The creation of a common working space for BRICS media began in October 2015 in Russia, when the agency organized the 1st BRICS Media Forum in Moscow. Due to its efforts, Sputnik has become the largest player in the BRICS media landscape, having signed cooperation agreements with 11 leading media outlets of BRICS countries.
"We view our collaboration with Sputnik as a hugely exciting development. The global news and information flow is still overwhelmingly dominated by a handful of Western media organizations. This collaboration is another step in IANS’s on-going endeavour to correct this imbalance and help create an inclusivist mediascape which is sensitive to the aspirations of non-western societies and cultures," Shibi Alex Chandy said.
"India’s media is among the most rapidly developing and technologically advanced. We are glad that we have the opportunity to share experience with our colleagues from IANS. I’m sure that our joint work will give a boost to the development of the Russian-Indian media segment," Pushkov said.
The delegation from Sputnik news agency and radio visited India to take part in the 2nd BRICS Media Forum, held as part of the official program of India’s presidency of BRICS on October 18-19 in New Delhi. The agency hosted the first forum in October 2015 in Moscow.
Sputnik (sputniknews.com) is a news agency and radio network with multimedia news hubs in dozens of countries. Sputnik broadcasts through its websites in over 30 languages, as well as on analogue and digital radio, mobile apps, and social media. Sputnik newswires, available by subscription, 24/7 in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese.
IANS (www.ians.in) was founded in 1986 and is one of the largest news agencies in India. IANS newswires run around the clock in English and Hindi. The agency has numerous clients in India and all over the world. Its main divisions are IANS News Service, IANS Multimedia, IANS Publishing, IANS Media Consultancy, IANS Software Services, IANS Mobile Services.
