Asianet Suvarna News is a

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news channel owned by

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, a news media subsidiary of Asianxt Digital Technologies. 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

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, 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

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

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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

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, BJP party 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,

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

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activists with 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 Bengaluru Television channels and stations established in 2008 24-hour television news channels in India 2008 establishments in Karnataka Indian news websites {{Asia-tv-station-stub

History

Controversies

See also

References

External links