The weekly news bulletin was described as an instant hit among its Indian viewers. Doordarshan allotted a slot to the network to air a weekly broadcast called The World This Week, a news magazine programme that was commissioned by the director general of the public broadcaster, Bhaskar Ghose and covered international news. It was converted into a commercial news network in 1988, and became the first independent television news network in India. The company began operation as a production house of news segments for the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite news channels. In 1984, the journalist Radhika Roy and her economist husband Prannoy Roy founded New Delhi Television. 1.5 2015–present: Government pressure and litigations.

1.4 2007–2015: Expansion attempts, financial crisis and digital growth.

1.3 2003–2007: Independent broadcasting network.

1.2 1998–2003: Rupert Murdoch and Star News.

The company has had business interests in general entertainment and e-commerce, and is part of the management of a number of broadcast channels including the lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times, the infotainment channel Astro Awani and the news channel Independent Television through various joint ventures.

It also launched a business news channel NDTV Profit which was later converted into an information and entertainment channel NDTV Prime. In 2003, it became an independent broadcasting network with the simultaneous launch of the Hindi and English language news channels known as NDTV India and NDTV 24x7. The company launched the first 24x7 news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998.īetween 19, NDTV was in an exclusive agreement with Star India to produce all of their news segments. It 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 the first independent news network in India. NDTV was founded in 1984, by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy, a husband and wife duo from the city of Kolkata. The two channels of the company have received 32 Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. It owns and operates the broadcast news channels of NDTV India and NDTV 24x7. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching the first 24x7 news channel and the first lifestyle channel in the country. New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication.

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