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Launched 23 January 2006; 11 years ago (2006-01-23) Audience share 781,000 (January 2017, ) Slogan Action begins here.
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Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India. It is owned and operated by The Times Group. According to BARC, Times Now has the highest viewer impressions among all English news channels in India.
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History
The channel was launched in 2006 by Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited.
Associated journalists
Rahul Shivshankar is the Editor-in-Chief.
Maroof Raza is the consultant and strategic affairs expert.
Distribution
Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now) Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between The Times Group and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect.
Legal issues
On November 15, 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, Supreme Court upheld Bombay High Court's order making Times Now liable to pay Rs. 100 crore. The channel had erroneously run Justice (retd) P B Sawant's picture instead of another judge in connection with the Provident Fund scam.
Times Now was accused of misrepresenting facts regarding an interview it telecast of an alleged eve-teaser in August 2015. The Press Trust of India authorities asked Times Now to apologise and fined 50000 rupees for this.
On 17 February 2016, Times Now aired an unverified video which accused Kanhaiya Kumar, a university student, of sedition.
Times Now received a legal demand from Zakir Naik for alleged defamation of 500 crore rupees. Although Zakir Naik, as stated, is allegedly associated in Dhaka Jangi Attack.
Times Now received a legal ‘cease and desist’ notice from the Wire.in news media for its alleged vilification of Siddharth Varadarajan.