India Today (TV channel)

India Today (formerly Headlines Today) is a 24-hour English language television network based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by TV Today Network Ltd, which is a part of Living Media.

India Today
India Today logo
Launched7 April 2003 (2003-04-07)
Owned byLiving Media
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
HDTV (1080p/720p 16:9)
Audience share1934 (July 2020, BARC India)
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Formerly calledHeadlines Today
Sister channel(s)Aaj Tak, Tez, Aaj Tak HD
Websitewww.indiatoday.in
Availability
Satellite
Airtel Digital TV (India)Channel 372
Reliance Digital TV (India)Channel 455
Sun Direct (India)Channel 557
Tata Sky (India)Channel 609
Videocon d2h (India)Channel 357
Dish TV (India)Channel 763
Cable
Asianet Digital (India)Channel 424
Siti Cable (India)Channel 429
Streaming media
India Today LiveWatch Live

History

The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi Aaj Tak news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being Aaj Tak, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak.[2] was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.[3][4] Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015[5] and sexist content.[6]

Associated journalists

Anchors include Preeti Choudhry, Akshita Nandagopal, Nabila Jamal, Sushant Mehta, Shiv Aroor, Gaurav Sawant, Chaiti Narula, Ankit Tyagi, Pooja Shali.

Awards
  • Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards 2015[7]
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See also

References
  1. "India Today Group". India Today Group. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. "Alok Verma to head TV Today spl. projects". 8 November 2004.
  3. "Aaj Tak English channel may launch in 10 days". Indian Television. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. "TV Today's Delhi Aaj Tak likely to launch mid-May". Indian Television. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. "Unethical use of unrelated videos".
  6. "India Today's offensive video".
  7. "TV Today Network wins big at ENBA 2015". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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