INDIAN NEWS CHANNEL HISTORY:-

In the past decade, broadcast journalism has come of age. We have channels that are dedicated solely to news. The viewer today does not have to wait for ‘that half hour of news’ sandwiched between the soaps of an entertainment channel. Instead, he could just switch to an NDTV 24X7 or a Star News for some fresh, up-to-date news about the happenings around the world. This transformation did not happen overnight. It started with the collaboration of Rupert Murdoch’s Star Television Network with Dr. Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television Limited (popularly known as NDTV). Theirs was the first-ever independent satellite news channel to hit the small screen, popularly known as Star News. Hence was started the Television News Industry in India. And like any other industry, there’s competition in this one too. The number of news channels is growing by the day and so is the audience. In the race to be at the top, channels are resorting to all sorts of tactics ranging from ‘any news is breaking news’ to sensationalism to the recent sleazy ,but nevertheless popular ‘sting operation’. However, in this ever changing and unpredictable scenario, there are some superstars who have kept the essence of the term ‘news’ intact, by keeping the viewer informed in the true sense of the term. Here’s presenting the top 5 television journalists of India:

Barkha DuttSpeak of NDTV and you cannot forget to mention this name. Having done her Bachelors in English Literature from St. Stephens in New Delhi and Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamiya University, Barkha Dutt went on to obtain a Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her excellence in journalism was proven for the umpteenth time when in 1997, she won the Inlaks Scholarship to do graduate work abroad.

Professionally, Barkha boasts of a career full of milestones.From on-site news coverage to in-studio shows, this lady has been there and done it all. Her excellent coverage of the Kargil War in 1999 won her appreciation and love from the entire nation. Her most recent milestone was the coverage of the Tsunami Disaster in South India.

Her in-studio work includes the daily NewsHour and the weekly ‘We the People’. Her simplistic approach and sensitive yet sensible interaction with the masses have made her the most viewer-friendly journalist today.

Rajdeep Sardesai

“Journalists are odd people. They become journalists for the oddest reasons!” was his remark at a recent media convention hosted by CNBC TV18. Rajdeep graduated from St. Xaviers College in Mumbai and later studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar. Prior to television, he

worked with the Times Group at various levels. He has been awarded time and again for excellence in media journalism.

When Rajdeep Sardesai was a part of the NDTV group, he was described as one of Dr. Prannoy Roy’s Angels. And rightly so. His skillfully handled debates in the award winning show, ‘The Big Fight’, and his on-site news reporting speak volumes about his brilliance. When he quit NDTV recently, the news industry was in a state of shock.

He has now decided to go solo and plans to start his own news channel, ‘Broadcast News’, which will be funded by Raghav Bahl of CNBC TV18.

Vikram Chandra

Yet another rather good-looking NDTV product, Vikram Chandra has over a decade’s experience in television journalism. He did his Bachelor’s in Economics from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and went on to study at Oxford on an Inlaks Scholarship. He honed his media skills at Stanford University where he did a course in Mass Media.

Vikram Chandra’s simple and lucid style of delivering news immediately struck a chord with the Indian audiences. Today, he heads the editorial team at NDTV and is also the CEO of NDTV.com. He has currently taken over as the host of ‘The Big Fight’ to fill in for former colleague Rajdeep Sardesai. One also spots him often on NDTV Profit’s ‘Gadget Guru’. His exemplary work has won him laurels not just in India but all over the world. This was significantly proven, when, at the World Economic Forum at Davos, he was named ‘Global Leader for Tomorrow’.

From covering war zones to uncovering the latest gizmos, this man has done it all!

Shireen Bhan

“If anyone can please tell me more about Miss Shireen Bhan…i mean i totally and absolutely think that i watch CNBC because of her…” – a blogger on IndianTelevision.com

Well, that’s the kind of effect Shereen Bhan has on the audiences! This young lady graduated from St.Stephen’s College (that’s right, it’s Stephen’s again!) and went on to obtain a Master’s in Film and Television from Pune. Prior to CNBC TV18, Shireen was an associate producer with UTV. She joined CNBC TV18 five years ago and practically redefined the term ‘anchoring’. She is frequently seen on shows such as India Business Hour, Power Turks, Young Turks and The Good Life Show. She was recently named ‘FICCI Woman of the Year 2005’. Her effortless deliverance of news and features alike as well as her cheerful disposition has made her a favorite in thousands of Indian homes.

Udayan Mukherjee

For traders in the stock market, Udayan Mukherjee is a Godsend. This Bengali anchor is a trained economist. After graduating in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata, he went on to obtain a Master’s in Economics from JNU in Delhi. He began his career with a 4-year stint at UTV and later joined CNBC Asia as a markets correspondent. Today, he not only hosts shows such as ‘Taking Stock’ and ‘Markets Today’, but also heads the CNBC Research team. His live market updates have helped countless investors in making profitable investment decisions. Well, CNBC’s punchline ‘Profit from it’ definitely holds good for Udayan Mukherjee!

A Snapshot of Indian Television History:-

Television in India has been in existence for nigh on four decades. For the first 17 years, it spread haltingly and transmission was mainly in black & white. The thinkers and policy makers of the country, which had just been liberated from centuries of colonial rule, frowned upon television, looking on at it as a luxury Indians could do without. In 1955 a Cabinet decision was taken disallowing any foreign investments in print media which has since been followed religiously for nearly 45 years. Sales of TV sets, as reflected by licences issued to buyers were just 676,615 until 1977.

Television has come to the forefront only in the past 21 years and more so in the past 13. There were initially two ignition points: the first in the eighties when colour TV was introduced by state-owned broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) timed with the 1982 Asian Games which India hosted. It then proceeded to install transmitters nationwide rapidly for terrestrial broadcasting. In this period no private enterprise was allowed to set up TV stations or to transmit TV signals.

The second spark came in the early nineties with the broadcast of satellite TV by foreign programmers like CNN followed by Star TV and a little later by domestic channels such as Zee TV and Sun TV into Indian homes. Prior to this, Indian viewers had to make do with DD's chosen fare which was dull, non-commercial in nature, directed towardsonly education and socio-economic development. Entertainment programmes were few and far between. And when the solitary few soaps like Hum Log (1984), and mythological dramas: Ramayan (1987-88) and Mahabharat (1988-89) were televised, millions of viewers stayed glued to their sets

When, urban Indians learnt that it was possible to watch the Gulf War on television, they rushed out and bought dishes for their homes. Others turned entrepreneurs and started offering the signal to their neighbours by flinging cable over treetops and verandahs. From the large metros satellite TV delivered via cable moved into smaller towns, spurring the purchase of TV sets and even the upgradation from black & white to colour TVs.

The second spark came in the early nineties with the broadcast of satellite TV by foreign programmers like CNN followed by Star TV and a little later by domestic channels such as Zee

TV and Sun TV into Indian homes. Prior to this, Indian viewers had to make do with DD's chosen fare which was dull, non-commercial in nature, directed towardsonly education and socio-economic development. Entertainment programmes were few and far between. And when the solitary few soaps like Hum Log (1984), and mythological dramas: Ramayan (1987-88) and Mahabharat (1988-89) were televised, millions of viewers stayed glued to their sets

 

When, urban Indians learnt that it was possible to watch the Gulf War on television, they rushed out and bought dishes for their homes. Others turned entrepreneurs and started offering the signal to their neighbours by flinging cable over treetops and verandahs. From the large metros satellite TV delivered via cable moved into smaller towns, spurring the purchase of TV sets and even the upgradation from black & white to colour TVs.

DD responded to this satellite TV invasion by launching an entertainment and commercially driven channel and introduced entertainment programming on its terrestrial network. This again fuelled the purchase of sets in the hinterlands where cable TV was not available.

 

DD responded to this satellite TV invasion by launching an entertainment and commercially driven channel and introduced entertainment programming on its terrestrial network. This again fuelled the purchase of sets in the hinterlands where cable TV was not available.

 

DD responded to this satellite TV invasion by launching an entertainment and commercially driven channel and introduced entertainment programming on its terrestrial network. This again fuelled the purchase of sets in the hinterlands where cable TV was not available.

 

The rash of players who rushed to set up satellite channels discovered that advertising revenue was not large enough to support them. This led to a shakeout. At least half a dozen either folded up or aborted the high-flying plans they had drawn up, and started operating in a restricted manner. Some of them converted their channels into basic subscription services charging cable operators a carriage fee.

Foreign cable TV MSOs discovered that the cable TV market was too disorganised for them to operate in and at least three of them decided to postpone their plans and got out of the market..

The government started taxing cable operators in a bid to generate revenue. The rates varied in the 26 states that go to form India and ranged from 35 per cent upwards. The authorities moved

in to regulate the business and a Cable TV Act was passed in 1995. The apex court in the country, the Supreme Court, passed a judgement that the air waves are not the property of the Indian government and any Indian citizen wanting to use them should be allowed to do so. The government reacted by making efforts to get some regulation in place by setting up committees to suggest what the broadcasting law of India should be, as the sector was still being governed by laws which were passed in 19th century India. A broadcasting bill was drawn up in 1997 and introduced in parliament. But it was not passed into an Act. State-owned telecaster Doordarshan and radiocaster All India Radio were brought under a holding company called the Prasar Bharati under an act that had been gathering dust for seven years, the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. The Act served to give autonomy to the broadcasters as their management was left to a supervisory board consisting of retired professionals and bureaucrats.

A committee headed by a senior Congress (I) politician Sharad Pawar and consisting of other politicians and industrialist was set up to review the contents of the Broadcasting Bill. It held discussions with industry, politicians, and consumers and a report was even drawn up. But the United Front government fell and since then the report and the Bill have been consigned to the dustbin. But before that it issued a ban on the sale of Ku-band dishes and on digital direct-to-home Ku-band broadcasting, which the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Television was threatening to start in India. ISkyB, the Murdoch DTH venture, has since been wallowing in quicksand and in recent times has even shed a lot of employees. But News Corp has been running a C-band DTH venture in the country which has around 20,000 subscribers.

In 1999, a BJP-led government has been threatening to once again allow DTH Ku-band broadcasting and it has been talking of dismantling the Prasar Bharati and once again reverting Doordarshan's and All India Radio's control back in the government's hands. Some things change only to remain the same.

News channels in India:-List of television news channels from India.

1.  Hindi news channels

2. English news channels

3. Assamese news channels

4. Bengali news channels

5.  Gujarati news channels

6. Kannada news channels

7. Malayalam news channels

8. Marathi news channels

9. Oriya news channels

10. Tamil news channels

11. Telugu news channels

12. References

Hindi news channels:-

Aaj Tak

ABP News

APN News

Live India

India News

India TV

Lok Sabha TV

Rajya Sabha TV

NDTV India

News Nation

Zee News

CNBC Awaaz

News 24

DD News

Channel One News

English news channels

NewsX

Times Now

CNN IBN

Headlines Today

NDTV 24x7

ET Now

Bloomberg UTV

NDTV Profit

News9

Zee News

Assamese news channels

DY 365

Focus NE

News Live

Prag News

Bengali news channels

24 Ghanta

ABP Ananda

Kolkata TV

News Time

Channel 10

ETV

Focus Bangla

R PLUS

DD Bangla

High News

Gujarati news channels

DD Girnar

ETV Gujarati

TV9 Gujarat

Kannada news channels

Public TV

Suvarna News

Udaya News

TV9 (Kannada)

Samaya TV

Kasthuri Newz 24

ETV News Kannada

Raj News Kannada

Janasri News

Malayalam news channels

Media One TV

Asianet News

Indiavision

Mathrubhumi News

Manorama News

People TV

Reporter TV

Marathi news channels

Zee 24 Taas

Jai Maharashtra

ABP Majha

IBN Lokmat

TV9 Maharashtra

Mi Marathi

Oriya news channels

Zee Kalinga

MBC TV

ETV Oriya

Orissa TV

Naxatra News

Kanak TV

Tamil news channels

Captain News

Jaya Plus

Kalaignar Seithigal

Lotus News

Polimer News

Puthiya Thalaimurai TV

Raj News 24X7

Sathiyam TV

Sun News

Thanthi TV

Telugu news channels

ETV Telangana

ETV Andhra Pradesh

Gemini News

TV5

Studio N

TV9

ABN Andhra Jyothi

10TV

TV1

Sakshi TV

T News

V6 News

HMTV

NTV

Raj News

Hindi news channels:-

1. Aaj Tak

Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". Aaj Tak initially began as a news bulletin on a public television station in India and turned to an independent channel after the carrier did not renew its contract. In India, Aaj Tak is free-to-air. In 2006 it began offering a pay channel to international markets.

2. ABP News

ABP News is an Indian news channel owned by ABP Group. It was earlier known as STAR News and was owned by a joint venture between News Corporation owned STAR TV/Fox International Channels. STAR News now divided into five channel feeds. STAR News was launched in February 1998. From 2003 STAR News became a complete Hindi News Channel. It was the first bilingual (English - Hindi) news service and was initially run by STAR on its own with NDTV doing the production till 2003. But when the agreement with the NDTV expired in 2003, STAR News was transformed into a complete Hindi News Channel, part of STAR and ABP tie up.

In 2003, the contract with NDTV ended and STAR decided to run the channel on its own. However, the government introduced a guideline capping foreign equity in the News business to 26%. STAR then entered into a JV with The Ananda Bazar Patrika group to form a company called Media Content and Communications services pvt ltd (MCCS) which ran the channel STAR News. STAR owned 26% in this JV while The Ananda Bazar Patrika group owned 74%. On 16 April 2012, Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) Group announced that they would part ways, allowing the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company to retreat from the news business in India to focus on entertainment. With the divorce, the eight-year affiliation with the 'Star' brand came to an end. Media Content and Communications (MCCS), the company that owned and operated the news channels, said that after the split, Hindi news channel Star News would be named ABP News, Bengali news channel Star Ananda would become ABP Ananda and the Marathi news channel Star Majha would be called ABP Majha. A Punjabi language version of the channel called ABP Sanjha is expected to launch soon.

3. APN News & MediaAPN News & Media Limited is an Australian and New Zealand[1] media company. Divisions include newspaper publishing, online publishing, broadcast radio and outdoor advertising in Australia and New Zealand. The Irish company Independent News & Media has an approximately 30% stake in the company.

4. Live India

Live India is an Indian Hindi TV channel owned by Broadcast Initiatives Ltd., focusing on news and commentary. The channel came in the limelight for wrong reasons when it conducted a sting operation covering a porn racket by a school teacher which was later proved fake by a high court verdict.[1] It was earlier known as Janmat, when it was focused on "views"; now the channel is called Live India.In a Rs. 400 million upgrade in August 2007, it opened news bureaus at Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Srinagar, Chandigarh,Bhopal, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Guwahati as well as its earlier offices at Mumbaiand Delhi.Sudhir Chaudhary is the CEO of Live India.

5. India News

India News is a 24-hour Hindi language news channel in India. Its motto is “Desh Ki Dhadkan“. The Channel is run by Kartikeya Sharma. Indian company Information TV (ITV) Media Group runs the channel. Deepak Chaurasia is the channel's Editor in Chief.

6. India TV

India TV is a Hindi news channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The channel was launched on May 20, 2004 byRajat Sharma and wife Ritu Dhawan.[1] The channel is the flagship service of Independent News Service, which was co-founded by Sharma and Dhawan in 1998.[2]

The rise of India TV as India’s leading news channel within a short span of its existence owes a lot to the vision of its chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma and the dedication and toil of its ever-growing team of bright news TV professionals.

Rajat Sharma co-founded India TV with his wife Ritu Dhawan in April, 2004 from a swanky studio in Film City, Noida, then considered one of Asia’s largest news TV studios.

In 1997, Rajat Sharma and Ritu Dhawan set up their own production house –Independent News Service (INS), the parent company which owns India TV.

In a short period, India TV has created benchmarks in innovation, impact, ratings, time spends, and viewer-support. Indeed, India TV’s newsbreaks have inspired talk shows on rival channels, Bollywood films, BBC documentaries and articles in Time Magazine, even Amul hoardings.

In today’s rampant me-too-ism, India TV is, perhaps, the only Hindi news channel that is perceived as downright absurd. In a short period of its existence, India TV has earned a repute of covering stories such about alien abductions, aliens drinking cows milk, the discovery of a real-life "stairway to heaven".[3]

The channel’s No.10 position is no accident. It is the result of Mr. Sharma leading the way on the lonely path of “ridiculousness first.” The channel is famous across social media circles for carrying the craziest pieces of 'news', and has been the butt of everyone's jokes for so long, that now people think it is a parody channel. [4]It is the result of the efforts of a self-made man who kept both his feet firmly on the ground, a journalist for whom the viewer’s interest has been paramount.

Today Mr. Sharma’s editorial decision-making reaches out to an audience of 90 million C&S homes. The human resource of India TV resides among loyal viewers and 500 staffers. INS has investment from ComVentures, a top Silicon Valley venture fund, and a leading private equity entity. The enterprise value of INS which crossed Rs 500 crore in January, 2008 has been rising by leaps and bounds.

India TV has state-of-the-art digital connectivity and its Broadcast Centre covers an area of more than 1,28,000 square feet in Sector 85, Noida.

Prior to launching India TV, Rajat Sharma was a known face on Indian television since 1992, having previously been the anchor of Aap Ki Adalat on Zee TV andJanata Ki Adalat on Star TV. Independent News Service received investment from Fuse+ Media, an entity of ComVentures, a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States with over $1.5 billion of assets under management. Further investments have valued Independent News Service at Rs. 800 crores

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7. Lok Sabha TV

Select Parliamentary proceedings have been telecast in India since 1989, when the President's address to Parliament was shown on live television. After 1994 the Question Hours of both Houses were broadcast live on alternate weeks on both satellite television and All India Radio. The broadcasts were scheduled to ensure that on a given week proceedings in both Houses were aired, one on TV and the other on radio.

In 2006, DD Lok Sabha was replaced by Lok Sabha TV (LSTV), a 24-hour TV channel broadcasting in Hindi and English, which is owned and operated entirely by the Lok Sabha itself, broadcasting live the proceedings of the Lok Sabha and also various cultural and educational programs and panel discussions, when the Lok Sabha is not in session [4]

Currently Lok Sabha TV is headed by Seema Gupta a well known Media/Broadcast professional. The Channel's programming is headed by Dhiraj Singh(Executive Director-Programmes), a journalist and media professional who also anchors a popular show called 'Know Your MP' and Channel's Technical is headed by Abhishek Agrawal Senior Technical

Manager in rank of Additional Director of L.S.S.

8. Rajya Sabha TV

Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) is an Indian cable television network channel owned and operated by Rajya Sabha that covers the proceedings of Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Parliament of India).[1] Apart from telecasting live coverage of Rajya Sabha proceedings, RSTV also brings incisive analysis of parliamentary affairs. While focusing on current national and international affairs, it provides a platform for knowledge-based programmes for the discerning viewer. The channel offers special attention to legislative business undertaken by the Parliament.

Conscious of its role as a public broadcaster, RSTV has conceptualised programmes on the basis of the vibrant relationship between Parliament and the people of India. It aims at providing an objective perspective on national and international affairs to the people. RSTV touches upon all the aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life of the people, while promoting scientific temper among masses.

With a vision to document the story of how the Constitution of India was created, Rajya Sabha TV produced a 10-part TV mini-series Samvidhaan which was directed by Shyam Benegal.

9. NDTV India

NDTV was the brainchild of its Chairman, Prannoy Roy and his wife and Managing Director, Radhika Roy.

Some of the NDTV anchors have held prominent positions in the government. Pankaj Pachauri who was a senior TV anchor and journalist was the Communications Adviser to the former Prime Minister of India dr Manmohan Singh.

In 1988, NDTV's producers produced a news and current affairs show ‘The World This Week’ for Doordarshan. The show proved to be immensely popular and NDTV established its image as a credible private news producer. It moved on to become the sole news content provider and producer for India’s first 24-hour news channel, Star News. Then in 2003, they launched two 24-hour news channels—NDTV 24x7 in English and NDTV India in Hindi. Later they also launched NDTV Profit, a 24-hour business news channel in 2005, which became close to bankruptcy.

10. News Nation

News Nation's test signal started in October 2012 and has been on air since 14 February 2013. It carries news on issues in fields like politics, crime, corruption, cricket, and Bollywood.

News Nation is a national news channel focusing on delivering pure news content to the Indian masses. News Nation keeps the New age Indian updated and ahead of others by providing them with "News they can use" .

It simplifies the complex issues of multilayered India and break them down into simple absorbable relevant facts.

Under the able leadership of experienced editors infused with fresh perspective of young talent , the channel has broken new grounds and showcased an incredible growth story. News Nation is being appreciated and accepted for its independent editorial stand and balanced presentation of news.Cutting edge technology, robust news gathering network, innovative presentation of news ingrained with the ideology of giving the viewers "cause and effect" of every story certainly makes News Nation stand out in the maze of Hindi news channels.

At a time when content costs were cut down heavily across channels and live feeds from agencies and studio chats took over news programming, News Nation decided to make itself a reporter led channel with extensive field reporting. Strategically designed programming schedules differentiate the channel from competitors – it has dedicated only one hour for discussions and studio chats at 9 PM while other time-bands have pure news.

The channel opted for a clean look and pleasant feel by avoiding unnecessary animation in its graphics on screen.

While the channel puts the news in its original form, it multiplies the relevance of the news for its viewers by telling the impact of the news on the common man.

The channel launched its first regional news channel 'NN Uttar Pradesh - Uttarakhand' on 19 February 2014. It is available on DD Freedish, DEN and Dish TV platforms. The channel has recently rebranded itself as 'News State Uttar Pradesh - Uttarakhand'.

11. Zee News

Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is a media and entertainment company and a subsidiary of Essel Group. The company was spun off from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) on March 31, 2006

Zee News is an Indian news and current affairs channel founded in 1999 & is the flagship property of Zee News Ltd. Initially, most of the programs were broadcast in English. Around 2003-04, after the success of Aaj Tak, Zee News was converted into a complete Hindi news channel.

12. CNBC Awaaz

CNBC Awaaz is a Hindi business news TV channel in India. The channel is a joint venture between CNBC andTelevision Eighteen India Limited (TV18) based in New Delhi.

13. News 24 (India)

News 24 is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by B.A.G. Films and Media Limited. It is owned by Anurradha Prasad (wife of former IPL chairman, MP & Secretary of All India Congress Committee. Rajeev Shukla), Anuradha Mishra and Ajit Anjum. News 24 is free-to-air channel in India.

Promoted by Ms. Anurradha Prasad News 24 is part of BAG Network, which is 360 degree media conglomerate with diversified interests in Production, Television Broadcasting, FM Radio, New Media Ventures and Education.[1]

Incisive and creative, News 24 targets the global Indian with news that is credible, true and fast. With its tagline, Har Hindustani Ka Channel, News24 believes in the mantra of inclusiveness and targets to empower its viewers.

Over the years, News24 has attained the image of a channel that is constructive, solution seeking, engaging and relevant to the Aam Aadmi.

News24 disseminates news that investigates before it informs, researches before it reaches out and ascertains before it speaks. News24 today has left behind old players in the news market as revealed in the latest TRP rating. It is now present on all DTH Platforms and is a premium Hindi news channel across the country. Responsible reporting and its chic look has appealed to the mass audience of India. The channel today boasts of being the fastest growing Hindi News channel in the country and is all geared to set new standards in news reporting

14. DD News

DD News quickly gained popularity among the viewers, exceeding its commercial revenue target of Rs. 2 crores for 2003-04, and the channel earned Rs. 10 crores. The popularity of the channel amongst advertisers continues unabated and the revenue figures for the current year (04-05) have already crossed Rs. 10 crores. The main reason for this is that DD News is a free channel unlike the private and better channels that are pay channels.

India's public broadcaster Doordarshan benefitted immensely from DD News's launch, as its in-house production churned out lots of quality content, achieving economies of scale.

DD News is India's only 24-hour terrestrial news channel. It telecasts over 16 hours of live news bulletins daily in Hindi,English, Sanskrit, and Urdu. Regional News Units attached to different Doordarshan Kendras also telecast daily news bulletins in regional languages. News headlines and breaking news updates are regular features, and headlines are even accessible via SMS.

DD News also carries financial information about stocks and commodities, accessing information from the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in addition to leading commodity exchanges including the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and the MCX Stock Exchange.

DD News has undergone several logo changes and one was finalised on January 26, 2013. A new show called News Night was introduced during prime time.

15. Channel One News

Channel One was founded in 1989 and began with a pilot program in four high schools before its national rollout in 1990, with original anchors and reporters Ken Rogers, Lynne Blades and Brian Tochi. It was founded by Christopher Whittle, an advertising and marketing executive based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Primediapurchased Channel One for approximately $250 million from Whittle in 1994.

The program's first executive producer, Cynthia Samuels, came to Channel One from 9 years at the Today Show. While at Channel One she created Student Producer Week—during which students produced, reported, directed and designed an entire week of programming—Channel One's one hour specials including one in Moscow and Ohio, one in Tokyo and Texas, one in Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots hosted by Arsenio Hall and OneVote—an "election night" for students to vote for President and watch the returns come in live from their classrooms.

In December 2007, Channel One's parent company, Primedia, classified its Education Segment, which includes Channel One Network, as a "discontinued operation" and announced that it was "exploring strategic alternatives for" the businesses in that segment.[3] In 2007 Primedia sold Channel One to Alloy Media and Marketing; on April 23, 2007 Alloy assumed the liabilities of Channel One and took over their assets.

In July 2007, NBC News announced that it would be partnering with Alloy under an arrangement in which NBC would work with Channel One News to produce original content for Channel One’s in-school broadcasts, providing Channel One with access to global newsgathering resources.[4] In 2009, CBS News entered into a partnership with Channel One.[citation needed]

In 2011, Channel One announced it would offer its daily news program and additional educational, Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-based resources through a subscription-based, advertising-free version, in addition to the traditional version.

Channel One was bought by Zelnick Media in 2012. On May 13, 2014, Channel One was sold for the fourth time, this time to an educational and trade publisher named Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt acquisition of Channel One was not considered to be material, meaning the price, if any, was insignificant.[5] Upon this response, Channel One CEO C.J. Kettler declared, "We are thrilled to join the HMH family – a global,

educational powerhouse that combines world class content, cutting edge technology and digital multimedia tools to engage students and support teachers. By joining forces, Channel One News can leverage HMH’s leading K-12 market position and its deep relationships with school districts across the U.S. to offer innovative digital content and resources on an even broader scale."[6]

English news channels:-

1. NewsX

The channel was launched on 28 March 2008 by the INX Network, which was then headed by Indrani Mukerjea.[6][7]

NewsX is India’s only free to air English news channel.[8] It was later acquired by iTV network.[9][10] The network, led by Kartikeya Sharma, also owns the Hindi news channel India News, along with four regional news channels.[7]

The present colour scheme includes simple black backgrounds with yellow and white text.[9]

On 9 January 2009 NewsX was purchased by Indi-Media Network, a partnership between the NaiDunia (English: New World) CEO Vinay Chhajlani and formerBusinessworld editor Jehangir Pochaa.[10]

In September 2010, NewsX announced its intention to re-brand as IMN News. Kartikeya Sharma led Information TV Private Limited (India News) acquired News X.[11][12][13][14]

In 2012, the channel started "A Home For Falak" in association with Fortis Healthcare to support the traumatised condition of the two-year-old abandoned and battered baby Falak

2. Times Now

The channel was launched in 2006 by Times Global Broadcasing Company Limited, a joint-venture of The Times Group (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.) and Reuters. Sunil

Lulla was hired from the Sony Entertainment Television to be the CEO. In 2008, Reuters exited the venture by selling back its 25.82 percent stake in Times Global to BCCL.

Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India. It is owned and operated by The Times Group. Times Now was the first news channel in India to be launched on mobile screens (Reliance Infocomm Network). It is now one of theGlobal Partners with Twitter. The channel also has a Consultant cum Strategic Affairs Expert, Maroof Raza. He apart from his appearances on news debates, has anchored and presented a 20-part series on the Indian armed forces, titled ‘Line of Duty’. An episode from this series, on the Siachin Glacier won an Award in the military documentary section at the Film Festival in Rome in 2005. This TV series has entered the “Limca Book of Records” as India’s first military reality show.

3. CNN-IBN

Like elsewhere in the world, CNN International only reached the urban elites in India. In order to reach the Indian masses Time Warner together with an Indian company- Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited)- launched the India-specific CNN-IBN on 16 December 2005. CNN-IBN is completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only uses the Cable News Network (CNN) brand name.[7]

Currently, Time Warner's India-specific CNN-IBN is watched by more people than its CNN International, although both channels are in English.[7]

According to Network 18, since its inception, the channel has been reaching out to an average of 45 million households every day.[8]

4. Headlines Today

Headlines Today is a 24-hour English language television network based in New Delhi 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. The channel was

launched in the year 2003 is a sister channel of the Hindi Aaj Tak news channel and is one of the four niche news channels from the TV Today Network stable.

5. NDTV 24x7

Until about the end of the 1980s, like most of the world television broadcasting was not in private hands in India. In the news production area there were some private stringers of Doordarshan. They were given assignments to cover news and later they were also involved in current affairs programmes and documentaries.[3]

1988: New Delhi Television is set up by Prannoy Roy - a former professor of economics at the University of Delhi - and his wife and business partner Radhika Roy.[2][4] The Roys are today known for helping to break the Indian government’s grip on television news.[1]

New Delhi Television started producing "The World This Week", a highly successful weekly news magazine covering world news and entertainment for Doordarshan. NDTV’s coverage of Tiananmen Square and the fall of the Berlin Wall was path-breaking in Indian television reporting and gave it brand recognition. The NDTV quickly established as a credible private news provider. The NDTV catered their programmes to Doordarshan and later forCNN and BBC. Unlike the television wing of PTI and United News of India, this private news production enterprise was largely successful.[1][2][3][5][6]

1989: NDTV produces India's first televised coverage of general elections results with analysis.[3]

1995: NDTV became India's first private producer of the national news with telecast of "Tonight" on Doordarshan.[3]

With STAR News

1996: Since the Indian legislation required a majority Indian ownership for news broadcasters, STAR commissions NDTV to provide supply news content to STAR News.[5]

1998: STAR Network sets up the STAR News channel, India's first 24-hour news channel [with NDTV] to coincide with the general elections.[3] STAR News (English/Hindi) made a big impact on behalf of the global Murdoch network, winning larger audiences in India than longer-established broadcasters such as CNN and BBC.[5] Although STAR News had the STAR platform, the news was not produced in-house. NDTV provided all the news material- both in Hindi and English - including its presentation and packaging for STAR. By this mutually beneficial partnership NDTV could reach homes of affluent Indians through the STAR platform, while STAR could benefit from the gravitas of a serious news channel.[4]

As part of the STAR bouquet of channels, STAR News remained dependent on its relationship with Murdoch and vulnerable to changes in STAR's strategy. As the end of its contract with STAR approached, NDTV considered a number of possibilities to broaden its appeal and its revenue. STAR had already been downplaying NDTV's profile. Its contract with NDTV did not give STAR editorial control, and STAR's management were uneasy when India government criticized NDTV for its reporting the Gujarat riots in 2002.[5]

NDTV launches television channels

2003: With end of contract with STAR, NDTV launched its own news channels in English (NDTV 24x7) and Hindi (NDTV India).[3] Star TV was keen to renew NDTV’s contract but was no longer willing to give it full editorial control. STAR retained the STAR News brand, but channel continued only in Hindi. Media observers expected that NDTV would have to struggle to survive its own. However, by 2003 NDTV had grown financially strong enough to have the confidence to go it alone. But after much speculation about its future, it announced a distribution partnership with Sony Entertainment Television's One World Alliance. This alliance with Sony gave NDTV a strong base from which to establish a new profile.[1][4][5]

NDTV has been an extraordinary success story in terms of influence, but its recent history also illustrates the commercial fragility of a channel that appeals primarily to an elite English-speaking audience. STAR's decision [after it ended its contract with NDTV] to concentrate on Hindi news bulletins and to drop its English service is also a significant indicator of the balance between profitability and influence in the crowded Indian television news market[5] NDTV has been on a cost-cutting spree for several quarters now, as it seeks to stay profitable in a competitive market.[7]

2005: NDTV launched NDTV Profit which focuses on business news.

6. ET Now

ET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters.[1][2]

It is produced in collaboration with The Economic Times, a leading financial daily in India. It was formally launched on 17 June 2009. It is currently headed by R Sridharan, executive editor.[citation needed]

It is headquartered in Mumbai.

7. Bloomberg TV India

Bloomberg TV India (formerly Bloomberg UTV and UTVi) is a 24-hour English-language business and financialbroadcast news outlet in India, owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P..[1] It was founded by Ronnie Screwvala. The news channel's coverage extends from the latest business news, stock quotes, personal finance solutions and expert opinions on investing and management to industry verticals and beyond. The Channel also plans to connect real time news through multiple platforms like television, web and mobile. Bloomberg UTV has an alliance with Bloomberg andBusiness Standard for outsourcing content, but this alliance is not applicable to the website utvmoney.com

8. NDTV Profit

NDTV Profit is a business news channel started by New Delhi Television in January 2005. Started to provide competition to the monopoly enjoyed by CNBC-TV18.

It has a large number of journalists covering the action from the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). Furthermore, it also covers the latest business deals and acts as a platform for companies to give their public results, with growth rate, net profit etc. On 14 December 2006, BSE installed one of the largest video screens in India at the BSE building to disseminate capital market information, supported by NDTV Profit.

9. Radio Philippines Network

Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a Filipino-based media company co-owned by the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Nine Media Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and several private stockholders. The network's main offices and Transmitter are located at # 97 Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City. Founded by Roberto Benedicto and prior to the privatization, it was the sister station of current government owned and controlled Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation.

Currently, Radio Philippines Network is the broadcaster and affiliate of CNN Philippines, the local franchise of Cable News Network in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Gujarati news channels:-

1. DD Girnar DD-Girnar or called DD Gujarati/DD-11 is the Gujarati language channel of India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan. It is broadcast out of studios at Doordarshan Kendra (Center) in Ahmedabad in Gujarat State.

Doordarshan Kendra, Ahmedabad was set up on March 15, 1976, as a part of the SITE Project of ISRO and the 1 KW transmitter was based in PIJ, Kheda District. The studio used to function from the ISRO, Ahmedabad premises, while the administrative office was located in the Polytechnic compound in Ahmedabad.

Few years later, a plot of land was identified and a Low Power LPT was set up in Ahmedabad at Thaltej Tekra on November 19, 1993. The studio was commissioned on October 2, 1987 while the regional language uplinking was started on December 30, 1992. DD Metro channel was set up on May 1, 1994 while the Regional languages Satellite Channels (RLSC), DD GIRNAR 24 Hour on October 1, 1993.

2. ETV Gujarati

ETV Gujarati is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Gujarati entertainment. Based in Ahmedabad, it is the biggest Gujarati channel. The channel gained popularity with its cookery show Rasoi Show, which is currently one of the longest running TV series in Asia with over 3000 episodes aired.

3. TV9 (Gujarati)

TV9 Gujarat (Gujarati: TV9 ગુ�જરા�ત) is a Gujarati language 24-hour news channel. It operates from Ahmedabad city of India's Gujarat state .

Its news content is popular being the only Gujarati news channel. It has a daily cookery show called FIVE STAR TADKAwhich is popular for its Gujarati recipes. The channel's tag line is Garv Che Gujarati Chhun.

TV9 Gujarat is part of Associated Broadcasting Company, which also operates news channels like TV9 (Telugu), TV9 (Kannada) and TV9 Maharashtra.[1]

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