TV18

TV18 Broadcast Limited (formerly Global Broadcast News and IBN18 Broadcast Limited) is an Indian entity belonging to Network18 Group based in Mumbai. TV18 owns and operates various national channels in separate partnerships with NBCUniversal (CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC-TV18 Prime HD), Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN-News18) and Paramount Global (as majority owner of Viacom18).

In the regional space, the group operates a Gujarati business news channel – CNBC Bajar, a Marathi general news channel – News18 Lokmat and operates ten regional news channels under the News18 umbrella and 3 regional entertainment channels under the News18 brand. The group also operates a 24-hour Indian news channel in English – News18 India, targeting global audiences.

TV18 and Viacom18 have formed a strategic joint venture called IndiaCast, a multi-platform 'content asset monetisation' entity that drives domestic and international channel distribution, placement services and content syndication for the bouquet of channels from the group and third parties.

On 31 January 2018, TV18 increased its stake in the Viacom18 joint venture to 51% taking operational control.