Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak (transl. Till date is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by Living Media Group. It is one of the oldest Hindi news channels in India. On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched their first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD.
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Launched | 31 December 2000 |
Network | Broadcast television and online |
Owned by | Living Media |
Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, news portal)
16:9 (2160p 4KTV, news portal) |
Audience share | 2,14,961 (July 2020, BARC India) |
Slogan | सबसे तेज़ (Hindi) Sabse tez (ISO) transl. 'Fastest of all' |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Broadcast area | India and international |
Headquarters | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Sister channel(s) | India Today Tez Dilli Aaj Tak |
Website | aajtak |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Tata Sky (India) | Channel 509 Channel 508 (HD) |
Dish TV (India) | Channel 655 |
Reliance Digital TV (India) | Channel 406 |
Sun Direct (India) | Channel 572 |
Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 303 |
Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 313 Channel 314 (HD) |
Dish Network (USA) | Channel 706 |
Hathway Digital TV (India) | Channel 205[1] |
Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 703 |
Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 710 |
Cable | |
Asianet Digital (India) | Channel 523 |
Siti Cable (India) | Channel 304 |
Streaming media | |
Windows 10 | Watch Live |
TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Aaj Tak Online | Watch Live |
Aaj Takk Live | Watch Live |
Associated journalists
- Aroon Purie, Chairman, India Today Group
- Rajdeep Sardesai - Consulting Editor India Today Group
- Anjana Om Kashyap - Executive Editor
- Sweta Singh - Executive Editor
- Rohit Sardana - Executive Editor
Controversies
In November 2015, a video came online showing an Aaj Tak reporter bribing a kid with money to purchase liquor in order to convince him to give a negative statement against a Bharatiya Janta Party [BJP] leader, for which the channel received condemnation.[2][3]
Accolades
According to a 2006 poll jointly conducted by the BBC and Reuters, of specific news sources spontaneously mentioned by Indians, Aaj Tak was the most trusted.[4]
Aaj Tak HD
On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched their first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD, on TATA Sky Channel 508 owned by Living Media Group.
See also
- Living Media
- India Today Television
- Tez tv