10. RT
RT, originally
Russia Today, is a
Russian government-funded
television network that runs
cable and
satellite television channelsdirected to audiences outside of Russia as well as providing Internet content in various languages, including Russian.
RT International, based in Moscow, Russia, presents around-the-clock news bulletins, documentaries, talk shows, debates, sports news, and cultural programmes about Russia. RT operates as a multilingual service with conventional channels in three languages: the original English language channel was launched in 2005, the Arabic language channel in 2007, and the Spanish language channel in 2009. RT America (since 2010),and RT UK (since 2014) offer some locally based content for those countries.RT is a
brand of "TV-Novosti", an "autonomous non-profit organization", founded by the Russian news agency,
RIA Novosti, on April 6, 2005. During the economic crisis in December 2008, the
Russian Government, headed by Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin, included ANO "TV-Novosti" in the
list of core organisations of strategic importance of Russia.
RT has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy by news reporters,including former RT reporters.RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality, and of broadcasting "materially misleading" content. RT states that it offers a Russian perspective on global events.
9. FRANCE 24
France 24 is an international
news and
current affairstelevision channel based in Paris. Its stated mission is to "cover international current events from a French perspective and to convey French values throughout the world". It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006.The service is aimed at the overseas market and is broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the France 24 channel started broadcasting through its own iPhone app.Based in
Issy-les-Moulineaux in the suburbs of Paris, the channel broadcasts world news. Currently it offers variants in English and
Arabic in addition to French. The channel has since 2008 been wholly owned by the French government (via its holding company,
l'Audiovisuel extérieur de la France (AEF)), having acquired the remaining shares held by its former partners
Groupe TF1 and
France Télévisions. Its budget is approximately €100 million per year.
8. DD NEWS
Doordarshan News, usually referred to by its abbreviation as
DD News, is
India's only
24-hour terrestrial TV
news channel. The
Prasar Bharati company board approved the proposal to start a 24-hour
news channel in place of
DD Metro, which was closing. This was subsequently approved by the
Union Cabinet in an 3 October 2003 meeting.DD Metro was converted into a 24-hour TV news channel, into DD News, which launched on 3 November 2003. Its terrestrial reach is 21.6% by area and 44.9% by population of India.The DD News App for mobile (iOS & Android) was launched recently on 7 May 2015 by the I&B Minister of India Shri Arun Jaitly which aims to instantly communicate news on a 24x7 basis.
7.VOICE OF AMERICA
The
Voice of America (
VOA) is the official external
broadcast institution of the
United States federal government. The VOA provides programming for broadcast on radio,
TV, and the Internet outside of the U.S., in English and some foreign languages. A 1976 law signed by President
Gerald Ford requires the VOA to "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news." The VOA Charter states: "VOA news will be accurate, objective and comprehensive." The Voice of America headquarters is located at 330
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20237, U.S. The Voice of America is fully funded by the U.S. government. The
United States Congress appropriates funds for it annually under the same budget for embassies and consulates.VOA radio and television broadcasts are distributed by satellite, cable and on
FM,
AM, and
shortwave radio frequencies. They are streamed on individual language service websites, social media sites and mobile platforms. The VOA has affiliate and contract agreements with radio and television stations and cable networks worldwide.Some scholars and commentators consider the Voice of America to be a form of
propaganda, although this label is disputed by others.
6.NDTV
New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988 by husband and wife Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. NDTV is an acronym for the original name of the company, New Delhi Television.Vikramaditya Chandra is the chief executive officer of the NDTV Group. KVL Narayan Rao is the Executive Vice Chairperson.New Delhi Television has offices and studios across the country. Its three national news channels
NDTV 24x7 (English),
NDTV India(Hindi) and
NDTV Profit (Business news) form the core of the company. Each year the channel also gives the
NDTV Indian of the year awards.
5. AL JAZEERA
Al Jazeera, literally "The Peninsula", referring to the
Arabian Peninsula), also known as
JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a
Doha-based state-funded broadcaster owned by the
Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partly funded by the
House of Thani, the ruling family of
Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and
current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and
specialty TV channels in multiple languages.Al Jazeera is among the largest news organizations with 80 bureaus around the world. Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar, this assertion has been
disputed.The original Al Jazeera channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on
call-in shows, created controversies in the
Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the outbreak of
war in Afghanistan, when it was the only channel to cover the war live, from its office there.Al Jazeera has been called a propaganda outlet for the
Qatari government and its
foreign policy, by analysts and by news reporters, including former Al Jazeera reporters. The network is sometimes perceived to have mainly
Islamist perspectives, promoting the
Muslim Brotherhood, and having a pro-Sunni and an anti-Shia bias in its reporting of regional issues. It also accused of having an anti-Western bias.
[ However, Al Jazeera insists it covers all sides of a debate, it says it presents Israel's view, Iran's view and even aired videos released by Osama bin Laden
4.MSNBC
MSNBC is an American
basic cable and
satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from
NBC News on current events. The network also carries various 'opinion' programming blocs with a largely
liberal slant, most notably during prime time hours. It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the
NBCUniversal Television Group division of
NBCUniversal.
MSNBC and msnbc.com were founded in 1996 as separate partnerships between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming.Although they shared the same name, msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations, with msnbc.com headquartered on the West Coast on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, and MSNBC in the NBC headquarters in New York. Microsoft divested its stake in the MSNBC channel in 2005, and divested its stake in msnbc.com in July 2012, rebranding the general news site as NBCNews.com and creating a new msnbc.com as the online home of the cable news channel. As of February 2015, approximately 94,531,000 households (81.2% of those with television) receive MSNBC within the United States of America.MSNBC is often accused of
biased reporting in favor of
liberal politics. Since the late 2000s, however, MSNBC has openly acknowledged this stance and continued to embrace left-wing policies, having run a 2010 marketing campaign called "Lean Forward". Further, in September 2013, MSNBC launched its revamped official
website under the
tagline, "What Progressives Have Been Waiting For."
Commentators have described MSNBC as having a bias which favored left-wing politics and the Democratic Party. In 2011 Politicoreferred to MSNBC as "left-leaning."In reference to changes in the channel's evening programming, senior vice president of NBC NewsPhil Griffin has said that "it happened naturally. There isn't a dogma we're putting through. There is a 'Go for it.'"For the week of June 9, 2014, MSNBC placed 26th in primetime and 30th in total day, averaging 597,000 viewers and 336,000 viewers, respectively.
3.FOX NEWS
Fox News Channel (FNC), also known as Fox News, is an American basic cable and satellitenews television channel that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. As of February 2015, approximately 94,700,000 American households (81.4% of cable, satellite & telco customers) receive the Fox News Channel.The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New YorkThe channel was created by Australian-American media mogulRupert Murdoch, who hired former Republican Party media consultant and NBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEOIt launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers.It grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant cable news network in the United States.Fox News Channel has been accused of
biased reporting and promoting the Republican Party. Critics have cited the channel as detrimental to the integrity of news overall. Fox News Channel employees have responded that
news reporting operates independently of its
opinion and entertainment, and have denied bias in news reporting
2. CNN
The
Cable News Network (
CNN) is an American
basic cable and
satellite television channel that is owned by the
Turner Broadcasting System division of
Time Warner. It was founded in 1980 by American
media proprietor Ted Turner as a
24-hour cable news channel; however, by April 2016, a CNN executive officially described the channel as "no longer a TV news network" and instead as "a 24-hour global multiplatform network." Upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide
24-hour newscoverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States.While the news channel has numerous
affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the
Time Warner Center in
New York City, and studios in
Washington, D.C. and
Los Angeles, its headquarters at the
CNN Center in
Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as
CNN/U.S. to distinguish the American channel from its international sister network,
CNN International. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households. Broadcast coverage of the U.S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout
Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories.As of February 2015, CNN is available to approximately 96,289,000 cable, satellite, and telco television households (82.7% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.
1. BBC WORLD NEWS
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 76 million viewers weekly in 2014, part of the estimated 265 million users of the BBC's four main international news services. Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008. It broadcasts television programmingincluding BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. It employs more correspondents and reporters and has more international bureaux than any other news channel. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence. It is not owned by BBC Worldwide
RT, originally Russia Today, is a Russian government-funded television network that runs cable and satellite television channelsdirected to audiences outside of Russia as well as providing Internet content in various languages, including Russian.RT International, based in Moscow, Russia, presents around-the-clock news bulletins, documentaries, talk shows, debates, sports news, and cultural programmes about Russia. RT operates as a multilingual service with conventional channels in three languages: the original English language channel was launched in 2005, the Arabic language channel in 2007, and the Spanish language channel in 2009. RT America (since 2010),and RT UK (since 2014) offer some locally based content for those countries.RT is a brand of "TV-Novosti", an "autonomous non-profit organization", founded by the Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, on April 6, 2005. During the economic crisis in December 2008, the Russian Government, headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, included ANO "TV-Novosti" in the list of core organisations of strategic importance of Russia.RT has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy by news reporters,including former RT reporters.RT has also been accused of spreading disinformation The United Kingdom media regulator, Ofcom, has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality, and of broadcasting "materially misleading" content. RT states that it offers a Russian perspective on global events.
Doordarshan News, usually referred to by its abbreviation as DD News, is India's only 24-hour terrestrial TV news channel. ThePrasar Bharati company board approved the proposal to start a 24-hour news channel in place of DD Metro, which was closing. This was subsequently approved by the Union Cabinet in an 3 October 2003 meeting.DD Metro was converted into a 24-hour TV news channel, into DD News, which launched on 3 November 2003. Its terrestrial reach is 21.6% by area and 44.9% by population of India.The DD News App for mobile (iOS & Android) was launched recently on 7 May 2015 by the I&B Minister of India Shri Arun Jaitly which aims to instantly communicate news on a 24x7 basis.
New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988 by husband and wife Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. NDTV is an acronym for the original name of the company, New Delhi Television.Vikramaditya Chandra is the chief executive officer of the NDTV Group. KVL Narayan Rao is the Executive Vice Chairperson.New Delhi Television has offices and studios across the country. Its three national news channels NDTV 24x7 (English), NDTV India(Hindi) and NDTV Profit (Business news) form the core of the company. Each year the channel also gives the NDTV Indian of the year awards.
MSNBC is an American basic cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events. The network also carries various 'opinion' programming blocs with a largely liberal slant, most notably during prime time hours. It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division ofNBCUniversal.MSNBC and msnbc.com were founded in 1996 as separate partnerships between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming.Although they shared the same name, msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations, with msnbc.com headquartered on the West Coast on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, and MSNBC in the NBC headquarters in New York. Microsoft divested its stake in the MSNBC channel in 2005, and divested its stake in msnbc.com in July 2012, rebranding the general news site as NBCNews.com and creating a new msnbc.com as the online home of the cable news channel. As of February 2015, approximately 94,531,000 households (81.2% of those with television) receive MSNBC within the United States of America.MSNBC is often accused of biased reporting in favor of liberal politics. Since the late 2000s, however, MSNBC has openly acknowledged this stance and continued to embrace left-wing policies, having run a 2010 marketing campaign called "Lean Forward". Further, in September 2013, MSNBC launched its revamped official website under the tagline, "What Progressives Have Been Waiting For."Commentators have described MSNBC as having a bias which favored left-wing politics and the Democratic Party. In 2011 Politicoreferred to MSNBC as "left-leaning."In reference to changes in the channel's evening programming, senior vice president of NBC NewsPhil Griffin has said that "it happened naturally. There isn't a dogma we're putting through. There is a 'Go for it.'"For the week of June 9, 2014, MSNBC placed 26th in primetime and 30th in total day, averaging 597,000 viewers and 336,000 viewers, respectively.
The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel; however, by April 2016, a CNN executive officially described the channel as "no longer a TV news network" and instead as "a 24-hour global multiplatform network." Upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour newscoverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States.While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U.S. to distinguish the American channel from its international sister network, CNN International. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households. Broadcast coverage of the U.S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories.As of February 2015, CNN is available to approximately 96,289,000 cable, satellite, and telco television households (82.7% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.
