February 15 2016, 12.24 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Ashish Bagga awarded News Television CEO of the Year
Aaj Tak and India Today Television win 11 Awards
Best Channel Marketing goes to Aaj Tak
New Delhi February 15, 2016 - Aaj Tak and India Today Television, the leading Hindi and English News channel from TV Today Network swept the awards at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards 2015. The Nation’s undisputed No. 1 News channel, Aaj Tak won the coveted News Channel of the Year – Hindi. Ashish Bagga, Group CEO – India Today Group was also awarded the News Television CEO of the Year for taking the News Channels from the group to great heights in terms of content, ratings, revenue and profit growth.
In addition to winning the top honour, Aaj Tak also won the Best Current Affairs Programme – Hindi for Raat Kya Hoti Hai, Bhopal Se Pucho. The award for the Best News Coverage – International – Hindi, also went to Aaj Tak for the exemplary coverage of the Nepal Earthquake. In addition to this, the Best Video Editor – Hindi went to Amit Singh and Anupam Rajkhowa from the channel for Champion Phir Se.
India Today Television has not just broken rating frontiers by becoming the clear No. 2 English News channel within the first one year of its launch, but has taken the lion’s share of the Awards. The Channel won the award for the Best Current Affairs Programme – English (Telengana’s Suicide Crop), Best In-depth Series – English (In Kashmir - The People + In Kashmir – The Politicians) and Best News Coverage – National – English (Delhi Elections Coverage 2015).
In addition to these, the Best Video Editor –English went to the teams from India Today Television. Rajeev Chandan & Kaushik Sen (Inside Kumbh) along with Anupam Rajkhowa & Kishore Sethi (Nepal’s Nightmare, Above Destruction) sharing the Award for Best Video Editor – English. The Best Videographer – English/ Hindi was also taken by Kashif Siddiqui (Independence).
Dilli Ke Dil Mein Kya Hai - the ground breaking marketing campaign for Aaj Tak around the Delhi Elections saw the channel being awarded for Best Channel Marketing – Hindi and Best Channel/ Programme Promo – Hindi.
