CNN-IBN sweeps Indian News Television Awards

New Delhi: And we have done it again. CNN-IBN stole the show at the Indian News Television Awards Wednesday night at Delhi’s Hotel Ashoka where it won 9 awards including the Best English News Channel Award. Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai was adjudged the Newsmaker of the Year.

The channel’s news website IBNlive.com won the best news website award—the only non-television award announced at the ceremony. For the young team of CNN-IBN, it was a perfect moment of glory.

“We have always maintained that all this is because of the great team that we have. I think we have a dream team,” Global Broadcast News CEO Sameer Manchanda said.

It’s a befitting recognition for a channel that over the last 18 months, has raised the bar for English news journalism. In the last four days, it first dominated the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Awards for excellence in journalism and now made a clean sweep at the NT awards.

The channel brought home the best daily newscast for India at 9, Best Investigative reporting award for I am Subba, and best news documentary for Missing in Action. The best sports reporting by an English channel went to Rudraniel Sengupta, best sports anchoring to Meha Bahardawaj, and the best business news show award for the citizen journalist show, Axe the Tax .

“I think they have set standards. Not my show but other than that they have really set standards,” said Cyrus Broacha.

“The channel has substance, quality news value. Whenever you want to watch news, you know this is where to tune in to,” said Congress Leader Rajeev Shukla.

CNBC Awaaz, won the award for the Best News Channel Promo, and CNBC's Hum Honge Kamyab won the Best Business Talk Show. Udyan Mukherjee won the trophy for the best business news anchor. For the TV 18 Network and CNN-IBN, it was a winning spree and celebrations all the way.

All the Awards For The TV18 Group:-

Best News Channel: CNN-IBN

Best News Website: IBNLive.com

Newsmaker of the Year: Rajdeep Sardesai

Best Business News Anchor: Udayan Mukherjee (CNBC TV18)

Best Daily Newscast (English): 'India at 9' (CNN-IBN)

Best News Channel Promo: CNBC-AWAAZ

Best Sports Reporting: Rudraneil Sengupta (CNN-IBN)

Best Business Talk Show: Hum Honge Kamyab (CNBC-TV18)

Best Business News Programme: Axe the Tax (CNN-IBN)

Best News Documentary (English): 'Missing in Action' (CNN-IBN)

Best Investigative Reporting (English): CNN-IBN ('I am MK Subba')