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India Today
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| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India and Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) HDTV (1080p/720p 16:9) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Living Media |
| Sister channels | Aaj Tak, Tez, Aaj Tak HD |
| History | |
| Launched | 7 April 2003 |
| Former names | Headlines Today |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Watch Live | |
India Today (formerly Headlines Today) is a 24-hour English language television network based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by TV Today Network Ltd, which is a part of Living Media.
History
The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi Aaj Tak news channel. It is one of the four news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being Aaj Tak, Tez and Delhi Aaj Tak.[2] was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.[3][4] Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015[5] and sexist content.[6]
Controversies
Fake TRP Scandal
India Today named in FIR filed by Mumbai police in Fake TRP Ratings Scandal.[7]
Viewership Manipulation
India Today was fined Rupees 5 Lakh, for Viewership Manipulation, by BARC.[8] India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice[9]
Fake News
India Today's sister channel, Aaj Tak, a Hindi news channel was fined Rupees 1 Lakh by NSBA (News broadcasting standards authority) for fake news on Sushant Singh Rajput case. [10]
Awards
- Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards 2015[11]
References
- ↑ "India Today Group". India Today Group. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ↑ "Alok Verma to head TV Today spl. projects". 8 November 2004.
- ↑ "Aaj Tak English channel may launch in 10 days". Indian Television. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ↑ "TV Today's Delhi Aaj Tak likely to launch mid-May". Indian Television. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ↑ "Unethical use of unrelated videos".
- ↑ "India Today's offensive video".
- ↑ "India Today named in Fake TRP Scandal- Source- Times Now". Times Now. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- newstracklive". newstracklive. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- India today". India Today. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "Aaj Tak fined for Fake News". Yahoo news. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "TV Today Network wins big at ENBA 2015". Retrieved 3 April 2017.