NDTV 24x7
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NDTV 24x7 is a premier English language
television network
that carries news and current affairs in India, it is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd
. NDTV 24x7 won the Asian Television Award
for Best News Programme in 2005.
It's often regarded as the best news channel in India. Content either in web and in air mostly focuses issues and caters the need of emerging number of English language known upper-middle and middle class Indians, who are in the band of surging consumerism.
NDTV 24x7 is home to a team of award winning journalists who spearhead the news campaign, including Dr. Prannoy Roy
, Vikram A Chandra
and Barkha Dutt
.
NDTV 24x7 is also available outside of India, broadcasting in the UK
on the Sky platform, in the U.S.
on the DirecTV platform, in Canada
on the ATN platform, in Australia
on the Vision Asia platform, in Europe
on the WorldTV platform, and in Singapore
on the mio TV
platform.
The channel is noted for its coverage of the Kashmir conflict
, Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
and rural poverty in India
.
. The show has received critical acclaim and has won several key awards. Another very popular show is hosted on NDTV 24x7 called The Big Fight hosted by Vikram Chandra
(the show was earlier hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai
, who quit NDTV in 2005 to start CNN-IBN). The Car & Bike Show
with Siddharth Vinayak Patankar is also a very avidly watched and followed programme.
Gadget Guru, on the other hand, is one of the first and most popular gadget shows on Indian Television hosted by Rajiv Makhni and[sometimes with] Vikram Chandra.
In October 2007, the channel started a new series - Documentary 24x7 that features path-breaking documentaries that explore contemporary issues.
at the expense of neutrality. It is known to have a political bias and a soft corner towards the Indian National Congress
and being biased against the Bharatiya Janata Party
.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
that carries news and current affairs in India, it is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd
NDTV
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 24x7 won the Asian Television Award
Asian Television Awards
The Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV...
for Best News Programme in 2005.
It's often regarded as the best news channel in India. Content either in web and in air mostly focuses issues and caters the need of emerging number of English language known upper-middle and middle class Indians, who are in the band of surging consumerism.
NDTV 24x7 is home to a team of award winning journalists who spearhead the news campaign, including Dr. Prannoy Roy
Prannoy Roy
Prannoy L Roy, Ph.D is an Indian journalist and media journalist. He is the founder and Executive Chairperson of New Delhi Television .-Early life:...
, Vikram A Chandra
Vikram A Chandra
Vikram Chandra is the CEO of NDTV Group and is an anchor for the Big Fight, Gadget Guru, and the Nine o'clock news.-Career:Vikram Chandra has about 19 years of experience in Television Journalism...
and Barkha Dutt
Barkha Dutt
Barkha Dutt is an Indian TV journalist and columnist. She is currently the Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television.Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian...
.
NDTV 24x7 is also available outside of India, broadcasting in the UK
United Kingdom
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on the Sky platform, in the U.S.
United States
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on the DirecTV platform, in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on the ATN platform, in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on the Vision Asia platform, in Europe
Europe
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on the WorldTV platform, and in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
on the mio TV
Mio TV
mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel. It is transmitted through the company's SingNet broadband network via an IPTV service and uses Microsoft Mediaroom as its end to end software platform. It is a service that will allow multimedia content - including broadcast channels and...
platform.
The channel is noted for its coverage of the Kashmir conflict
Kashmir conflict
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region, the northwesternmost region of South Asia....
, Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
The Naxalite-Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups, known as Naxalites or Naxals, and the Indian government.In 2006 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the Naxalites "The single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country."...
and rural poverty in India
Poverty in India
Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41.6% of the total Indian population falls below the international poverty line of 1.25 a day...
.
Programming
The news channel also has many other extra-news programmes like The Big Fight and We the People, which are highly popular. The channel continues to produce original content such as documentaries and special reports. The channel airs one of India's most successful opinion-based shows: We the People with Barkha DuttBarkha Dutt
Barkha Dutt is an Indian TV journalist and columnist. She is currently the Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television.Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian...
. The show has received critical acclaim and has won several key awards. Another very popular show is hosted on NDTV 24x7 called The Big Fight hosted by Vikram Chandra
Vikram A Chandra
Vikram Chandra is the CEO of NDTV Group and is an anchor for the Big Fight, Gadget Guru, and the Nine o'clock news.-Career:Vikram Chandra has about 19 years of experience in Television Journalism...
(the show was earlier hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai is an Indian journalist, political commentator and news presenter. Sardesai is the Editor-in-Chief of IBN18 Network, that includes CNN-IBN, IBN-7 and IBN-Lokmat.- Biography :...
, who quit NDTV in 2005 to start CNN-IBN). The Car & Bike Show
The Car & Bike Show
The Car & Bike Show is an automobile programme in India. It has been the most watched show in its genre and has pioneer status since inception...
with Siddharth Vinayak Patankar is also a very avidly watched and followed programme.
Gadget Guru, on the other hand, is one of the first and most popular gadget shows on Indian Television hosted by Rajiv Makhni and[sometimes with] Vikram Chandra.
In October 2007, the channel started a new series - Documentary 24x7 that features path-breaking documentaries that explore contemporary issues.
Criticism
Many critics and politicians have accused the channel of having a bias towards the political leftLeft-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
at the expense of neutrality. It is known to have a political bias and a soft corner towards the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
and being biased against the Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
.
Awards
- Best English News Channel of Asia in 2005 at the Asian Television Awards.
- Best English News Channel in 2005 at the Indian Television Academy Awards
- Best English News Channel in 2006 at the Indian Television Academy Awards
Competitors
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