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Network18 Media & Investments Limited is an Indian media conglomerate
with interests in television, print, internet, film, mobile content and allied businesses. Network 18 FinCap is the holding company
for several media entities in India
such as Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18), IBN 18 Broadcast Ltd
, Web 18, Studio 18,Shop 18,Infomedia 18 and Viacom 18. Raghav Bahl holds 51% shares of Network 18 Group. The group includes Network18, TV18, ibn18 and Infomedia18, all of which are listed in India on NSE & BSE.
and the National Stock Exchange
on 2nd 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
. Since the company was created as part of the re-structuring of TV18 to comply with foreign ownership laws for news channels in India, it did not have to list through a public issue.
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
with interests in television, print, internet, film, mobile content and allied businesses. Network 18 FinCap is the holding company
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
for several media entities in 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...
such as Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18), IBN 18 Broadcast Ltd
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...
, Web 18, Studio 18,Shop 18,Infomedia 18 and Viacom 18. Raghav Bahl holds 51% shares of Network 18 Group. The group includes Network18, TV18, ibn18 and Infomedia18, all of which are listed in India on NSE & BSE.
History
The company was incorporated as a private limited company on 16th February 1996. In 2006, it was converted to a public limited company.The name of the company was changed from SGA Finance & Management Services Private Limited to Network 18 Fincap Private Limited with effect from April 12, 2006. Network 18 got listed on the Bombay Stock ExchangeBombay Stock Exchange
The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located on Dalal Street, Mumbai and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE was 1.63 trillion as of December 2010, making it the 4th largest stock exchange in Asia and the 8th largest...
and the National Stock Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India
The National Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the 9th largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization and largest in India by daily turnover and number of trades, for both equities and derivative trading. NSE has a market capitalization...
on 2nd February 2007.The shares of the company of face value of Rs 5 each opened at Rs 312.10 at the NSE
NSE
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and at Rs 300 at the BSE
BSE
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. Since the company was created as part of the re-structuring of TV18 to comply with foreign ownership laws for news channels in India, it did not have to list through a public issue.
Companies
- TV18 is a listed company which runs business news channels CNBC-TV18CNBC-TV18CNBC-TV18 is a business news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in India on December 7, 1999. It was the first business news channel launched in India and still the leads that genre....
in English and CNBC AwaazCNBC AwaazCNBC Awaaz is a business news TV channel in India. The channel is a joint venture between CNBC and Television Eighteen IndiaLimited based in Mumbai.- Competitors :* ET Now* NDTV Profit* Zee Business* NDTV 24x7* Times Now* Headlines Today...
in HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
and owns most of Web 18. In 2006 it acquired CRISILCRISILCredit Rating and Information Services of India Ltd. a global analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services....
Market Wire which was renamed Newswire 18. - Network 18 holds 57% in IBN 18 Broadcast LtdGlobal 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...
, headed by Rajdeep SardesaiRajdeep SardesaiRajdeep 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 :...
, which runs general news channels CNN-IBN in English, IBN-7 in HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
and IBN-Lokmat in MarathiMarathi languageMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
in JV with Marathi newspaper LokmatLokmatLokmat is the largest read & circulated Marathi language newspaper. It is the fifth largest Indian daily and in Marathi, it is the largest selling daily with 1.58 million copies a day. As per IRS 2010 Q3, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million...
. GBN in turn owns a small stake(15%) in Web 18. - Web 18 is an unlisted umbrella company for all Network 18 web properties such as moneycontrol.com , in.comIn.comIn.com is the an online venture from Web18, a Network 18 group company and one of India’s online networks based in Mumbai. Available for access since August 2008,...
, ibnlive.com , josh18.com, cricketnext.com , commoditiescontrol.com , tech2.com , poweryourtrade.com , easymf.com, compareindia.com, firstpost.com and upcoming women's and automotive portals. The company also owns stakes in Jobstreet (India), Yatra.com and BookMyShow.com. - Studio 18 is a newly formed division of Network 18 for film production and financing.
- HomeShop18HomeShop18HomeShop18 is the online & on-air retail marketing and distribution venture of Network 18 Group that was launched as India’s first 24 hour Home Shopping TV channel on 9 April 2008. It is part of the Network 18 Group. The company operates homeshop18.com, an e-commerce platform in India. The...
launched the Home-shopping television network. - Webchutney, a digital marketing agency.
- InfoMedia 18, a media company with business Directories, Magazine Publishing, Printing Services and Publishing Outsourcing services.
- The company also owns Viacom 18Viacom 18Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. founded in November 2007 is a 50/50 joint venture operation in India between Viacom and the Network 18 Group based in Mumbai. Viacom 18 owns and operates various channels of the Viacom group for the Indian viewers, as well as manage various Viacom's consumer products in...
,which has channel like Colors TV,MTV India,Nick India and VH1 India. Viacom 18 has plans to launch a hindi movie channel and some regional language channels in near future. - Sun 18 -In 2010 it entered into JV with Sun NetworkSun NetworkSun TV Network is an Indian media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, part of Kal Media Services, Sun Group. It has been named as Asia's most profitable media corporations and the largest TV network. Established on April 14, 1993, it created and owns a variety of television channels and...
to distribute its channels through cable, DTH, IPTV, HITS and MMDS.Sun18 Media Services North and South were formed. Sun 18 South focuses on the non-Hindi-speaking markets and is managed by the Sun Network.Sun 18 North focuses on the rest of Indian markets and is operated by the Network18 Group.
List of companies
- TV18
- Infomedia 18
- IBN 18 Broadcast Ltd.Global 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...
- Viacom 18Viacom 18Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. founded in November 2007 is a 50/50 joint venture operation in India between Viacom and the Network 18 Group based in Mumbai. Viacom 18 owns and operates various channels of the Viacom group for the Indian viewers, as well as manage various Viacom's consumer products in...
, a joint venture of Network18 and ViacomViacomViacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television... - Web18Web18Web 18 is the Internet and Mobile arm of Network 18, India's leading Media conglomerate. It has a variety of leading information and transactional services based on the Internet....
- E18E18E18 or E-18 may be:* E18 error, a Canon digital camera error code* County Route E18 , a County route in California* DRG Class E 18, a class of German electric locomotives* European route E18* E18, a postcode district in the E postcode area...
Network TV channels
- CNN-IBN, JV of IBN 18 Broadcast LtdGlobal 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...
and Turner International India - IBN-7IBN-7IBN-7 is a Hindi news television channel owned by Network 18 Ltd based in Mumbai.IBN-7 - formerly Channel 7 was acquired from Jagran TV, owned by the Dainik Jagran group of companies, in 2006 and rebranded IBN-7. IBN-7 is the Hindi news channel of IBN18 Broadcast Limited, which is part of Network...
, an IBN 18 Broadcasting LtdGlobal 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...
Channel - CNBC AwaazCNBC AwaazCNBC Awaaz is a business news TV channel in India. The channel is a joint venture between CNBC and Television Eighteen IndiaLimited based in Mumbai.- Competitors :* ET Now* NDTV Profit* Zee Business* NDTV 24x7* Times Now* Headlines Today...
, JV of CNBC AsiaCNBC AsiaCNBC Asia is a business news television channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Channel . Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney and has bureaus in Tokyo and Seoul....
& TV18 - CNBC-TV18CNBC-TV18CNBC-TV18 is a business news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in India on December 7, 1999. It was the first business news channel launched in India and still the leads that genre....
, JV of CNBC AsiaCNBC AsiaCNBC Asia is a business news television channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Channel . Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney and has bureaus in Tokyo and Seoul....
& TV18 - IBN-LokmatIBN-LokmatIBN Lokmat is a Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network 18 and Lokmat Group, which runs the most read Marathi newspaper, Lokmat.IBN Lokmat was launched on 6 April 2008, the Gudi Padwa day...
, JV of LokmatLokmatLokmat is the largest read & circulated Marathi language newspaper. It is the fifth largest Indian daily and in Marathi, it is the largest selling daily with 1.58 million copies a day. As per IRS 2010 Q3, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million...
& TV18 - MTV IndiaMTV IndiaMTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...
, a Viacom 18 channel - Nick India, a Viacom 18 channel
- VH1 IndiaVH1 IndiaVH1 India is a music channel in India. It is the sister channel to MTV India, which was launched in 2005. In December 2004, MTV India and Zee-Turner teamed up to bring VH1 to India. In India, VH1 is a 24-hour pay channel caters to the 13–35 age group. VH1 primarily focuses on international genres...
, a Viacom 18 channel - Colors, a Viacom 18 channel
- HomeShop18HomeShop18HomeShop18 is the online & on-air retail marketing and distribution venture of Network 18 Group that was launched as India’s first 24 hour Home Shopping TV channel on 9 April 2008. It is part of the Network 18 Group. The company operates homeshop18.com, an e-commerce platform in India. The...
, a TV18 Channel - Topper, an Educomp 18 channel
- History TV18
Internet Offerings
- in.comIn.comIn.com is the an online venture from Web18, a Network 18 group company and one of India’s online networks based in Mumbai. Available for access since August 2008,...
, launched on 21st July 2008 brings the best of news,songs,videos and games. Within a few months of its launch the site became very popular as India's leading general interest web destination. It was number 2 Indian website according to comscore September 2008 data. - moneycontrol.com is Asia's largest and world's second largest financial and business portal providing real time coverage on market movements, key expert insights and discovering intrinsic dynamics between the various market participants. It has more than 1 million registered users and receives more than 150 million page views per month.
- poweryourtrade.com is a financial advisory portal giving expert advices,market news and analysis to investors and traders
- commoditiescontrol.com brings its user a deep understanding of the Indian commodity space. It has first hand information of prices from over 100 spot markets making it one of the most credible commodities information and research service provider in India.
- Cricketnext.com , launched in 2000 provides loads of volume and information about the cricketing events around the globe.It has many interactive features like daily poll question, celebrity chats and discussion boards.
- Compareindia.com provides customers free information on the product they want to buy.The site contains 37 product categories: Audio systems, televisions, washing machines, microwave ovens, refrigerators, fax machines, photocopiers, and printers, amongst others.
- teac2.in.com gives the news of latest happenings in the technology world. It also contains expert reviews of the products coming out from the technology world.
- homeshop18.com is a nationally televised home shopping service, which uses interactive electronic media, primarily through cable TV and internet to sell credible brands.It acquired online books, movies and music retailer Coinjoos.com,which was started in November 2009 by the Noida-based technology start-up called On-Graph Technologies, in an all-cash deal.The company has plans to discontinue the Coinjoos.com brand and merge the books business of On-Graph Technologies with Homeshop18.com.