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. TV18 owns and operates various national channels in separate partnerships with

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CNBC TV18 CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel owned by NBCUniversal and TV18. CNBC TV18 Prime HD Having launched on 26 October 2011, this is CNBC TV18's premium service and the first business channel in India ...

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& CNBC-TV18 Prime HD), Warner Bros. Discovery (

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) and

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(as majority owner of

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). In the regional space, the group operates a Gujarati business news channel – CNBC Bajar, a Marathi general news channel – News18 Lokmat and operates ten regional news channels under the News18 umbrella and 3 regional entertainment channels under the News18 brand. The group also operates a 24-hour Indian news channel in English –

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, targeting global audiences. TV18 and Viacom18 have formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform 'content asset monetisation' entity that drives domestic and international channel distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from the group and third parties. On 31 January 2018, TV18 increased its stake in the Viacom18 joint venture to 51% taking operational control.

Channels

History

1992–1999: Production firm 1999–2006: News broadcasting and partnerships 2006–2014: Subsidiary of Network18 2014–Present:

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