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New Delhi Television

Language: Hindi and English

Estimated Reach: 37 million per week

Main output: TV including 24 hour channel (international) and digital output controlled by NDTV Convergence.

New Delhi Television LTD was founded in 1988 and introduced India’s first 24hr news tv channel. It now asserts itself as 'primarily an internet company'. NDTV has a team of around 500 journalists and producers based throughout the country. The English language channel is also available in UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and many others.

NDTV claim to be 'the most watched, credible and respected news network in India and a leader in Internet'.

The company has two subsidiaries, NDTV Convergence (which owns the website/digital) and NDTV Worldwide which offers consultancy on setting up media organisations in emerging markets.

Disinformation reporting

Has a daily programme called 'Reality Check' hosted Sreenivasan Jain, which appears to take a fact checking approach. Lots of content around access to vaccines, with much of the content trying to hold government and key figures to account.

The Indian Government has a fact checking unit (PIB) and fact checking of it is common in output. Current branding on NDTV 24x7 uses the slogan 'Journalism of truth'.