Top 6 Popular Hindi News TV Channels in India 2022, by Viewership
Hey there guys!. If you are possibly willing to start watching news on your television and are actually leaving watching TV serials or other spicy shows and you’re confused with what news channels to watch, as there are already tons of news channels around. Here in this article, I’ll write about some of the best and popular news channels of India which will keep you updated with what’s happening all around.
Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak was Launched on 31 December 2000, 19 Years Ago. Aaj Tak is a Hindi news TV channel. It is owned by TV Today Network Limited. Aaj Tak is one of the most-watched Hindi news channels in India. Aaj Tak headquarters are located in New Delhi, India. As claimed by Aaj Tak they have an audience count of 31 crore people till now and are still increasing. 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. Anjana Om Kashyap, Sweta Singh, & Rohit Sardana are some of the most popular journalists of Aaj Tak.
Zee News
Zee News is a Hindi-language news channel owned by the Essel Group. Zee News was launched on 27 August 1999, as Zee Sports Ltd. The company was reincorporated on 27 May 2004, as Zee News Ltd. The chairman of the group is Subhash Chandra, who is a member of the Rajya Sabha. Sudhir Chaudhary is the editor-in-chief of Zee News and the anchor of the prime time show on the channel.
News18 India
News18 India is an Indian Media television channel owned by Network 18. It was launched in 2005 as Channel 7 by Dainik Jagaran and acquired in 2006 by Network 18 and rebranded IBN7. News 18 India has its headquarters situated in New Delhi, Delhi, India. News18 India launched, on channel 520 on the UK’s Sky TV platform News18, a live version of the parent channel that ‘reflected the interests and needs of the large and highly engaged diaspora spread across the globe’
India TV
India TV is an Indian national Hindi news channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The channel was launched on 20 May 2004 by Rajat Sharma and his wife Ritu Dhawan. The channel is a subsidiary of the Independent News Service (INS), which was co-founded by Sharma and Dhawan in 1997. INS officially owns the India TV. Prior to launching India TV, Rajat Sharma was previously the anchor of Aap Ki Adalat on Zee News and Janata Ki Adalat on Star News.
ABP News
ABP News is an Indian Hindi news channel owned by ABP Group. The channel was launched on 18 February 1998; 22 years ago. It was earlier known as STAR News before being acquired by ABP Group. Star News was the first bilingual (English – Hindi) news service and was initially run by STAR India on its own with NDTV doing the production until 2003. When the agreement with the NDTV expired in 2003, STAR News was transformed into a complete Hindi language news channel, part of the STAR and ABP tie up. The headquarters of ABP News are situated in Noida, India.
Republic Bharat
R. Bharat, officially Republic Bharat is a Hindi language television news channel in India. It is also available on DD Free Dish. It is basically a sister channel of Republic TV which broadcasts news primarily in English. The channel launched on February 2, 2019 almost 16 months ago. Arnab Goswami resigned as Editor-in-Chief of Times Now on 1 November 2016 mentioning editorial differences, lack of freedom, and newsroom politics. Republic TV was funded in part by Asianet (ARG Outlier Asianet News Private Limited), which was primarily funded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a then-independent member of Rajya Sabha who had intricate links with Bharatiya Janata Party and was vice-chairman of the National Democratic Alliance in Kerala. The Financial Express noted Republic TV to be the most-watched English news channel in India for 100 weeks.
