TV channels India

Indian television is one of the world's most crowded news markets, with round-the-clock newsrooms in a dozen languages - alongside the Doordarshan public network, business channels and a deep bench of religious broadcasting.

Public Broadcasting: Doordarshan and Parliament

Doordarshan National is the country's flagship public channel, and the DD family is well represented: DD News for national coverage, DD India for the international service, DD Kisan devoted to agriculture, farming techniques and rural India, and DD Urdu for Urdu programming. Sansad TV is the channel of the Indian Parliament, carrying the work of the legislature.

National English-Language News

India's famous prime-time debate culture lives here. India Today is the English news channel of the India Today Group, Times Now built its name on news, debates and analysis, NDTV 24x7 is one of the country's pioneering English news services, and CNN News18 broadcasts national and world news from Noida. Republic World is the free-to-air English channel of the Republic network, and WION News English - World Is One News - carries global news for an international audience.

Hindi News

Aaj Tak is the flagship Hindi news channel of the India Today Group and one of the most-watched in the country. It is joined by India TV News, TV9 Bharatvarsh of the TV9 network, News Nation TV and the regional India News Haryana.

Business News

Market coverage has its own trio: CNBC TV18 in English, its Hindi sister CNBC Awaaz, and ET Now of the Times Group, all built on business news, stock markets and expert analysis.

Regional-Language Newsrooms

The linguistic range is the strength of Indian television. Kerala watches Asianet News, the Malayalam channel broadcasting from Thiruvananthapuram. Tamil Nadu has Sun News Tamil, Polimer News and Moon TV. Telugu viewers choose between Sakshi TV, TV5 News, ABN Telugu, V6 News and T News Telugu. Maharashtra is covered by News18 Lokmat, Gujarat by Sandesh News - the 24-hour channel of the Sandesh group, whose newspaper has been published since 1923 - and Odisha by OTV News. The east and northeast are served by DY 365, the Assamese 24-hour satellite channel, and CTVN AKD Plus of the Calcutta Television Network, while JK Channel 24x7 News covers Jammu and Kashmir and Global Punjab TV serves Punjabi audiences in India and the diaspora.

General Entertainment and Music

Jaya TV is a long-running home of Tamil entertainment, joined by Peppers TV, Vasanth TV and Tamilan TV. Malayalam viewers get Amrita TV, Chennai once knew NDTV Hindu for Tamil Nadu news and culture, Time TV Chardikla broadcasts for Punjabi audiences, and Anjan TV adds entertainment from AAP Media. 9XM TV is the pure music channel, built on music videos.

Religious Broadcasting

Faith television spans India's religions. The Malayalam Catholic Shalom TV network appears in three services - Shalom TV India, Shalom TV America for the North American diaspora and Shalom TV Europe. Angel TV, Salvation TV and the Telugu Christian Subhavaartha TV carry Christian programming, Anboli TV describes itself as a channel for the sick, and Gregorian TV is the official channel of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Jinvani Channel broadcasts Jain teachings, while Islamic programming comes from Madani TV and HadiTV.