Network18 Group
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Saurabh Pandey (Chairman) |
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| Revenue | ₹3,403 crore (US$430 million) (2016) |
Number of employees | 7,500 |
| Parent | Reliance Industries |
| Divisions | [1] |
| Website | www |
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, informally referred to as the Network18 Group, is an Indian media and entertainment group.[2] TV18 Broadcast Limited is the broadcasting arm of Network18.[citation needed]
History
The company was incorporated as a private limited company on 16 February 1996.[citation needed] In April 2006, the name was changed from SGA Finance and Management Services Private Limited to Network18 Fincap Private Limited and subsequently in November 2006, it was converted into a Public Limited company. Network18 got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange on 2 February 2007. The shares of the company of face value of Rs 5 each opened at Rs 312.10 at the NSE and at Rs 300 at the BSE. The same year in December, its name was changed from Network18 Fincap Limited to Network18 Media & Investments Limited.[citation needed]
The Network 18 Group announced a restructuring plan to create a two listed entity structure for the group in July 2010. The restructuring became effective on 10 June 2011 with the approval of the Delhi High Court and the group successfully completed the re-alignment of its business operation into 2 sections – Network18 and TV18. Network18 undertakes the digital and publishing side of the business and TV18 contains the television assets of the group.[3]
In Jan 2012, there was a large investment by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited in a complex deal that offered a possibility that Ambani-held Independent Media Trust (IMT) might eventually gain a controlling interest.[4] In July 2014, the ownership was transferred to Independent Media Trust. On 29 May 2014, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) announced it would be acquiring control in Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd, including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd. The board of RIL approved funding of up to Rs. 40 billion to Independent Media Trust (IMT), of which RIL is the sole beneficiary, for acquisition of control in Network 18 and its subsidiaries.[5] On 8 July 2014, RIL stated that it has completed the Network18 take-over.[6]
In 2015 Network 18 under ownership of Reliance Industries took over ETV Network for about ₹2,053 crore deal.[7]
TV 18
TV18 Broadcast Limited is the broadcasting arm of Network18. TV18 operates India’s largest selection of News channels across 15 language and 26 states; with channels like CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz in Business News and CNN News18, News18 India in General News. Through its JV Viacom18, it also operates a number of entertainment channels across genres, including leading premium local channels like Colors, Nickelodeon and MTV.[citation needed] Through Panorama, a subsidiary of TV18, the network operates a selection of 13 regional news channels under the News18 brand name.[citation needed] TV18 also operates a joint venture with the Lokmat Group which houses the Marathi news channel News18 Lokmat. To cover the global audience & sizable NRI population, TV18 operates News18, a twenty-four hour television news channel designed to give the world largest democracy, the latest news.[citation needed]
Television Channels
Network 18 operates the following channels.
| Category | Sub-Categories | Channel | Language | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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News Channels(20) |
Business News Channels(4)[8] | CNBC TV18 | English | India |
| CNBC TV18 Prime HD | ||||
| CNBC Awaaz | Hindi | |||
| CNBC Bajar | Gujarati | Gujarat,India | ||
| General News Channels(2)[9] | CNN News18 | English | India | |
| News18 India | Hindi | |||
| Regional News Channels(14)[10] | News18 Lokmat | Marathi | Maharashtra,India | |
| News18 Urdu | Urdu | India | ||
| News18 Rajasthan | Rajasthani, Hindi | Rajasthan,India | ||
| News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | Hindi | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand,India | ||
| News18 Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh | Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh,India | |||
| News18 Bihar-Jharkhand | Bhojpuri, Maithili, Hindi | Bihar & Jharkhand, India | ||
| News18 Gujarati | Gujarati | Gujarat,India | ||
| News18 Bangla | Bengali | West Bengal,India | ||
| News18 Odia | Odia | Odisha,India | ||
| News18 Kannada | Kannada | Karnataka,India | ||
| News18 Kerala | Malayalam | Kerala,India | ||
| News18 Tamil Nadu | Tamil | Tamil Nadu,India | ||
| News18 Assam/North-East | Assamese, English | Assam, India | ||
| News18 Punjab-Haryana-Himachal | Punjabi, Hindi | Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh,India | ||
| Upcoming Regional News Channels(3)[11] | News18 Goa | English, Konkani | Goa,India | |
| News18 Bharat | Hindi | India | ||
| News18 J&K | Kashmiri, Hindi | Jammu & Kashmir,India | ||
| Entertainment(37)[12] | Hindi General Entertainment(3) | Colors | Hindi | India |
| Colors HD | ||||
| Rishtey | ||||
| Hindi Movies(2) | Rishtey Cineplex | |||
| Cineplex HD | ||||
| Youth Channel(2) | MTV India | Hindi,English | ||
| MTV HD+ | ||||
| Music(4) | MTV Beats | Hindi | ||
| MTV Beats HD | ||||
| VH1 | English | |||
| VH1 HD | ||||
| English Entertainment(4) | Comedy Central | English | ||
| Comedy Central HD | ||||
| Colors Infinity | ||||
| Colors Infinity HD | ||||
| Kids Entertainment(4) | Nick HD+ | English,Hindi | ||
| Nickelodeon | ||||
| Nick Jr. | ||||
| Sonic | ||||
| Factual Entertainment(4) | History TV18 | |||
| History TV18 HD | ||||
| FYI TV18 | ||||
| FYI TV18 HD | ||||
| Shopping(2) | Home Shop 18 | |||
| Shop CJ | ||||
| Education(1) | Topper TV | Hindi,English | ||
| Regional Entertainment(11) | Colors Marathi | Marathi | Maharashtra,India | |
| Colors Marathi HD | ||||
| Colors Kannada | Kannada | Karnataka, India | ||
| Colors Kannada HD | ||||
| Colors Super | ||||
| Colors Bangla | Bengali | West Bengal,India | ||
| Colors Bangla HD | ||||
| Colors Odia | Odia | Odisha,India | ||
| Colors Gujarati | Gujarati | Gujarat,India | ||
| Colors Tamil | Tamil | Tamil Nadu,India | ||
| Colors Tamil HD | ||||
| Upcoming Regional Channel(2) | Colors Telugu | Telugu | Telangana, India and Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Colors Malayalam | Malayalam | Kerala, India |
Network 18
Network 18's digital content and commerce segment includes a portfolio of brands catering to a wide range of interests and services, including news and entertainment, markets and finance, online shopping and ticketing, and mobile phone services and applications.[13]
Websites:
- moneycontrol.com
- firstpost.com
- news18.com
- cnbctv18.com
Notes and references
- ^ Corporate restructure complete for India’s Network18
- ^ "Network18 Media & Investments Limited: Private Company Information". Bloomberg.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Restructure complete for Network 18". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Sandeep Bamzai (14 January 2012). "RIL deal-Network18: Is Mukesh Ambani the new media mogul?". India Today.Quote: the instrumentality ... is an optionally convertible debenture which has every possibility of turning into equity. Analysts say that going forward, Ambani will turn into a majority stake-holder of Network 18 and TV18 through this mechanism. On 29 May 2014, Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance industries, purchased the company for a reported Rs. 40 billion
- ^ "RIL to acquire control of Network 18, Rajdeep may go". HT Media Limited. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "RIL completes Network 18 takeover". Patrika Group. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Network18 finishes Rs 2,053-cr deal to acquire ETV stakes". 10 February 2018 – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "NETWORK 18". www.network18online.com.
- ^ "NETWORK 18". www.network18online.com.
- ^ http://www.network18online.com/brand_TV_regional_new.html
- ^ http://www.mib.nic.in/WriteReadData/documents/Master_List_of_Permitted_Private_Satellite_TV_Channels_as_on_31.05.2016.xls.pdf
- ^ "NETWORK 18". www.network18online.com.
- ^ "NETWORK 18". www.network18online.com.
