In 2014 Reliance Industries acquired Nework18. Now, post-acquisition, Mukesh Ambani’s TV18 Broadcast is all set to roll out its first major change by rebranding its English news channel CNN-IBN as CNN News18. From 18th April, IBN will be dropped from the logo and a fresh identity will be revealed.
Alongside the new logo, a fresh line-up will also be the part of this major change and currently channel is telecasting short promos to promote this change. Prior to this, India Today Group has rebranded its English news channels Headlines Today to India Today Television.
Earlier several regional channels under ETV were rebranded as Colors Bangla, Colors Marathi, Colors Kannada, Colors Gujarati etc. CNN IBN was launched in 2005 and it is jointly owned by TV18 Broadcast Limited (Network18) and Turner International India.