Times Now

Times Now
CountryIndia
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerThe Times Group
Sister channelsTimes Now Navbharat
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ET Now
Movies Now
Romedy Now
MN+
MNX
Mirror Now
ET Now Swadesh
History
Launched23 January 2006 (2006-01-23)
Links
Websitetimesnownews.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Fetch TV (Australia)719
Streaming media
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Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters.[1][2]

It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel.[3][4][5]

The channel is widely seen as supportive of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[6][7]

Times Now has been criticised for reporting misinformation.[8][9]

  1. ^ Daya Kishan Thussu (9 January 2008). News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment. SAGE Publications. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-84787-506-8. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ Chandran, Bipin (14 June 2013). "Reuters to pay $19 mn for 26% in Times Now". Bipin Chandran. Business Standard. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ Maheshwari, Pradyuman (6 February 2016). "Can any English news channel beat the just turned 10 Times Now?". Pradyuman Maheshwari. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ Boria Majumdar; Nalin Mehta (7 May 2009). India and the Olympics. Routledge. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-135-27575-4. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "India's Times Now news channel to launch in UK". James Crabtre. Financial Times. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ Bhat, Prashanth; Chadha, Kalyani (3 April 2023). "Expanding public debate? Examining the impact of India's top English language political talk shows". Media Asia. 50 (2): 244–263. doi:10.1080/01296612.2022.2140953. ISSN 0129-6612.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Jawed, Sam (13 February 2018). "A compilation of Times Now's experiments with untruth". Alt News.
  9. ^ Team, N. L. (4 January 2023). "Among media outlets, Times Group, Zee shared most misinformation in 2022: Alt News". Newslaundry. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

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