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| {{short description|Indian Kannada news channel}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Asianet Suvarna News]] |
| {{distinguish|text=[[Star Suvarna]], a general entertainment channel owned by Star India}}
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| | name = Asianet Suvarna News
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| | logo = Suvarna News New Logo.jpg
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| | launch_date = {{start date and age|df=y|2008|3|31}}
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| | network = Asianet News Network
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| | owner = [[Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Private Limited|Jupiter Entertainment Ventures]]
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| | country = India
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| | language = [[Kannada]]
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| | area = [[Indian subcontinent]]
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| | headquarters = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
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| | sister_channels = [[Asianet News]] | |
| | website = {{url|https://kannada.asianetnews.com/}}
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| | cable_serv_1 = [[Asianet Digital]]
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| | cable_chan_1 = 246
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| | sat_serv_1 = [[Dish TV]] & [[d2h]]
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| | sat_chan_1 = 2683
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| | online_serv_1 = [[Asianet Mobile TV]]
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| | online_chan_1 = (World wide)
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| '''Asianet Suvarna News''' is a [[Kannada]] news channel by [[Asianet News Network Private Ltd|Asianet News Network]], a news media subsidiary of [[Jupiter Capital Private Limited]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Saxena|first=Nikita|last2=Dev|first2=Atul|date=29 May 2018|title=How Rajeev Chandrasekhar influenced the editorial policies at Suvarna News and Kannada Prabha|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/rajeev-chandrasekhar-editorial-policies-suvarna-news-kannada-prabha|access-date=2020-04-28|website=[[The Caravan]]|language=en}}</ref> The majority shareholder of the company is [[Rajeev Chandrasekhar]], who is a [[Rajya Sabha]] member from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://india.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/jupiter-capital/|title=Jupiter Capital|website=Media Ownership Monitor|publisher=[[Reporters Without Borders]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> Launched on 31 March 2008, the channel was the third news channel to be aired in the Kannada language.<ref name=":1" /> The channel has telecast fabricated news and social media [[hoax]]<nowiki/>es on various occasions.<ref name="hoaxes">List of sources:
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| * {{Cite web|title=Notice against Kannada news channel for running fake news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/notice-against-kannada-news-channel-for-running-fake-news-826215.html|last=Joy|first=Shemin|date=16 April 2020|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|language=en-GB}}
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| * {{Cite web|title=No, RBI is not going to discontinue Rs 2000 currency notes; false message viral|url=https://www.altnews.in/no-rbi-is-not-going-to-discontinue-rs-2000-currency-notes-false-message-viral/|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=9 October 2019|website=[[Alt News]]}}
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| * {{cite web|title=Media misreport RTO inspector involved in Bengaluru accident as ‘drunk’|url=https://www.altnews.in/media-misreport-rto-inspector-involved-in-bengaluru-accident-as-drunk/|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=14 September 2019|website=[[Alt News]]}}
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| * {{Cite web|title=Debunking False Allegations About Amartya Sen and Nalanda University|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/21/how-an-advocacy-group-is-pushing-back-on-kannada-medias-misreporting-bigotry|last=Kajal|first=Kapil|date=21 March 2020|website=[[Newslaundry]]}}
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| * {{cite news|last=Tiwari|first=Ayush|date=16 February 2020|title=I braved ‘Bharat Bodh’ and lived to tell the tale|language=en-UK|work=[[Newslaundry]]|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/16/i-survived-bharat-bodh-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale}}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| Asianet suvarna news (formerly Suvarna News) was launched as a 24x7 [[Kannada]] news channel on 31 March 2008<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/suvarna-to-launch-24-hour-news-channel/557679|title=Suvarna to launch 24-hour news channel|date=28 March 2008|website=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> 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.
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| Suvarna News had existed as a [[news bulletin]] on [[Star Suvarna|Suvarna TV]] before the launch of its own channel in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/suvarna-news-is-now-a-24-hour-kannada-news-channel-30356.html|title=Suvarna News is now a 24-hour Kannada news channel - Exchange4media|date=29 March 2008|website=exchange4media|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In November 2008, [[Star India]] acquired Asianet Communications excluding its news media operations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 March 2014|title=STAR India acquires 100% Stake In Asianet Communications|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/03/223-star-india-asianet/|access-date=18 October 2019|publisher=Medianama}}</ref> As a result, Suvarna News was placed under the [[Asianet News Network]] which continued to be owned by Jupiter Capital.<ref name=":0" />
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| Suvarna News was rebranded as '''Asianet suvarna news''' on 01 Dec 2020.
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| == Controversies ==
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| 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.<ref name=":0" /> The channel has also been documented to have telecast fabricated news on multiple occasions; in instances picked up from unverified social media [[hoax]]<nowiki/>es.<ref name="hoaxes" />
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| According to some reports, personnel from Suvarna News had also provided technical assistance for setting up [[NaMo TV]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] party propaganda channel, before and after the [[2019 Indian general election]].<ref name=":0" />
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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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NBSA reprimands three TV channels over Tablighi Jamaat reports|work=thehindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nbsa-reprimands-three-tv-channels-over-tablighi-jamaat-reports/article34843558.ece}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Times Now, two other rebuked over Tablighi Jamaat coverage|work=siasat|url=https://www.siasat.com/times-now-two-other-news-channels-rebuked-over-tablighi-jamaat-coverage-2152386/}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[List of Kannada-language television channels]]
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| *[[Television in India]]
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| *[[Media in Karnataka]]
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| *[[Media of India]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| * [https://kannada.asianetnews.com Official Website]
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