Aaj Tak
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| Type | cable television network |
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| Branding | Aaj Tak |
| Country | India |
| Availability | India, worldwide |
| Founder | TV Today Network |
| Slogan | "Sabse Tez" |
| Owner | India Today Group |
| Key people | Aroon Purie (CMD) |
| Launch date | 2000 |
Aaj Tak is India's number one news channel pioneered by TV Today Network Ltd. Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel in India that has earned the tag line "Nation's Best News Channel" due to its aggressive journalism and cutting edge reporting. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute".
Watched by some 45 million viewers in India’s cable and satellite universe, Aaj Tak is India’s largest privately owned news channel. Aaj Tak is a free-to-air channel in India, while it is being offered as a pay channel in the overseas market. In the United States, it is available on EchoStar’s DISH Network.
Aaj Tak has won Indian Television Academy’s Best News Channel award for six consecutive years. In a recent BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll, Aaj Tak was voted the most trusted and most important news source in India surpassing even the Government sponsored channel Doordarshan and expansively beating news sources like Dainik Jagran, Sun TV, NDTV, AIR (All India Radio) and The Times of India.
