Janasri News

Janasri News was a 24x7 Kannada news and infotainment television channel that was launched on February 18, 2011 with the tagline “Jana Mana Dani” which means “Voice of the people”[1]. The channel was owned by Yash Broadcasting Industries Pvt Ltd. which was promoted by Karnataka Politicians Janardhana Reddy and Sriramulu [2] [3].

Janasri News
LaunchedFebruary 18, 2011
Owned byYash Broadcasting Industries Pvt Ltd.
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Websitewww.janasritv.com

The news channel was spearhead by Anantha Chinivar[4] and other groups of media professionals with a combined media experience of over three decades. The head office and news studio which was situated in Bangalore was equipped with the state-of-the-art broadcast technology which was never seen before in Kannada News Industry. The studio was spread across 25 thousand square feet area and included two highly advanced studios.

The channel soon became second most watched news channel in Karnataka and was re-launched with new look and feel during its second year anniversary[5] . Since then the channel changed hands and was re-launched several times[6] but failed to sustain the same viewership in the coming days due to political reasons [7][8].

Controversies

On 14 April 2017, an FIR was filed against this channel for extortion of money from various financial institutions like IMA and Injaz. The CEO of this channel was arrested and sent to judicial custody.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Kannada news channel Janasri to launch on Feb 18 - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. Mamatha (22 October 2010). "Bellary Reddy Brothers | Set To Launch | Kannada News Channel | Janasri Channel". https://www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  3. Jun 13, TNN | Updated:; 2017; Ist, 14:53. "Ahead of 2018 polls, TV news channels will explode on airwaves | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Anantha Chinivar".
  5. "Janasri TV turns two in Karnataka - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. "https://twitter.com/vishweshwarbhat/status/757205996867420161?". Twitter. Retrieved 30 July 2020. External link in |title= (help)
  7. "BARC Ratings: Viewership for Kannada News genre surges 47% in week 30 - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  8. "Mini War Over The Megahertz | Outlook India Magazine". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 30 July 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  9. "Janasri CEO extorted Rs 10 crore, 1 kg of gold jewellery: city bizman". Deccan Herald. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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