NDTV 24x7
| NDTV 24x7 | |
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NDTV 24x7
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| Launched | 2003 |
| Owned by | NDTV |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| Audience share | 273,000 (January 2017, ) |
| Slogan | "Experience. Truth first." |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Sister channel(s) |
NDTV India NDTV Profit NDTV Good Times |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 507 (HD) (Coming Soon) |
| Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 306 |
| Dish TV (India) | Channel 603 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 604 |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 511 |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 723 |
| Sun Direct | Channel 556 |
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Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 37 |
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DStv (South Africa) |
Channel 413 |
| Cable | |
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Asianet Digital (India) |
Channel 425 |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 621 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 162 |
| SkyCable (Metro Manila, Philippines) | Channel 127 |
| IPTV | |
| My.T (Mauritius) | Channel 29 |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
NDTV 24x7 is a 24-hour English-language news and current affairs television channel based in New Delhi, India. According to BARC, the channel has the third-highest rating among all English news channel in India.
Until about the end of the 1980s, like most of the world television broadcasting was not in private hands in India. In the news production area there were some private stringers of Doordarshan. They were given assignments to cover news and later they were also involved in current affairs programmes and documentaries.
1988: New Delhi Television is set up by Prannoy Roy - a former professor of economics at the University of Delhi - and his wife and business partner Radhika Roy. The Roys are today known for helping to break the Indian government’s grip on television news.
New Delhi Television started producing "The World This Week", a highly successful weekly news magazine covering world news and entertainment for Doordarshan. NDTV’s coverage of Tiananmen Square and the fall of the Berlin Wall was path-breaking in Indian television reporting and gave it brand recognition. The NDTV quickly established as a credible private news provider. The NDTV catered their programmes to Doordarshan and later for CNN and BBC. Unlike the television wing of PTI and United News of India, this private news production enterprise was largely successful.
1989: NDTV produces India's first televised coverage of general elections results with analysis.
1995: NDTV became India's first private producer of the national news with telecast of "Tonight" on Doordarshan.
1996: Since the Indian legislation required a majority Indian ownership for news broadcasters, STAR commissions NDTV to provide supply news content to STAR News.
1998: STAR Network sets up the STAR News channel, India's first 24-hour news channel [with NDTV] to coincide with the general elections. STAR News (English/Hindi) made a big impact on behalf of the global Murdoch network, winning larger audiences in India than longer-established broadcasters such as CNN and BBC. Although STAR News had the STAR platform, the news was not produced in-house. NDTV provided all the news material- both in Hindi and English - including its presentation and packaging for STAR. By this mutually beneficial partnership NDTV could reach homes of affluent Indians through the STAR platform, while STAR could benefit from the gravitas of a serious news channel.
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