ABP Live

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ABP Live
Launched 1991
Owned by ABP Group
Picture format 4:3 (1080i, HDTV)
Audience share UK:
21%,India:
76%,USA
9%,Fiji
94% (2016, )
Country India
Language English
Broadcast area India and International
Headquarters Noida,Mumbai
Formerly called STAR live
Replaced Star Live
Sister channel(s) ABP Ananda
ABP Majha
ABP Sanjha
Website Abplive.in (English)
abpnews.abplive.in (Hindi)
Availability
Satellite
Tata Sky (India) Channel 454
Reliance Digital TV (India) Channel 406
Dish TV (India) Channel 569
Sun Direct (India) Channel 133
Airtel digital TV (India) Channel 250
One B (New Zealand) Channel TBA
Sky (UK & Ireland) Channel 811
DirecTV (US) Channel 2002
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) Channel TBA
Videocon d2h (India) Channel 301
Cable
Rogers Cable (Canada) Channel 839
SkyCable (Philippines) Channel 152 (Digital)
Comcast (US) Channel 341
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel 242
Destiny Cable (Philippines) Channel 152 (Digital)
IPTV
now TV (Hong Kong) Channel 785
World On Demand (Japan) Channel 114

ABP Live is an Indian news channel owned by ABP Group.[1] It was earlier known as STAR Live and was owned by a joint venture between News Corporation owned STAR TV/Fox International Channels.

History

STAR News was launched on 18 February 1998. From 2003 STAR News became a complete Hindi News Channel. It was the first bilingual (English - Hindi) news service and was initially run by STAR on its own with NDTV doing the production till 2003. But when the agreement with the NDTV expired in 2003, STAR News was transformed into a complete Hindi News Channel, part of STAR and ABP tie up.

In 2003, the contract with NDTV ended and STAR decided to run the channel on its own. However, the government introduced a guideline capping foreign equity in the News business to 26%. STAR then entered into a JV with The Ananda Bazar Patrika group to form a company called Media Content and Communications Services Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS) which ran the channel STAR News. STAR owned 26% in this JV while The Ananda Bazar Patrika group owned 74%.[2]

On 16 April 2012, Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) Group announced that they would part ways, allowing the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company to retreat from the news business in India to focus on entertainment.[3] With the divorce, the eight-year affiliation with the 'Star' brand came to an end. Media Content and Communications (MCCS), the company that owned and operated the news channels, said that after the split, Hindi news channel Star News would be named ABP News, Bengali news channel Star Ananda would become ABP Ananda and the Marathi news channel Star Majha would be called ABP Majha.[4][5]

See also

References

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