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	Zee Media Corporation Limited (formerly Zee News Ltd.) was founded by Essel Group and it was incorporated on August 27, 1999, as Zee Sports Ltd. It was a subsidiary of the Zee Telefilms Ltd (later renamed to Zee Entertainment Enterprises). The company was [[Certificate of incorporation\|reincorporated]] on 27 May 2004, as Zee News Ltd.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|title=Zee Media Corporation Ltd.\|work=[[Business Standard]]\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/zee-media-27705/information/company-history\|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> It was demerged as a separate company of the Essel Group in 2006.<ref name=":42"/> In 2013,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms\|access-date=2020-02-25\|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> Zee News Ltd changed its name to Zee Media Corporation Limited.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>		Zee Media Corporation Limited (formerly Zee News Ltd.) was founded by Essel Group and it was incorporated on August 27, 1999, as Zee Sports Ltd. It was a subsidiary of the Zee Telefilms Ltd (later renamed to Zee Entertainment Enterprises). The company was [[Certificate of incorporation\|reincorporated]] on 27 May 2004, as Zee News Ltd.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|title=Zee Media Corporation Ltd.\|work=[[Business Standard]]\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/zee-media-27705/information/company-history\|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> It was demerged as a separate company of the Essel Group in 2006.<ref name=":42"/> In 2013,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms\|access-date=2020-02-25\|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> Zee News Ltd changed its name to Zee Media Corporation Limited.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>

	It was involved in a joint venture with the [[Dainik Bhaskar]] Group for the publication of the Daily News & Analysis newspaper but the paper was discontinued in 2019 after suffering losses.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dutta\|first=Amrita Nayak\|date=2019-10-11\|title=DNA goes out of print 14 years after launch — rise & sudden fall of a promising newspaper\|url=https://theprint.in/india/dna-goes-out-of-print-14-years-after-launch-rise-fall-promising-newspaper/304050/\|access-date=2020-02-25\|website=[[ThePrint]]\|language=en-US}}</ref> The corporation also runs the Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA)<ref name=":12">{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation\|url=http://india.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/zee-media-corporation/\|website=Media Ownership Monitor\|publisher=[[Reporters without Borders]]}}</ref> which is owned by Zee Learn, the schooling subsidiary of the Essel Group.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news\|~~last~~=PM\|~~first~~=Indulal\|last2=Balakrishnan\|first2=Reghu\|date=2019-11-19\|title=KKR-backed EuroKids in talks to buy Kidzee for Rs 1,200 crore\|work=[[The Economic Times]]\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/kkr-backed-eurokids-in-talks-to-buy-kidzee-for-rs-1200-crore/articleshow/72118456.cms}}</ref>		It was involved in a joint venture with the [[Dainik Bhaskar]] Group for the publication of the Daily News & Analysis newspaper but the paper was discontinued in 2019 after suffering losses.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dutta\|first=Amrita Nayak\|date=2019-10-11\|title=DNA goes out of print 14 years after launch — rise & sudden fall of a promising newspaper\|url=https://theprint.in/india/dna-goes-out-of-print-14-years-after-launch-rise-fall-promising-newspaper/304050/\|access-date=2020-02-25\|website=[[ThePrint]]\|language=en-US}}</ref> The corporation also runs the Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA)<ref name=":12">{{Cite web\|title=Zee Media Corporation\|url=http://india.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/zee-media-corporation/\|website=Media Ownership Monitor\|publisher=[[Reporters without Borders]]}}</ref> which is owned by Zee Learn, the schooling subsidiary of the Essel Group.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news\|last1=PM\|first1=Indulal\|last2=Balakrishnan\|first2=Reghu\|date=2019-11-19\|title=KKR-backed EuroKids in talks to buy Kidzee for Rs 1,200 crore\|work=[[The Economic Times]]\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/kkr-backed-eurokids-in-talks-to-buy-kidzee-for-rs-1200-crore/articleshow/72118456.cms}}</ref>

	== Operated channels by Zee Media Corporation ==		== Operated channels by Zee Media Corporation ==
	The [[Zee Media Corporation Limited]] (ZMCL) operates a number of other channels, some in regional languages with the stated intent of providing a pan-Indian reach.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title=Profile: Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZEEN.BO)\|url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225192547/https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO\|archive-date=25 February 2020\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[Reuters]]\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=17 August 2015\|title=Zee Media to foray into English news broadcasting\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/zee-media-to-foray-into-english-news-broadcasting-1512583.html\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[Moneycontrol]]}}</ref><ref name=":02"/><ref>{{Cite web\|title=ZMCL Channels Overview\|url=http://www.zeemedia.in/channeloverview.html\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=www.zeemedia.in}}</ref>		The [[Zee Media Corporation Limited]] (ZMCL) operates a number of other channels, some in regional [[languages]] with the stated intent of providing a pan-Indian reach.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title=Profile: Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZEEN.BO)\|url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225192547/https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO\|archive-date=25 February 2020\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[Reuters]]\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=17 August 2015\|title=Zee Media to foray into English news broadcasting\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/zee-media-to-foray-into-english-news-broadcasting-1512583.html\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=[[Moneycontrol]]}}</ref><ref name=":02"/><ref>{{Cite web\|title=ZMCL Channels Overview\|url=http://www.zeemedia.in/channeloverview.html\|access-date=25 February 2020\|website=www.zeemedia.in}}</ref>

	===Current channels===		===Current channels===

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	==== GPS Chips in ₹2000 currency notes ====		==== GPS Chips in ₹2000 currency notes ====
	Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary ran a Daily News and Analysis program announcing that the [[Indian 2000-rupee note]] issued after the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation]] by the government have GPS chips which will allow the government to track currency, thereby reducing corruption.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Venkataramakrishnan\|first=Rohan\|date=9 November 2016\|title=No, the RBI hasn't announced a Rs 2,000 note with a 'nano GPS chip' that it can track\|url=http://scroll.in/article/821078/no-the-new-rs-2000-note-will-not-have-a-nano-gps-chip-that-can-track-it-anywhere\|access-date=24 February 2020\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Minister of Finance (India)\|Minister of Finance]], [[Arun Jaitley]] dismissed the report as being rumours.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|title=Nano Chip in Rs 2,000 Notes? Arun Jaitley Dismisses Rumours\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/nano-chip-in-rs-2-000-notes-arun-jaitley-dismisses-rumours-1623483\|access-date=24 February 2020\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> The [[Reserve Bank of India]] has also given a statement that no such chips are present in the currency notes.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Raghavan\|first=TCA Sharad\|date=9 November 2016\|title=No electronic chip in Rs. 2000 notes: RBI\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/No-electronic-chip-in-Rs.-2000-notes-RBI/article16440933.ece\|access-date=24 February 2020\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The presence of "nano GPS" in the currency notes has been classified as a [[hoax]] being spread on social media.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=No, New Rs. 2000 Note Will Not Have a 'Nano GPS Chip'\|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/2000-note-nano-gps-chip-rumours-1623133\|access-date=9 April 2020\|website=NDTV Gadgets 360\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last3=Ist\|first3=2016 10:06\|date=10 November 2016\|title=No, Rs 2000 note doesn't have nano GPS for tracking but it may have RFID\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/no-rs-2000-note-wont-have-nano-gps-for-tracking-but-it-may-have-rfid-351039-2016-11-10\|access-date=9 April 2020\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en}}</ref>		Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary ran a Daily News and Analysis program announcing that the [[Indian 2000-rupee note]] issued after the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation]] by the government have GPS chips which will allow the government to track currency, thereby reducing corruption.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Venkataramakrishnan\|first=Rohan\|date=9 November 2016\|title=No, the RBI hasn't announced a Rs 2,000 note with a 'nano GPS chip' that it can track\|url=http://scroll.in/article/821078/no-the-new-rs-2000-note-will-not-have-a-nano-gps-chip-that-can-track-it-anywhere\|access-date=24 February 2020\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Minister of Finance (India)\|Minister of Finance]], [[Arun Jaitley]] dismissed the report as being rumours.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Nano Chip in Rs 2,000 Notes? Arun Jaitley Dismisses Rumours\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/nano-chip-in-rs-2-000-notes-arun-jaitley-dismisses-rumours-1623483\|access-date=24 February 2020\|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> The [[Reserve Bank of India]] has also given a statement that no such chips are present in the currency notes.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Raghavan\|first=TCA Sharad\|date=9 November 2016\|title=No electronic chip in Rs. 2000 notes: RBI\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/No-electronic-chip-in-Rs.-2000-notes-RBI/article16440933.ece\|access-date=24 February 2020\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The presence of "nano GPS" in the currency notes has been classified as a [[hoax]] being spread on social media.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=No, New Rs. 2000 Note Will Not Have a 'Nano GPS Chip'\|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/2000-note-nano-gps-chip-rumours-1623133\|access-date=9 April 2020\|website=NDTV Gadgets 360\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last3=Ist\|first3=2016 10:06\|date=10 November 2016\|title=No, Rs 2000 note doesn't have nano GPS for tracking but it may have RFID\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/no-rs-2000-note-wont-have-nano-gps-for-tracking-but-it-may-have-rfid-351039-2016-11-10\|access-date=9 April 2020\|website=[[India Today]]\|language=en}}</ref>

	==== Navjot Singh Sidhu – Alwar controversy ====		==== Navjot Singh Sidhu – Alwar controversy ====

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{{Short description|News broadcasting company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Zee Media Corporation Limited
| logo = Zee media logo.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{BSE|532794}} {{NSE|ZEEMEDIA}}
| industry = [[News Media]]
| hq_location = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| num_locations_year = 
| area_served = 
| key_people = Jawahar Goel {{small|([[Editor-in-chief]])}}
| brands = [[Zee News]], Daily News and Analysis
| revenue = {{INRConvert|640|c}}<ref name="fy01">{{cite web |title=Zee Media Share Price, Zee Media Stock Price, Zee Media Corporation Ltd. Stock Price, Share Price, Live BSE/NSE, Zee Media Corporation Ltd. Bids Offers. Buy/Sell Zee Media Corporation Ltd. news & tips, & F&O Quotes, NSE/BSE Forecast News and Live Quotes |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/india/stockpricequote/mediaentertainment/zeemediacorporation/ZN |website=www.moneycontrol.com |access-date=25 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
| revenue_year = 2020
| net_income = {{INRConvert|-273|c}}<ref name="fy01"/>
| net_income_year = 2020
| aum = 
| owner = [[Essel Group]]
| num_employees = 1,719<ref name="fy01"/>
| num_employees_year = 2020
| website = {{URL|zeemedia.in}}
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/slowdown-blues-zee-media-profit-drop-73pc-to-rs-13-cr-in-fy19-operating-revenue-up-19pc/story/346605.html|title=Slowdown Blues: Zee Media profit drops 73% to Rs 13.17 crore in FY19|website=www.businesstoday.in}}</ref>
}}

'''''Zee Media Corporation Limited''''' (abbreviated as '''ZMCL'''; formerly '''Zee News Limited''') is the [[news broadcasting]] company of the [[Essel Group]] which is controlled by [[Subhash Chandra]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|date=2006-12-14|title=Zee Telefilms demerges into 3 firms|work=[[Business Standard]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/zee-telefilms-demerges-into-3-firms-106121401118_1.html}}</ref> The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of news current affairs and regional entertainment satellite television channels uplinked from India.

The network has been involved in several controversies and has broadcast fabricated news stories on multiple occasions.<ref name="fake">List of sources:

* {{Cite web|last=Bhushan|first=Sandeep|date=29 June 2019|title=Book extract: Republic TV, age of fake news and promoters in Indian TV newsrooms|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/book-extract/book-extract-republic-tv-age-of-fake-news-and-promoters-in-indian-tv-newsrooms|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[National Herald (India)|National Herald]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Jha|first=Aditya Mani|date=31 January 2020|title=The festival and its funder|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/the-troubling-association-of-zee-and-jlf/article30693362.ece|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Business Line]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Patel|first=Jignesh|date=8 March 2019|title=Zee News broadcasts old, unrelated satellite visuals as destroyed JEM camp in Balakot|url=https://www.altnews.in/zee-news-broadcasts-old-unrelated-satellite-visuals-as-destroyed-jem-camp-in-balakot/|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Alt News]]|language=en-GB}}
* {{Cite web|last=Hafeez|first=Sarah|date=22 February 2018|title=Zee News producer quits: Video we shot had no Pakistan Zindabad slogan|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/zee-news-producer-quits-video-we-shot-had-no-pakistan-zindabad-slogan/|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Yadav|first=Puneet|date=21 February 2020|title=Are Newsrooms Run By Political Masters? Why Are Editors Compromising On Truth Telling?|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-are-newsrooms-run-by-political-masters-why-are-editors-compromising-on-truth-telling/302846|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Rampal|first=Nikhil|date=3 December 2018|title=Zee News tweets doctored video of Navjot Sidhu's Rajasthan rally|url=https://theprint.in/hoaxposed/zee-news-tweets-doctored-video-of-navjot-sidhus-rajasthan-rally/158011/|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[ThePrint]]|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Aditya|date=10 February 2017|title=Saffron journalism: Zee News & art of manufacturing anti-nationals|url=http://www.catchnews.com/politics-news/saffron-journalism-zee-news-and-art-of-manufacturing-anti-nationals-1457687402.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=catchnews.com|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Saif Ahmed|date=10 March 2016|title=Subhash Chandra failed to convince Zee is not Modi's mouthpiece|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/zee-news-subhash-chandra-sudhir-chaudhary-narendra-modi-bhakt-sangh-jnu-bjp-muslims-pakistan-anupam-kher/story/1/9474.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[India Today|DailyO]]|language=en}}</ref> The network is subjected to an ongoing criminal defamation case (through [[Zee News]]) against legislator [[Mahua Moitra]] as of March 2020.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|title=Mahua Moitra Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Sudhir Chaudhary|url=https://thewire.in/law/mahua-moitra-criminal-defamation-sudhir-chaudhary|access-date=24 February 2020|website=The Wire}}</ref>

== History ==
Zee Media Corporation Limited (formerly Zee News Ltd.) was founded by Essel Group and it was incorporated on August 27, 1999, as Zee Sports Ltd. It was a subsidiary of the Zee Telefilms Ltd (later renamed to Zee Entertainment Enterprises). The company was [[Certificate of incorporation|reincorporated]] on 27 May 2004, as Zee News Ltd.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|title=Zee Media Corporation Ltd.|work=[[Business Standard]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/zee-media-27705/information/company-history|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> It was demerged as a separate company of the Essel Group in 2006.<ref name=":42"/> In 2013,<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms|access-date=2020-02-25|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> Zee News Ltd changed its name to Zee Media Corporation Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee Media Corporation History {{!}} Zee Media Corporation Information|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/zee-media-corporation-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-18879.cms|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>

It was involved in a joint venture with the [[Dainik Bhaskar]] Group for the publication of the Daily News & Analysis newspaper but the paper was discontinued in 2019 after suffering losses.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutta|first=Amrita Nayak|date=2019-10-11|title=DNA goes out of print 14 years after launch — rise & sudden fall of a promising newspaper|url=https://theprint.in/india/dna-goes-out-of-print-14-years-after-launch-rise-fall-promising-newspaper/304050/|access-date=2020-02-25|website=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The corporation also runs the Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA)<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title=Zee Media Corporation|url=http://india.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/zee-media-corporation/|website=Media Ownership Monitor|publisher=[[Reporters without Borders]]}}</ref> which is owned by Zee Learn, the schooling subsidiary of the Essel Group.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|last=PM|first=Indulal|last2=Balakrishnan|first2=Reghu|date=2019-11-19|title=KKR-backed EuroKids in talks to buy Kidzee for Rs 1,200 crore|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/kkr-backed-eurokids-in-talks-to-buy-kidzee-for-rs-1200-crore/articleshow/72118456.cms}}</ref>

== Operated channels by Zee Media Corporation ==
The [[Zee Media Corporation Limited]] (ZMCL) operates a number of other channels, some in regional languages with the stated intent of providing a pan-Indian reach.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Profile: Zee Media Corporation Ltd (ZEEN.BO)|url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225192547/https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ZEEN.BO|archive-date=25 February 2020|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 August 2015|title=Zee Media to foray into English news broadcasting|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/zee-media-to-foray-into-english-news-broadcasting-1512583.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Moneycontrol]]}}</ref><ref name=":02"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=ZMCL Channels Overview|url=http://www.zeemedia.in/channeloverview.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=www.zeemedia.in}}</ref>

===Current channels===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:middle;"
|'''Channels'''
|'''Launched'''
|'''Language'''
|'''Category'''
|'''SD/HD availability'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|[[Zee News]]
|1999
| rowspan="8" |[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| rowspan="19" |[[News]]
| rowspan="19" |[[Standard-definition television|SD]]
|[[High-definition television|HD]] version coming soon
|-
|[[Zee Business]]
|2005
|
|-
|[[Zee Rajasthan]]
| rowspan="2" |2013
|
|-
|[[Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh]]
|
|-
|[[Zee Hindustan]]
| rowspan="3" |2017
|
|-
|[[Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand]]
|
|-
|[[Zee Bihar Jharkhand]]
|
|-
|[[Zee Delhi NCR Haryana]]
|2022
|
|-
|[[Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal]]
|2013
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|
|-
|[[WION (TV channel)|WION]]
|2016
|[[English language|English]]
|[[High-definition television|HD]] version coming soon
|-
|[[Zee 24 Ghanta]]
| rowspan="2" |2007
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|
|-
|[[Zee 24 Taas]]
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|
|-
|[[Zee Salaam]]
|2010
|[[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|
|-
|[[Zee 24 Kalak]]
|2017
|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|
|-
|[[Zee News South|Zee Kannada News]]
|rowspan="5" |2022
|[[Kannada language|Kannada]]
|Digitally available only
|-
|[[Zee News South|Zee Malayalam News]]
|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|Digitally available only
|-
|[[Zee Tamil News]]
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|Digitally available only
|-
|[[Zee News South|Zee Telugu News]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Digitally available only
|-
|[[Zee Odisha|Zee Odisha News]]
|[[Odia language|Odia]]
|Digitally available only
|}

===Former/Defunct channels===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:middle;"
|'''Channels'''
|'''Launched'''
|'''Defunct'''
|'''Language'''
|'''Category'''
|'''SD/HD availability'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|[[Zee 24 Ghantalu]]
|2008
|2014
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|rowspan="2" |News
|rowspan="2" |SD
|
|-
|[[Zee Odisha]]
|2014
|2022
|[[Odia language|Odia]]
|
|-
|}

===Online===

Zee News operates the Daily News & Analysis and Zee News websites to provide online coverage of the channel. The Zee5 website which is owned by the [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]] is used to platform coverage of other ZMCL channels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee Media Corporation Limited|url=http://www.esselgroup.com/zee-media-corporation-limited.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=esselgroup.com}}</ref> The World is One News (WION) channel operates its own WION website.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Basu|first=Indrani|date=18 August 2015|title=Zee Group To Launch English News Channel, Hires Rohit Gandhi As Editor-In-Chief|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/08/18/zee-english-news-channel_n_8002024.html|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[Huffington Post]]|language=en}}</ref> The ZMCL also owns the India.com news website.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 December 2019|title=Cautious road ahead for Zee Entertainment|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/cautious-road-ahead-for-zee-entertainment/1787546/|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

* '''Zee News Website:''' English and Hindi language online news coverage service of Zee News.
* '''Daily News & Analysis Website:''' English language online news coverage service. It is branded under the DNA program of Zee News.<ref>{{cite web|title=Latest News Headlines, Breaking News & Live Updates on Politics, Business, Sports, Bollywood at Daily News & Analysis|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/about|access-date=7 December 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>
* '''Zee5 Website:''' Streaming service which hosts ZMCL news channels.
* '''WION Website:''' English language online news coverage service of World is One News.
* '''India.com:''' English and Hindi language news website owned by ZMCL.

===Newspaper===
{{anchor| Daily News and Analysis}}
The ''Daily News & Analysis'' was an English-language [[broadsheet]] newspaper owned by the Zee Media Corporation Limited. It was launched on 30 July 2005 and branded under the Daily News & Analysis (DNA) program of Zee News. It was primarily circulated in [[Mumbai]] and discontinued on 9 October 2019 citing recurring losses.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutta|first=Amrita Nayak|date=11 October 2019|title=DNA goes out of print 14 years after launch – rise & sudden fall of a promising newspaper|url=https://theprint.in/india/dna-goes-out-of-print-14-years-after-launch-rise-fall-promising-newspaper/304050/|access-date=25 February 2020|website=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bhupesh Trivedi|date=1 June 2006|title=DNA commissions E&Y to certify circulation|url=http://www.chronosphere.biz/IMO/26/imo.html#dna|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219110303/http://www.chronosphere.biz/IMO/26/imo.html#dna|archive-date=19 December 2007|work=Indian Media Observer (issue #26)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaul|first1=Vivek|date=7 December 2020|title=Mumbai Mirror Shutting Down and the Screwed Up Business Model of India Media|url=https://vivekkaul.com/2020/12/07/mumbai-mirror-shutting-down-and-the-screwed-up-business-model-of-india-media/|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

== Controversies and criticism ==
Zee Media Corporation Limited has been involved in many controversies such as broadcasting fake news through its news platforms, mainly its Hindi news channel called Zee News.

=== Jindal Group incident ===
The channel was tried for allegedly extorting ₹1 billion from the Jindal Group revealed through a sting operation.<ref name="The Hindu2">{{cite news|last=Jebaraj|first=Priscilla|date=28 July 2016|title=Jindal plays CD, claims Zee editors demanded Rs. 100 crore|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jindal-plays-cd-claims-zee-editors-demanded-rs-100-crore/article4031340.ece|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> Two senior journalists [[Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist)|Sudhir Chaudhary]] and Sameer Ahluwalia were arrested.<ref name="NDTV India2">{{cite news|title=Naveen Jindal vs Zee: Senior journalists arrested over alleged extortion|publisher=NDTV India|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/naveen-jindal-vs-zee-senior-journalists-arrested-over-alleged-extortion-298095|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Two Zee editors arrested for 'Rs 100-crore extortion bid' – Times of India|work=The Times of India|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Two-Zee-editors-arrested-for-Rs-100-crore-extortion-bid/articleshow/17391903.cms|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="The Australian2">{{cite news|title=Jindal Group and Zee television in extortion scandal|publisher=The Australian|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/jindal-group-and-zee-television-in-extortion-scandal/story-e6frg6so-1226527713986?nk=e835e32ddf2956600de185626015a1b1|access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> The two were sent to 14-day judicial custody in [[Tihar jail]] and were ultimately released on bail.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 November 2012|title=Zee editors in two-week custody|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20555718|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 December 2012|title=Zee News editors sent to Tihar jail|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/zee-news-editors-sent-to-tihar-jail/story-YhQqQk8V9HgADnCLtt5K0H.html|access-date=8 September 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> [[Naveen Jindal]] had accused the two journalists of trying to extort {{INRConvert|1,000,000,000||lk=on|year=2011}} in advertisements for Zee News from him through blackmail by threatening to air stories against his company in the [[Coalgate scam]]. Zee News denied the charges and made counter claims of Jindal offering them {{INRConvert|200000000||lk=on|year=2011}} to halt their investigations against [[Jindal Steel]]'s involvement in the scam but filed no charges.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 October 2012|title=Naveen Jindal accuses Zee News of extortion, channel hits back – The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Naveen-Jindal-accuses-Zee-News-of-extortion-channel-hits-back/articleshow/16956098.cms|access-date=3 November 2012|publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> In July 2018, the Jindal Group withdrew the case against Zee News and both parties to the litigation stated that an out of court settlement had been reached which remains undisclosed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 July 2018|title=ED charges against Naveen Jindal, others as his firm settles case of extortion with Zee|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ed-charges-against-jindal-others-as-his-firm-settles-case-of-extortion-with-zee/|access-date=12 February 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Cases of fabrication ===

==== Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition controversy ====
{{main|2016 JNU sedition controversy}}
''Zee News'' reported that students from the Democratic Students' Union (DSU) raised "anti-India" slogans such as ''Bharat ki barbadi'' (Destruction of India) and ''Pakistan Zindabad'' (Long live Pakistan) in an event on the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] campus.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 February 2016|title=From 'Pakistan Zindabad' to 'Bharat ki barbaadi' – Slogans that were raised by 'anti-nationals' in JNU|newspaper=Zee News|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/from-pakistan-zindabad-to-bharat-ki-barbaadi-slogans-that-were-raised-by-anti-nationals-in-jnu_1855562.html}}</ref> In a letter Vishwa Deepak, a journalist working at the channel gave a statement that "our biases made us hear ''Bhartiya Court Zindabad'' (Long live Indian courts) as ''Pakistan Zindabad.''" Vishwa Deepak later resigned from the channel after expressing reservations over its "biased coverage". The footage on the newscast of Zee News had formed the basis of charges filed by the [[Delhi Police]].<ref name="TIE-quit2">{{cite news|date=22 February 2016|title=Zee News producer quits: Video we shot had no Pakistan Zindabad slogan|newspaper=The Indian Express|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/zee-news-producer-quits-video-we-shot-had-no-pakistan-zindabad-slogan/}}</ref> Sudhir Chaudhary, editor and prime time anchor of the channel however on a telecast made a statement saying "our channel only showed what was happening there, whatever we have shown is 100% authentic."<ref name="newslaundry-VD2">{{cite web|date=21 February 2016|title=We speak with the Zee News journalist who resigned over the channel's coverage of #JNURow|url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2016/02/21/we-speak-with-the-zee-news-journalist-who-resigned-over-the-channels-coverage-of-junrow/|newspaper=Newslaundry}}</ref> A forensic report of the [[Delhi Police]] however later stated that the footage was doctored.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=19 February 2016|title=Forensic experts say Kanhaiya video was doctored|language=en|newspaper=India Today|agency=|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/delhi/story/forensic-experts-say-kanhaiya-video-was-doctored-309626-2016-02-19|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>

==== GPS Chips in ₹2000 currency notes ====
Anchor Sudhir Chaudhary ran a Daily News and Analysis program announcing that the [[Indian 2000-rupee note]] issued after the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation]] by the government have GPS chips which will allow the government to track currency, thereby reducing corruption.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Rohan|date=9 November 2016|title=No, the RBI hasn't announced a Rs 2,000 note with a 'nano GPS chip' that it can track|url=http://scroll.in/article/821078/no-the-new-rs-2000-note-will-not-have-a-nano-gps-chip-that-can-track-it-anywhere|access-date=24 February 2020|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]], [[Arun Jaitley]] dismissed the report as being rumours.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nano Chip in Rs 2,000 Notes? Arun Jaitley Dismisses Rumours|url=https://www.ndtv.com/business/nano-chip-in-rs-2-000-notes-arun-jaitley-dismisses-rumours-1623483|access-date=24 February 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> The [[Reserve Bank of India]] has also given a statement that no such chips are present in the currency notes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raghavan|first=TCA Sharad|date=9 November 2016|title=No electronic chip in Rs. 2000 notes: RBI|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/No-electronic-chip-in-Rs.-2000-notes-RBI/article16440933.ece|access-date=24 February 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The presence of "nano GPS" in the currency notes has been classified as a [[hoax]] being spread on social media.<ref>{{Cite web|title=No, New Rs. 2000 Note Will Not Have a 'Nano GPS Chip'|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/2000-note-nano-gps-chip-rumours-1623133|access-date=9 April 2020|website=NDTV Gadgets 360|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last3=Ist|first3=2016 10:06|date=10 November 2016|title=No, Rs 2000 note doesn't have nano GPS for tracking but it may have RFID|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/no-rs-2000-note-wont-have-nano-gps-for-tracking-but-it-may-have-rfid-351039-2016-11-10|access-date=9 April 2020|website=[[India Today]]|language=en}}</ref>

==== Navjot Singh Sidhu – Alwar controversy ====
Zee News telecasted a video with the claim that the slogans of ''Pakistan Zindabad'' were raised at a rally in [[Alwar]] presided over by the [[Indian National Congress]] politician, [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 December 2018|title=Shocking! Pak supporters shout "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan in Navjot Singh Sidhu rally|url=https://zeenews.india.com/video/india/shocking-pak-supporters-shout-pakistan-zindabad-slogan-in-navjot-singh-sidhu-rally-2160544.html|access-date=24 February 2020|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref> Sidhu accused Zee News of playing a doctored video and threatened to file a defamation suit against Zee News.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mehta|first1=Ashish|last2=4 December 2018|title=navjot singh sidhu: Will sue channel for fake news: Navjot Singh Sidhu {{!}} Jaipur News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/to-sue-channel-for-fake-news-sidhu/articleshow/66928000.cms|access-date=24 February 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Sidhu stated that slogans of ''[[Bole So Nihal|Jo Bole So Nihal]]'' were misconstrued as being in favor of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 December 2018|title=Sidhu to file defamation suit against TV channel for airing 'fake' video|work=[[Business Standard]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/sidhu-to-file-defamation-suit-against-tv-channel-for-airing-fake-video-118120301205_1.html|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> Zee News accused Sidhu of calling a news broadcast to be fake news and sent a defamation notice to him. The notice demanded an apology from him within 24 hours and threatened to pursue legal recourse if an apology was not issued by him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee News sends Rs 1000 crore defamation notice to Navjot Singh Sidhu after he accuses channel of playing fake video|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/zee-news-sends-rs-1000-crore-defamation-notice-to-navjot-singh-sidhu-after-he-accuses-channel-of-playing-fake-video|access-date=24 February 2020|website=[[Free Press Journal]]|language=en}}</ref>

==== Mahua Moitra criminal defamation case ====
Zee News telecasted a show featuring editor-in-chief [[Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist)|Sudhir Chaudhary]] where he claimed that [[Trinamool Congress]] legislator [[Mahua Moitra]] had plagiarized author Martin Longman in her maiden speech after being elected to the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Pooja|date=3 July 2019|title=Zee News falsely claims Mahua Moitra plagiarised her maiden Parliament speech|url=https://www.altnews.in/zee-news-falsely-claims-mahua-moitra-plagiarised-her-maiden-parliament-speech/|access-date=24 February 2020|website=Alt News|language=en-GB}}</ref> Moitra accused the channel of false reporting and submitted a breach of privilege motion against Zee News and Sudhir Chaudhary.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 July 2019|title=Mahua Moitra submits breach of privilege motion against Zee TV, LS speaker disallows it|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/mahua-moitra-submits-breach-of-privilege-motion-against-zee-tv-ls-speaker-disallows-it-119070400464_1.html|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> Martin Longman responded and stated that the legislator did not plagiarise him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 July 2019|title=Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra didn't plagiarise: US writer of fascism article shuts trolls|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/martin-longman-fascism-article-mahua-moitra-1561305-2019-07-03|access-date=24 February 2020|website=[[India Today]]|language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, Moitra filed a criminal defamation case against Chaudhary.<ref name=":32"/>

=== Coverage of 2020 Delhi election results ===
The [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] was held on 8 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delhi Election 2020 : Polling held peacefully, counting of votes on February 11|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/delhi/delhi-election-exit-polls-2020-results-live-news/liveblog/74028057.cms|access-date=28 March 2020|website=[[The Economic Times]]|language=en}}</ref> The exit poll results predicted the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] to retain their government in [[National capital territory of Delhi]]. The Zee News telecast of the exit poll results featured Sudhir Chaudhary who indulged in polemic commentary against the voters of the election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jha|first=Fiza|date=10 February 2020|title=EVM tampering in Delhi across channels & Zee's Sudhir Chaudhury angry at voters|url=https://theprint.in/plugged-in/primetime/evm-tampering-in-delhi-across-channels-zees-sudhir-chaudhury-angry-at-voters/362327/|access-date=28 March 2020|website=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He stated that the people of Delhi had chosen Pakistan over [[Hindustan]] and that the rule of [[Mughals]] will now return. He further alleged the people of Delhi are lazy and only concerned about "freebies" and that issues like [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram Mandir]], [[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot airstrike]] and [[Article 370 of the Constitution of India|Revocation of Article 370]] do not matter to them which is why they have rejected the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 February 2020|title=वीडियो: एग्जिट पोल में AAP की जीत पर एंकर ने कहा- दिल्ली को देश टूटने की चिंता नहीं|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/exit-poll-2020-delhi-election-zee-news-tv-anchor-sudhir-chaudhary-after-exit-poll-out-people-not-worried-about-country/1312191/|access-date=28 March 2020|website=[[Jansatta]]|language=hi}}</ref> The telecast resulted in backlash and mockery of Zee News and Sudhir Chaudhary on social media.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 February 2020|title='How does this qualify as journalism?': Twitter mocks Zee News and Sudhir Chaudhary for blaming Delhi voters after exit polls|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/how-does-this-qualify-as-journalism-twitter-mocks-zee-news-and-sudhir-chaudhary-for-blaming-delhi-voters-after-exit-polls|access-date=28 March 2020|website=[[Free Press Journal]]|language=en}}</ref>

=== Ban in Nepal ===
On 9 July 2020, Nepal's satellite and cable television operators banned Zee News and some other Indian privately owned news channels, citing "propaganda and defamatory report against Nepal government".<ref>{{cite news|title=Cable operators ban Indian news channels in response to 'insulting' video about prime minister|publisher=The Kathmandu Post|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2020/07/09/cable-operators-ban-indian-news-channels-in-response-to-insulting-video-about-prime-minister|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nepal bans private Indian channels for airing 'false propaganda'|publisher=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/nepal-bans-private-indian-channels-airing-false-propaganda-200710094837428.html|access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Zee News]]
* [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]]
* [[Essel Group]]

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