News18 Marathi

News18 Lokmat
Country	India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language	Marathi
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Network18 Group
Sister channels	Network18 Group channels
History
Launched	6 April 2008; 17 years ago (2008-04-06)
Links
Website	lokmat.news18.com
Availability
Streaming media
Live Stream	Watch Live

Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Television channel

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]

Rebranding

News18 Lokmat is going to be rebranded as News18 Marathi from 10 January 2026 onwards^[3].

References

^ "TV 18, Lokmat in JV to launch Marathi news channel".
^ "Network18 re-brands IBN Lokmat as News18 Lokmat". TelevisionPost. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ https://cdn.jiostar.com/jiostar/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Website-copy-Intimation-of-name-change-News18-Lokmat-11.12.25.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[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.

[3] ttps://cdn.jiostar.com/jiostar/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Website-copy-Intimation-of-name-change-News18-Lokmat-11.12.25.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)