# Nepal Television

_Company_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Nepal Television (Nepali: नेपाल टेलिभिजन), shortened to NTV is the Nepali national public state-controlled television broadcaster. It's accessible in four languages. It is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal. The news broadcast at 8:00 PM is the channel's most popular show, followed by comedy programmes such as Sakkigoni, Mundre Ko Comedy Club and Meri Bassai.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** television station ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3123254#P31))
- **Established:** January 1985 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3123254#P571))
- **Official website:** ntv.org.np ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3123254#P856))
- **Coordinates:** 27.6963, 85.3274

## About

It also has four sister channels, NTV PLUS, NTV News, NTV Kohalpur, NTV Itahari and NTV World, all owned by the Nepali government. The network started broadcasting in HD from 31 January 2019.

Several attempts are being made by media stakeholders to convert and transform NTV into a truly public broadcasting entity. NTV, being currently owned by the government, has lost its editorial independence and is accused of being a government mouthpiece. Nir Shah was the first chairman.

The iconic logo of Nepal Television was designed by artist Deepak Kumar Joshi.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Nepal Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Television) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): नेपाल टेलिभिजन](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3123254](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3123254) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Nepal Television Block 1.JPG by Ganesh Paudel (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nepal_Television_Block_1.JPG)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Nepal Television, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Nepal Television Block 1.JPG — Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Nepal Television". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/nepal-television. Retrieved 4 November 2026.