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Indian News Channels

Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.

Indian News Channels are one of the most viewed channels on Indian Television., Indian television has witnessed the growth of a number of news channels starting with Doordarshan in the 1990`s. Many private channels which have joined in the league of news broadcasting and the situation today are such that news has been made into an essential commodity. Unlike in the initial days, when Doordarshan monopolized news broadcasting, nowadays numerous news channels are emerging as enhanced in terms of their subject matter, objectivity, sharp editing and high-quality visuals. They serve to cover a wide range of topics ranging from local events to International events, breaking news to news analysis, television soap to Page 3 news. Thus every significant incident is covered by the huge variety of news channels.

* CNN-IBN is one of Indian News Channels in English that was launched in India on 16th December, 2005. It is one of the well-known English news channels in India.

* Full name: Cable News Network-Indian Broadcasting Network which works round the clock.

* Headquarters: New Delhi

* Supported by more than 20 bureaus nationwide, and also a team of experienced newspersons and production staff, coupled with the state-of-the-art broadcast infrastructure and newsgathering technology of TV18.

* Partnership between Global Broadcast News (GBN) and Turner International (Turner).

* One of the most famous persons in CNN-IBN is its Editor in chief, Rajdeep Sardesai.

* Most of the programs aired at this news channel are similar to that of CNN in the United States, with current event talk programs mixed with news reports.

* Introduced the concept of "Citizen Journalism" where any person can send in his or her report to the channel which is aired in a separate section.

* CNN-IBN introduced Mobile Citizen Journalism. It has enabled People...