TV5 is an Indian

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-language 24-hour

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. It is launched on 2 October 2007 by Shreya Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd. It is founded by B. R. Naidu (Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu) of Chittoor. He is also the owner of hair product company, Nuzen Hair oil. Naidu is the chairman, and Bollineni Ravindranath is the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the channel. TV5 is popular for its incisive business reportage.

History

TV5 is launched as a 24-hour Telugu news channel on 2 October 2007 by Shreya Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd. It is promoted by B. R. Naidu (Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu) of Chittoor. Naidu previously ran a travel agency. He is also the owner of hair product company, Nuzen Hair oil. TV5 is established from the profits of the hair oil business. B. R. Naidu, Bollineni Ravindranath, and Bollineni Surendranath are the board members and directors of the company. The parent company also broadcasts TV5 USA, exclusive to Telugu audience in the US. In August 2016, TV5 launched a digital entity called TV5 Money, exploiting its business specialisation. It was made available as a

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channel, mobile app, website and on

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platforms. TV5 Money focuses on real time financial market coverage, business news, and life style content. On 29 March 2017, TV5 launched its devotional and spiritual channel, ''Hindu Dharmam'' on the occasion of

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festival. As of March 2017, TV5 had around 300 reporters covering the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In September 2017, TV5 announced the launch of TV5 Kannada focusing on

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to mark its tenth anniversary. TV5 Kannada launched on the occasion of

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’s birthday on 2 October 2017.

Controversies

Rajasekhara Reddy's death conspiracy theory In January 2010, TV5 broadcast a

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by the American journalist

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in the Russian online tabloid ''

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'', on the death of former

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chief minister,

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in a helicopter crash on 2 September 2009, alleging that Ambani brothers of Reliance group of companies orchestrated the death of Reddy. TV5 broke the story while

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and

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relayed the report aired by TV5. The report led to massive attacks against the business establishments owned by the two Ambani brothers in Andhra Pradesh. On 8 January 2010, senior executive editor of TV5, Brahmananda Reddy and input editor, P. Venkata Krishna were arrested by the CID police of Andhra. Criminal cases were also filed against Sakshi TV and NTV.

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asked the channels to desist from "irresponsible reporting" and condemned the reporting as sensational and against the principles of journalism. However, various journalists' associations also protested against the arrest of TV5 journalists and called for the immediate release of the arrested duo, and the withdrawal of the cases filed against them.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:TV5 News (India) Telugu-language television channels 24-hour television news channels in India Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television stations in Hyderabad