NDTV
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | India |
| Availability | National |
| Founder | Prannoy Roy |
| Key people | Radhika Roy, Narayan Rao |
| Past names | ? |
| Website | www.ndtv.com |
NDTV (New Delhi Television Limited) is one of India's largest television production houses. It is founded by Prannoy Roy in 1988. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty plus locations nationally and internationally.
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[edit] History
After producing numerous news and current affairs programs including the highly successful "The World This Week", NDTV inked a production agreement with Rupert Murdoch's STAR to set up India's first 24-hour news channel (STAR News, English/Hindi News) launched in February 1998. The parties parted ways after five years and NDTV launched its own channels, NDTV 24x7 (English News) and NDTV India (Hindi News). STAR retained the STAR News brand, but the channel continued in Hindi.
[edit] Current and Future Projects
NDTV subsequently launched NDTV Profit which focuses on business news. NDTV also has plans for a general entertaintement channel, NDTV Imagine
NDTV has decided to enter into an agreement with Astro Broadcast Corporation Ltd. that proposes to establish a joint venture company to set up and broadcast 24-hour channels in South East Asia.
NDTV 24x7 is available in the UK on the Sky Digital platform, in the US on DirecTV, and throughout other parts of the world, such as the Middle East, through various platforms and providers. NDTV is also available in Australia and New Zealand on the Vision Asia platform.
Business process outsourcing company Genpact (formerly GE Capital International Services) and broadcaster NDTV have announced a 50:50 joint venture to offer media outsourcing services to enterprises worldwide in areas such as editing, digitisation and closed captioning.
NDTV Ltd. is also listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) with the stock symbol NDTV.
NDTV 24x7 and NDTV India are the only two Indian news channels which are broadcasts live on Worldspace Satellite Radio within India.
NDTV is currently in working with Dharma Production's Karan Johar to launch a new 24-hour general-entertainment channel under the NDTV banner.
[edit] SMS Feature
NDTV regularly asks viewers to send in their views and vote for various programmes (such as the hugely popular We The People and My News)through its website ndtv.com and its SMS feature.
The SMS Number of NDTV is 6388 (India and UAE) and 63880 (UK). 6388 translates to NDTV on a standard cellphone keypad.
[edit] NDTV Channels
[edit] Trivia
- NDTV is the only indian channel which broadcasts in Pakistan.[1]
- The Red dot in NDTV logo has taken from Radhika Roy's bindi.[2]
- It is the India's oldest private production house which has produce News program.
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