Asianet News Network
 | |
| Type | Media conglomerate |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Founded | 30 September 1995 (as Asianet News Launch date) by Dr. Raji Menon |
Broadcast area | India |
| Parent | Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Private Limited |
Official website | www |
The Asianet, Asianet Satellite Communications and Asianet News were founded by Dr. Raji Menon.[1]
Asianet News Network (ANN) is an Indian news media company incorporated in the year 2008. It is a subsidiary of Jupiter Entertainment Ventures.[2][3] Asianet News Network operates Malayalam news channel Asianet News, Kannada news channel Asianet Suvarna News and Kannada daily Kannada Prabha. It also operates separate news portals in English, Telugu, and Tamil languages.[4] Jupiter Entertainment Ventures is an investor in English news channel Republic TV.[5]
Frank P Thomas is the Director and Group CFO of Asianet News Network (ANN), Manoj K Das is the current Managing Editor of Asianet News and Kaushik Ghosh is the Chief Revenue Officer of Asianet News Network (ANN). Rajesh Kalra is the Executive Chairman of Asianet News Network (ANN). Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament in the Council of States from Karnataka, is the chairman of Jupiter Entertainment Ventures.[citation needed]
Owned Channels[edit]
| Name | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Asianet News | Malayalam | News channel |
| Asianet Suvarna News | Kannada | |
| Republic World | English | News channel |
| Republic Bangla | Bangla | |
| Republic Bharat | Hindi | |
| Republic Kannada | Kannada | |
| Kannada Prabha | Newspaper |
Upcoming channels[edit]
| Name | Language | Launch | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asianet Newsable | English | 2024 | TBA |
| Asianet News Telugu | Telugu | 2024 | |
| Asianet News Tamil | Tamil | 2024 | |
| Asianet News Hindi | Hindi | 2024 | |
| Asianet News Bangla | Bangla | 2024 |
References[edit]
- ^ "BPL's Rajiv buys Asianet". The Times of India. 30 October 2006. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Asianet News Network Private Ltd.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "ASIANET NEWS NETWORK PRIVATE LIMITED". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Asianet News Network buys Tamil portal NewsFast". VCCircle. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Narasimhan, T. E. (6 May 2019). "Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Asianet pares stake in Arnab Goswami's Republic TV". Business Standard India. Retrieved 27 July 2019.