News18 Lokmat

News18 Lokmat
CountryIndia
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)Marathi
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNetwork18 Group
Sister channelsNews18 India
CNN-News18
News18 Bangla
News18 Gujarati
News18 Kannada
News18 Tamil Nadu
News 18 Kerala
News18 J&K-Ladakh-Himachal
News18 Assam North East
News18 Odia
News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
News18 Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh
News18 Bihar-Jharkhand
News18 Punjab-Haryana
News18 Rajasthan
History
Launched6 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-06)
Links
Websitelokmat.news18.com
Availability
Streaming media
Live StreamWatch Live

News18 Lokmat is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network18 Group and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat.[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ "TV 18, Lokmat in JV to launch Marathi news channel".
  2. ^ "Network18 re-brands IBN Lokmat as News18 Lokmat". TelevisionPost. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.