Television news refers to the practice of disseminating information about the latest events through television media. News events can take anywhere from a few seconds to several hours by presenting the latest developments in local/regional and international events. Television stations usually present news programs as part of their event, and are broadcast every day at certain times. Sometimes television shows can also be tucked in with 'news at a glance' to provide up-to-date reports about an event that is happening or other important impromptu news. This article contains a list of television news channels from worldwide.
1. DD News
Doordarshan news, commonly known as DD News, is known by its short name, is a Hindi news channel owned by Doordarshan. This is India's only 24-hour terrestrial (broadcast without satellite) news channel. Prasar Bharti Company Board proposed that the DD Metro, which was to be closed, approved to start a 24-hour news channel. It was later approved by the Union Cabinet in the meeting of October 3, 2003.
2. Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an Arabic and English language television station based in Doha, Qatar. This TV station became popular after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when the station broadcast footage of statements by Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders. Al Jazeera claims to be the only politically independent TV station in the Middle East. Al Jazeera currently competes with the BBC on a scale of viewers estimated 50 million viewers.
3. NDTV India
NDTV India is the news channel of the Hindi-language owned by India's NDTV. It started its broadcast in 2003. In June 2016, NDTV decided that two separate channels, NDTV India and NDTV will start in the United Kingdom. NDTV 003 Hindi-language news channel NDTV India 4 hours and 4 hours of English-language news channel NDTV 24×7 was launched.
4. BBC News
BBC News Channel is a British Regional News television station based in London, England. In 2006, this channel for the first time succeeded in becoming the United Kingdom's Best News Television news channel, presented by the Royal Television Society. Previously, the BBC News Channel was known as BBC News 24.
5. DW-TV
DW (TV) is a news channel that broadcasts 24 hours a day and seven days a week in German, English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Dari and Pashto. Deutsche Welle, abbreviated DW, is a German, internationally oriented broadcaster and participant in the ARD. Deutsche Welle includes a radio channel, television channel, an internet site in thirty languages and journalism training. The task of the DW is to promote Germany as a democratic constitutional state based on free will, and to promote understanding and exchange between cultures and peoples.
6. RT
RT, formerly known as the Russia Today (Br.: Russia today - an international multilingual) Russian TV channel, which broadcasts news, documentaries, talk show and debate as well as sports news and Russian cultural programs aimed at the foreign market news. RT broadcasts original channel on the English language from the Moscow studio. The transmitter launched in the year 2005. In addition, available in Arabic, "Russia Al-Yaum", launched in 2007, and Spanish-language channel "RT Actualidad", launched in 2009. In 2010, at the studio in Washington launched "RT America" which focuses on the United States.
7. Sky News
Sky News, founded in 1989, is a British 24-hour news channel, part of Sky Limited, which is owned by Comcast. The channel can be received for free in the Netherlands via YouTube and via the ASTRA1 satellite. The motto of the channel is 'First for Breaking News'. Sky News competes internationally with CNN International, BBC World News, Al Jazeera and EuroNews. Nationally, Sky News competes with BBC News and ITV News. Sky News is available in 127 countries and has a reach of 102 million households.
8. France 24
France 24 is a French global 24-hour satellite news channel owned by France Médias Monde. France 24 has been set up and is financially supported by the French government. On December 6, 2006 at 8:29 pm the broadcasts started on the internet. A day later the channel could be received via satellite and cable in Europe, Africa, Middle East and the United States.
9. Euronews
10. Zee News
Zee News, established in 1999, is a TV channel broadcasting news and current events of India. Initially most of the programs were broadcast in the English language. In 2003-04, after the success of Aaj Tak, Zee News was completely converted to Hindi news channel. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) launched it from March 31, 2006.
11. CNBC
In 2007, it reached a combined audience of 390 million viewers. The economic value of its cable broadcast is estimated at approx. 4000 million dollars. The chain offers different supplementary services, the site CNBC.com operates under an alliance with MSN, a financial information service that competes with Marketwatch.com and Yahoo! Finance.
12. TRT World
13. Fox News Channel
Fox News is an American subscription news channel owned by Fox Corporation. The channel is available in 85 million households in the United States and there are many more from abroad, broadcasting mainly from studios in New York City. The channel is identified mostly with the right and the Republican Party. It showed support for the war in Iraq. Fox News has been the subject of numerous controversies. Critics of the channel accuse him of orienting notably to conservatism and to the right.
14. ABC News
ABC News 24, Australia is a 24-hour news station, by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation operate. The channel replaced the previous ABC HD station and began broadcasting on July 22, 2010. In January 2010, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would launch a 24-hour news channel, ABC News 24. Its Picture format is 576i (SDTV) 16:9 and Audience share is 1.9% nationally (2016 ratings year).
15. PTV News
16. CNN
CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN US to differentiate between the US channel and its international channel CNN International. In August 2010, CNN could be witnessed in more than 100 million homes in the US. Its broadcast coverage includes more than 890,000 hotel rooms in the United States. The US channel is also broadcast in Canada. Globally, the CNN program is broadcast through CNN International which can be viewed in 212 countries and regions.
17. Russia 24
Russia-24 is a Russian federal state news channel. It is part of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Started broadcasting on July 1, 2006. In 2016, the channel began broadcasting on YouTube video hosting. The main feature was that the air can be rewound 4 hours ago. The TV channel included in the first multiplex of digital television in Russia.
18. i24news
19. CBS News
20. Voice of America (VOA TV)
21. IRIB
22. NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the US television network National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It began their broadcasts for the first time on February 21, 1940. Its main program, NBC Nightly News, is broadcast from Studio 3B, located on the third floor of the NBC Studios in the GE Building, which is located at the Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It currently obtains the highest ratings for its morning and evening talk shows.
23. CBC News Network
It is the equivalent of the Information Network (RDI) French. Serving close to 10 million households nationwide and in some northern states, it is the third oldest network of its kind, after CNN in the US and Sky News in the UK. Several NewsWorld programs have also been broadcast on the now defunct NewsWorld International, a US-funded cable network. Although developed by the CBC, NewsWorld International was sold to Vivendi Universal in 2000, and then resold to Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2004 until they launched their own cable network, Current TV, in August 2005.
24. NHK World-Japan
25. MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable television news channel that is broadcast 24 hours from the United States, and can be viewed in the United States and Canada. The name of this channel comes from the merging of the names Microsoft and NBC. MSNBC is only aired in the United States, Canada, South America, and Africa. MSNBC has a special site, called MSNBC.com which is also a NBC News supplement. Used with important purposes, namely as broadcasting news.
26. One America News
One America News Network (OANN), also known as One America News (OAN), is a US Conservative Television Pay channel specializing in news. The network was established on 4 July 2013 and is owned by Herring Networks Inc. The network headquarters is located in San Diego, California, and operates a news agency in Washington, DC and New York City.
27. Africanews
28. ArirangTV
29. teleSUR
30. CNC World
31. Al-Manar
32. Belsat TV
33. Al Arabiya
34. Al Jadeed
35. Alhurra
36. CGTN
37. Al Mayadeen
38. Bloomberg Television
39. Africa 24
40. Radio Televisión Martí
41. Presse Africaine
42. Africable
43. A24 news channel
44. TVC News
45. Arise News
46. RTVI
47. Africa Independent Television
48. Mirror Now
Mirror Now is an Indian English news channel. Mirror Now gives priority to credibility compared to acquiring viewer's share.
49. NTDTV
50. WION
51. SABC News International
52. ET Now
ET Now is a business news channel in India. The channel is run by Times Group and ET Channel is working remotely with Reuters. The Daily Newspaper also co-operates with the Daily Times, the daily newspaper in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai.
53. Republic TV
Republic TV is a TV channel in India that presents programs on news and current affairs. Its base is in Mumbai and Bengaluru. This independent channel started on May 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. Its editor Arnav Goswami is also the owner of a large part of this channel. AsiaNet News owned by the small part of this channel.
54. Dawn News
Dawn News is Pakistan's first 24-hour news channel in English. The channel is based in Karachi and is funded by Pakistan herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The first test began in May 2007 and the channel was officially opened on July 23, 2007. Dawn News's test broadcasts were opened by former President Pervez Musharraf. The final launch took place while the chief of Pakistan's Supreme Court, Muhammad Chaudry, who had been suspended by Musharraf, was acquitted in court. The canal was previously held at Haroon House, PHPL's headquarters, but later moved to its current location in West Wharf in Karachi. Dawn News has an online streaming service available on its website that allows viewing of the channel abroad.
55. News18 India
News 18 India (Earlier IBN7) is a Hindi TV channel. This is a news channel. By 2006-2009 it was originally known as 'Channel 7'. It is owned by TV18. In February 2015, IBN-7, according to a survey of TGI, was one of the top three Hindi news TV channels.
56. ABP News
Star News started broadcasting in February 1998. Since 2003, it has become a full Hindi-language channel. This was a first bilingual (Hindi-English) news channel providing service. Until 2003, it was broadcast under the leadership of Star TV and under the direction of NDTV. But after the agreement ended with NDTV in 2003, it was transferred to Star TV by a full Hindi-language channel. On April 16, 2012, ABP Group made Star News ABP News after the cancellation of the agreement with Star TV.
57. Times Now
Times Now is a 24 hour broadcast television news channel based in Mumbai, India, which operates in English language. It was India's first news channel to start on the mobile screen (Reliance Infocomm Network). Maruf is the specialist and advisor of Channel Co-strategic affairs. In addition to the conduct of news debates, they have presented a 20-part series on the Indian Armed Forces, entitled 'Line of Duty'.
58. Aaj Tak
'Aaj Tak' is a Hindi news TV channel. It is owned by TV Today Network Limited. It is one of India's most watched Hindi news channels. The headquarters of Aaj Tak is located in New Delhi, India. Aaj Tak has also been summoned as the best news channel by the Limca Book of Records.
59. India TV
60. BNN Bloomberg
61. ATN News
ATN News is the first 24-hour news-oriented television channel in Bangladesh. Originally, it is a subsidiary of ATN Bangla, another popular TV channel in Bangladesh. The channel made its official departure with this slogan of 24 hours on 23 June. The channel has grown into the hands of a group of relentless and devoted newsmen who have signed their work skills at home and abroad. Mishuk Munir, a television journalist and country media personality, was the guardian of the television station. He played a leading role in advancing the television. ATN News has stepped in with a strong commitment to delivering objective and non-partisan news in many parts of the world including Bangladesh.
62. ARY News
63. NTV
64. YTN
65. GEO News
66. Astro Awani
67. Dunya News
68. TG Norba 24
69. Sun News Network
70. Asianet News
71. Channel NewsAsia
72. CN23
73. City 42
74. Din News
75. GMA News TV
76. Global News Network
77. Globo News
78. Globovisión
79. Janasri News
80. Kasthuri Newz 24
81. Manorama News
82. Newsmax TV
83. Odisha TV
84. Realitatea TV
85. TNN24
86. TV 2 News
87. TVN24
88. TheBlaze
89. i-Cable Live News Channel
90. n-tv
91. Raj News Kannada
92. 3/24
93. 7 News HD
94. ANC
95. Ada Derana
96. América 24
97. Apna News
98. BFM TV
99. BTVI
100. Band News
101. BeritaSatu TV
102. Bernama TV
103. CCTV-13
104. Digi 24
105. Indus News
106. LCN
107. News One
108. News7
109. Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas
110. Public TV
111. STV Notícias
112. TOLOnews
113. TV9 (Telugu)
114. TVP Info
115. 24 Horas
116. CNews
117. CP24
118. CTV News Channel
119. Canal 26
120. Channels TV
121. Crónica TV
122. DYAB Teleradyo
123. DZMM TeleRadyo
124. DZRH News Television
125. Dzaïr News
126. Echo TV
127. Echourouk News
128. Económico TV
129. Ennahar TV
130. Espreso TV
131. Excélsior TV
132. Express News
133. FOROtv
134. FTV News
135. Focus TV
136. France Info
137. HKBN News
138. HLN
139. HRT 4
140. Headlines Today
141. HispanTV
142. Hír TV
143. INews TV
144. IRINN
145. Info TV
146. Inquirer 990 Television
147. Jai Maharashtra
148. Jurnal TV
149. KTN News
150. Khyber News
151. Kolkata TV
152. LCI
153. MNC News
154. MetroTV
155. Milenio Televisión
156. NPO Nieuws
157. Nation TV
158. Ne Bangla
159. News 12
160. News 24
161. News World India
162. Niagara News TV
163. Nile TV
164. Nova24TV
165. OSN News
166. One News
167. Ora News
168. Phoenix InfoNews Channel
169. Polsat News
170. Polsat News 2
171. Press TV
172. RBC TV
173. RDI
174. RTP3
175. RTV SLO 3
176. RTÉ News Now
177. Rai News 24
178. Record News
179. România TV
180. Royal News
181. SIC Notícias
182. SVT24
183. Saam TV
184. Sahar TV
185. Samaa News
186. Samaya TV
187. Sindh TV News
188. Spring News
189. Superstacja
190. Suvarna News
191. TA3
192. TEZ
193. TGCOM24
194. TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
195. TV 24
196. TV5 (India)
197. TVB News Channel
198. TVB iNews
199. TVI 24
200. Tagesschau24
201. Tara Newz
202. Todo Noticias
203. Udaya News
204. VSH News
205. Waqt TV
206. Welt
207. aTV 2 News & Business Channel
208. adn40
209. eNCA
210. now Business News
211. ČT24
212. Kompas TV
213. Brigada News TV
214. Business Plus
215. C5N
216. Kanal 5
217. MBN
218. Tribune 24/7
219. Al-Alam News Network
FAQs
What is the best TV channel for world news? ›
Now of the most popular channels in the world, CNN News has all programs broadcast through CNN international across 212 countries and hundreds of millions of viewers.
Who is the number one channel in the world? ›The most-subscribed channel as of October 2022 is T-Series, an Indian music video publisher operated by the entertainment company of the same name. With a subscriber count of 226 million, the channel has held this distinction since April 14, 2019.
What is the biggest news channel? ›As some of the most widely available channels, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC are often referred to as the "big three" with Fox having the highest viewership and ratings.
What is the best TV channel? ›| Rank | NETWORK | 18-49 VIEWERS (000) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | NBC | 1,733 |
| 2. | Fox | 1,617 |
| 3. | CBS | 1,485 |
| 4. | ABC | 1,473 |
- Times Now. Number one on the list of top 10 news channel in India is The Times Group. ...
- ABP Network Pvt Ltd (ABP) Number two on the list of top 10 news channel in India is ABP Network Pvt Ltd (ABP). ...
- India Today. ...
- Aajtak. ...
- CNN News 18. ...
- India TV. ...
- NDTV India. ...
- BBC World.
Some of the best news channels in India 2022 are Aaj Tak, ABP News, Zee News, India TV, DD News, News 24, News18, NDTV India, News Nation, and many more.
Which English channel is best for news? ›CNN-News18 has become the number one English news channel in the country according to the latest data released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
Which news channel is best for current affairs? ›The Hindu or The Indian Express
The Youtube channel of both the newspapers covers current affairs, politics, science, technology, entertainment, movies, and more.
Some of the best news channels in India 2022 are Aaj Tak, ABP News, Zee News, India TV, DD News, News 24, News18, NDTV India, News Nation, and many more.
What is the number 1 news network? ›What are the most-watched news networks? In July 2022, Fox News was the most watched cable news network in the United States and continues to do well in terms of its primetime audience, with 2.12 million primetime viewers in that period.
Which is the best UK news channel? ›
- Good Morning Britain.
- BBC London.
- ESPN UK.
- Met Office | Weather.
- HELLO! TV UK.
- Discovery UK.
- Sky News.
- Channel 4 News.
In the key demo, Fox News swept the top five, with Tucker Carlson Tonight finishing in first place with 486,000 viewers, followed by The Five (427,000 viewers), Hannity (397,000 viewers), Gutfeld!