NTV (India)

NTV
CountryIndia
HeadquartersJubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Programming
Language(s)Telugu
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
ParentRachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL)
Key peopleTummala Narendra Choudary (Chairman)
Tummala Rama Devi (Managing Director)
Sister channelsBhakti TV
Vanitha TV
History
Launched30 August 2007
FounderTummala Narendra Choudary
Links
WebsiteNTVTelugu.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]

  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. ^ a b "The battle for eyeballs". The Times of India. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.