NTV is an Indian

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established by Tummala Narendra Choudary on 30 August 2007. The channel is named after the founder Narendra Choudary who also serves as its Chairman while his wife Tummala Rama Devi is the Managing Director. NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL). RTPL also owns the devotional channel

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and women-focused channel Vanitha TV. As per Media Ownership Monitor 2018, Narendra Choudary and family own 66.2% of RTPL, while P. P. Reddy, the founder and chairman of Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) owns 22.8% of the company, and Jupally Rameswar Rao, chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.

History

NTV was launched by Tummala Narendra Choudary as a 24x7

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on 30 August 2007. The tagline of the channel is ''Prathi Kshaṇam Praja Hitham.'' The channel became popular for the accurate estimation of election results. NTV has topped the Telugu news channels ratings published by

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for 14 weeks in 2022.

Ownership

NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL). Rachana also owns devotional channel

and women-focused channel Vanitha TV. RTPL was incorporated in 2006. The company management (Narendra Choudary and family) also has interests in publishing (Rachana Publishers Private Limited), Infrastructure Development (Sri Rachana Infra Developers, and Sunshine Infraholdings), etc. Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL) held 26% of the shareholding in RTPL in 2012-13 and 24% in 2013-14. The promoter, Narendra Choudary, held 69% in 2012-13 and 68% in 2013-14. As per Media Ownership Monitor 2018, Narendra Choudary and family own 66.2% of RTPL, while P. P. Reddy, the founder and chairman of Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) owns 22.8% of the company, and Jupally Rameswar Rao, chairman of My Home Group owns 11%.

Availability

The channel's live video feed is also streamed on its website NTVTelugu.com and

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References

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* Religious television channels in India Telugu-language television channels Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television stations in Hyderabad {{India-tv-stub