Indiavision

Indiavision was an Indian pay television news channel based at Kochi, Kerala, India.[2][3] It broadcast in Malayalam.

Indiavision
LaunchedJuly 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)
Closed31 March, 2015
NetworkTV9 Network [1]
Owned byIndiavision Satellite Communications
SloganThe 24 hours news channel
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Broadcast areaIndian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, Middle East
HeadquartersKochi, Kerala India
Sister channel(s)TV9 Bharatvarsh
TV9 (Telugu)
TV9 Kannada
TV9 Gujarati
Websiteindiavisiontv.com

History

Indiavision was launched on 14 July 2003. The network launched a second channel, YES Indiavision (Youth, Entertainment & Sports) on 14 February 2007. Due to internal problems, it stopped broadcasting on 31 March 2015.

The company was in the news twice in 2014 when its editorial team went on strike over non-payment of salaries. Tax sleuths conducted a raid at the channel's main office in Kochi and its director, Jamaludeen Farooqi, was arrested on 4 March 2015. According to reports, the channel hadn't paid service tax to the tune of almost ₹9 crore.[4]

Following an order from the Ernakulam Judicial First Magistrate Court, on 11 March 2014, the Kerala Police registered a case against Indiavision and some other media organisations, in response to a petition[5] on charges of insulting religious feelings. Indiavision was booked under Sections 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 298 (uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.[6] The channel closed down on 31 March 2015.

Programming
  • News
  • Politrics
  • Varanthyam (presented by Advocate A. Jayashankar)
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Box Office
  • Gallery
  • Raag Rang
  • Special Correspondent
  • World This Week
  • Debate the Week
  • Colour Pencil
  • Yugatharam
  • Crime Patrol
  • Mukhamukham - Face to Face

References
  1. "Associated Broadcasting Company P.ltd". Tv9.net. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. "Associated Broadcasting Company P.ltd". Tv9.net. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. "Kerala's 5th TV channel to be launched on July 14 | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. "End of road for Malayalam's first news channel Indiavision?". The News Minute. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. "Book on Amma: Petition against media organizations, others". The Hindu. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  6. "Amritanandamayi mutt row: Gail Tredwell, five news organisations booked". India Today. 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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