For the second year in a row, ABP News, has won the ‘Most Popular Hindi News Channel’ award at the Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards event held in Mumbai.
The award was presented by Shashi Ranjan, Chairman & Managing Director of GR8 Entertainment Ltd., and actress Mahima Chaudhry.
Individual awards were also given to ABP News anchors Rubika Liyaquat and Akhilesh Anand at the ceremony. Rubika was named ‘Best Talk / Chat Show’ for her interview with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Anand won the award for Best Show-News/Current Affairs for an episode on ‘Water Waste Management’ on his show ‘Ghanti Bajao’.
At the 22nd ITA Awards, ABP News was the only news channel to win the most awards across multiple categories, the channel said in a statement Monday.
This popular award win, now won for the second year in a row, demonstrates that ABP News’ popularity is growing and that this is due to the network’s strong programming and commitment to providing accurate and unbiased news to its viewers, the statement added.
The channel has a diverse programming lineup that appeals to a wide range of viewers, making it a favorite among Indian audiences.
Commenting on this milestone, Avinash Pandey, ABP Network CEO, said, “I would like to thank Shashi Ranjan, Anu Ranjan, and ITA for this award. This is also an award for hundreds of our journalists who have worked day in and day out to produce quality content and in this cacophony and tyranny of the ratings to be the same and producing good results and being appreciated amongst colleagues is the biggest achievement that one can get.”
“This is what ABP Network believes in, and this is why we are in the business of delivering quality news to our viewers. But above all this is but another occasion for me, on behalf of ABP News, to convey my heartfelt gratitude to our millions of viewers who have reposed faith in us by voting ABP News as their most popular Hindi News Channel. Our viewers have reiterated that ABP News has a special place in their hearts and that is what makes this Award so special for us,” Pandey added.