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Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
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news channel owned by Indiavision Satellite Communications Ltd, based at
Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
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Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. "There will be a relaunch of this channel in future" said by M. K. Muneer. It was the first 24-hour news channel in Kerala. Veena George, Health minister of Kerala in Second Vijayan ministry was a former journalist in this channel.


History

Indiavision was launched on 14 July 2003. The network launched a second channel, YES Indiavision (Youth, Entertainment & Sports) on 14 February 2007.


Notable events and controversies

In 2004, it came into spotlight through live revelations of ''Rejina'' about Ice cream parlour sex scandal accusing P. K. Kunhalikutty and ensuing attacks on journalists by
Indian Union Muslim League Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the IUML or Muslim League) is a political party primarily based in Kerala. It is recognised as a List of political parties in India, State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. After the ...
workers in
Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...
. Once ''Rejina'' turned hostile and changed her revelation, the enterprising media channel faced lot of financial backlash following constricted fund flow. In March 2014, the
Kerala Police The Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperament, ...
registered a case against Indiavision and some other media organisations for the allegations raised against Mata Amritanandamayi and giving publicity to allegations levelled by Gail Tredwell.


Financial crisis and closure

In 2010, main journalist in the channel M. V. Nikesh Kumar left the channel. The company was in the news twice in 2014 when its editorial team went on strike over non-payment of salaries. Tax sleuths conducted a raid at the channel's main office in
Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
and its director, Jamaludeen Farooqi, was arrested on 4 March 2015. According to reports, the channel hadn't paid service tax to the tune of almost 9
crore Crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes the quantity ten million (107) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. In many international contexts, the decimal quantity is formatted as 10,000,000, but when used in the context of the India ...
. Due to internal problems, it stopped broadcasting on 31 March 2015 by a journalist announcing it on air as a sign of protest to the management.


Programming

*News *''Politics'' *''Varanthyam'' (presented by Adv. A. Jayashankar) *''24 Frames'' (International movie reviews presented by Andur Sahadevan) *''Kaleidoscope'' *''Box Office'' *''Gallery'' *''Raag Rang'' *''Special Correspondent'' *''World This Week'' *''Debate the Week'' *''Colour Pencil'' *''Yugatharam'' *''Crime Patrol'' *''Mukhamukham'' – Face to Face


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* {{Malayalam journalism Malayalam-language television channels Television channels and stations established in 2003 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015 Television stations in Kochi Defunct television channels in India 2003 establishments in Kerala 2015 disestablishments in India