The company conceptualised a genre of channels which would focus on localised news and founded NDTV MetroNation, which was projected to launch a series of channels catering to metropolitan cities such as Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. The first and only channel to be launched under this branding was NDTV MetroNation Delhi. NDTV entered into a partnership with the national daily newspaper "The Hindu", under the joint venture MetroNation Chennai to launched the Chennai-centric English language news channel which was named NDTV Hindu. Later in 2010, the company also entered in a partnership with the Dhaka based conglomerate BEXIMCO to launch the Independent Television, a 24x7 news channel in Bangladesh.