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Zee News
Public company
Industry Mass media
Founded 1999
Headquarters Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Key people
 Subash Chandra (Chairman)
Sudhir Chaudhary (CEO)
RK Arora (COO)[2]
Products Broadcasting, cable
Revenue
  • Increase ₹551 crore (US$82 million) (2015)
[3]
  • Decrease ₹-43.15 crore (US$−6.4 million) (2015)
[4]
Parent Essel Group
Slogan सोच बदलो,देश बदलो
Website zeenews.india.com

Zee News is an Indian news and current affairs channel founded in 1999 and is the flagship property of Zee Media Corporation company and a subsidiary of Essel Group.[5] The channel is allegedly tried to extort 100 crores from the Jindal Group[6][7][8] and shown the fabricated video of Kanhaiya Kumar over 2016 JNU sedition controversy.[9]

Channels[10]

It currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:[11]

Channel Language Region Status
Zee News Hindi News India On Air
India 24*7 Hindi News India On Air[12]
Zee Business Hindi Business News India On Air
Zee Rajasthan News Hindi/Rajasthani News Rajasthan On Air
Zee Purvaiya Hindi News Uttar Pradesh, Uttatakhand On Air
Zee Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Hindi News Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh On Air
Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal Punjabi & Hindi News Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh On Air
Zee 24 Taas Marathi News Maharashtra On Air
24 Ghanta Bengali News West Bengal On Air
Zee Kalinga News Odiya News Odisha On Air
Maurya Tv Hindi News Bihar Jharkhand On Air[13]
Zee 24 Gantalu Telugu News Andhra Pradesh Off Air[14]
Zee Sangam Hindi News Uttar Pradesh Renamed to India 24*7[12]

Allegations of Fabrications

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Main article: 2016 JNU sedition controversy

Zee News reported that some of the students from Democratic Students' Union (DSU) raised slogans such as "Bharat Ki Barbadi" ("Destruction of India") and " Pakistan Zindabad" ("long live Pakistan") [15] In a letter Vishwa Deepak, who later resigned from the channel after expressing reservations over its 'biased coverage' alleged that "Our biases made us hear Bhartiya Court Zindabad as Pakistan Zindabad." ("long live Indian courts" as "long live Pakistan.").[9][note 1] In response, Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary said "Our channel only showed what was happening there, whatever we have shown is 100 per cent authentic.[16] Later, the Zee News showed the raw footage of JNU campus to prove it was not a doctored tape and reiterated that the students indeed chanted Pakistan Zindabad slogans.[18]

Another video, which showed a speech by JNU Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar making anti-national slogans, appears to be doctored. According to India Today, "In the original video, Kanhaiya is asking to end social ills such as caste and communalism not anti national slogans."[19][20] A judicial enquiry into the matters revealed that 5 out of 7 videos were genuine.[21]

On 14 February 2016, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh alleged that the JNU incident has the support of the LeT chief Hafiz Saeed.[22] Doubts were soon expressed if this was tied to the discredited alert by Delhi Police that used a tweet from a fake/parody account.[23]

Controversy

The channel is tried for allegedly extorting 100 crores from the Jindal Group[6] and two senior journalist have been arrested so far.[7][8] Naveen Jindal accused Zee News of trying to extort 100 crores from him for not airing stories against his company in Coal Scam. Zee News refuted the charges and made counter charges of Jindal offering them 25 crores to halt their investigations against Jindal Steel in the coal scam.[24]

In December 2013, Arvind Kejriwal accused Zee News of showing the wrong information about his and Anna Hazare's relationship. Zee media banned Sonu Nigam after he shared a video that proved Dr. Kumar Vishwas voice about the farmer's suicide in Aam Aadmi Party had Voice edited By Zee News to humiliated Dr. Kumar Vishwas image in public.[25][26][27]

References

  1. ↑ According to Vishwa Deepak, there is a pro-Modi bias at Zee News, and that Zee News "has abetted a riot-like situation."[16] The misinterpretation was disclosed when the Aam Aadmi Party filed a complaint, alleging that ABVP-students raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans. The ABVP admitted that members of their organisation had been present, but shouted "Bharatiya Court Zindabad" and "Indian Army Zindabad," and filed a counter complaint.[9] The police then declared that "the footage had been tampered with."[17] In response, Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary said "Our channel only showed what was happening there, whatever we have shown is 100 per cent authentic. How far will you push freedom of speech?"[16]

External links

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  10. ↑ http://www.esselgroup.com/zee-media-corporation-limited.html
  11. ↑ http://investors.zeenews.com/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/zee-media-rebrands-zee-sangam-to-india-24x7-channel_62140.html
  13. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/zee-media-acquires-maurya-tv_85984.html
  14. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/zee-group-to-shut-telugu-news-channel-112082900033_1.html
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  18. ↑ Zee News shows the raw footage of jnu campus to prove it was not a doctored tape.
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  25. ↑ http://www.abplive.in/movies/2015/04/29/article571728.ece/Zee-Network-bans-Sonu-Nigam-Twitter-stands-by-him
  26. ↑ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sonu-nigam-earns-the-wrath-of-a-media-channel-after-he-tweets-in-support-of-aap-leader-kumar-vishwas/542728-45-75.html
  27. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sonu-nigam-zee-music-company-ban-singer-bollywood-new-films/1/432814.html
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