Times Now: Yet another news channel with a difference
3 Comments Published by sushubh January 26th, 2006 in News Channels in IndiaIf Rajdeep Sardesai could leave NDTV to start his own CNN iBN news channel, we have yet another former NDTV journalist Arnab Goswami involved in the launch of yet another English news channel. The channel would be known as Times Now and it is being backed by the Times of India Group.
The channel is already available on the mobile platform through Reliance WebWorld and would soon be available on your, mine and everyone else’s cable service. This makes me think on how many more channels can our television sets manage. As of now, my cable guy shows close to 65 channels out of which just around five are worth watching. At least 15 would be news and information channels.
Times Now would have the added advantage of their collaboration with Reuters, which is a world-renowned name when it comes to newsgathering and syndication. Let us hope we do not have yet another CNN iBN in the making, which has been a total disappointment to me. And let us hope it does not turn out to be another Zoom, which has little content worth watching for regular people with brains in their heads.
Do they have any show like “SANSANI”. I only watch TV shows that start with K or have any host lik SANSANI have
Kumar,
Wow, you are serious aren’t you?? Heard they are starting a new show call “kickS. The show according to the director is packed with glamour girls, stunt women and a few comedians. So there you go, you have both your favorite initials, K and S. but, make sure you don’t try it yourself especially at home :) if others wants to..Well you can’t stop them can you? ;)
Cheers!
Nina
Dear Arnab
Regarding the Rathore case we do not expect a channel of your repute to indulge in charactercassassination .Calling Mr Rathore with all derogatory names, for sake of creating a mass hysteria, and perhaps TRPs and playing with the emotional psye of the masses by depicting only one side of the storey. Surely this is not speaking of a responsible media. Isn’t it clear that there is a greater truth …yet to emerge, Mrs.Asha Rathore’s dignified Silence should not be misconceived as a sign of guilt, she has not used a single word of allegations, slander etc or said anything derogotary regarding Ruchika’s family to the media, obviously she does not want to talk to rumour mongers, she is fighting for justice in the right portals that is the Judiciary and it is only within the gates of the Courts..A battle which she has been fighting to clear her family’s name for the last 15 years . On the contrary the media is guilty of Slander, malicious campaign etc. The case files are public documents, go find out and at least give the world nonbiased and factual news and afcourse the Rathore’s side of the story…