ABP News
Country | India |
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Network | STAR TV |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hindi |
Ownership | |
Owner | ABP Group News Corporation (STAR TV and Fox International Channels) |
STAR News is the Hindi language news channel of STAR TV based in Mumbai.[1] The channel is a co-production of STAR Group (subsidiary of News Corporation) and ABP Group and distributed to worldwide by Fox International Channels, subsidiary of News Corporation.
History
STAR News rebranded as ABP News from 1st June 2012,launched on March 15, 2004, it was at first a Bilingual English/Hindi News Service, and was initially run in partnership with NDTV. But when the agreement, with the NDTV expired, STAR News was transformed into an English-Hindi entertainment service. The Channel is sometimes accused of being partial towards Party Indian National Congress [citation needed]. The Channel will rebrand to ABP News on June 1 , 2012 . Similarly STAR Ananda and STAR Majha will rebrand as ABP Ananda and ABP Majha on the same day.
Broadcasts outside India
The international feeds of STAR News differ somewhat from the Indian version.
Europe
The old STAR News logo is still used in Europe despite the change in India. The text of the news ticker is in English and also featured is Star News Asia, a 30-minute English language entertainment bulletin that is shown in Asia on STAR World.
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the programs are similar to India. The new STAR News logo is used and the news ticker is written in English.
United States
In the United States, the word "India" is incorporated in the logo to denote the Indian origin of the channel and the news ticker is in English. The programs are broadcast live from India, excluding Star News Asia, which is telecast in weekdays over repeat programming.
Fiji
The Fiji Hindi version of STAR News will be coming soon to Fiji.
Logos
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Old STAR News Logo, but still used in Europe and Middle East.
References
- ^ "indya.com - STAR - STAR News". Starnews.indya.com. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
External links
- Official Corporate Website (India)
- Official Website (Europe)
- Official Website (US)
- STAR Majha Official Website
- STAR Ananda Website
- STAR News Live
- Others