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{{Short description|Indian Kannada-language television news channel}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Star Suvarna]], a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Asianet Suvarna News
| logo = Asianet Suvarna News logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=y|2008|03|31}}
| picture_format =
| network = [[Asianet News Network]]
| owner = Jupiter Capital Private Limited
| country = India
| language = [[Kannada]]
| Current Editor =
| area = [[Indian subcontinent]]
| headquarters = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
| former_names =
| sister_channels = [[Asianet News]] <br> Daily Post News
| website = {{URL|https://www.kannada.asianetnews.com/}}
| online_serv_1 = [[YouTube]]
| online_chan_1 = (World wide)
}}

'''Asianet Suvarna News''' is a [[Kannada]] news channel owned by [[Asianet News Network]], a news media subsidiary of Asianxt Digital Technologies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|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> It 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]]es on various occasions.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-16 |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 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-10-09 |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/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Alt News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-14 |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/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Alt News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=How an advocacy group is pushing back on Kannada media's misreporting, bigotry |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/21/how-an-advocacy-group-is-pushing-back-on-kannada-medias-misreporting-bigotry |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Newslaundry|date=21 March 2020 }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=I braved 'Bharat Bodh' and lived to tell the tale |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/16/i-survived-bharat-bodh-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Newslaundry|date=16 February 2020 }}</ref>

== History ==
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.

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" /> Suvarna News was rebranded as '''Asianet Suvarna News''' on 1 December 2020.

== Controversies ==
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" />

According to some reports, personnel from Suvarna News had also provided technical assistance for setting up [[NaMo TV]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] party channel, before and after the [[2019 Indian general election]].<ref name=":0" />

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=The Hindu|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>

The Human rights organization, [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL) reported that Suvarna News along with other media channels, aided [[Right-wing politics|right wing]] [[Hindutva]] activists with coverage, during the [[2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka|attacks by right-wingers against the Karnataka's Christian community in 2021]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='Complicity of Police; Forced Conversion a Myth': PUCL on Attacks on Christians in Karnataka|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/complicity-of-police-forced-conversion-a-myth-pucl-on-attacks-on-christians-in-karnataka|access-date=2022-01-11|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-15|title=Cops, media worked with Hindutva groups in attacks on Christians, says report|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cops-media-worked-hindutva-groups-attack-christians-say-rights-group-158779|access-date=2022-01-11|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Kannada-language television channels]]
*[[Television in India]]
*[[Media in Karnataka]]
*[[Media of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://kannada.asianetnews.com Official Website]

{{Kannada TV Channels}}
{{Television news in India}}

[[Category:Kannada-language television channels]]
[[Category:Television stations in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2008]]
[[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian news websites]]

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