TIMES NOW & ET NOW leads with 46% combined viewership share

TIMES NOW, India’s most watched 24-hour English news channel along with ET NOW, India’s #1 Stock Market Channel continue to reign in the English News network genre with a 46% combined viewership share (Source: TAM, CS AB M 25+, 2nd Sept - 8th Sept 2012, week 36, relative share of viewership), while CNN IBN + CNBC TV 18 and NDTV 24x7 + NDTV Profit attained 32% and 22% share respectively.

 

Last week, TIMES NOW, aired an exclusive interview on Frankly Speaking with Arnab Goswami of firebrand politician Raj Thackeray. This show garnered a staggering 97% viewership across all India 1 mn+ markets. The channel also broke the news of the PMO note on Coalgate that clearly stated that the PMO approved continuing allotting coal blocks. Alongside, ET NOW also presented numerous stories that were first broken by the channel such as Tech Mahindra's buyout of the Hutch BPO, Parthasarthi Shome's first interview after the GAAR report was submitted, the 2G auction licensing norms, Jim Rogers on outlook for commodities and Jim O Neill on expectations from the ECB meet.

 

Stay tuned to ET NOW for more stock tips, trading strategies, market moving stories & exclusive interviews and keep your eyeballs focused onto TIMES NOW for powerful news analysis from India and around the world.