CNBC TV18 is a business news channel, a joint venture of CNBC and Television 18 India Limited, and is considered as India`s number one news medium, an undisputed leader in the business news space. CNBC Asia Pacific holds a strategic equity stake in the Indian registered broadcaster; Television 18. The programming of this channel includes corporate news; financial markets coverage, expert perspective on investing and management to industry verticals and many more. Constantly being updated with new genres of programming, CNBC TV18 helps makes business more relevant to different parts of India. Currently, CNBC TV18 is available in over 28 million households in India. TV18 broadcasts four round-the-clock news channels and deploys content across multiple platforms like Television, Internet, Mobile and Voice. The group employs more than 2500 media professionals across the country. It is one of the few listed companies in the Indian media business. Its strong infrastructure includes 23 national bureaus, 2 state-of-the-art broadcast centres in Delhi and Mumbai.
It hosts a variety of shows such as Power Breakfast, an analysis and forecast into the trade business. Dealing room calls and voices from market experts give you that extra-edge just to help you make a profitable decision. Bazaar Morning call is a show that tracks the opening of the Indian Markets, tests your instincts for the market with the regular Bazaar Poll and gives you the information to make the early start in the market. Your Stocks, a unique business show in which markets anchors and expert analysts, present their take on stocks and shares, in the form of a Q&A session with the retail investor community. Corporate Radar is a window into the minds of top CEOs, Boardrooms, global economists, fund managers and sector analysts. Business Lunch covers the corporate, market and political news. Mid Cap Radar focuses exclusively on Mid Cap Stocks.
These stocks are covered in their entirety - from a special section meant specifically for viewers to give their opinion on this subject to studio discussions with experts and analysts, and much more. Closing Bell is a show to find out the real reasons behind the day`s developments and to get the scoop on what`s in store for you tomorrow. Business Centre is a pioneering effort on Indian television - CNBC-TV18`s spanking new prime-time business news programme. This one-hour news show offers comprehensive coverage of the financial markets, corporate news, economic policy decisions, global business events and political developments. Other shows are India Business hour, Nations Business, India Tonight, Auto Show, Storyboard, Young Turks, Uncovered, The Tech show, Job show, Devil`s advocate, Saas Bahu and sensex, Business legends, Oriental and Occidental and many more. It has one of the best anchors in the News industry like Anuradha Sengupta, Karan Thapar, Udayan Mujherjee, Mitali Mukherjee, Tanvir Gill, Gaurika Chaudhari, Shereen Bhan and the like.
The channel also offered a learning programme on investment, business and finance through video conferencing in the year 2005. The fee-based video conferencing programme - Master Class - was held in 21 cities including Coimbatore through Reliance Web world centres. Leading exponents in investments, technical analysis, capital issues and derivatives like Mr Prakash Gaba, Mr Prithvi Haldea and Navneet Bansal offered investment strategies and lessons to the participants, who could interact with the speakers through a two-way voice/video interaction on a real-time basis in simulated classrooms. In the year 2006, publishing house Penguin India and CNBC-TV18 launched a comprehensive business yearbook, The Penguin - CNBC-TV18 Business Yearbook 2006-07, a catalogue of valuable information, compiled and edited by Derek O Brien. It is an essential guide for executives, consultants, students and examination candidates as it is a reference on Indian business and economy and incorporates the latest figures.