Republic TV partners with Gramener for exclusive election coverage

Republic TV has signed up for a strategic multi-year partnership with Gramener for real-time election coverage. Powered by the data science company Gramener, the channel has lined up exclusive coverage for all Indian state elections and more importantly the 2019 General elections.

"Republic Network is the largest and most trusted platform for Elections. We love covering elections, political debates and election related panel discussions. Our viewers expect us to cover every election in the most accurate and in-depth manner. With the explosion of noise today, it’s becoming more and more crucial to present viewers with the accurate picture and present it in a manner that’s easy to understand and evaluate. Hence we have partnered with Gramener in a continued pursuit to focus on analyzing data and bringing to the audience fantastic visual presentation of election results. Election means Republic TV and Republic TV equals news." — said Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief, Republic TV.

“As a brand, we want to provide deeper insights to the audience using simple data representation for election coverage. A major reason for us to retain our number 1 spot since the past 52 weeks is our keenness to analyze data with precision and speed. In today’s noisy and complex world, we have the ability to focus on what’s important and draw out results which our users find extremely valuable. I’m glad that Gramener, our strategic partner will help us further strengthen this ability by decoding complex election data and build a unique experience for our audience with live data graphics and fastest numbers in all Indian state elections and the 2019 General Elections.” — said Vikas Khanchandani, CEO, Republic TV

Anand S, CEO, Gramener, said, “Media & Entertainment is a key vertical for growth and we devised intelligent solutions for Global audiences. We would bring Cognitive & data science expertise to sharpen the election analysis with cutting-edge analytics and visualisation tools in a real-time environment.”

Naveen Gattu, COO, Gramener, said, “Arnab Goswami & Republic team has been a pioneer in experimenting innovative ways of presenting Election analytics. We have been working with Arnab for last few years and excited to signup as Strategic Visual Analytics partner to innovate new charts and representations to decode complex election data. Gramener team is excited with this partnership and look forward to expand this beyond elections.”

About Gramener:

Gramener is an Indian data science company that handles large-scale data via non-traditional analytics and visualizes it in real-time, helping identify the right questions and draw out insights. The company forayed in visual data journalism in 2013 and has since conducted multiple projects in visualizing election campaign data with clear number-based analyses.

To know more, visit their Website