News18Lokmat is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network 18 and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat.
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CNN NEWS18 (formerly known as CNN IBN)is a partnership between
TV18, one of India's leading television broadcast networks, and CNN
International, the number one international news brand.CNN entered India
by partnering with TV18 to launch an English-language news channel in
2005.
From day one, the channel
established itself as a news channel with a difference and became number
one in a record time of just six months. News18.com is the
online arm of CNN News18 (formerly known as CNN IBN) with hard news as
its core offering and interactivity as its key component.
Along
with a plethora of mobile- and multimedia-enabled content, News18 is a
multi-platform offering that, for the first time, provides viewers/users
an opportunity to contribute to the news process and interact with
editors and reporters. Manned 24x7, News18.com is powered not just by
NEWS18 journalists but also by Network18's team of over 1,000 news
professionals.
Headquartered at a world-class facility in New Delhi, the channel is
supported by over 20 bureaus nationwide, along with a team of
experienced news persons and production staff, backed by Network18's
state-of-the-art broadcast infrastructure and news gathering technology.