Network Name: | Asianet News Network |
Network Logo: | Asianet News Network logo.png |
Network Type: | Media conglomerate |
Country: | India |
Founded: | (as Asianet News Launch date) |
Founder: | Raji Menon |
Broadcast Area: | India |
Owner: | Jupiter Entertainment Ventures Private Limited (Rajeev Chandrasekhar) |
Network Logo Size: | 150px |
Asianet News Network (ANN) is an Indian news media company incorporated in the year 2008. It is a subsidiary of Jupiter Entertainment Ventures.[1] [2] Asianet News Network operates the Malayalam news channel Asianet News, the Kannada news channel Asianet Suvarna News and the Kannada daily Kannada Prabha. It also operates separate news portals in English, Telugu, and Tamil languages.[3] Jupiter Entertainment Ventures is an investor in English news channel Republic TV.[4] Asianet News, was originally founded by Raji Menon.[5]
Frank P Thomas is the Director and Group CFO of Asianet News Network (ANN),Rajesh Kalra is the Executive Chairman of Asianet News Network (ANN). Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a Bharatiya Janata Party former Member of Parliament in the Council of States from Karnataka, is the chairman of Jupiter Entertainment Ventures.[6]
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 |