Owned by | The Times Group |
| Picture format |
4:3 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| Slogan | "Action Begins Here" |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, USA |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Sister channel(s) |
Zoom ET Now Movies Now Romedy Now |
| Website |
www |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 304 |
| Big TV (India) | Channel 453 |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 652 |
| Dish TV (India) | Channel 606 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 507 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 576 |
| Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 353 |
| CanalSat (Mauritius) | Channel 147 |
| Cable | |
| ABNXcess (Malaysia) | Channel 206 (SD) |
| Asianet Digital TV (India) | Channel 422 |
| IPTV | |
| mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 676 (SD) (1 Nov) |
Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India. It is owned and operated by The Times Group.
History
The channel was launched in 2006 by Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited, a joint-venture of The Times Group (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.) and Reuters. Sunil Lulla was hired from the Sony Entertainment Television as CEO. In 2008, Reuters exited the venture by selling back its 25.82 percent stake in Times Global to BCCL.[1]
List of Times Now programming
- Afternoon Primetime
- Anoushka In God's Own Country
- Audi Driven By Passion
- Bollywood Weekend
- Blueprint
- BW Ricoh Education Excellence Awards
- Kellogg's Feeling Dreams
- Latitude
- Live Report
- Morning Primetime
- News Now
- News Now at 11
- News Now at 12
- News Now Live
- News Now Overnight
- Pathfinders
- Prime Pulse
- The Autocar Show
- The Game
- The Morning Show
- The Newshour
- Times Now Livewire
- Times Now Newsroom
- Times Now Newswatch
- Times Now Sport Weekend
- Times Now Wide Angle
- Total Recall
Associated journalists
Arnab Goswami is the Editor-in-Chief and news anchor of Times Now.[2]
Hector Kenneth is Director of News Operations. After years as a journalist, he came into prominence for his reports from the Gaza Strip. Hector began his career in sports.
Maroof Raza is the consultant and strategic affairs expert.[3]
Distribution
Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now) Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between The Times Group and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Reuters To Sell Its Stake In Times Global Broadcasting To BCCL".
- ↑ Arundhati Roy. "Arundhati Roy: Mumbai was not India's 9/11". the Guardian.
- ↑ "Times Now censured for not revealing defence analysts business interests". indianexpress.com. C1 control character in
|title=at position 53 (help) - ↑ "BCCL floats TV distribution joint venture".
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