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== Media == {{See also|Media of India}} [[File:Pitampura TV Tower, Delhi, India.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pitampura TV Tower]] broadcasts to Delhi.|alt=Pitampura TV Tower with background of blue sky]] As the capital of India, Delhi is the focus of political reportage, including regular television broadcasts of Parliament sessions. Many national media agencies, including the state-owned [[Press Trust of India]], Media Trust of India and [[Doordarshan]], are based in the city. Television programming includes two free terrestrial television channels offered by Doordarshan, and several Hindi, English, and regional-language [[cable television|cable]] channels offered by [[multi system operator]]s. [[Direct broadcast satellite|Satellite television]] has yet to gain a large number of subscribers in the city.<ref name=dthrediff>{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com///money/2006/sep/05iycu.htm |title=What is CAS? What is DTH? |access-date=8 January 2007 |date=5 September 2006 |work=rediff news: Business |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531143055/https://www.rediff.com//news/apr/28bihar.htm |archive-date=31 May 2010 }}</ref> Print journalism remains a popular news medium in Delhi. The city's Hindi newspapers include ''[[Navbharat Times]]'', ''[[Hindustan Dainik]]'', ''[[Punjab Kesari]]'', ''Pavitra Bharat'', ''[[Dainik Jagran]]'', ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]'', ''[[Amar Ujala]]'' and ''Dainik Desbandhu''. Among the English language newspapers, the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', with a daily circulation of over a million copies, is the single largest daily.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographical Data of Vir Sanghvi|url=https://www.virsanghvi.com/about-vir.aspx|access-date=17 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513021053/https://virsanghvi.com/about-vir.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> Other major English newspapers include ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''[[Business Standard]]'', ''[[The Pioneer (daily)|The Pioneer]]'', ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', and ''[[The Asian Age]]''. Regional language newspapers include the [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] daily ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' and the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] dailies ''[[Dinamalar]]'' and ''[[Dinakaran]]''. Qaumi Duniya Daily was a local Urdu newspaper, which has since moved online. Radio is a less popular mass medium in Delhi, although [[Frequency modulation|FM]] radio has gained popularity<ref name=radiomass>{{cite web|url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/pdf/india_sex_selection/Chapter4.pdf|title=Chapter4: Towards a Mass Media Campaign: Analysing the relationship between target audiences and mass media|access-date=8 January 2007|last=Naqvi|first=Farah|date=14 November 2006|work=Images and icons: Harnessing the Power of Mass Media to Promote Gender Equality and Reduce Practices of Sex Selection|publisher=BBC World Service Trust|pages=26β36|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415125927/https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/pdf/india_sex_selection/Chapter4.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2012}}</ref> since the inauguration of several new stations in 2006.<ref name=asiawaves>{{cite web|url=https://www.asiawaves.net/india/delhi-radio.htm|title=Delhi: Radio Stations in Delhi, India|access-date=7 January 2007|date=15 November 2006|work=ASIAWAVES: Radio and TV Broadcasting in South and South-East Asia|publisher=Alan G. Davies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427155629/https://www.asiawaves.net/india/delhi-radio.htm|archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> A number of state-owned and private radio stations broadcast from Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=All India Radio |url=https://india.gov.in/knowindia/radio.php |publisher=Indian government |access-date=30 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505053343/https://india.gov.in/knowindia/radio.php |archive-date=5 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Stations in Delhi, India|url=https://www.asiawaves.net/india/delhi-radio.htm|publisher=Asiawaves asiawaves.net|access-date=30 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427155629/https://www.asiawaves.net/india/delhi-radio.htm|archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
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