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ABP Live

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ABP Live
Launched1998
Owned byABP Group
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Audience shareUK:
21%,India:
76%,USA
9%,Fiji
94% (2016, )
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Broadcast areaIndia and International
HeadquartersNoida, Mumbai
Sister channel(s)ABP News
ABP Ananda
ABP Majha
ABP Sanjha
WebsiteAbplive.in (English)
abpnews.abplive.in (Hindi)
Availability
Satellite
Tata Sky (India)Channel 454
Reliance Digital TV (India)Channel 406
Dish TV (India)Channel 569
Sun Direct (India)Channel 133
Airtel digital TV (India)Channel 250
One B (New Zealand)Channel TBA
Sky (UK & Ireland)Channel 811
DirecTV (US)Channel 2002
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines)Channel TBA
Videocon d2h (India)Channel 301
Cable
Rogers Cable (Canada)Channel 839
SkyCable (Philippines)Channel 152 (Digital)
Comcast (US)Channel 341
Cablelink (Philippines)Channel 242
Destiny Cable (Philippines)Channel 152 (Digital)
IPTV
now TV (Hong Kong)Channel 785
World On Demand (Japan)Channel 114

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ABP Live is an Indian English news website owned by ABP Group.[1]

History[edit]

STAR News was launched on 18 February 1998. From 2003 STAR News became a complete Hindi News Channel. It was the first bilingual (English - Hindi) news service and was initially run by STAR on its own with NDTV doing the production till 2003. But when the agreement with the NDTV expired in 2003, STAR News was transformed into a complete Hindi News Channel, part of STAR and ABP tie up.

In 2003, the contract with NDTV ended and STAR decided to run the channel on its own. However, the government introduced a guideline capping foreign equity in the News business to 26%. STAR then entered into a JV with The Ananda Bazar Patrika group to form a company called Media Content and Communications Services Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS) which ran the channel STAR News. STAR owned 26% in this JV while The Ananda Bazar Patrika group owned 74%.[2]

On 16 April 2012, Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) Group announced that they would part ways, allowing the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company to retreat from the news business in India to focus on entertainment.[3] With the divorce, the eight-year affiliation with the 'Star' brand came to an end. Media Content and Communications (MCCS), the company that owned and operated the news channels, said that after the split, Hindi news channel Star News would be named ABP News, Bengali news channel Star Ananda would become ABP Ananda and the Marathi news channel Star Majha would be called ABP Majha.[4][5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Company". mccsindia.com.
  2. "The race to become ABP News". business-standard.com.
  3. "ABP group confirms STAR deal". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  4. "indiantelevision.com - Star, ABP announce divorce". indiantelevision.com.
  5. "Star News to be known as ABP News fro".

External links[edit]

Official Live Tv News Channel in Marathi

Official Live Tv News Channel in Punjabi


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