23-07-2016, 10:44 AM
History
NDTV Hindu was launched on 16 May 2009, owned by NDTV (51%) and The Hindu Group (49%).[1] It was started as a Chennai city-specific English news and entertainment channel, broadcast only in Chennai.
After the Dina Thanthi group took over NDTV Hindu, it rebranded the channel as Thanthi TV.[2][3] Initially it was a Chennai city-specific channel but after the acquisition process was completed, it was rebranded and relaunched on 13 November 2012 as a 24-hour Tamil news channel which serves and broadcasts to Tamil Nadu, India.