Asianet Suvarna News is a

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news channel owned by

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, a news media subsidiary of Jupiter Capital Private Limited. The majority shareholder of the company is

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, who is a

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member from the

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. Launched on 31 March 2008, the channel was the third news channel to be aired in the

language. The channel has telecast fabricated news and social media

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es on various occasions.

History

Asianet suvarna news (formerly Suvarna News) was launched as a 24x7

news channel on 31 March 2008 by

Asianet Communications Limited Asianet Star Communications, formerly Asianet Communications, is an Indian media company headquartered in Trivandrum owned by Disney Star, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Asianet Star Communications operates Malayalam ch ...

, the media enterprise of Jupiter Capital Private Limited. With the launch, Asianet Suvarna News became the third News channel in Kannada. Suvarna News had existed as a

news bulletin Breaking news, interchangeably termed late-breaking news and also known as a special report or special coverage or news flash, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming or current news in orde ...

on Suvarna TV before the launch of its own channel in 2008. In November 2008,

Star India Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reac ...

acquired Asianet Communications excluding its news media operations. As a result, Suvarna News was placed under the

which continued to be owned by Jupiter Capital. Suvarna News was rebranded as Asianet suvarna news on 01 Dec 2020.

Controversies

The channel has a history of frequent changes in its editorial leadership. According to Shashidhar Bhat, the first and former editor of the channel,

maintains editorial control through the corporate management of the company. The channel has also been documented to have telecast fabricated news on multiple occasions; in instances picked up from unverified social media

es. According to some reports, personnel from Suvarna News had also provided technical assistance for setting up NaMo TV,

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party propaganda channel, before and after the

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. The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) finned Suvarna News was Rs 50,000 for their biased coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation of March 2020. The Human rights organization,

People's Union for Civil Liberties People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) is a human rights body formed in India in 1976 by Jayaprakash Narayan, as the People's Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights (PUCLDR). Background Indian emergency Jayaprakash Narayan was a G ...

(PUCL) reported that Suvarna News along with other media channels, aided

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activists with biased coverage, during the attacks by right-wingers against the Karnataka's Christian community in 2021.

References

External links

Official Website
Kannada-language television channels Television stations in Bangalore Television channels and stations established in 2008 24-hour television news channels in India 2008 establishments in Karnataka {{tv-station-stub Indian news websites

History

Controversies

See also

References

External links