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{{short description|Indian legislative television channel}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Lok Sabha TV
| logo = Lok Sabha TV logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| image =
| launch_date = 1989 as [[DD National|Doordarshan]]<br />Incorporated as Lok Sabha TV in 2004
| closed_date = 
| picture_format = [[16:9]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]])<br/>
| network =
| owner = [[Lok Sabha]]
| parent = [[Sansad TV]]
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi and English
| area = Worldwide
| affiliates =
| headquarters = 23, Mahadev Road, Behind Akashvani Bhawan, New Delhi, [[Delhi]], India<ref>http://loksabhatv.nic.in/content/Contact_Us.aspx</ref>
| former_names = Doordarshan Lok Sabha (DD Lok Sabha)(1989-2004)
| replaced = Lok Sabha TV (2004-present)
| replaced_by =
| sister_channels = [[Rajya Sabha TV]]
| timeshift_service =
| web = {{URL|http://loksabhatv.nic.in/}}
| terr_serv_1 =
| terr_chan_1 =
| sat_serv_1 = '''[[d2h]]'''
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 329
| sat_serv_2 = [[Tata Sky]]
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 598
| sat_serv_3 = [[Dish TV]]
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 695
| sat_serv_4 = [[Airtel]]
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 402
| cable_serv_1 = Available on all cable providers
| cable_chan_1 = Check local listings
| cable_serv_2 = [[Asianet Digital]]
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 520
| sat_radio_serv_1 =
| sat_radio_chan_1 =
| iptv_serv_1 =
| iptv_chan_1 =
| online_serv_1 = Available free to all internet users
| online_chan_1 = https://webcast.gov.in/lstvlive/
}}

'''Lok Sabha TV''' is an [[India]]n public [[cable television]] [[Television network|network]] channel that offers coverage of central government proceedings and other [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs programming]].<ref>[http://164.100.24.209/newls/LSTV-eng.pdf Introduction to Loksabha TV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908132319/http://164.100.24.209/newls/LSTV-eng.pdf |date=8 September 2008 }} Official website</ref> Its remit is to make accessible to all the work of the parliamentary and legislative bodies of India. The channel broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of Parliament) while [[Rajya Sabha TV]] covers the sessions of the [[Rajya Sabha]] (upper house of Parliament).<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2009/05/14205606/Lok-Sabha-Television--With-pr.html Lok Sabha Television | With pride but no prejudice] [[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]], 14 May 2009.</ref>

==History==
Select Parliamentary proceedings have been telecast in [[India]] since 1989, when the President's address to Parliament was shown on live television. After 1994 the [[Question Hour]]s of both Houses were broadcast live on alternate weeks on both satellite television and [[All India Radio]]. The broadcasts were scheduled to ensure that on a given week proceedings in both Houses were aired, one on TV and the other on radio.

In 2006, DD Lok Sabha was replaced by Lok Sabha TV (LSTV), a 24-hour TV channel broadcasting in Hindi and English, which is owned and operated entirely by the Lok Sabha itself, broadcasting live the proceedings of the Lok Sabha and also various cultural and educational programs and panel discussions, when the [[Lok Sabha]] is not in session <ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/july/july269.htm Parliament television channel 'Lok Sabha TV']</ref>

Lok Sabha TV is a [[must-carry]] channel in India, and all television service providers (Direct to Home as well as cable TV providers) must carry this channel, as mandated in the advisory issued by the Indian government in 2015 and still in force.

Currently Lok Sabha TV is headed by [[Aashish Joshi]], Chief Executive & Editor-in-Chief a well known Journalist and Media/Broadcast professional, and the current editor of the national channel. The Channel's programming is headed by [[Sumit Singh]] (Executive Director-Programmes), a journalist and media professional who also anchors a popular show called 'Know Your MP' and Technical headed by Abhishek Agrawal, Senior Technical Manager.

==Dedicated Parliamentary Channels==
With efforts of the Lok Sabha and [[Prasar Bharati]], in 2004 two dedicated satellite channels were set up to telecast live the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament. In July 2006, DD Lok Sabha was replaced by Lok Sabha Television, which is owned and operated by the Lok Sabha itself. Lok Sabha Television also airs other national ceremonies, such as the Oath-taking ceremony of the [[President of India]], conferring of awards to Parliamentarians, and addresses by foreign dignitaries. Private television channels are allowed to use these feeds subject to payment and conditions laid down by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. In addition video footage of proceedings is stored in the Parliamentary Archives. When Parliament is not in session, these channels air [[infotainment|general informative programs]], particularly those related to effective government.

== See also ==
* [[Rajya Sabha TV]]
* [[Doordarshan]]
* [[Legislature broadcaster]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Lok Sabha TV}}
* [http://loksabha.nic.in/ls/audio/live_proceedings_of_lok_sabha.htm Lok Sabha TV webcast]
* [http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/webcast/rstvlive.html Rajya Sabha TV webcast]
* [http://loksabha.nic.in/ Official website of the Lok Sabha]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726051932/http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ Doordarshan website]

{{Parliamentary broadcasters}}
{{Television news in India}}

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[[Category:Television stations in India]]
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[[Category:Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989]]
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[[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]
[[Category:Television stations in New Delhi]]

Lok Sabha TV - Revision history

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