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Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN) is an English-language
India
n television news channel. The network is a partnership between Global Broadcast News
(GBN) and Turner International (Turner) in India (a subsidiary of Time Warner
). Rajdeep Sardesai
is the Editor-in-Chief of the network. The Indian company GBN runs the channel completely but uses the CNN brand name, in return gave 26% stake to Time Warner
.
The network broadcasts 24-hour
a day, 365 days a year. The network models most of its programming on that of United States cable news
provider CNN
, with current-event
talk programs mixed with news reports. The flagship evening program is India at 9 (known for breaking news
events, such as the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
and the 2008 Mumbai attacks
). It is one of the first news channels in India to use the concept of citizen journalism
, whereby any person can send in a report that will be aired in a separate section.
CNN-IBN has been accused of having congress bias and bring more pro congress people to their discussion panels. The channel also been accused of showing fabricated tweets and videos in their live shows.
comments run on the screen during a news show raised questions about the reliability of instant feedback from viewers. The officials later apologised saying that the source of viewer comment was wrongly stated as twitter.
In November 2011, on its Prime Time show (Face The Nation), the channel broadcast a pre-recorded interview of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
as a live television debate. The show was hosted by the Deputy Editor of the channel, Sagarika Ghose, who also happens to be the wife of the channels Editor, Rajdeep Sardesai. On public outcry, the anchor issued a public apology on twitter, web and TV , , . The episode broadcasted by the channel has not been hosted on the show's homepage .
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n television news channel. The network is a partnership between Global Broadcast News
Global Broadcast News
Global Broadcast News is an India media corporation under the Network 18 umbrella. The major shareholders apart from the Indian public and foreign and domestic institutions are parent company Network 18, sister company TV18 and a group of professionals including Editor-In-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai...
(GBN) and Turner International (Turner) in India (a subsidiary of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
). Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai is an Indian journalist, political commentator and news presenter. Sardesai is the Editor-in-Chief of IBN18 Network, that includes CNN-IBN, IBN-7 and IBN-Lokmat.- Biography :...
is the Editor-in-Chief of the network. The Indian company GBN runs the channel completely but uses the CNN brand name, in return gave 26% stake to Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
.
The network broadcasts 24-hour
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
a day, 365 days a year. The network models most of its programming on that of United States cable news
United States cable news
Cable news refers to television channels devoted to television news broadcasts, with the name deriving from the proliferation of such networks during the 1980s with the advent of cable television. In the United States, early networks included CNN in 1980, Financial News Network in 1981, and CNN2 ...
provider CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, with current-event
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
talk programs mixed with news reports. The flagship evening program is India at 9 (known for breaking news
Breaking news
Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
events, such as the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains...
and the 2008 Mumbai attacks
2008 Mumbai attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, by Islamist attackers who came from Pakistan...
). It is one of the first news channels in India to use the concept of citizen journalism
Citizen journalism
Citizen journalism is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information," according to the seminal 2003 report We Media: How Audiences are Shaping the Future of News and Information...
, whereby any person can send in a report that will be aired in a separate section.
CNN-IBN has been accused of having congress bias and bring more pro congress people to their discussion panels. The channel also been accused of showing fabricated tweets and videos in their live shows.
Questions on ethics
A controversy about some fake TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
comments run on the screen during a news show raised questions about the reliability of instant feedback from viewers. The officials later apologised saying that the source of viewer comment was wrongly stated as twitter.
In November 2011, on its Prime Time show (Face The Nation), the channel broadcast a pre-recorded interview of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar usually known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, born Ravi Shankar Ratnam, born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation , which aims at relieving individual stress, societal problems and violence. It is an NGO with UNESCO consultative status...
as a live television debate. The show was hosted by the Deputy Editor of the channel, Sagarika Ghose, who also happens to be the wife of the channels Editor, Rajdeep Sardesai. On public outcry, the anchor issued a public apology on twitter, web and TV , , . The episode broadcasted by the channel has not been hosted on the show's homepage .
See also
24-hour television news channels- Global Broadcast NewsGlobal Broadcast NewsGlobal Broadcast News is an India media corporation under the Network 18 umbrella. The major shareholders apart from the Indian public and foreign and domestic institutions are parent company Network 18, sister company TV18 and a group of professionals including Editor-In-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai...
- List of Indian television stations
- Time WarnerTime WarnerTime Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
- Turner Broadcasting SystemTurner Broadcasting SystemTurner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...
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