Raj News is a Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 news television channel. The channel focuses exclusively on news, events, and culture of the Telangana

Telangana

Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...

 region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. Its slogan is Telangana Gunde Chappudu, meaning The pulse of Telangana. The channel also has Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 news bulletins in some evening slots.

History

Airtel digital TV

Airtel digital TV

Airtel digital TV is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel. Its satellite service, launched on 2008, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. It uses MPEG-4 digital compression with DVB-S2 technology, transmitting...

, Tata Sky

Tata Sky

TATA Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT 4A at 83.0°E....

, Reliance Big Tv, Sun Direct DTH

Sun Direct DTH

Sun Direct is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider. Its satellite service, launched on 2005, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. Sun Direct uses MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting on INSAT 4B at 93.5°E. and MEASAT-3 at 91.5°E...

, and DishTV. The channel's live video feed is also streamed on its website, and is freely accessible from various online TV streaming websites.

The channel was launched as collaboration of Raj Network and TRS in 2010. Later in April 2011 TRS launched it own T News

T News

T News is a Telugu news television channel. The channel focuses exclusively on news, events, and culture of the Telangana region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The channel brings up history,self respect of Telangana. Its slogan is Telangana Gunde Chappudu, meaning The pulse of Telangana...

 channel. Now the channel is managed solely by Raj Network.

TAM Viewership Lead

As of August 2010, Raj News displaced TV9

TV9 (Telugu)

TV9 is a Telugu news channel started in January 2004 by a team of journalists led by Ravi PrakashIt gained instant popularity among the masses with the punchline "మెరుగైన సమాజం కొసం". Currently it is no 1 telugu news channel in India...

as the most-watched Telugu news channel in Hyderabad, according to Television Audience Measurement (TAM) research, a set of data widely followed by advertisers to plan their allotments.

External links

• Official site