NTV (India)

NTV

Country	India
Headquarters	Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Programming
Language(s)	Telugu
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Parent	Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL)
Key people	Tummala Narendra Choudary (Chairman) Tummala Rama Devi (Managing Director)
Sister channels	Bhakti TV Vanitha TV
History
Launched	30 August 2007
Founder	Tummala Narendra Choudary
Links
Website	NTVTelugu.com

NTV is an Indian Telugu-language news channel established by Tummala Narendra Choudary on 30 August 2007.^[1][2][3] The channel is named after the founder Narendra Choudary who also serves as its Chairman while his wife Tummala Rama Devi is the Managing Director.^[4] NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL).^[5][6][7] RTPL also owns the devotional channel Bhakthi TV^[5] and women-focused channel Vanitha TV.^[6]

As per Media Ownership Monitor 2018, Narendra Choudary and family own 66.2% of RTPL, while P. P. Reddy, the founder and chairman of Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) owns 22.8% of the company, and Jupally Rameswar Rao, chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.^[6][8]

History

NTV was launched by Tummala Narendra Choudary as a 24x7 Telugu-language news channel on 30 August 2007.^[2][3] The tagline of the channel is Prathi Kshaṇam Praja Hitham.^[9] The channel became popular for the accurate estimation of election results.^[2]

Ownership

NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL).^[6] Rachana also owns devotional channel Bhakthi TV and women-focused channel Vanitha TV.^[7] RTPL was incorporated in 2006.^[6] The company management (Narendra Choudary and family) also has interests in publishing (Rachana Publishers Private Limited), Infrastructure Development (Sri Rachana Infra Developers, and Sunshine Infraholdings), etc.^[6][7]

Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL) held 26% of the shareholding in RTPL in 2012-13 and 24% in 2013-14. The promoter, Narendra Choudary, held 69% in 2012-13 and 68% in 2013-14.^[7]

As per Media Ownership Monitor 2018, Narendra Choudary and family own 66.2% of RTPL, while P. P. Reddy, the founder and chairman of Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) owns 22.8% of the company, and Jupally Rameswar Rao, chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.^[6][8]

Availability

The channel's live video feed is also streamed on its website NTVTelugu.com and YouTube.

References

1. "NTV and Bhakti TV launched today". Idlebrain.com. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
2. Singh, Dr Paramveer (5 August 2021). Indian Silver Screen. K.K. Publications. p. 302.
3. Business World. Vol. 26. Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited. 2007. p. 17.
4. "Tummala Narendra Choudary & Family". Media Ownership Monitor. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
5. "The battle for eyeballs". The Times of India. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
6. "Rachana Television (RTPL)". Media Ownership Monitor. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
7. Shaw, Padmaja (13 April 2017). "Who wants to own Telugu news channels?". The Hoot. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
8. Chatterjee, Mohua; U, Sudhakar Reddy (24 August 2018). "Tycoons with political links taking over news channels in Andhra, Telangana". Times of India. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
9. "About us - NTV Telugu". NTV. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links

• Official website