Network 1818 is the holding company of TV18 Broadcast, Web18 Software Services, Network 1818 Publishing and Capital18.
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Network 1818 is the holding company of TV18 Broadcast, Web18 Software Services, Network 1818 Publishing and Capital18.
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Network 18 had remained inactive without any clear prospects until it was later acquired by the promoters of Television Eighteen India Limited.
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Network 18 was in the middle of preparations to launch a Hindi business news channel but could no longer meet regulatory guidelines.
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Haresh Chawla, the CEO of TEIL and Network 1818 was instrumental in both convincing Sardesai to quit and Bahl to take on NDTV as their competition.
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Network 1818 was converted into a public limited company in 2006, and listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in 2007.
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Network 18 had entered into a distribution joint venture with the Sun Network called Sun18.
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Network 1818 had made optimistic projections for years but after 2011, it came to face a possible financial collapse and loss of control for its managing director Raghav Bahl.
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In 2013, Network 1818 had become debt free, and RIL's investment had led to assumptions that it would not initiate any further cost cutting measures.
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The executives of Network 1818 were eager to repay the loan to RIL and get rid of Ambani's influence over the company.
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Network 18 rejected the offer and on 27 May 2014, announced in midst of a routine meeting with his board of directors that he was going to resign as RIL wanted to takeover and nothing could be done about it.
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Network 18 was appointed as the manager of the company for the interim period since Bahl had resigned as well.
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Between 2014 and 2016, Network 1818 attempted to expand into regional markets of the news broadcasting sector with a spate of new channels, which was seen with apprehension among media observers.
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Network 1818 was one of the organisations featured, and the sting displayed positive responses from senior marketing executives of the company to a proposition of entering into an agreement for undisclosed paid news to promote Hindutva political propaganda.
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In 2019, Network 1818 initiated heavy cost cutting measures, increments and new hires were frozen while budgets for employing freelancers were greatly reduced.
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Network 18 was appointed as the CEO of TV18 in 1999, having formerly worked at Times Music and Amitabh Bachchan Corporation.
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Network 18 resigned from the company in November 2011 before Network18 entered into a deal with Reliance Industries, publicly stating that he wanted nothing to with the Ambanis.
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Network 18 remained associated with the company to oversee the transition, and became the manager in the interim period.
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General news channel CNN-News18 is operated by TV18 for which Network 1818 has a brand and content licensing agreement with CNN Worldwide.
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IndiaCast Media, the distribution arm of the Network 1818 Group is a 50:50 joint venture between Viacom18 Media and TV18 Broadcast, which provides domestic and international distribution services for the company.
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Network 1818 Publishing is the publishing house of the group and publishes a number of business directories, and B2C and B2B magazines.
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