NDTV
Indian news network
New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. It was founded in 1984 by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy.
NDTV began as a production house for news segments, contracted by the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite channels when television broadcasting was a state monopoly, and transitioned into India's first independent news network. The company launched the first 24x7 news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998. In 2003, it became an independent broadcasting network with the simultaneous launch of the Hindi and English language news channels NDTV India and NDTV 24x7 (now known as simply NDTV).
In 2022, the Adani Group acquired a majority stake in the company.
History
1984–1998: Doordarshan era
In 1984, the journalist Radhika Roy and her husband, economist Prannoy Roy, founded New Delhi Television. The company began as a production house of news segments for the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite news channels. It was converted into a commercial news network in 1988, and became India's first independent television news network. Doordarshan gave the network a weekly broadcast, The World This Week, an international news magazine programme commissioned by the director general of the public broadcaster, Bhaskar Ghose.
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