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{{short description|Indian news channel}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = ABP News
| logo = ABP News Logo.png
| logo_size = 140px
| former_names = [[STAR News]] (1998–2012)
| replaced = [[STAR News]]
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998|2|18|df=y}} as STAR NEWS
| owner = [[ABP Group]]
| headquarters = Sector 16 A, [[Noida]]
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] (downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| area = India and International
| sister_channels = [[ABP Ananda]] [[ABP Asmita]] [[ABP Majha]] [[ABP Sanjha]] [[ABP Ganga]] [[ABP Live]] [[ABP Nadu]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.abplive.com/}}
| sat_serv_1 = [[d2h]] (India)
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 739
| sat_serv_2 = [[Airtel digital TV]] (India)
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 309
| sat_serv_3 = Zuku TV (Kenya)
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 914
| sat_serv_4 = [[Dish TV]] (India)
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 650
| sat_serv_5 = [[Sun Direct]] (India)
| sat_chan_5 = Channel 133
| sat_serv_6 = [[Tata Sky]] (India)
| sat_chan_6 = Channel 504
| sat_serv_7 = [[DirecTV]] (US)
| sat_chan_7 = Channel 2002
| webcast = {{ubl|[https://www.abplive.com/live-tv ABP News]|[https://bengali.abplive.com/live-tv ABP Ananda]|[https://marathi.abplive.com/live-tv ABP Majha]|[https://gujarati.abplive.com/live-tv ABP Asmita]|[https://punjabi.abplive.com/live-tv ABP Sanjha]}}
| cable_serv_1 = [[Rogers Cable]] (Canada)
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 839
| cable_serv_2 = [[Xfinity]] (US)
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 3108
| cable_serv_3 = [[Kerala Vision Digital TV]] (India)
| cable_chan_3 = Channel 146
| cable_serv_4 = [[Asianet Digital]] (India)
| cable_chan_4 = Channel 524
| cable_serv_5 = [[Siti Cable]] (India)
| cable_chan_5 = Channel 302
| cable_serv_6 = [[Spectrum]] (US)
| cable_chan_6 = Channel 1551
| iptv_serv_1 = World on Demand (Japan)
| iptv_chan_1 = Channel 114
| iptv_serv_2 = [[VMedia]] (Canada)
| iptv_chan_2 = Channel 839
}}

'''ABP News''' is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[free-to-air]] television news channel owned by [[ABP Group]]. It was launched in 1998 originally as '''STAR News''' before being acquired by ABP Group.

==History==
STAR News was launched on 18 February 1998 by satellite television provider [[Star India]] in partnership with [[NDTV]] media company, with the latter producing the channel's programming. Initially a bilingual channel broadcasting in both English and Hindi, its programming turned Hindi-only since 2003, when Star's deal with NDTV expired. However, in that same year, the Indian government introduced a guideline limiting foreign equity in the national news business to 26%. As Star India was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based company [[Fox_Networks_Group_Asia_Pacific#Launch|Satellite Television Asia Region Ltd.]] (Star TV), it entered into a joint venture with the Ananda Bazar Patrika group (ABP) to form a new company, Media Content and Communications Services Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS), which took control of Star News's operations. ABP held a 74% majority stake while Star India reduced its participation with the remaining 26%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/the-race-to-become-abp-news-113070101154_1.html|title=The race to become ABP News|work=Business Standard|date=July 2013|last1=Kohli-Khandekar|first1=Vanita}}</ref>

On 16 April 2012, ABP Group and Star India announced that it would discontinue the brand agreement that allowed MCSS to operate as "Star News". Thus, Star India would quit the news business in order to focus on entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-09-15/news/27553524_1_abp-group-star-news-star-india|title=ABP group confirms STAR deal|publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> In addition, the company sold its minority stake in MCSS to ABP Group, which in turn renamed the channel to ABP News. The change was also replicated on other regional news channels operated by MCSS such as Bengali-language Star Ananda and Marathi-language Star Majha, which were renamed as [[ABP Ananda]] and [[ABP Majha]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/apr/apr137.php|title=indiantelevision.com – Star, ABP announce divorce|date=16 April 2012|publisher=indiantelevision.com}}</ref> A Punjabi-language channel, [[ABP Sanjha]] was granted licence approval in 2014 and launched in that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/regional/abp-s-punjabi-channel-sanjha-finally-gets-its-licence-140730|title=ABP's Punjabi channel, Sanjha, finally gets its licence|date=30 July 2014|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref> A Gujarati-language channel, [[ABP Asmita]] was launched on 1 January 2016.

In November 2016, Avinash Pandey became chief operating officer (COO) of ABP News.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scoophub.in/avinash-pandey-elevated-to-coo-of-abp-news-network/|title=Avinash Pandey elevated to COO of ABP News Network.It closed in the United Kingdom on 1st July.|first=Mukta|last=Dhiman|date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

All of ABP's channels (including ABP News) were gradually revamped throughout the second half of 2020, beginning with the renaming of parent subsidiary ABP News Network to ABP Network in July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.abplive.com/business/abp-news-network-rebrands-itself-as-abp-network-ceo-avinash-pandey-launches-new-logo-1277072|title=ABP News Network Rebrands Itself As ABP Network; CEO Avinash Pandey Launches New Logo|date=3 July 2020}}</ref> A further rebranding, which affected the channels themselves, took place in the morning of 16 December 2020, with the launch of simple, more modern logos and a new graphics package developed by [[Saffron Brand Consultants]] for all of ABP's channels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABP Network gets Saffron to craft new digital-friendly visual identity|url=https://www.mxmindia.com/2020/12/abp-network-gets-saffron-to-craft-new-digital-friendly-visual-identity/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=MxMIndia}}</ref> Additionally, ABP News acquired new equipment able to record content at [[1080p]] and launched its own HD feed; the channel's SD feed turned into a downscaled, [[16:9]] [[widescreen+]] version of the HD feed. Prior to the HD feed launch, ABP News had launched a test HD feed in February of that same year, exclusively on satellite provider [[Hotstar]] and on ABP's online platforms, which was basically an upscaled version of the SD channel airing 4:3 content stretched to fill the 16:9 screen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlytech.com/community/threads/abp-news-hd-added-on-hotstar.42356/|title = Breaking - ABP NEWS HD Added on Hotstar}}</ref> Although ABP Network's regional language channels were also rebranded, they remained airing at 4:3 [[SDTV|standard definition]].

== Satellite interruptions ==
Former host Punya Prasun Bajpai stated that, when he criticised the performance of one of prime minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s projects directed towards poor farmers in his television show ''Masterstroke'', ABP News' satellite broadcasting was disrupted each time the program was aired.<ref>{{cite web | last=Yamunan | first=Sruthisagar | title=Could a 'rogue carrier' have disrupted ABP News signals during the 'Masterstroke' show? | website=Scroll.in | date=2018-08-05 | url=https://scroll.in/article/889246/is-it-possible-for-abp-signals-to-have-been-during-the-masterstroke-show | access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Exclusive: Punya Prasun Bajpai Reveals the Story Behind His Exit From ABP News | website=The Wire | date=2018-08-06 | url=https://thewire.in/media/punya-prasun-bajpai-abp-news-narendra-modi | access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref> Former employees reported that the channel owners had pressured the host, Punya Prasun Bajpai, to quit the company. After his resignation, these technical issues immediately stopped. Another host, Abhisar Sharma, who challenged Modi's public safety strategies on ABP News, was fired that same day. He also said he was under pressure to leave.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Goel|first1=Vindu|last2=Gettleman|first2=Jeffrey|last3=Khandelwal|first3=Saumya|date=2020-04-02|title=Under Modi, India's Press Is Not So Free Anymore|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.html|access-date=2020-12-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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->Ben Ben at 00:03, 2 January 2022