| Type | Broadcast, television and online |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Availability | Nationwide |
| Founded | by Prannoy Roy in 1988 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Owner | Prannoy Roy Radhika Roy |
| Key people | Prannoy Roy Radhika Roy Vikram A Chandra Barkha Dutt |
| Launch date | 1988 |
| Former names | New Delhi Television |
| Picture format | 480i (16:9 SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Official website | www.ndtv.com |
NDTV (BSE: 532529, NSE: NDTV) is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988.It was founded by Prannoy Roy, an eminent journalist and current chairman and director of NDTV Group. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty locations in India. NDTV is an acronym for the original name of the company, New Delhi Television.[1]
On July 30, 2011, Vikram A Chandra was elevated to the position of group CEO replacing KVL Narayan Rao who is now Executive Vice Chairman of the company.
New Delhi Television is among India's top broadcasters and has twenty-three offices and studios across the country. Its three national news channels NDTV 24x7, NDTV India (Hindi) and NDTV Profit (Business news) form the core of the company. Each year the channel also gives the NDTV Indian of the year awards.
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Channels of NDTV Group are:
NDTV keeps on organising various campaigns through their channels to support Education, Rural Electrification, Awareness on Climate Change. Some of their campaigns are as follows:
On 20th January, 1998 Central Bureau of Investigation filed cases against New Delhi Television (NDTV) managing director Prannoy Roy, former Director General of Doordarshan R Basu and five other top officials of Doordarshan under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) for criminal conspiracy and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to the CBI charge-sheet, Doordarshan suffered a loss of over Rs 3.52 crore due to the “undue favours” shown to NDTV as its programme The World This Week (TWTW) was put in `A’ category instead of `special A’ category.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
NDTV Editors (Ms. Barkha Dutt) had served legal notices to a number of bloggers, who allegedly had come down heavily on NDTV for "breaking every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai mayhem." through one of his blog posts. Many Indian Bloggers have expressed their sharp dissatisfaction towards NDTV and Barkha Dutt for attempting to censor their right to Freedom of speech by way of such legal actions.[8] NDTV's reports on Naxalite Violence in Dantewada have been found to be factually incorrect and naive by some observers.[9]
In November 2010, OPEN magazine carried a story which reported transcripts of some of the telephone conversations of Nira Radia with senior journalists, politicians, and corporate houses, many of whom have denied the allegations. The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced that they have 5,851 recordings of phone conversations by Radia, some of which outline Radia's attempts to broker deals in relation to the 2G spectrum sale.[10] The tapes appear to demonstrate how Radia attempted to use some media persons including NDTV's Barkha Dutt to influence the decision to appoint A. Raja as telecom minister.[11] She always denied her role in this episode with stating her role as simply error of judgment. None of any other news media groups have criticized it very strongly and this is another precise reason to deteriorate acceptance of Media in Indian society. Barkha Dutt is also being investigated by CBI.
NDTV, through its foreign subsidiaries, is alleged to have violated Indian tax and corporate laws.[12] NDTV has denied these allegations.
The Sunday Guardian ran a story which exposed the NDTV's financial misdemeanours and malpractices in connivance with ICICI Bank. "NDTV-ICICI loan chicanery saved Roys" provides details of how NDTV's major stake holders raised funds by misdeclaration of the value of shares in NDTV. NDTV has denied the allegations and the NDTV CEO replied to the Sunday Guardian along with the threat of "criminal defamation".
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