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17-554: CNN News18 (also known as Cable News Network News18 and originally CNN IBN ) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida , Uttar Pradesh , India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery . CNN provides international coverage for the channel, while Indian Broadcasting Network concentrates on Indian and local reports. In May 2014, Reliance Industries announced it would be taking over Network18 Group . The move

34-629: A LiveMint article, Bahl's media group had a large debt, was running in loss and banks were unwilling to lend the group additional capital. Bahl's group sought capital from the Reliance Industries Ltd in 2012, and two years later Reliance took over the media empire and Bahl left the Network18 group on 29 May 2014. After departing from the Network18 group, Bahl co-founded Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd with his wife Ritu Kapur . Currently, Bahl

51-659: A Correspondent and Anchorperson for Doordarshan . He was the Anchorperson and Production Consultant for India's first monthly video news magazine, Newstrack , produced by the India Today group. From 1991 to 1993, he was the Executive Director of Business India Television and produced the Business India Show and Business A.M. on Doordarshan . In 1999, he launched CNBC-TV18 . He was responsible for directing most of

68-516: A circulation of 50,000 copies and makes over Rs 50 crore in topline. The magazine is published fortnightly. In May 2013, the Network 18 owned First Post was merged with Forbes India . Shortly thereafter, the four top editorial heads who had led the growth of Forbes India , including its editor-in-chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed under surprisingly humiliating conditions. The event led to considerable media speculation. Press Club, Mumbai, passed

85-435: A resolution: “The method of ejecting them from the company was nothing short of shameful. Journalists are not only messengers of news and information, but are the collective voice of civil society." The new editor R. Jagannathan (erstwhile editor of First Post ) took over Forbes India . He told The Caravan magazine that " Forbes ... is not meant to be an NGO. It is not meant to be anti-capitalism." The move might be

102-534: Is the promoter of Quint Digital Media Limited and his media group controls Thequint.com. Bahl entered a joint venture agreement with Bloomberg L.P. to launch BloombergQuint in 2016, the equity partnership ended in 2022. He received his schooling from St. Xavier's School, Delhi . He graduated in Economics Honors from St. Stephens College , and then did a Masters in Business Administration from

119-530: The Faculty of Management Studies . His sister, Vandana Malik, also served in various positions under the Network18 Group. Her daughter and Bahl's niece, Avantika Malik, was married to Bollywood actor Imran Khan . He began his career as a management consultant with A.F. Ferguson & Co , followed by a stint with American Express Bank , and later moved on to media. He started his career in media in 1985 as

136-639: The channel in India as CNN-IBN on 18 December 2005. The channel was completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only used the Cable News Network (CNN) brand name. Currently, Time Warner's India-specific CNN-News18 is watched by more people than its CNN International sister network, although both channels are in English. According to Network 18, since its inception, the channel has been reaching out to an average of 45 million households every day. In 2015, it

153-413: The channel, Sagarika Ghose , the wife of the channel's editor, Rajdeep Sardesai . On public outcry, the anchor issued a public apology on Twitter, web and TV. The episode has not been hosted on the show's homepage. Raghav Bahl Raghav Bahl is an Indian businessman, a serial entrepreneur, and an investor best known for his past ownership of several television channels, including TV18 India. He

170-635: The properties within the group, according to the LiveMint . Two years later, in 2014, under the terms of this financing agreement, Reliance took over the Network18 group. With the change in ownership, Bahl left the Network18 Group in 2014. After leaving the Network18 Group, he founded Quintillion Media , a digital startup that publishes The Quint , along with his wife Ritu Kapur on 8 July 2014. He has authored three books: Forbes India Since its founding in 2008, Forbes India has achieved

187-410: The reliability of instant feedback from viewers, which was criticised. The officials later apologised, saying that the source of viewer comments was wrongly stated as Twitter. In November 2012, on its prime time show Face The Nation , the channel broadcast a pre-recorded and edited interview of Ravi Shankar , falsely presenting it as a live television debate. The show was hosted by the deputy editor of

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204-499: The work of TV18 and channels like CNBC-Awaaz , Nickelodeon and Colors . Raghav served as the managing director of TV18 Group till July 2014. By late 2011, Bahl's media group had amassed a large debt, was running in loss and banks were unwilling to lend the group additional capital. Bahl's group sought capital from the Reliance Industries Ltd in 2012. Bahl then brought the losses in his group under control, laid off hundreds of employees in his media group, closed or trimmed many of

221-425: Was adopted. The CAG further said in its report that, "We had no assurance about the competitiveness of the rates quoted by these channels and the need and usefulness of these proposals. From March 2010 to June 2010, the entire pre-games publicity and sponsorship publicity was done only on NDTV & CNN-IBN." A controversy about some fake Twitter comments that ran on the screen during a news show raised questions about

238-487: Was announced that a licensing agreement between Turner Broadcasting and Network 18 had not been renewed and would expire in January 2016. On 1 December 2015, it was announced the brand licensing had been renewed for another term. On 18 April 2016, at 7:57pm, it was rebranded as CNN-News18, and began using the slogan "On Your Side." On 5 August 2011 Comptroller and Auditor General of India 's report on 2010 Commonwealth Games

255-560: Was tabled in Parliament of India . In section 14.4.2 of the report, CAG alleged that while awarding contracts worth Rs 37.8 million for production & broadcasting of commercials for promoting CWG-2010 to CNN-IBN & NDTV, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee followed an arbitrary approach. Proposals were considered in an ad hoc manner, as and when a proposal was received; no form of competitive tendering

272-666: Was the Founding/Controlling shareholder & managing director of Network18 Group , a media group that he started in 1993 and grew into one of the largest collection of media properties in India. At its peak, the group controlled by Raghav Bahl included media and internet-based media outlets such as in.com, IBNLive.com , Moneycontrol.com , Firstpost.com , Cricketnext, Homeshop18 , bookmyshow.com, Forbes India , TV channels such as Colors and some in partnership with international media groups such as NBC TV18, CNN-IBN , IBN7 , MTV , and CNBC Awaaz . By late 2011, according to

289-527: Was touted as "the biggest-ever deal in the Indian media space". Reliance Industries already had indirect control of the TV18 network by virtue of investments it made in Network18 starting from January 2012. CNN International only reached the urban population in India. To reach the Indian masses Turner Broadcasting System together with an Indian company, Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited ), launched

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