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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = News18 Lokmat<br />
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2008|4|6|df=yes}}<br />
| picture_format = [[16:9]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]])<br />
| network = <br />
| owner = [[Network18 Group]]<br />
| headquarters = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| country = India<br />
| sister_channels = [[Network18 Group#Owned Channels|Network18 Group channels]]<br />
| website = {{URL|https://lokmat.news18.com/}}<br />
| online_serv_1 = Live Stream<br />
| online_chan_1 = [https://lokmat.news18.com/live-tv/ Watch Live]<br />
| logo = News18 Lokmat Logo.svg<br />
| logo_size = <br />
| image = <br />
}}<br />
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'''News18 Lokmat''' is a 24-hour [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[News broadcasting|news channel]] based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between [[Network18 Group]] and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper [[Lokmat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/money/2007/jun/14tv18.htm|title=TV 18, Lokmat in JV to launch Marathi news channel}}</ref><br />
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The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on 6 April 2008, the day of the Hindu New Year festival [[Gudi Padwa]]. It was branded as News 18 Lokmat from 6 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Network18 re-brands IBN Lokmat as News18 Lokmat|url=http://www.televisionpost.com/network18-re-brands-ibn-lokmat-as-news18-lokmat/|website=TelevisionPost|access-date=5 January 2018|date=6 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Rebranding ==<br />
''News18 Lokmat'' is going to be rebranded as '''News18 Marathi''' from 10 January 2026 onwards<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://cdn.jiostar.com/jiostar/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Website-copy-Intimation-of-name-change-News18-Lokmat-11.12.25.pdf}}</ref>.<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<nowiki/>{{Network 18}}<br />
{{Television news in India}}<br />
{{Marathi language television}}<br />
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[[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Television stations in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi-language television channels]]<br />
[[Category:Network18 Group]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2008]]<br />
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