Asianet Suvarna News

Asianet Suvarna News is a Kannada news channel owned by Asianet News Network, a news media subsidiary of Jupiter Capital Private Limited.[1] The majority shareholder of the company is Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is a Rajya Sabha member from the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] Launched on 31 March 2008, the channel was the third news channel to be aired in the Kannada language.[3] The channel has telecast fabricated news and social media hoaxes on various occasions.[4][5][6][7][8]

Not to be confused with Star Suvarna, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star.

Asianet Suvarna News
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndian subcontinent
NetworkAsianet News Network
HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka
Programming
Language(s)Kannada
Ownership
ParentJupiter Capital
Sister channelsAsianet News
Republic TV
Republic Bharat
Republic Bangla
Republic World
History
Launched31 March 2008 (2008-03-31)
Links
Websitekannada.asianetnews.com
Availability
Streaming media
Asianet Mobile TV(World wide)

History

Asianet suvarna news (formerly Suvarna News) was launched as a 24x7 Kannada news channel on 31 March 2008[3] by Asianet Communications Limited, 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 on Suvarna TV before the launch of its own channel in 2008.[9][1] In November 2008, Star India acquired Asianet Communications excluding its news media operations.[10] As a result, Suvarna News was placed under the Asianet News Network which continued to be owned by Jupiter Capital.[1]

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, Rajeev Chandrasekhar maintains editorial control through the corporate management of the company.[1] The channel has also been documented to have telecast fabricated news on multiple occasions; in instances picked up from unverified social media hoaxes.[4][6][5][8][7]

According to some reports, personnel from Suvarna News had also provided technical assistance for setting up NaMo TV, BJP party propaganda channel, before and after the 2019 Indian general election.[1]

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.[11][12]

The Human rights organization, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) reported that Suvarna News along with other media channels, aided right wing Hindutva activists with biased coverage, during the attacks by right-wingers against the Karnataka's Christian community in 2021.[13][14]

See also

References
  1. Saxena, Nikita; Dev, Atul (29 May 2018). "How Rajeev Chandrasekhar influenced the editorial policies at Suvarna News and Kannada Prabha". The Caravan. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "Jupiter Capital". Media Ownership Monitor. Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "Suvarna to launch 24-hour news channel". Outlook India. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "Notice against Kannada news channel for running fake news". Deccan Herald. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. "No, RBI is not going to discontinue Rs 2000 currency notes; false message viral". Alt News. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. "Media misreport RTO inspector involved in Bengaluru accident as 'drunk'". Alt News. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. Kajal, Kapil. "How an advocacy group is pushing back on Kannada media's misreporting, bigotry". Newslaundry. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. Tiwari, Ayush. "I braved 'Bharat Bodh' and lived to tell the tale". Newslaundry. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. "Suvarna News is now a 24-hour Kannada news channel - Exchange4media". exchange4media. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. "STAR India acquires 100% Stake In Asianet Communications". Medianama. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  11. "NBSA reprimands three TV channels over Tablighi Jamaat reports". thehindu.
  12. "Times Now, two other rebuked over Tablighi Jamaat coverage". siasat.
  13. "'Complicity of Police; Forced Conversion a Myth': PUCL on Attacks on Christians in Karnataka". The Wire. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  14. "Cops, media worked with Hindutva groups in attacks on Christians, says report". The News Minute. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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