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This flagship channel from the NDTV news network is India’s most watched English News channel.
Winner of numerous awards, including the Asian Television Award for Best News Channel, NDTV 24X7 is home to the finest journalists and TV production team across the country.
It also beams its cutting-edge programming beyond Indian shores, broadcasting in the UK on the Sky Digital platform, in the U.S. on the Direct TV 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 Singtel platform. |
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| The Key Shows |
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We The People – This powerful opinion-based show, hosted by Barkha Dutt, puts eminent panelists at the mercy of an enquiring public, throwing the floor open for discussions on the issues affecting the country and its people and ensuring that the average citizen has his or her say. |
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The Big Fight – Hosted by Vikram Chandra, the show pits those on opposite sides of an issue against each other in a lively and often heated debate. What emerges from the sometimes controversial opinions is a thorough 360° view of the key national or global issue at hand. |
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India 60: Verdict – NDTV’s flagship news programme, India 60 Minutes, is complemented by this special debate segment on the major controversy of the day. Designed to be interactive, it lets viewers have the final word on the big issue in that day’s news, be it from politics, sports, entertainment or business. |
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Bombay Talkies – Sreenivasan Jain takes a walk with Mumbai’s renowned personalities, through an area that is especially significant to him or her. The freewheeling chat format of the show touches upon a range of issues, showcasing new facets of their persona. The show has featured people from all walks of life, including the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Thackeray, Nusli Wadia, Shatrughan Sinha and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. |
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Walk the Talk – One of the flagship programmes of NDTV 24X7, it is a technical first in the Indian television industry, being the only programme in the country to be shot in one take. For four years and with over two hundred episodes, Indian Express Editor-in-Chief, Shekhar Gupta, has travelled and questioned every eminent national personality at a place of special relevance to the guest. Amongst the stellar guests the show has had, were all three of India’s recent Nobel Prize winners – Dr. Amartya Sen, VS Naipul and the Dalai Lama. |
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| Key Personnel & Anchors |
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Barkha Dutt – The face of fearless journalism, Barkha Dutt, Group Editor-English News, excels in news reportage and incisive analysis. She is renowned for her intrepid work in conflict reporting from Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. The winner of over 20 national and international awards, Barkha has been conferred with the Padma Shri for Journalism in 2008. She steadfastly follows her own mind, forging ahead with the credo: “Be willing to be unpopular as it makes your reporting more honest.” |
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Vikram Chandra – Vikram has been associated with NDTV since 1994 and is one of India's best known anchorpersons. He presents ‘The Big Fight’, which has long been one of India's top rated news and current affairs programmes and ‘Gadget Guru’ along with several other special shows. Previously, Vikram was the Managing Editor of NDTV Profit. As a special correspondent, he has extensively covered the Siachen & Kargil wars, and the conflict in Kashmir. Vikram has been named "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos and won the Indian Television Academy Award 2008 for "Best Anchor for a Talk Show" amongst other coveted recognitions. |
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Sonia Verma Singh – Senior Managing Editor, Sonia Singh is an NDTV veteran and has been with the company for 16 years. As an anchor of the popular show ‘Verdict’ and the 9 ‘o’ clock news, she has won both critical and viewer acclaim for her work. Conferred by FICCI with the ‘Young Leader Award’, Sonia has interviewed country’s top politicians, bureaucrats and stars. Sonia Singh has successfully anchored and editorially managed news ranging from three different governments at the centre, to the Kandahar hijack, Sonia Gandhi appointing Manmohan Singh as India's Prime Minister, the Gujarat riots and many other pivotal stories. |
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Sreenivasan Jain – Managing Editor of NDTV 24x7 and host of popular show ‘Bombay Talkies’ Sreenivasan Jain is based in Mumbai and has been associated with NDTV since 1995. Reporting on virtually every major national and international story, Sreenivasan specializes in reportage on terrorism, investigations and national politics. With a body of work varying from covering every major National and State Election in India, the Afghanistan war, the Sri Lanka conflict, and the 2000 Presidential Elections in the US, he has won national and international recognition for shows like ‘Witness’. |
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Sonali Chander – Sports Editor and Anchor, Sonali has been with NDTV for more than a decade. She has repeatedly bagged top honours at television awards shows and is especially beloved by critics and viewers for her work on ‘Cricket Controversies’. Having inherited her father’s passion for sports, Sonali has made cricket coverage as exciting as the game itself. |
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Nidhi Razdan – Senior Special Correspondent and anchor of the popular current affairs shows, ‘Left, Right and Centre’ and ‘India This Week’, she has made a name for herself covering some of the most challenging issues – the Gujarat earthquake, insurgency in Kashmir, the London bombing and the nuke deal amongst others. She also has to her credit many heart wrenching documentaries on Iran. |
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Vishnu Som – Associate Editor and Senior Anchor NDTV and with more than 7000 hours of live broadcast experience, Vishnu has anchored through some of the biggest breaking news stories in the world. As a journalist, he has closely covered the Afghanistan, Iraq and Kargil wars and the Siachen conflict. He has fearlessly reported during the Tsunami, the Gujarat earthquake and this year's floods in Bihar. A documentary film producer, Vishnu has received an Indian Television Academy Award for best min-series in 2008. Vishnu has also been conferred with UN Fellowship for Young Journalists from Developing Countries. |
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Anchoring Success
NDTV was the brainchild of its Chairman, Prannoy Roy, and Managing Director, Radhika Roy. Prannoy Roy brought a country to the edge of its seat with his innate knack of translating the complicated facts of election politics and... |
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From the Reel to the Real
Commercial and critical success aside, what the corporation is most proud of is how its work works in the real world. Using its powerful reach to campaign for and with the people of India. |
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Prime Time
NDTV has come a long way since that half hour Friday prime time nugget, achieving the rare double gold-standard of being not only a commercially successful infotainment network in the country, but also the most reputed…. |
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Pioneering News
On a November night in 1988, India turned on its TV to what would become a tube-changing phenomenon. NDTV’s first show, “The World this Week” opened country’s eyes to the world in a way it had never seen before… |
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Beyond News
Commercial and critical success aside, what the corporation is most proud of is how its work works in the real world. Using its powerful reach to campaign for and with the people of India. |
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Beyond TV
Leveraging its broadcasting and programming excellence, NDTV has set-up NDTV Convergence (Digital Media), NGEN (Media Process Outsourcing) and NDTV Labs (Media Software &Technology)……. |
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