List of top 5 news channels in India

  List of top 5 news channels in India

So let us discover some of the top news channels in India.

1. Times Now

 

Number one on the list of top five   news channel in India is The Times Group. The group owns and works The Times Now, an English language news channel. The channel debuted the on January 23, 2006, in collaboration with Reuters. It is a paid television service obtainable across India. It was India's chief and most-watched English news channel till 2016. Since year 2016, when Arnab Goswami (the previous editor-in-chief) exited the channel, it has consistently ranked the 2nd most viewed English news channel in India, trailing only the Goswami-edited Republic TV, with the provison that the latter has larger terrestrial coverage.

Over the years this channel has enjoyed enormous success because of  its hardwork and efforts.

Times Now, such as other Times Group channels (Zoom, ET Now, and Movies Now), is broadcast by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL), a cumulative effort among  The Times Group and cable and satellite industry expert Yogesh Radhakrishnan, under label Prime Connect.

However, the channel has several controversies and many law suits against it.

2. ABP Network Pvt Ltd (ABP)

 

Number 2 on the list of top 5 news channel in India is ABP Network Pvt Ltd (ABP). It was founded in 1998. Its headquarters are situated in Noida, India. In the India, the ABP Network is incredibly famous. In different languages, the news channel provides news, entertainment, and digital content.  

ABP News is a Hindi news network in India operate by the ABP Group. It is a free-to-air television station that debuted in year 1998. Prior to getting bought by ABP Group, it was called as STAR News. ABP Live is an English news platform in the India run by ABP Network. This channel is even obtainable to View on YouTube under the title ABP News. This channel has been enjoying success since a long time because of  its crisp and authentic news presented by different anchors in the most refined way.

3. India Today

 

Next on the list of top 5 news channel in India is India Today. This is a 24x7 television channel headquartered in the Noida, Uttar Pradesh, that broadcasts news, current events, and business programmes throughout India. It is the English language channel. TV Today Network Ltd, a branch of Living Media, owns the channel. The station debuted in year 2003 as a sister channel to the Hindi media outlet Aaj Tak. This is among  the 4 news stations owned by the TV Today Network, along with other channels such as Aaj Tak, Tez, and Delhi Aaj Tak(this has been closed in 2020). Alok Verma was hired as Executive Producer to support TV Today Group effectively make its debut into the English news channel market. In the September 2015, media viewers reported the station for unethical exploitation of recordings and sexist material.

4. Aaj tak

 

Next on the list of top 5 news channel in the India is Aaj Tak. It is a famous Indian channel. It is a famous Hindi-language news channel operated by TV Today Network, a division of the New Delhi-based Living Media company. It is one of India's too soon Hindi news stations. Aaj Tak is India's most famous Hindi news station, also  the most followed Indian news channel on YouTube. Aaj Tak 1st aired on Door darshan's DD Metro channel in the year 1995. This was later aired as a ten - to twenty -minute news program  . This channel began as an individualistic news channel in December 1999, and it finally  became the nation's earliest 24X7 news channel in the Hindi language. Surendra Pratap Singh was one of the presenters at the moment.

Aaj Tak's tagline was "Yeh thi news aaj tak, Intzar kijiye kal tak" which was translated in english as  That's all for today; stay tuned for more tomorrow. Aaj Tak was country's initial news channel to deploy OB vans.

5. CNN News 18

It is a Contemporary Indian news television channel situated in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, initiated by Raghav Bahl. Network 18 and Warner Media resently own it. CNN supplies the station with international coverage, whereas Indian Broadcasting Network focuses on the Indian and local news. Reliance Industries declared  the acquisition of Network18 in May 2014. The transaction was billed as "the biggest-ever deal in the Indian media market." Reliance Industries always had an indirect ownership of the TV18 network because of  investments it made in Network18 beginning in January 2012.

CNN International only affected India's urban elite. To reach the Indian public, Time Warner established CNN-IBN on the December 18, 2005, in collaboration with a Local company, Global Broadcast News (now TV18 Broadcast Limited). The station was wholly owned and operated by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only used the Cable News Network (CNN) famous brand title.