REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS TOP ENGLISH NEWS p`mauK AMga`ojaI samaacaar CHANNEL & THEIR caOnala AaOr ]naka iva<aIya FINANCIAL RESURGENCE puna-]%qaana News is where the major action has been in the samaacaar yah hO jahaM ik mahamaarI ko yauga maoM sabasao AiQak pandemic era. Despite the controversies galore, gaitivaiQayaaM doKnao kao imala rhI hO.nyaUja caOnalaaoM ko iKlaaf the news channels have held on steady in terms AapraiQak maamalaaoM ko dja- haonao AaOr ivavaadaoM koo baavajaUd of the advertising revenues in the Covid era. kaoivad ko daOr maoM iva&apna rajasva ko maamalaaoM maoM samaacaar We take a look at the leading news channel and caOnala isqar rho hOM.hma p`mauK samaacaar caOnalaaoM pr ek najar how their numbers stacked up. Dalato hOM AaOr ipClao vaYa- ko ]nakI Aaiqa-k isqait kI samaIxaa krto hOM. NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd (commonly abbreviated enaDITIvaI as NDTV) is an Indian news media company focusing on na[- idllaI TolaIivajana ilaimaToD ³AamaataOr pr saMixaPt naama broadcast and digital news publication. The company is enaDITIvaI´ ek BaartIya samaacaar maIiDyaa kMpnaI hO jaao p`saarNa va considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent iDijaTla samaacaar p`kaSana pr Qyaana koMid`t kr rhI hO.kMpnaI kao ek news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching ivarasat ba`aMD maanaa jaa sakta hO ijasanao Baart maoM svatM~ samaacaar p`saarNa the first 24x7 news channel and the first lifestyle channel in the country. It owns and ka baID,a ]zayaa hO AaOr doSa maoM phlao operates the broadcast news 24 GaMTo p`saarNa krnao vaalao nyaUja caOnala channels of NDTV India and AaOr laa[fsTa[la caOnala laa^nca krnao NDTV 24x7. The two channels ka Eaoya idyaa jaa sakta hO.yah of the company have received enaDITIvaI [MiDyaa AaOr enaDITIvaI 24x7 32 Ramnath Goenka Excellence ko p`saarNa samaacaar caOnalaaoM ka maailak in Journalism Awards. NDTV was founded in hO AaOr [saka saMcaalana krta hO.kMpnaI 1984, by the journalist Radhika ko daonaaoM caOnalaaoM kao p~kairta maoM ]%kRYT Roy and the economist Prannoy Roy, a husband and wife yaaogadana ko ilae 32 ramanaaqa gaaoyanaka purskar p`aPt huAa hO. duo from the city of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal. It enaDITI kI sqaapnaa 1984 maoM p~kar raiQak ra^ya AaOr Aqa- began as a production house for news segments for the Saas~I p`Naya ra^ya nao kI qaI jaao piScama baMgaala rajya ko kaolkata Sahr sao public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite pit p%naI kI ek jaaoD,I qaI.yah saava-jainak p`saarNakta- dUrdSa-na AaOr channels when television broadcasting was a state monopoly and transitioned into the first independent news AMtrraYTIya/ saOTolaa[T caOnalaaoM ko ilae samaacaar KMDaoM ko ilae p`aoD@Sana network in India. The company launched the first 24x7 news ha]sa ko $p maoM Sau$ huAa qaa jaba TolaIivajana p`saarNa pr sarkar ka channel in partnership with Star India in 1998. ekaiQakar qaa AaOr Baart maoM phlao svatM~ samaacaar naoTvak- maoM pirvait-t Between 1998 and 2003, NDTV was in an exclusive hao gayaa.kMpnaI nao 1998 maoM sTar [MiDyaa ko saaqa saaJaodarI maoM phlaa 24 agreement with Star India to produce all its news segment. GaMTo p`saarNa krnao vaalaa nyaUja caOnala laa^nca ikyaa. In 2003, the company became an independent broadcasting 1998 sao 2003 ko baIca enaDITIvaI sTar [MiDyaa ko saaqa Apnao network with the simultaneous launch of the Hindi and English language news channels known as NDTV India saBaI samaacaar KMDaoM ko inamaa-Na ko ilae ivaSaoYa samaJaaOto maoM qaa. 2003 maoM and NDTV 24x7. It also launched a business news kMpnaI¸ enaDITIvaI [MiDyaa AaOr enaDITIvaI 247 ko $p maoM &at ihMdI channel NDTV Profit which was later converted into an AaOr AMga`ojaI BaaYaa ko samaacaar caOnalaaoM ko ek saaqa laa^nca ko saaqa ek information and entertainment channel NDTV Prime. The svatM~ p`saarNa naoTvak- bana gayaa.[sanao ek vyyavasaaiyak samaacaar caOnala 37 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS company has had business interests in general enaDITIvaI p`aoifT BaI laa^nca ikyaa ijasao baad maoM ek saUcanaa va manaaorMjana entertainment and e-commerce, and is part of the caOnala enaDITIvaI p`a[ma maoM badla idyaa gayaa.kMpnaI ko saamaanya manaaorMjana management of a number of broadcast channels including AaOr [-–ka^masa- maoM vyavasaaiyak iht hO AaOr k[- saMyau@t ]pËmaaoM ko maaQyama the lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times, the infotainment sao laa[fsTa[la caOnala enaDITIvaI gauD Ta[msa¸ [MfaoTonamaoMT caOnala esTao/ channel Astro Awani and the news channel Independent Television through various joint ventures. AvanaI AaOr samaacaar caOnala [MiDpoMDoT TolaIivajana saiht k[- p`saarNa caOnalaaoM ko p`baMQana ka ihssaa hO. NDTV Revenue News broadcaster NDTV's consolidated revenue enaDITIvaI rajasva from operations for the quarter ended 31st December is ` nyaUja p`saark enaDITIvaI ko 31 idsaMbar kao samaaPt itmaahI ko 105.83 crore compared to ` 93.67 crore in the same period pircaalana sao samaoikt rajasva ipClao saala kI samaana AvaiQa ko 93º67 last year. kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 31º83 kraoD, Épyao rha. Total expenses stood at ` 82.4 crore compared to ` kula Kca- ek saala phlao ko 85º03 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 85.03 crore a year ago. 82º4 kraoD, Épyao qaa. The company said that it has delivered the best third quarter results in the last 11 years with a net profit of ` 22.69 kMpnaI nao batayaa ik ]sanao 12º13 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM crore compared to ` 12.13 crore. 22º69 kraoD, Épyao ko Sauw laaBa ko saaqa ipClao 11 vaYaao-M maoM sava-EaoYz The company posted an operating profit of ` 32.64 tIsarI itmaahI ko natIjao idyao hOM.kMpnaI nao TolaIivajana maIiDyaa AaOr crore from the television media and related operations saMbaMiQat pircaalana KMD sao 19º09 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 32º64 segment compared to ` 19.09 crore. kraoD, Épyao ka pircaalana laaBa Aija-t ikyaa. Revenue from the segment was ` 105.83 crore compared to ` 92.23 crore. 92º23 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM KMD sao rajasva 105º83 The company reported nil revenue from the kraoD, Épyao qaa. e-commerce/retail segment. kMpnaI nao [-–ka^masa-ÀirTola saogamaoMT sao SaUnya rajasva kI saUcanaa dI. On a standalone basis, NDTV's revenue from sTOMDAlaaona AaQaar pr enaDITIvaI ka pircaalana sao rajasva operations stood at ` 56.37 crore compared to ` 55.35 crore. 55º35 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 56º37 kraoD, Épyao rha. The company’s expenses were ` 51.56 crore compared to ` 51.85 crore. 51º85 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM kMpnaI ka Kca- 51º56 kraoD, Net profit increased to ` 10.53 crore compared to ` Épyao rha. 6.66 crore. 6º66 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM Sauw laaBa baZ,kr 10º53 According to NDTV, this is the company's best kraoD, Épyao hao gayaa.enaDITIvaI ko Anausaar yah ipClao Aaz vaYaao-M maoM quarterly result in the last eight years. NDTV Convergence, the company's digital arm, has kMpnaI ka sabasao AcCa itmaahI pirNaama hO. marked its best quarter ever with a profit of more than ` 10 kMpnaI kI iDijaTla SaaKa enaDITIvaI knva-jaMsa nao Apnao crore; its revenue has increased by 32% over the same sava-EaoYz itmaahI kao 10 kraoD, sao AiQak laaBa ko saaqa icainht ikyaa hO: quarter last year. ‰ Despite the business challenges thrown up by the ipClao saala ko [saI itmaahI maoM [sako rajasva maoM 32 kI vRiw hu[- hO. pandemic, the company has so far in this financial year mahamaarI Wara ]%pnna vyaavasaaiyak caunaaOityaaoM ko baavajaUd kMpnaI nao reduced its bank borrowings by ` 27 crore. [sa iva<aIya vaYa- maoM Apnao baOMk ?NaaoM 27 kraoD, Épyao kI kmaI kI hO. “NDTV thanks every member of its team for ensuring kMpnaI nao ek bayaana maoM kha ‘enaDITIvaI nao ApnaI TIma ko quality news was delivered to its vast audience despite the many impediments presented by the Coronavirus outbreak. p`%yaok sadsya kao karaonaavaayarsa ko p`kaop Wara p`stut k[- baaQaaAaoM ko Its reporters and crews have travelled all over the country baavajaUd gauNava<aapUNa- samaacaar sauinaiScat krnao ko ilae Qanyavaad idyaa to share the most credible and latest information on how hO.[sako p~karaoM va kma-caairyaaoM nao doSaBar kI yaa~a kI hO ik Baart India is handling the pandemic,” the company said in a mahamaarI kao kOsao saMBaala rha hO.[sa pr sabasao ivaSvanaIya va navaInatma statement. It further stated that the management is aware that jaanakarI saaJaa kro.[sanao Aagao kha hO ik p`baMQana [sa baat sao Avagat the financial challenges of an economic slowdown continue hO ik Aaiqa-k maMdI kI iva<aIya caunaaOityaaM ABaI banaI hu[- hO¸ iva&apna ko to linger, with advertising yet to recover to pre-Covid levels; saaqa–saaqa pUva-–kaoivad str pr ]barnao ko ilae ABaI tk¸ yah Agalao 38 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS it is focused on mitigating any risk presented by this for the kuC itmaaihyaaoM ko ilae [sako Wara p`stut iksaI BaI jaaoiKma kao kma krnao next few quarters. pr koMid`t hO. CNN NEWS18 saIenaena–nyaUja 18 CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian saIenaena–nyaUja 18 ³maUla $p sao saIenaena–Aa[-baIena´ ek English-language news television channel founded BaartIya AMga`ojaI BaaYaa ka samaacaar TolaIivajana caOnala hO ijasakI sqaapnaa by Rajdeep Sardesai located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. naaoyaDa ]<ar p`doSa maoM rajadIp sardosaa[- Wara kI gayaI qaI.yah vat-maana maoM It is currently owned by Network 18 and WarnerMedia. CNN naoTvak- 18 va vaana-rmaIiDyaa ko svaaima%va maoM hO.yah saIenaena caOnala ko ilae provides international coverage for the channel, while Indian Broadcasting Network concentrates on Indian and local AMtrraYTIya/ kvaroja p`dana krta hO jabaik BaartIya p`saarNa naoTvak- reports.