New Delhi, August 24, 2026 – In a media landscape increasingly challenged by misinformation, fake news, deepfakes, manipulation, bias and the relentless race for ratings, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times celebrates two years of delivering accurate, authentic and credible news and information to viewers across India and the world.
Launched with a clear conviction that truth must remain the foundation of journalism, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times has, in just two years, carved a distinctive space for itself in India’s rapidly evolving news ecosystem.
At the heart of this journey is Dilip Singh, Founder & CEO, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, a seasoned media professional with more than three decades of experience in news and journalism. Under his leadership, the organisation has built a newsroom culture where speed matters, reach matters and ratings matter—but never at the cost of truth.
While much of the television industry measures success through TRP – Television Rating Point, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times has given those three letters a different meaning.
“At Live Times, TRP stands for ‘Truth Rating Point’. Ratings are important, reach is important and growth is important, but none of them can be pursued at the cost of Truth. In a world where technology can increasingly blur the line between what is real and what is manufactured, journalism has an even greater responsibility to protect the truth. For us, truth is not a choice or a strategy, it is non-negotiable. As we complete two years, our commitment remains exactly where it began: to deliver the truth, whatever it takes.” Said, Dilip Singh, Founder & CEO, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times
This commitment to truth is translated into everyday editorial practice through a newsroom driven by verification, accountability and journalistic integrity. Under the editorial leadership of Deepak Chaurasia, Director-News, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, the focus remains firmly on separating fact from noise and ensuring that the pursuit of speed never comes at the expense of accuracy. For the newsroom, credibility is not merely an editorial benchmark—it is the foundation on which audience trust is built and sustained.
“The biggest challenge before journalism today is not the availability of information, but establishing what is true within an overwhelming flood of information. With misinformation, deepfakes, manufactured narratives and opinion increasingly competing with facts, the responsibility of a newsroom has become far greater. At India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, our endeavour is simple: verify before we amplify, question without fear or favour, and ensure that facts remain at the centre of every story. As we complete two years, what gives me the greatest confidence is that we are building a newsroom where Truth, Accuracy, Authenticity are not merely an editorial principle, they are the very reason we exist. Our responsibility in the years ahead is to make that commitment to truth even stronger.” Said, Deepak Chaurasia, Director-News, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times
Two Years. A Journey of Milestones.
The two-year journey of India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times has been marked by several significant achievements across both digital and linear platforms.
The network’s rapid rise was recognised when India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times was honoured as the “Fastest Emerging Hindi News Channel” for 2025–26, reinforcing its growing position within India’s Hindi news landscape.
The network became one of the fastest-growing news platforms to cross one billion digital views, achieving the milestone in a record 11 months. Since then, its digital footprint has continued to expand rapidly, with India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times now approaching 3 billion digital views.
Beyond reach, the network has distinguished itself through the depth of audience engagement. On linear television, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times has recorded Average Time Spent figures of approximately 1 hour 23 minutes in Mumbai, 59+ minutes in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, and 45+ minutes in Bihar & Jharkhand—reflecting strong viewer affinity in strategically important markets.
Taking Indian News to Global Audiences
True to its identity as India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, the network’s journey is increasingly extending beyond India’s borders.
India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times has expanded its international footprint to North America and Canada, reaching an additional potential audience of more than 70 million viewers and users. This international expansion represents an important step in the network’s ambition to take credible Indian news, perspectives and stories to audiences around the world.
Building on this presence, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times is now working towards further expanding its international distribution across key markets in Europe and Africa, strengthening its ambition to emerge as a truly global destination for credible Indian news and information.
The expansion also reflects the philosophy behind the network’s multicast model—bringing together linear television, digital platforms and international distribution to make credible news accessible to audiences irrespective of geography or viewing platform.
Truth as a Newsroom Ethos
For India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, these milestones are not merely measures of scale. They represent something more fundamental—the growing affinity of audiences towards a platform built around accuracy, authenticity and credibility.
At a time when artificial intelligence can create convincing deepfakes, social media can amplify misinformation within seconds, and the pressure to be first can sometimes overwhelm the responsibility to be right, India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times continues to place verification before amplification and truth before sensationalism.
This philosophy permeates its newsroom and defines its editorial approach: Truth is non-negotiable.
The network’s growing affinity across digital, linear and international audiences strengthens its conviction that credible journalism and audience growth are not competing objectives. Instead, trust can itself become the foundation for sustained reach, engagement and influence.
As India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times enters its third year, it does so with a larger audience, a stronger global footprint and an even greater responsibility—to continue building a news ecosystem in which credibility is not compromised for clicks, noise or conventional TRPs.
With plans to expand further across Europe, Africa and other international markets, the next phase of the journey will be about taking the network’s fundamental promise to an even wider global audience while remaining anchored to the principle on which it was founded.
Because for India’s First Global Multicast News Hub – Live Times, there is ultimately only one rating that truly matters:
The Truth Rating Point.
And the commitment remains unchanged:
Truth. Whatever It Takes.
