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{{short description|Indian English language news channel}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name =
| logo = Times Now 2010.png
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|1|23|df=y}}
| sister_channels = [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]] [[ET Now]] [[Movies Now]] [[Romedy Now]] [[MN+]] [[MNX]] [[Mirror Now]]
| country = [[India]]
| owner = [[The Times Group]]
| slogan = ''Action begins here. <b/r>Always with the news.''
| language = English
| picture_format = [[4:3]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]]) [[16:9]] ([[1080i]], [[HDTV]])
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| area = Worldwide
| web = {{URL|www.timesnownews.com}}
| sat_serv_1 = [[Airtel digital TV]] (India)
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 367(SD) Channel 368(HD)
| sat_serv_2 = [[Reliance Digital TV]] (India)
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 453
| sat_serv_3 = [[Dish Network]] (USA)
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 652
| sat_serv_4 = [[Dish TV]] (India)
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 767
| sat_serv_5 = [[Tata Sky]] (India)
| sat_chan_5 = Channel 605 (HD) Channel 606 (SD)
| sat_serv_6 = [[d2h]] (India)
| sat_chan_6 = Channel 353
| sat_serv_7 = [[CanalSat]] (Mauritius)
| sat_chan_7 = Channel 147
| sat_serv_8 = [[Sun Direct]] (India)
| sat_chan_8 = Coming Soon (HD) Channel 552 (SD)
| cable_serv_1 = [[ABNXcess]] (Malaysia)
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 206 ([[SDTV|SD]])
| cable_serv_2 = [[:zh:澳門有線電視|Macau Cable TV]] (Macau)
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 529
| cable_serv_3 = [[Asianet Digital TV]] (India)
| cable_chan_3 = Channel 422 (SD) Channel 865 (HD)
| cable_serv_4 = [[Kerala Vision Digital TV]] (India)
| cable_chan_4 = Channel 116 (SD) Channel 901 (HD)
| cable_serv_5 = [[Siti Cable]] (India)
| cable_chan_5 = Channel 417
| iptv_serv_1 = [[Singtel TV]] (Singapore)
| iptv_chan_1 = Channel 676 (SD)
| iptv_serv_2 = [[APSFL]] ([[India]])
| iptv_chan_2 = Channel 391 (HD)
| iptv_serv_3 = [[PEO TV]] ([[Sri Lanka]])
| iptv_chan_3 = Channel 162
| online_serv_1 = Live Stream
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.timesnownews.com/livetv/timesnow/video Watch Live]
| online_serv_2 = Live Stream on ZengaTV
| online_chan_2 = [http://www.zengatv.com/live/a847a95c-99d3-11e1-85c0-123141010175.html Watch Live]
}}

The '''Times Now''' is an English news channel in [[India]] owned and operated by [[The Times Group]]. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with [[Reuters]].<ref name="Thussu2008">{{cite book|author=Daya Kishan Thussu|title=News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRiiYoanw6kC&pg=PA100|access-date=15 January 2018|date=9 January 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-84787-506-8|pages=100–}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/reuters-to-pay-19-mn-for-26-in-times-now-106022101005_1.html | title=Reuters to pay $19 mn for 26% in Times Now | publisher=Business Standard | work=Bipin Chandran | date=14 June 2013 | access-date=15 January 2018| last1=Chandran | first1=Bipin }}</ref> It is a [[pay television]] throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/can-any-english-news-channel-beat-the-just-turned-10-times-now/article8201261.ece | title=Can any English news channel beat the just turned 10 Times Now? | publisher=The Hindu | work=Pradyuman Maheshwari | date=6 February 2016 | access-date=15 January 2018| last1=Maheshwari | first1=Pradyuman }}</ref><ref name="MajumdarMehta2009">{{cite book|author1=Boria Majumdar|author2=Nalin Mehta|title=India and the Olympics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9|access-date=15 January 2018|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27575-4|pages=9–}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/2a1de6d0-89e5-11e5-8a12-b0ce506400af | title=India's Times Now news channel to launch in UK | publisher=[[Financial Times]] | work=James Crabtre | date=15 November 2015 | access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> After 2016, since [[Arnab Goswami]] (the earlier editor-in-chief) has left the channel, it has typically ranked as the second most watched English news channel in India behind the Goswami-edited [[Republic TV]], though with the caveat the latter holds broader terrestrial distribution.<ref>[https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/viewership/dingdong-contest-between-dd-india-and-republic-tv-in-english-news-genre-190507 Dingdong Contest between DD India and Republic TV in English News Genre], Television India</ref><ref>[https://www.livemint.com/ Arnab Goswami buys back Republic Media shares from Asianet], Live Mint (A Hindustan Times Media company), Late Jha (6 May 2019)</ref> which is run by Arnab Goswami.

==Associated journalists==
* Rahul Shivshankar - Editor-in-chief<ref>{{cite news|title=Rahul Shivshankar appointed as Chief Editor of TIMES NOW|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=16 December 2016|url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/rahul-shivshankar-appointed-as-chief-editor-of-times-now/articleshow/56009850.cms}}</ref>
* Navika Kumar - Group editor <ref>{{cite news |title=Navika Kumar appointed Times Network Group editor |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/19/navika-kumar-appointed-times-network-group-editor |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=📢 Newslaundry |date=19 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Maroof Raza]] - Consultant and strategic affairs expert<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/times-now-censured-for-not-revealing-defence-analyst-s-business-interests/1051671/|title=Times Now censured for not revealing defence analyst's business interests|work=indianexpress.com|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>

==Distribution==
Along with the other Times group channels ([[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]], [[ET Now]] and [[Movies Now]]), Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), which is a joint venture between [[The Times Group]] and Yogesh Radhakrishnan, a cable and satellite industry veteran, under the brand Prime Connect.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCL floats TV distribution joint venture|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-28/india-business/28367584_1_channels-joint-venture-tv-foray|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114064410/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-28/india-business/28367584_1_channels-joint-venture-tv-foray|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>

==Controversies==
On 15 November 2011, in the country's highest defamation suit, the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] upheld the Bombay High Court's order requiring Times Now to pay ₹100 crore. The channel had erroneously run the picture of Supreme Court judge [[P.B. Sawant]] picture instead of someone similarly named as part of a [[Employees' Provident Fund Organisation|Provident Fund]] scandal, and the payment went directly to Sawant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-asks-Times-Now-to-deposit-Rs-100-crore-before-HC-takes-up-its-appeal-in-defamation-case/articleshow/10734614.cms|title=SC asks Times Now to deposit Rs 100 crore before HC takes up its appeal in defamation case |work=Times of India|access-date=27 July 2016|date=15 November 2011}}</ref>

Times Now was accused of misrepresenting facts regarding a interview of an alleged [[eve teasing|eve teaser]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Ananya |title=Why Delhi woman behind viral post on 'molestation' didn't appear in court for 3 years |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/why-delhi-woman-behind-viral-post-on-molestation-didnt-appear-in-court-for-3-years/115931/ |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=11 September 2018}}</ref> The News Broadcasting Standards Authority authorities asked Times Now to apologize and fined them ₹50,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/times-now-fined-asked-apologize-intimidating-reporting-jasleen-kaur-story-40331|title=Times Now fined, asked to apologize for intimidating reporting in Jasleen Kaur story|date=15 March 2016|work=The News Minute|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/tkP9rrq1dHYIOm8jWkyiPK/NBSA-asks-Times-Now-to-issue-apology-pay-fine-for-a-story.html|title=NBSA asks Times Now to issue apology, pay fine for a story|last=Bansal|first=Shuchi|date=15 March 2016|work=Mint|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ajmal |first1=Zaheeb |title='Times Now, will you issue public apology now', ask Twitterati after Sarvjeet Singh is acquitted by court |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/times-now-will-you-issue-public-apology-now-ask-twitterati-after-sarvjeet-singh-is-acquitted-by-court |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=National Herald |date=26 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jagmohan|first=Aakruti|date=17 March 2016|title=NBSA Asks Times Now to Apologise, Pay Fine for Jasleen Kaur Story|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/nbsa-asks-times-now-to-apologise-pay-fine-for-jasleen-kaur-story|access-date=26 August 2020|work=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>

The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) reprimanded the channel for a bias in their coverage of the [[Tablighi Jamaat]] congregation on June 23, 2016 for violating the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NBSA reprimands three TV channels over Tablighi Jamaat reports|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nbsa-reprimands-three-tv-channels-over-tablighi-jamaat-reports/article34843558.ece}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=NBSA fines News18 Kannada, Suvarna News, censures Times Now|work=Deccanherald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/nbsa-fines-news18-kannada-suvarna-news-censures-times-now-998513.html}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[ET Now]]
* [[The Economic Times]]
* [[Times Drive]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.timesnownews.com Official Times Now Website]
* [https://www.timesnowindia.com News Website]

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