CNN - News18 ( formerly known as CNN - IBN ) has been the world's window to India and India's window to the world . The channel has been a ' thought leader ' and has pioneered several path - breaking initiatives that include CNN - News18 Indian of the Year , Rising India , Real Heroes , The Citizen Journalist Show , India Positive , and more . During the last 15 years , the channel has won over 300 awards and accolades at the prestigious Asian Television Awards , Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards , Indian Television Academy Awards , News Television Awards and Indian Telly Awards , making it India's Most Awarded English News Channel . CNN - IBN's news portal IBNLive.com has now changed to News18.com .