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India TV is a Hindi news channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The channel was launched on 20 May 2004 by Rajat Sharma and wife Ritu Dhawan.The channel is the flagship service of Independent News Service, which was co-founded by Sharma and Dhawan in 1998.
Rajat Sharma co-founded India TV with his wife Ritu Dhawan in April, 2004 from a swanky studio in Film City, Noida, then considered one of Asia’s largest news TV studios.
In 1997, Rajat Sharma and Ritu Dhawan set up their own production house –Independent News Service(INS), the parent company which owns India TV.
India TV views mostly range in right wing political spectrum.
Today Mr. Sharma’s editorial decision-making reaches out to an audience of 90 million C&S homes. The human resource of India TV resides among loyal viewers and 500 staffers. INS has investment from ComVentures, a top Silicon Valley venture fund, and a leading private equity entity. The enterprise value of INS which crossed Rs 500 crore in January, 2008 has been rising by leaps and bounds.
India TV has state-of-the-art digital connectivity and its Broadcast Centre covers an area of more than 1, 28, 000 square feet in Sector 85, Noida.
Prior to launching India TV, Rajat Sharma was a known face on Indian television since 1992, having previously been the anchor of Aap Ki Adalat on Zee TV and Janata Ki Adalat on Star TV. Independent News Service received investment from Fuse+ Media, an entity of ComVentures, a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States with over$1.5 billion of assets under management. Further investments have valued Independent News Service at Rs. 800 crores.
