TV18 Broadcast Limited (formerly Global Broadcast News and IBN18 Broadcast Limited) was an Indian television company based in Mumbai and owned by Network18 Group. TV18 owned and operated various national channels in separate partnerships with NBCUniversal (CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC-TV18 Prime HD) and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN-News18). In October 2024, it merged with its parent company Network18 Group.
In the regional space, the group operated a Gujarati business news channel – CNBC Bajar, a Marathi general news channel – News18 Lokmat and operated ten regional news channels under the News18 umbrella and 3 regional entertainment channels under the News18 brand. The group also operated a 24-hour Indian news channel in English – News18 India, targeting global audiences.
TV18 and Viacom18 had formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform 'content asset monetisation' entity that drove domestic and international channel distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from the group and third parties.
On 31 January 2018, TV18 increased its stake in the Viacom18 joint venture to 51% taking operational control.
Owned channels ChannelLaunchedLanguageCategorySD/HD availabilityNotesHistory TV182011EnglishHindiMarathiTamilTeluguKnowledgeSD+HDJoint Venture with A&E NetworksCNBC TV181999EnglishNewsCNN News182005SDPreviously known as CNN-IBN News18 IndiaHindiPreviously Known as IBN7, founded as Channel 7CNBC AwaazNews18 Rajasthan2000Previously known as ETV RajasthanNews18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand2002Previously known as ETV Uttar Pradesh/UttarakhandNews18 Madhya Pradesh ChhattisgarhPreviously known as ETV Madhya Pradesh/ChhattisgarhNews18 Bihar JharkhandPreviously known as ETV Bihar/JharkhandNews18 Punjab Haryana2014PunjabiPreviously known as ETV Haryana/Himachal PradeshNews18 Odia2015OdiaPreviously known as ETV News OdiaNews18 Urdu2001UrduPreviously known as ETV UrduNews18 Kannada2014KannadaPreviously known as ETV News KannadaNews18 Bangla2014BengaliPreviously known as ETV News BanglaNews18 GujaratiGujaratiPreviously known as ETV News GujaratiCNBC BajarNews18 Assam North East2016AssameseNews18 Marathi2008MarathiPreviously known as News18 LokmatNews18 Kerala2015MalayalamNews18 Tamil NaduTamilNews18 Jammu Kashmir Ladakh Himachal2022Kashmiri, Ladakhi
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