.svg)
Aaj Tak
| File:AT-New-Logo-800x600.png | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India and international |
| Slogan | सबसे तेज़ (Hindi) Sabse tez (ISO) transl. 'Fastest of all' |
| Headquarters | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, news portal)
16:9 (2160p 4KTV, news portal) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Living Media |
| Key people | Shteesh Bhadauriya (CMD) |
| Sister channels | India Today Tez Dilli Aaj Tak |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 December 2000 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Asianet Digital (India) | Channel 523 |
| Siti Cable (India) | Channel 304 |
| Satellite | |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 508(HD), Channel 509 |
| Dish TV (India) | Channel 655 |
| Reliance Digital TV (India) | Channel 406 |
| Sun Direct (India) | Channel 572 |
| d2h (India) | Channel 303 |
| Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 313, Channel 314 (HD) |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 706 |
| Hathway Digital TV (India) | Channel 205[1] |
| Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 703 |
| Sky (UK only)[2] | Channel 710 |
| Streaming media | |
| Windows 10 | Watch Live |
| TVPlayer | Watch live |
| Aaj tak Online | Watch Live |
| Aaj Tak Live | Watch Live |
Aaj Tak (transl. Till date) is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by Living Media group. It is one of the oldest Hindi news channels in India. Aaj Tak is the most watched Hindi news channel in India.[3]
A channel rebranding took place in January 2021.[4]
History[edit]
Aaj Tak was first broadcast on DD Metro of Doordarshan (DD) in the year 1995. This night was then broadcast as a news program of 10 to 20 minutes. Aaj Tak came into existence in December 1999 as an independent news channel and then it became the first complete Hindi news channel in the country to be broadcast twenty four hours. By the time the channel came into existence, it had a reach of 52 lakh households and since then it has become the channel to broadcast in 3 crore households and its viewership in news channels is 55%. [5]
Associated journalists[edit]
- Aroon Purie, Chairman, India Today Group
- Rajdeep Sardesai - Consulting Editor India Today Group
- Anjana Om Kashyap - Executive Editor
- Sweta Singh - Executive Editor
- Chitra Tripathi - Deputy Editor
Controversies[edit]
In November 2015, a video came online showing an Aaj Tak reporter bribing a kid with money to purchase liquor in order to convince him to give a negative statement against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, for which the channel received condemnation.[6][7]
"Fake news"[edit]
Aaj Tak was fined ₹ 1 lakh and asked to broadcast apologies for fake news regarding Sushant Singh Rajput. The channel published fabricated last tweets by the actor on the channel, claiming that they were made by him a few days before his death and then deleted. Aaj Tak later removed its article with this fake news published in it.[8]
Viewership malpractice[edit]
Aaj Tak fined ₹ 5 lakh by BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) for viewership manipulation [9]
Accolades[edit]
According to a 2006 poll jointly conducted by the BBC and Reuters, of specific news sources spontaneously mentioned by Indians, Aaj Tak was the most trusted.[10]
Aaj Tak HD[edit]
On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched their first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD, on TATA Sky Channel 508 owned by Living Media Group.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ DISH International TV Channels (Hindi)
- ↑ List of line-up changes on Sky (UK and Ireland) in 2020 - TVCL - TV Channel Lists
- ↑ "Most-Watched Hindi News Channel". datawrapper.dwcdn.net. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ # (21 January 2021). "Aaj Tak refreshes brand with new look for 20th anniversary". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "IndiaToday Group". www.indiatodaygroup.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ↑ "Exposed Aaj Tak journalist tutoring a poor child to give a bite against the government". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Everyone furious at Aaj Tak after this leaked video".
- ↑ "Aaj tak fined over fake news on SSR". new indian express. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "Aaj tak fined for viewership manipulation". bar and bench. bar and bench. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll: Trust in the Media (pg. 13)
External links[edit]
{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}
 | This article about mass media in India is a stub. You can help Bharatpedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a television station is a stub. You can help Bharatpedia by expanding it. |
  |
- 24-hour television news channels in India
- India Today Group
- Hindi-language television channels in India
- Hindi-language television stations
- Television channels and stations established in 1999
- Mass media in Mumbai
- Mass media companies of India
- 1999 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
- Mass media in India stubs
- Television station stubs