NDTV

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NDTV
NDTV Logo
Type Broadcast television network
Country India
Availability National
Founded by Prannoy Roy
Key people Radhika Roy, Narayan Rao
Website
www.ndtv.com

NDTV (New Delhi Television Limited), founded in 1988, is India's largest private television production house.[1] It was founded by its current chairman and director, Prannoy Roy. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty plus locations nationally and internationally[citation needed]. As of 2006, NDTV 24x7 held one of the largest market share, at 31%, among English news channels in the country.[2]

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[edit] History

After producing numerous news and current affairs programs including the highly successful "The World This Week", NDTV formed 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 over issues related to editorial independence.[3] Subsequently, NDTV launched its own channels, NDTV 24x7 (English News) and NDTV India (Hindi News) and later launched NDTV Profit (Business News) and much later NDTV Good Times (Lifestyle) . 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 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.
  • Recently broadcaster NDTV and Genpact launched a 50:50 joint venture, NGEN Media Services, to offer media outsourcing services to enterprises worldwide in areas such as editing, digitisation and closed captioning. NGEN leverages the offshoring experience and global delivery capabilities of Genpact with NDTV's domain knowledge and world class media skill sets.
  • 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.
  • In August 2007, NDTV announced the launch of its first lifestyle television channel NDTV GOOD TIMES in alliance with UB Group. The channel features ACTVE Cooking, a round the clock cooking recipes and demonstrations along with tips and trivia on television exclusive for TATA Sky customers.
  • In September 2007, NDTV announced the launch NDTV Arabia, a 24-hour news and infotainment channel that will mark its entry into the Middle East and North Africa region. Also the same month, NDTV launched NDTV MetroNation, India's first English city channel.
  • NDTV Group launched Astro Awani, a news cum infotainment channel in Indonesia with joint venture partner Astro
  • In January 2008, NDTV launched NDTV Imagine, a general entertaintement channel
  • The company will soon launch an International movie channel NDTV Lumiere under NDTV Imagine Ltd.


[edit] Criticisms

  • NDTV is widely known to be a pro Congress-I supporter and systematically boosts the party in its programs
  • NDTV are prone to be overtly pro-India when it comes to cricket, and seem to spend eons of air-time focussing on Indian Cricket and Cricketers, instead of more important issues.

[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 56388 (India), 6388 (UAE) and 63880 (UK). 6388 translates to NDTV on a standard cellphone keypad.Premiumn Rates Apply

[edit] NDTV Channels

[edit] Latest Awards

  • NAB 2008 International Broadcasting Excellence Award - NDTV Labs [1]
  • CBA-Thomson Foundation Journalist of the Year Award - Sutapa Deb [2]
  • CBA-IBC Award for Innovative Engineering - NDTV Labs [3] [4]

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Trivia

  • NDTV is the only Indian channel which broadcasts in Pakistan.
  • The red dot in NDTV logo, suggested by Radhika Roy, depicts a bindi.[2]
  • It is the India's oldest private production house which has produced a news program.
  • The signature tune of NDTV has been composed by A R Rahman.

[edit] References

  1. ^ NDTV Profile. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  2. ^ a b News Delhi TV. Forbes.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-18.
  3. ^ 2003 - Star News and NDTV Go Their Separate Ways. IndianTelevision.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.

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