NDTV 24x7

NDTV 24x7
NDTV 24x7
Launched	2003
Owned by	NDTV Ltd.
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan	"Fight for Change. You've Got a Friend."
Country	India
Language	English
Broadcast area	India and International
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Sister channel(s)	NDTV India NDTV Profit NDTV Hindu
Website	NDTV.com
Availability
Satellite
Vision Asia (Australia)	Channel ???
World TV Europe (Europe)	Channel 16
Airtel digital TV (India)	Channel 301
Dish TV (India)	Channel 603
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 532
Sky (UK)	Channel 511
DirecTV (USA)	Channel 2007
IPTV
mio TV (Singapore)	Channel 48

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 it's coverage of the Kashmir conflict, Naxalite-Maoist insurgency and rural poverty in India.

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 Dutt. 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.

Criticism

Many critics and politicians have accused the channel of having a bias towards the political left 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.

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 ^[1]
• Best English News Channel in 2006 at the Indian Television Academy Awards ^[1]

See also

• NDTV India
• NDTV Profit
• ATN NDTV 24x7

Competitors

• CNN-IBN
• Times Now
• Headlines Today
• ET Now
• CNBC-TV18
• Zee Business
• CNBC Awaaz
• Bloomberg UTV
• NDTV Profit
• NewsX

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Television Awards : NDTV Sweeps the Television Awards of 2006 Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA), 2006 Barkha Dutt was awarded the 'Best Anchor Award - Talk Show' article is related to Television Awards, NDTV, Indian Telly Awards, Best Anchor Award - Talk Show, Best Lifestyle Show, Indian Television". Cinechance.com. 2006-11-26. http://www.cinechance.com/a/Television-Awards.html. Retrieved 2011-10-22. 

External links

• Official website (Mobile)
• A slew of special documentaries only on NDTV 24x7
• NDTV 24x7 on Twitter
• NDTV 24x7 on Facebook