News Broadcasters Association

News Broadcasters & Digital Association
Abbreviation	NBA
Formation	3 July 2007
Type	Private organization.
President	Rajat Sharma; (Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, India TV)
Vice President	M. V. Shreyams Kumar ; (JMD - Mathrubhumi News)
Main organ	Board of Directors
Website	nbanewdelhi.com

The News Broadcasters Association is a private association of different current affairs and news television broadcasters in India.^[1] It was established by leading Indian news broadcasters on 3 July 2007. The Association was set up to deal with ethical, operational, regulatory, technical and legal issues affecting news and current-affairs channels. Its founding members were

Global Broadcast News Ltd.
Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd.
Media Content & Communication Service (India) Ltd.
New Delhi Television Ltd.
Television Eighteen India Ltd.
Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd.
T.V. Today Network Ltd.
Zee News Ltd.

Board members of the association for the year 2019-20[]

The Office Bearers of NBA for the year 2019-20 are :

1. Mr. Rajat Sharma – President (Chairman & Editor-in-Chief (India TV) – Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd.)

2. Mr. I. Venkat - Vice President (Director - Eenadu Television Pvt. Ltd.)

3. Mrs. Anuradha Prasad Shukla – Honorary Treasurer (Chairperson-cum-Managing Director, News24 Broadcast India Ltd.)

The other Members on the NBA Board are:

4. Mr. M.K. Anand, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer – Times Network - Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.

5. Mr. M.V. Shreyams Kumar, Joint Managing Director, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.

6. Mr. Rahul Joshi, CEO News & Group Editor-in-Charge - TV18 Broadcast Ltd.

7. Mr. Avinash Pandey, Chief Operating Officer - ABP News Network Pvt. Ltd.

8. Ms. Kalli Purie Bhandal, Vice-chairperson & Managing Director - TV Today Network Ltd.

9. Ms. Sonia Singh, editorial director, NDTV - New Delhi Television Ltd.

10. Mr. Sudhir Chaudhary, chief executive officer - Cluster 1, Zee Media Corporation Ltd.

Membership[]

Membership to the association is governed by qualifying certain guidelines. Besides this, an annual subscription fee has also to be paid by the applicant/member. The Association as on date has 27 members representing 70 channels.

Controversies[]

NBA Board Members, who are linked to various Print and Electronic Media outlet, were accused by many of adopting double standards, as they immediately call for closure of TRP scam case investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation in a FIR filed in UP in Oct, 2020, which could have possibly highlighted involvement of many of the member channels role in the scam. However, many of the members had earlier given wide coverage to the TRP scam case accusing a rival channel Republic TV of TRP fudging, when investigation was launched in the TRP scam by the Mumbai Police accusing Republic TV.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Dev, Atul; Saxena, Nikita. "The Curious Case of Republic TV's Ratings, and the Official Rating Agency's Blind Eye To It". The Caravan. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ Taskin, Bismee (9 October 2020). "Republic vs the Rest — Aaj Tak calls out 'TRP chor', NDTV on madaari, ABP says people betrayed".
^ "Journalists Made Victims Due to Republic TV-Mumbai Police Clash: Broadcasters' Body Slams CBI Probe". News18. 24 October 2020.

[Saxena-1] Dev, Atul; Saxena, Nikita. "The Curious Case of Republic TV's Ratings, and the Official Rating Agency's Blind Eye To It". The Caravan. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[2] Taskin, Bismee (9 October 2020). "Republic vs the Rest — Aaj Tak calls out 'TRP chor', NDTV on madaari, ABP says people betrayed".

[3] "Journalists Made Victims Due to Republic TV-Mumbai Police Clash: Broadcasters' Body Slams CBI Probe". News18. 24 October 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]