page_title: NDTV
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: NDTV / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Shehla Rashid being interviewed by NDTV during the Yuva Hunkar Rally at Parliament Street, New Delhi, India.
context_page_description: New Delhi Television Limited is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist. NDTV started off as a content provider for Doordarshan, producing the show The World This Week in November 1988. In 1998 NDTV started its own 24X7 news channel with STAR and later shifted to its own venture in 2003, launching both the English and Hindi versions of the channel. NDTV's slogan is "Experience. Truth First".
  As of June 2019, New Delhi Television. Securities and Exchange Board of India barred Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy from accessing the securities market for 2 years after an investigation revealed that they concealed material info from shareholders regarding loan agreements and hence, they cannot hold management positions in NDTV board. In August 2019, its CEO Suparna Singh resigned after CBI booked promoters for alleged FDI norms violation.
context_section_description: NDTV started out as a content provider company for the public broadcaster Doordarshan. It started off in November 1988 by producing the 30 minute weekly news show The World This Week for Doordarshan. In 1989, NDTV created India's first live coverage and analysis of the general elections. In 1995 NDTV produced a national news show, "Tonight", which was telecast on Doordarshan.
  In 1998 NDTV started India's first 24x7 news show in collaboration with Rupert Murdoch's STAR News Channel. Interestingly, during the initial years there was always a delay of 10 minutes which later shifted to five minutes between telecast and production of live news due to government restrictions. In 1999, NDTV launched its website.
caption: Shehla Rashid being interviewed by NDTV during the Yuva Hunkar Rally at Parliament Street, New Delhi, India.
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