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New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication.
The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching the first 24×7 news channel and the first lifestyle channel in the country. It owns and operates the broadcast news channels of NDTV India and NDTV 24×7. The two channels of the company have received 32 Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.
NDTV was founded in 1984, by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy, a husband and wife duo from the city of Kolkata. It began as a production house for news segments, contracted by the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite channels when television broadcasting was a state monopoly, and transitioned into the first independent news network in India. The company launched the first 24×7 news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998.