Mangalam TV

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Mangalam TV
File:Mangalam logo.png
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndian sub-continent, Middle East, Europe, North America
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Programming
Language(s)Malayalam
Picture format480i
Ownership
OwnerMangalam Publications
History
Launched26 March 2017
Links
Websitewww.mangalam.com/news/about-mangalam.html
Availability

Mangalam TV is a 24 hours Malayalam satellite news channel headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Controversy[edit]

On its launch day,[1] Mangalam TV, aired a telephonic audio clip in which Transport Minister AK Saseendran is allegedly heard speaking in a sexually explicit way to a person,[2][3] whom the channel claimed was a housewife.[4] Saseendran resigned as minister the same day. It was Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who had inaugurated the channel launch.[5]

Later, the channel CEO Ajith Kumar apologised and admitted that it was a sting operation done using a woman journalist of the channel[6] after having denied it earlier.[7]

On April 4, the CEO and four mediapersons of the channel were arrested by the police for airing “obscene conversation” and criminal conspiracy.[8][9]

Later, Saseendran was acquitted in the case after the complainant, who had earlier alleged sexual harassment turned hostile in court and he returned as minister.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. "mangalam tv: Launch-day sleaze puts TV CEO, four journalists in headlines | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "Minister A K Saseendran phone talk Mangalam tv exclusive launching YouTube 360p - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "Kerala minister AK Saseendran quits over alleged obscene phone call with woman". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "Kerala sleaze audio case: Mangalam TV channel CEO, 4 others arrested". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. Akshay. "ചാനല്‍ മത്സരം കൊഴുപ്പിക്കാന്‍ മംഗളം ടെലിവിഷനും; മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി നിലവിളക്ക് കൊളുത്തി ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്തു". malayalam.oneindia.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. "Mangalam TV CEO apologises for sting against former minister". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. "'Will you stop journalism if HONEY TRAP proved'?; Mangalam CEO tongue tied in Editors Hour - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. "Kerala sleaze audio case: Mangalam TV channel CEO, 4 others arrested". Hindustan Times.
  9. Legal, India. "Trouble in store for Mangalam TV". India Legal. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. "NCP's AK Saseendran acquitted; set to return to Kerala state cabinet". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  11. "After acquittal in sleaze talk case, AK Saseendran returns to Kerala cabinet". The Financial Express. Retrieved 22 July 2020.