India Today (TV channel)

India Today

India Today logo
Launched 7 April 2003
Owned by Living Media
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Country India
Language English
Broadcast area India
Headquarters Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Formerly called Headlines Today
Sister channel(s) Aaj Tak, Dilli Aaj Tak
Website indiatoday.intoday.in
Availability
Satellite
Airtel Digital TV (India) Channel 372
Reliance Digital TV (India) Channel 455
Sun Direct (India) Channel 557
Tata Sky (India) Channel 509
Videocon d2h (India) Channel 357
Cable
Asianet Digital (India) Channel 424
Siti Cable (India) Channel 415

India Today is a 24-hour English language television network based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by TV Today Network Ltd, which is a part of Living Media.

History

The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi Aaj Tak news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being Aaj Tak, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak. Alok Verma[2] was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.[3][4] Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015[5] and sexist content.[6]

Associated journalists

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "India Today Group". India Today Group. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/nov/nov75.htm
  3. ↑ "Aaj Tak English channel may launch in 10 days". Indian Television. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "TV Today's Delhi Aaj Tak likely to launch mid-May". Indian Television. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ↑ http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-practice/unethical-use-of-unrelated-videos-8912
  6. ↑ http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch-briefs/india-today-s-offensive-video-8205
  7. ↑ "TV Today Network wins big at ENBA 2015". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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