MUMBAI: ABP News, a Hindi news channel, felicitated with the ‘Best News Channel’ award at the PatchWall Binge Awards 2019, presented by Xiaomi. The news channel wins the awards in the ‘Popular News Channel’ category.

The channel ensures versatility in terms of content delivery by winning the hearts of its viewers through unparalleled, viewer-driven content. It has emerged as the first choice amongst viewers for news consumption.

The large-scale awards garnered more than 5 lakh votes and 21 million impressions. With real-time election updates, public issues, trends, and results, the channel aims to ensure that the viewers don’t miss out on any of the political happenings.

ABP News Network chief executive officer Avinash Pandey said, “Every award is a stepping stone for our future growth and it makes me feel extremely proud and honoured. This award is a reiteration of our commitment and dedication towards ensuring quality content to our viewers. Our goal is to spearhead the realm of ground-breaking, ethical journalism and further the faith our viewers have in us.”

The PatchWall Binge awards have a unique online voting system where over half a million votes in total were submitted. PatchWall has 18 plus over-the-top content partners which is one of the highest on any Smart TV in India and over 7, 50,000 hours of content. There were 12 winners out of 72 nominations across 12 categories.