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| {{short description|Indian Telugu-language news channel}}
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| {{Infobox television channel
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| | name = NTV
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| | logo = Ntv_India_official_logo.png
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| | founder = [[Narendra Choudary|Tummala Narendra Choudary]]
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| | launch_date = 30 August 2007
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| | country = [[India]]
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| | sister_channels = [[Bhakti TV]]<br/>Vanitha TV
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| | picture_format = [[4:3]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]])
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| | parent = Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL)
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| | key_people = Tummala Narendra Choudary {{small|(Chairman)}}<br/>Tummala Rama Devi {{small|(Managing Director)}}
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| | headquarters = [[Jubilee Hills]], [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]
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| | website = {{URL|http://www.ntvtelugu.com/|NTVTelugu.com}}
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| | language = Telugu
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| '''NTV''' is an Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[news channel]] established by [[Narendra Choudary|Tummala Narendra Choudary]] on 30 August 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 August 2007 |title=NTV and Bhakti TV launched today |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/ntv-launch.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Dr Paramveer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ncg7EAAAQBAJ |title=Indian Silver Screen |date=2021-08-05 |publisher=K.K. Publications |pages=302 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6JaAAAAYAAJ&q=NTV |title=Business World |date=2007 |publisher=Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited |volume=26 |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tummala Narendra Choudary & Family |url=http://india.mom-gmr.org/en/owners/individual-owners/detail/owner/owner/show/tummala-narendra-choudary-family/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Media Ownership Monitor |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=NTV Ranked No. 1 In Ratings, Chairman Tummala Narendra Chowdary Congratulates Employees |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/business-spotlight/ntv-ranked-no-1-in-ratings-chairman-tummala-narendra-chowdary-congratulates-employees-news-187862 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}</ref> NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=12 August 2008 |title=The battle for eyeballs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/the-battle-for-eyeballs/articleshow/3353928.cms |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Padmaja |date=13 April 2017 |title=Who wants to own Telugu news channels? |url=http://asu.thehoot.org/story_popup/who-wants-to-own-telugu-news-channels-10046 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=The Hoot}}</ref> RTPL also owns the devotional channel [[Bhakthi TV]]<ref name=":3" /> and women-focused channel Vanitha TV.<ref name=":2" />
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| 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 [[Rameswar Rao Jupally|Jupally Rameswar Rao]], chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":02">{{cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Mohua |last2=U |first2=Sudhakar Reddy |date=24 August 2018 |title=Tycoons with political links taking over news channels in Andhra, Telangana |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tycoons-with-political-links-taking-over-news-channels-in-andhra-telangana/articleshow/65523152.cms |access-date=2018-09-16 |publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| NTV was launched by [[Narendra Choudary|Tummala Narendra Choudary]] as a 24x7 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[news channel]] on 30 August 2007.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The tagline of the channel is ''Prathi Kshaṇam Praja Hitham.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us - NTV Telugu |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/about-us |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=NTV}}</ref> The channel became popular for the accurate estimation of election results.<ref name=":0" /> NTV has topped the Telugu news channels ratings published by [[Broadcast Audience Research Council]] for 14 weeks in 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 25, 2022 |title=NTV topped BARC ratings: Narendra Chowdary reveals the success formula |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/impact-feature/story/ntv-topped-barc-ratings-narendra-chowdary-reveals-the-success-formula-1929475-2022-03-25 |magazine=India Today |language=en |access-date=2022-03-28}}</ref>
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| == Ownership ==
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| NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL).<ref name=":2" /> Rachana also owns devotional channel [[Bhakthi TV]] and women-focused channel Vanitha TV.<ref name=":4" /> RTPL was incorporated in 2006.<ref name=":2" /> 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.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />
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| 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.<ref name=":4" />
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| 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 [[Rameswar Rao Jupally|Jupally Rameswar Rao]], chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Rachana Television (RTPL) |url=http://india.mom-gmr.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/rachana-television-rtpl/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Media Ownership Monitor |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02" />
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| == Availability ==
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| The channel's live video feed is also streamed on its website NTVTelugu.com and [[YouTube]].
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| * {{Official website|ntvtelugu.com}}
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| {{Television news in India}}
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| {{Telugu Language Television}}
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| [[Category:Religious television channels in India]]
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| [[Category:Telugu-language television channels]]
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| [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2007]]
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| [[Category:Television stations in Hyderabad]]
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