Times Now is a 24-hour English language

English language

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 news channel based in Mumbai

Mumbai

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 and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region. The channel was launched in 2006 as a joint-venture of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publishers of The Times of India

The Times of India

The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

and Reuters

Reuters

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. Arnab Goswami

Arnab Goswami

Arnab Goswami is an Indian journalist who is the Editor in Chief and News anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now. He is an important contributor to the rise of the Times Now news channel since its launch in January 2006. His show The Newshour is aired at 9 pm with live news coverage...

 is the Editor-in Chief and Sunil Lulla is the current CEO. It was the first news channel in India to be launched on mobile screens (Reliance Infocomm Network).

History

Times Now began its operations in July, 2005. Sunil Lulla was hired from the Sony Entertainment Television

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

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 to be the CEO. The channel which now enjoys a considerable share among Indian English news channels has a young team of journalists. Some of the prominent journalists and anchors in the channel include Navika Kumar, Srinjoy Chaudhury, Mahrukh Inayet, Rupali Mehra and Tamanna Inamdar. Its popularity is largely attributed to its Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami

Arnab Goswami

Arnab Goswami is an Indian journalist who is the Editor in Chief and News anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now. He is an important contributor to the rise of the Times Now news channel since its launch in January 2006. His show The Newshour is aired at 9 pm with live news coverage...

, who is regarded as a journalist who asks tough questions to panelists on his program, The News Hour, that is telecast at 9 PM every weekdays. Many have criticised Arnab Goswami's style of interviewing as a 'one-man show'. Several jokes have also been doing the rounds about it. But Arnab continues nevertheless.

Distribution

Early in 2008 Times Now (and sister channel ZOOm

ZOOm

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) tied up with Star TV

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 India (a News Corp company) for distribution in India. Star being the largest TV network brings distribution clout (and subscription revenues) to the two Times Group channels.

Other channels

In early 2008, reports began to filter out that Times Now was planning to launch a Business News channel. Rahul Joshi, the Executive Editor of The Economic Times

The Economic Times

The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...

, is the editor of the channel.

Competitors

• CNN-IBN
• NDTV 24x7
  NDTV 24x7
  NDTV 24x7 is a premier English language television network that carries news and current affairs in India, it is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. NDTV 24x7 won the Asian Television Award for Best News Programme in 2005....
  
  
• ET Now
  ET Now
  ET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters....
  
  
• CNBC-TV18
  CNBC-TV18
  CNBC-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....
  
  
• Zee Business
  Zee Business
  Zee Business is one of the fastest growing Hindi business news channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel has redefined business news, by its innovative programming and path-breaking strategy of making business news a 24/7 activity and not just limited to the stock market...
  
  
• CNBC Awaaz
  CNBC Awaaz
  CNBC 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...
  
  
• Bloomberg UTV
• NDTV Profit
  NDTV Profit
  NDTV Profit is a business news channel started by New Delhi Television in January 2005. Started to provide competition to the monopoly enjoyed by CNBC-TV18, the channel has managed to garner a decent market share....
  
  
• Headlines Today
  Headlines Today
  Headlines Today is a popular 24-hour English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India, the channel is sponsored by TV Today Network Ltd. which is a part of the well-known India Today Group...
  
  
• NewsX
  NewsX
  NewsX is a 24-hour rolling news television channel in India, which was recently rated India's most watched English news channel by TAM.-History:The channel was launched on the 28 March 2008 by the INX Network, which was then headed by Indrani Mukerjea....
  
  

See also

• Times Group
• ET Now
  ET Now
  ET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters....
  
  
• The Economic Times
  The Economic Times
  The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
  
  
• Times of India
• Arnab Goswami
  Arnab Goswami
  Arnab Goswami is an Indian journalist who is the Editor in Chief and News anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now. He is an important contributor to the rise of the Times Now news channel since its launch in January 2006. His show The Newshour is aired at 9 pm with live news coverage...
  
  
• Times Now Canada
  Times Now (Canada)
  Times Now is a Canadian Category B English language specialty channel that is owned by Asian Television Network . It broadcasts programming from Times Now and Canadian content....
  
  

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