Celebrate the Festive Season with IBN7– launches ‘Utsav’ programming this October
by Shrutee K/DNS
New Delhi, 3 October, 2016: As India gears up for the upcoming festive season, IBN7 has lined up exclusive ‘Utsav’ programming starting from 1stOctober 2016 till 30th October 2016 to bring to the viewers the excitement of the festivals of Durga Pooja, Dussehra and Diwali.
The programming will showcase Navratri celebrations from across the country along with live footage of Dandia from Mumbai and Gujarat. On the occasion of Dussehra, the channel will telecast live Ravan Dahan visuals and Ram Ek Khoj – a series of 5 one-hour specials on Ramayana related legends and tales associated with the island nation.
The channel will next focus on Karva Chauth, highlighting celebrations of the festival in Bollywood and the TV world as well as a special segment ‘Karva Chauth Ki Kahani’. On Dhanteras, the channel will do a special on the biggest season for retail sales along with live coverage from major markets of NCR. On the occasion of Diwali, the channel will cover the festivities across the country along with informing viewers about the do’s and don’ts of lighting firecrackers.
Tune into IBN7 to watch the special programming starting 1st October 2016 till 30th October 2016
Programming Schedule:
- 9th Oct, 2016 - Durga Ashtmi Programming
- 10th Oct, 2016 - Maha Navmi Programming
- 11th Oct, 2016 – Dussehra Programming
- 19th Oct, 2016 - Karva Chauth Programming
- 28th Oct, 2016 - Dhanteras Programming
- 30th Oct, 2016 - Diwali Programming
ABOUT TV18 :The Network18 Group is a media and entertainment company with interests in television, internet, films, e-commerce, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. Through its subsidiary ‘TV18 Broadcast Ltd.’ [BSE: 532800, NSE: TV18BRDCST], the group operates news channels - CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat (a Marathi regional news channel in partnership with the Lokmat group). TV18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18, which houses a portfolio of popular entertainment channels – Colors, Colors HD, MTV, SONIC, Comedy Central, VH1, Nick. Nick Jr. and Nick Teen - and Viacom18 Motion Pictures, the group’s filmed entertainment business. TV18 has also forayed into the Indian factual entertainment space through A+E Networks | TV18 (a joint venture between A+E Networks and TV18 Broadcast) and operates HistoryTV18. TV18 and Viacom18 have also formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform ‘content asset monetization’ entity mandated to drive domestic and international channels distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from TV18, Viacom18, and other broadcasters. For more information, please log on to www.network18online.com

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