[1] As Nation TV, the channel launched at 8pm on 10 December 1999 on UHF channel 42 in Nairobi,[2] becoming the sixth Kenyan TV station overall to launch.

The relaunch came with state-of-the-art technology new to a television station in East and Central Africa, as well as its OB van.

[6] Per 2010 and 2011 Synovate surveys, NTV was the second most-watched channel in Kenya, behind Citizen.

[7] NTV shut down its analogue signal together with two competing private networks in late December 2013, as part of the migration to digital terrestrial television in Kenya.

Following this move, the blogosphere was awash with accolades with NTV's US correspondent (BMJ) Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi terming it a techno-revolution for mass media among Kenyans across the globe.