Between 19, NDTV was in an exclusive agreement with Star India to produce all of its news segments. NDTV launched itself as the first national 24×7 English news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998. Nothing that NDTV produced was allowed to air without the approval of the ruling Congress regime and its stooges at Doordarshan. What did this mean? NDTV would produce news content, segments and reports which would be aired nationally by state broadcaster Doordarshan. Prannoy Roy and his wife, Radhika Roy decided to launch New Delhi Television (NDTV), as a contractor for Doordarshan. Up until then, only Doordarshan was allowed the production of news content. A suave and polished couple hailing from Kolkata decided to challenge the state’s monopoly over the news industry.
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