Feb 2025 Update - As we know, News18 India is India's leading Hindi news channel. This TV channel was launched in 2005 by Jagran Prakashan as Channel 7. Then, in 2006, Network18 acquired the channel, and it was rebranded as IBN7. Later, it is available under its current name, News18 India.

This channel is a part of Network18 Media & Investment Limited i.e. Jiostar Network. This channel also participated in the 85th e-auction to be held in the year 2025 and has successfully renewed the MPEG-2 slot for itself. That means this channel will remain with the DD Freedish free DTH platform from 2025-26 onwards.

21/02/2024 Update  - News18 India channel is India's number 1 national private news channel in Bharat, The channel again won the MPEG-2 slot in DD Freedish's 75th e-Auction 2024 - 21/02/2024

Previous Update - News18 India is one of India's number one 24x7 satellite Hindi news pay-TV channels, which is free for DD Free dish viewers. 

TV18 Network first started its new Hindi news channel as IBN7, after that the news network relaunched the channel as News18 India with a new logo and its own tagline.

News18 India is India's National Hindi satellite news channel. News18 group is the biggest News Network in India after merging with ETV News Network's regional news channels.

Editor in chief of News18 India?

Mr. Rahul Joshi

Here are the most popular news and current affairs shows by famous anchors -

• Aar Paar - Amish Devgan
• Sau Baat ki Ek Baat- Kishore Ajwani
• Bhaiyaji Kahin - Prateek Trivedi

News18 India TV Logo -

News18 India Channel Number -

News18 India Hindi News channel available on DD Free dish at Channel Number 56

News18 India Satellite Frequency -

Channel Name	News18 India
Satellite	GSAT-15
Dish Antenna	Ku-Band (DTH)
Position	93.5° East
LCN	56
Slot No	TEST 402
LNB Frequency	09750-10600
TP Frequency	11510
Polarity	V
Symbol Rate	29500
Quality	MPEG-2 / SD
System	DVB-S
Modulation	QPSK
Language	Hindi
Type	Hindi News
Mode	FTA / Watch Live

Other TV Channels of Viacom18 Network on DD Freedish -

1. Colors Cineplex Bollywood
2. Colors Cineplex Superhits
3. MTV Beats
4. News18 India
5. News18 UP / Uttarakhand
6. Sports18 Khel
7. Colors Rishtey (Removed)
8. Rishtey Cineplex (Removed)
9. News18 Rajasthan (Removed)

You can check the DD Free Dish complete updated channel list from here.

Related Questions -

What is the News18 India / IBN7 channel number?

News18 India channel is available on DD Free dish at channel number 056.

What is the News18 India news channel slot on DD Free Dish?

News18 India Hindi news channel is available at MPEG-2 slot 402.

Who is the owner of news18 India?

News18 India channel is owned by Network18.

What is the News18 India anchor name list?

• Prabal Pratap Singh  - Group Editor (Hindi)
• Kishore Ajwani - Managing Editor
• Amish Devgan - Managing Editor
• Arpita Arya - News Presenter
• Priya Chauhan - News Presenter
• Jaspreet Kaur - News Presenter

How to watch the News18 India channel live online / Internet?

News18 India TV channel is also available online, you can watch free of cost from the official website, and YouTube.

News18 India Screenshots -