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IBN7 (Indian Broadcast Network) is a Hindi news television channel in India owned by IBN18 Broadcast Limited, a subsidiary of Network 18 Ltd. The channel is backed by a workforce of 4800 news professionals in India and is led by Padma Shri Rajdeep Sardesai and supported by Ashutosh, the Managing Editor of the channel. The channel also boasts some of the leading journalists and an editorial team that has names like Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashutosh, Sanjeev Paliwal, Richa Anirudh, MK Jha, Sumit Awasthi, and Darain Shahidi.

IBN7 has launched several initiatives like IBN7 Diamond States Awards, IBN7 Super Idols, Zindagi LIVE Awards, Citizen Journalist Awards, Young Indian Leaders, Guru Shishya Awards etc.

IBN7 was launched on 15 August 2006. With a tag line of ‘khabar, har keemat par’, the channel was the outcome of a merger between Channel 7 and CNN. The channel got a new name – IBN7. The channel has set its bureaus in every state capital and broadcasting centres in Delhi and Mumbai, also gets news from other channels of Network18 – such as political news from CNN-IBN, business news from CNBC-TV18, and the consumer angle from CNBC Awaaz. The year 2006-07, the company entered the Hindi news space by acquiring a strategic stake in the holding company of the erstwhile Channel 7.