ET Now will be the name of the new business TV channel being launched by the Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd. ET Now is expected to be launched by March 2009.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the logo of Economic Times newspaper’s upcoming business channel at the Economic Times awards function in Mumbai on 17, January, 2009.
Economic Times is already the largest business newspaper in the country, and is the second-largest business newspaper in the world by readership.
ET Now is headed by Andy Mukherjee, who earlier worked for Bloomberg in Singapore. The TV project is headed by Rahul Joshi, who is also executive editor of Economic Times.
Presently, India has 3 business news channels on live – CNBC TV18, NDTV Profit and UTVi.
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March 2009? It’s June already and I haven’t heard any further updates about it. Any idea when/ if this news channel is EVER going to come up?