1. Analysis Of an English
News CHANNEL:
Editing
TY-BMM Journalism
Karan asnani
Roll No.: J-11132

2. HEADLINES TODAY
• 24-hour English news television channel
targeting the metro urbanite run by TV
Today Network Ltd.
• Editor- in -Chief- Mr. Arun Purie
• Headquartered in New Delhi
• Started on the 1 st of January, 2003.

3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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ARUN PURIE
RAKESH KUMAR MALHOTRA
ANIL VIG
ANIL MEHRA
RAJEEV THAKORE
ASHOK KAPUR
KOEL PURIE RINCHET

4. ABOUT HEADLINES TODAY
Headed by Dr. Arun Purie, the TV today
group runs the urbane english news
channel HT.
It gained prominence & gathered a good
amount of viewership as it’s sister
channel ‘Aaj Tak’ has been the country’s
top hindi news channel since its
inception.

5. COLLABORATIONS
Time Warner Group
Geo TV, Al Jazeera for Middle East & Pakistan
ARY Digital, E-Vision in U.K.
The Syndicate, a group of North American
creative boutiques

6. PROGRAMMING
 Headlines Today has many popular extra -news
programmes such as "Wheel Spin", "EQ", "The
Big Ticket", "Grand Stand" and "Sports
Quarter".
 Early morning 7'o clock it starts with the
programme HEADSTART. The program is about
giving fresh news and information with
discussion among three of the newsreaders of
this channel.

7. LAYOUT
 THE CHANNEL HAS A USER FRIENDLY APPROACH, &
MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN THE
FORM OF STATISTICS.

8. ANCHORS
 RAHUL KANWAL
 GAURAV SAWANT

9. ANCHORS
 PADMAJA JOSHI
 SHIV AROOR
 KOEL PURIE

10. It has 70% serious news & 30%
infotainment news
Shows like EQ & On the couch with Koel
(hosted by Koel Purie) add a good amount
of glamour quotient to the channel
This mix is appreciated by the audience.

11. RECENT NEWS

12. STRENGTHS
Strong Reporting Network (Same sources for
AajTak & HT)
High viewership ratings
High subscription revenues (SMS)
Association with multiple foreign broadcasters
Sensationalism & Melodrama
The english needy viewers flow from Aaj Tak to
HT.
Focuses the most on sport & movies, making it a
youthful channel, attracting the youngsters

13. WEAKNESS’
 Not very known/prominent journalists.
 Sometimes its strength of covering sport &
film news is a drawback, as political news is
missed out on.

14. COMPETITORS
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NDTV
CNBC
CNN IBN
TIMES NOW
TIMES NOW LATELY HAS BEEN A TOUGH COMPETITION
FOR ALL OTHER ENGLISH NEWS CHANNELS.

16. OTHER CHANNELS BY TV TODAY
GROUP:
 Aaj Tak
 Tez
 Oye FM