India Today Television Launches Town Halls in Partnership With Twitter

India Today Television Launches Town Halls in Partnership With Twitter

NEW DELHI, February 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --



Platform to Engage Viewers and Newsmakers Through Twitter



India Today Television takes its gold standard of journalism to the next level with an
exclusive partnership with Twitter for conducting Town Halls on the social media platform.
The Twitter Town Halls will give an opportunity to followers on Twitter to engage with
news makers, opinion makers and other eminent personalities. The Twitter followers can
tweet their questions and the personality/guest will respond to the same during the Town
Hall. This will be aired on India Today Television. The partnership also extends to the
group's Hindi news channel AajTak for relevant guests.



The India Today Group and Twitter have already aired successful Town Halls with
superstars Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hassan. The third episode in the series featuring Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar will be aired this week-end.



Speaking on the partnership, Ms. Kalli Purie, Group Editorial Director, Broadcast &
New Media, India Today Group said, "Our sole objective through social media is to engage
our followers and viewers in a dialogue on issues of national and global importance.
Twitter Town Hall is a great format to ideate, debate and celebrate the spirit of freedom
of expression. We trust that our social media followers are equally well informed to ask
the right questions of their leaders. We will be rolling out many such templates to
empower our end users."



Rishi Jaitly, Vice President - Media for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa,
added on the partnership, "Twitter Town Halls have been used by global business and
political leaders to connect with their followers and audiences at large for some time
now. Twitter is the only platform in the world that is public, conversational, and
real-time. The beauty of the platform is that it allows users to engage with influential
personalities from different walks of life, and gives them a voice to be heard. This
Twitter Town Hall will give users a chance to talk to and engage with influential icons
and leaders from different walks of life for the first time."



The India Today Group's leadership with over 6.26 million Twitter followers across its
news handles has already become a preferred platform for opinion sharing. This exclusive
partnership further builds on the brand statement of India Today - On Stands, On Air,
Online.



About India Today Group 



The India Today Group began with a single magazine, India Today, in 1975. India Today
has retained its leadership position in India for close to four decades.



India Today Group is India's leading and most diversified media conglomerate with
magazines, newspapers, books, radio, television, printing and the internet. India Today
Group Digital (ITGD) repurposes content from its flagship magazine, India Today; leading
news channels - Aaj Tak, India Today, business magazine - Business Today, and Indian
editions of the international power brands like Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar and Good
Housekeeping. ITGD ensures that the premium content of the India Today Group is available
in several digital formats.




 
Media Contact: 
Vishwalok Nath  
vishwalok.nath@intoday.com 
+91-9582221470 
Head - Marketing & Syndications 
India Today Group 


 



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