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| ⚫ | '''Republic TV''' is an ] news channel. It is majority-owned by its editor-in-chief, managing director and co-founder ] and minority-owned by ].<ref name=livemint05062019/><ref name=financialexpress05062019>, The Financial Express (May 6, 2019)</ref> | ||
| '''Republic TV''' is a ] news channel. | |||
| ⚫ | According to '']'', the Republic TV has been the most watched English news channel in ] for 100 weeks in a row since its founding.<ref name=financialexpress05062019/> The top news channel spot was taken over by ], a ], in February 2019, according to the Indian newspaper '']''.<ref name=livemint05062019>, Live Mint (A Hindustan Times Media company), Lata Jha (May 6, 2019)</ref> In the first quarter of 2019, Republic TV and ] have alternated for the most-watched channel position in the English channel news weekly ratings as measured by BARC India group.<ref>, Television India</ref> On 6 June 2019, the channel won an award for being The Best English News Channel of The Year 2018-19 at the 10th BCS Ratna Awards 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Nidhii_NN/status/1136935765018107904?s=20 |title=Moment of Pride Republic Bharat ...Best National Debut News Channel @Republic_Bharat Best English News channel of the year Republic Tv @republicpic.twitter.com/dCa5WypODS|last=Chaturvedi|first=Nidhi|date=2019-06-07|website=@Nidhii_NN|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}</ref> | ||
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| Critical reception has been negative and it has been widely accused of practicing biased reporting in favor of BJP and propagating fake news. | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| ], then Editor-in-Chief of an English news channel ], resigned from the channel on 1 November 2016.<ref name="Arnab Goswami's new venture">{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami's new venture|publisher=]|accessdate=8 January 2017|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/arnab-goswami-s-new-venture-is-called-republic-and-it-s-launching-on-26-january-116121600136_1.html}}</ref> On 14 November, he hosted his flagship show ''The Newshour Debate'' for the last time.<ref name="Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor">{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor|publisher=]|accessdate=8 January 2017|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswami-announces-new-venture-times-now-gets-a-new-editor-in-chief-3158562.html}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | On 16 December, he announced of his coming up with a new venture, a news channel called ''Republic''.<ref name="Arnab Goswami has announced his new venture ‘Republic’">{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami has announced his new venture ‘Republic’|publisher=]|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/arnab-goswami-has-announced-his-new-venture-republic-and-twitteratis-having-a-having-a-field-day-4429941/}}</ref> However, in January 2017, ] (BJP) leader ] wrote to the ] that the name ''Republic'' was in violation of ]. As a result, the name changed to ''Republic TV'' and the same was communicated to the Ministry by Goswami through a letter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnab Goswami changes channel name to Republic TV, gives in to Subramanian Swamy|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswami-changes-channel-name-to-republic-tv-gives-in-to-subramanian-swamy-3239754.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509062519/http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswami-changes-channel-name-to-republic-tv-gives-in-to-subramanian-swamy-3239754.html|archivedate=9 May 2017|work=]|accessdate=9 May 2017|date=31 January 2017}}</ref> | ||
| === Background === | |||
| ] resigned as Editor-in-Chief of ] on 1 November 2016 citing editorial differences, lack of freedom and newsroom politics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Srikrishna|first=Vasupradha|date=2019-09-01|title=Neoliberal Media Making the Public Interest and Public Choice Theory Obsolete: Need for a New Theory|url=https://mediawatchjournal.in/neoliberal-media-making-the-public-interest-and-public-choice-theory-obsolete-need-for-a-new-theory/|journal=Media Watch|volume=10|issue=3|doi=10.15655/mw/2019/v10i3/49692|issn=2249-8818}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-goswami-opens-up-was-not-allowed-to-enter-times-now-studio-117032700182_1.html|title=Arnab Goswami gets candid: Was not even allowed to enter Times Now studio|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=2017-03-27|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> He hosted the last edition of his show<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mflADwAAQBAJ|title=Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World|last=Ayres|first=Alyssa|date=2017-12-05|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=|isbn=9780190494537|location=|pages=34, 81|language=en}}</ref> ''The Newshour Debate'', a fortnight later.<ref name="Arnab Goswami's new venture">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/arnab-goswami-s-new-venture-is-called-republic-and-it-s-launching-on-26-january-116121600136_1.html|title=Arnab Goswami's new venture|accessdate=8 January 2017|publisher=]}}</ref><ref name="Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor">{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami announces new venture; Times Now gets a new chief editor|publisher=]|accessdate=8 January 2017|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswami-announces-new-venture-times-now-gets-a-new-editor-in-chief-3158562.html}}</ref> Incidentally, the show was subject to an investigation by ], the UK government-approved regulatory authority for broadcasting, during the months of August and September; the investigation had held TimesNow guilty of violating the impartiality clause of its broadcast code.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/835842/proud-of-all-my-partners-arnab-goswami-when-asked-about-bjp-influence-in-new-venture|title=‘Proud of all my partners’: Arnab Goswami when asked about BJP influence in new venture|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Shoaib Daniyal & Rohan|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> | |||
| ''Republic TV'' was founded in part by ] – ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd., which was primarily funded<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/arnab-goswami-republic-rajeev-chandrasekhar-accuses-wire-of-congress-conspiracy|title=What the Nation Wants to Know but Arnab’s Republic Won’t Tell You|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en}}</ref> by ], a ] ] in the ] and the vice-chairman of the ] wing of the ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/rajeev-chandrasekhar-resigns-as-board-director-of-republic-tv-says-decision-taken-as-he-is-now-bjp-mp-4415047.html|title=Rajeev Chandrasekhar resigns as board director of Republic TV, says decision taken as he is now BJP MP - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-09-02}}</ref> Through companies owned by him, he invested {{INRConvert|30|c}} in it. | |||
| ⚫ | On 16 December, he announced |
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| Among other major investors were Goswami and his wife, educationist ], ], all of whom invested through SARG Media Holding Private Ltd, another company owned by Goswami himself.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaushik|first1=Krishn|title=Kerala NDA vice-chairman Rajeev Chandrasekhar investor, director in Arnab Goswami’s Republic|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nda-mp-rajeev-chandrasekhar-investor-director-in-arnab-goswami-channel/|accessdate=27 April 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=13 January 2017}}</ref> He later resigned from the board on 31 March 2018, after officially switching allegiance to ], as a ].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| === Funding === | |||
| ''Republic TV'' was funded in part by Asianet (''ARG Outlier Asianet News Private Limited)'', which was primarily funded by ], a then-independent member of ] who had intricate links with ] and was vice-chairman of the ] in Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/arnab-goswami-republic-rajeev-chandrasekhar-accuses-wire-of-congress-conspiracy|title=What the Nation Wants to Know but Arnab’s Republic Won’t Tell You|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Among other major investors were Goswami, his wife, educationists ] and ]—all of whom invested through SARG Media Holding Private Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaushik|first1=Krishn|title=Kerala NDA vice-chairman Rajeev Chandrasekhar investor, director in Arnab Goswami’s Republic|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nda-mp-rajeev-chandrasekhar-investor-director-in-arnab-goswami-channel/|accessdate=27 April 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=13 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | S. Sundaram, who had served as the ] for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO for Republic TV.<ref>{{cite web|title=S Sundaram joins Republic as CFO|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/s-sundaram-joins-republic-as-cfo_67830.html|publisher=exchange4media.com|accessdate=27 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180426/http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/s-sundaram-joins-republic-as-cfo_67830.html|archivedate=1 March 2017|date=23 February 2017}}</ref> Others who joined included senior anchor and Deputy Assignment Editor of Tamil news channel ], S. A. Hariharan;<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnab’s Republic adds S.A.Hariharan from Thanthi TV to its Editorial team|url=http://tvnews4u.com/arnabs-republic-adds-s-hariharan-thanthi-tv-editorial-team/|publisher=tvnews4u.com|accessdate=27 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427150201/http://tvnews4u.com/arnabs-republic-adds-s-hariharan-thanthi-tv-editorial-team/|archivedate=27 April 2017|date=27 February 2017}}</ref> retired army officer and television personality Major ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Major Gaurav Arya collaborates with Arnab’s Republic TV|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/shorts/major-gaurav-arya-collaborates-with-arnabs-republic-tv|publisher=newslaundry.com|accessdate=27 April 2017|date=15 March 2017}}</ref> former chief correspondent from ] for ] Aditya Raj Kaul, writer and founder-editor of '']'' and ''Business Barons'', ]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/MinhazMerchant/status/852815033650135040|title=Minhaz Merchant on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2017-04-15|language=en}}</ref> and actor ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sen|first1=Rajyasree|title=Anupam Kher’s People a welcome break from the screaming jingoism of Republic TV|url=http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/mYlTWnDwB944TQI1hwjm8H/Anupam-Khers-People-a-welcome-break-from-the-screaming-jing.html|accessdate=24 May 2017|work=Livemint|date=24 May 2017}}</ref> Chief Business Officer of ] Vikas Khanchandani was made the CEO, co-founder of '']'' ] the editorial adviser. | ||
| Chandrasekhar resigned from the board, after he officially joined the ] on April 2018;<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/rajeev-chandrasekhar-resigns-as-board-director-of-republic-tv-says-decision-taken-as-he-is-now-bjp-mp-4415047.html|title=Rajeev Chandrasekhar resigns as board director of Republic TV, says decision taken as he is now BJP MP - Firstpost|last=|first=|date=2 April 2018|website=www.firstpost.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-02}}</ref> Goswami purchased back Asianet's shares in May 2019.<ref name="livemint05062019" /><ref name="financialexpress05062019" /> | |||
| ⚫ | The channel was launched on 6 May 2017 as a ] channel through most ] and ] operators, alongside mobile platforms such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami's Republic first Indian news channel to air live on Hotstar|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-goswami-s-republic-first-indian-news-channel-to-air-live-on-hotstar-117050500303_1.html|accessdate=6 May 2017|work=Business Standard|date=5 May 2017}}</ref> Reporting on its launch, '']'' wrote, "The company has already hired 300 people, of whom 215 are on board. A state-of-the-art-studio is being built in ] ] area."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kohli-Khandekar|first1=Vanita|title=Arnab Goswami's Republic TV went live today; but why so much fuss over it?|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/arnab-goswami-s-republic-tv-goes-live-today-but-why-so-much-over-it-117050600114_1.html|accessdate=6 May 2017|work=Business Standard|date=6 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
| === Recruitments === | |||
| S. Sundaram, who had served as the ] for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO.<ref>{{cite web|title=S Sundaram joins Republic as CFO|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/s-sundaram-joins-republic-as-cfo_67830.html|publisher=exchange4media.com|accessdate=27 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180426/http://www.exchange4media.com/tv/s-sundaram-joins-republic-as-cfo_67830.html|archivedate=1 March 2017|date=23 February 2017}}</ref> Chief Business Officer of ] Vikas Khanchandani was made the CEO and co-founder of ''],'' ] was roped in as the editorial adviser. | |||
| Goswami purchased shares back from Asianet in May 2019, making Republic TV an editor-run news channel.<ref name=livemint05062019/><ref name=financialexpress05062019/> | |||
| ⚫ | Others who joined included senior anchor of ] S. A. Hariharan |
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| ] and ] had earlier chanced upon an internal memo floated by Chandrasekhar's group that asked for selective recruitment of ] pro-military voices, who were conducive to his ideology.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2016/10/20/asianet-and-the-independence-of-rajeev-chandrasekhar|title=Asianet And The ‘Independence’ Of Rajeev Chandrasekhar|last=Pande|first=Manisha|date=20 October 2016|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}</ref> | |||
| === Launch === | |||
| ⚫ | The channel was launched on 6 May 2017 as a ] channel through most ] and ] operators, alongside |
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| == Reception == | == Reception == | ||
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=== Viewership ratings === | ||
| ⚫ | Republic TV became the most-watched English news channel in ] in its first week of airing with 21.1 ] (2.11 million) ]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahluwalia|first1=Harveen|title=Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV topples Times Now in debut week: Barc data|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/fdz4dbbL3GrE0BCt00B97J/Arnab-Goswamis-Republic-TV-topples-Times-Now-in-debut-week.html|accessdate=18 May 2017|work=Livemint|date=18 May 2017}}</ref> and accounted for 51.9% viewership as per data released for the week by the ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Republic TV has 51.9% viewership in debut week: BARCH gives data to paid subs despite NBAs request|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/republic-tv-claims-52-viewership-in-first-week-barc-confirms-giving-data-to-paid-subs-170518|accessdate=18 May 2017|work=indiantelevision.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518084905/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/republic-tv-claims-52-viewership-in-first-week-barc-confirms-giving-data-to-paid-subs-170518|archivedate=18 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | '']'' |
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| ⚫ | In May 2017, the ] (NBA) lodged a complaint with the ] (TRAI) accusing the group of using unethical tactics for high viewership. It claimed that the channel ran multiple ] on various ] (MSO) platforms. The complaint added that the channel listed itself at multiple locations across various genres in the ] of various MSOs and other distributors on multiple ] (LCNs), which supposedly violated the TRAI rules for unique genre and a unique LCN.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arnab-goswami-republic-tv-using-multiple-feeds-to-claim-viewership-pulled-up-by-regulator/1/954495.html|title=Arnab Goswami's Republic TV uses unethical tactics to push viewership, NBA petitions TRAI|last1=Agarwal|first1=Nikhil|date=15 May 2017|work=India Today|accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/xYsUpI3DC4spAiOEfudsaJ/Arnab-Goswamis-Republic-TV-flouting-rules-says-NBA-in-Trai.html|title=Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV flouting rules, says NBA in Trai complaint|last1=Ahluwalia|first1=Harveen|date=16 May 2017|work=Livemint|accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> The ] determined the numbers to be inflated and ruled in favour of NBA issuing a mandate against future use of multiple LCNs.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/trai-rules-against-republic-tvs-unethical-distribution-practices-to-boost-ratings/articleshow/58963316.cms|title=TRAI rules against Republic TV's unethical distribution practices to boost ratings|date=2 June 2017|work=The Times of India|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref> | ||
| Arnab Goswami has been noted to be a critical factor behind the favorable public reception.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Panwar|first=Tapish|last2=Khan|first2=Kalim|date=2019|title=Ingredient Branding as a Branding Strategy for News Channels in India|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=138805049&site=eds-live|journal=International Journal of Business Insights & Transformation|volume=12|issue=2|pages=8–15}}</ref> | |||
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=== Criticism === | ||
| The channel has been criticized by certain sections of the Indian media which accused it of chasing the opposition and aggressively supporting the ruling BJP,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/on-the-run-4/|title=On the run|last1=Bajpai|first1=Shailaja|date=11 May 2017|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> and of being a "battle of babble" and judgmental.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/arnab-goswamis-republic-tv-is-losing-the-battle-of-babble-why-not-try-something-completely-different-3488225.html|title=Arnab Goswami's Republic TV is losing the battle of babble; why not try something completely different?|date=27 May 2017|work=]|accessdate=28 May 2017}}</ref> The Business Standard has called it "a noisy, chaotic place where coherent debate without shouting, screaming and name-calling is impossible".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/arnab-s-republic-a-reflection-of-what-india-has-become-noisy-and-chaotic-117050800471_1.html|title=Arnab's Republic a reflection of what India has become- noisy and chaotic|last1=Kohli-Khandekar|first1=Vanita|date=8 May 2017|work=Business Standard|accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> | |||
| The channel has been noted for its opinionated reporting<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/10/29/peeing-human-is-waging-a-war-on-modia-heres-how-and-why|title=Peeing Human is waging a war on ‘Modia’. Here's how, and why|last=Verma|first=Ramit|date=29 October 2019|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}</ref> in support of ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/heres-why-you-will-watch-arnab-goswami-navika-kumar-long-after-election-results-are-out/310364/|title=Here’s why you will watch Arnab Goswami & Navika Kumar long after election results are out|last=Bajpai|first=Shailaja|date=2019-10-24|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> and ] across a wide spectrum of situations<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/10/30/indian-journalists-got-a-chance-to-grill-controversial-meps-touring-kashmir-they-asked-about-pakistan-western-media|title=Indian journalists got a chance to grill controversial MEPs touring Kashmir. They asked about Pakistan, western media|last=Pande|first=Manisha|date=30 October 2019|work=Newslaundry|access-date=2019-11-01|url-status=live|language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/10/21/bloodlust-tv-calling-out-indias-hate-media|title=Bloodlust TV: Calling out India’s hate media|last=Pande|first=Manisha|date=21 October 2019|work=Newslaundry}}</ref> including by presenting political opponents in a negative light and avoiding criticism of figures from ruling parties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/07/04/rahul-gandhis-resignation-allowed-tv-channels-to-do-what-they-do-best|title=Rahul Gandhi’s resignation allowed TV channels to do what they do best|last=S|first=Meghnad|date=4 July 2019|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Drabu|first=Onaiza|date=2018|title=Who Is the Muslim? Discursive Representations of the Muslims and Islam in Indian Prime-Time News|url=https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/9/283|journal=Religions|language=en|volume=9|pages=283|doi=10.3390/rel9090283|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sharma|first=Ashish|date=2018-03-31|title=Media predisposition in Gujarat Elections: A comparative analysis of Hashtags utilized by Republic TV and Times Now TV Channels|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2018.3005|journal=International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology|volume=6|issue=3|pages=35–39|doi=10.22214/ijraset.2018.3005|issn=2321-9653}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/podcast/big-story-podcast-questions-arnab-goswami-didnt-ask-modi-in-republic-tv-interview|title=Podcast {{!}} Questions Arnab Goswami Didn’t Ask Modi|date=2019-03-29|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/sham-republic-tvs-twitter-polls/|title=The sham of Republic TV's Twitter Polls|last=Jawed|first=Sam|date=2018-01-22|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1570899/how-narendra-modi-has-almost-killed-indian-media/|title=How Narendra Modi has almost killed the Indian media|last=Inamdar|first=Nikhil|website=Quartz India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/one-month-republic-tv-fare/|title=One month of Republic TV – How did they fare?|last=Jawed|first=Sam|date=2017-06-08|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/republic-claims-rahul-gandhi-owaisi-asked-people-not-stand-national-anthem-true/|title=Republic claims Rahul Gandhi and Owaisi asked people not to stand up for National Anthem. Is that true?|last=Jawed|first=Sam|date=2017-10-27|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/912779/the-daily-fix-why-the-fir-ordered-against-arnab-goswami-is-a-blow-against-free-media|title=The Daily Fix: Why the FIR ordered against Arnab Goswami is a blow to free media|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Rohan|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/indias-not-so-free-media/|title=India’s Not-So-Free Media|last=Madan|first=Aman|date=23 January 2019|website=]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> The channel even popularized the neologisms of '']'' and ''Anti-national'' to denote those critical to right wing sentiments and evoke hyper-nationalism among the audience.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Mishra|first=Samarth|last2=Kumar Shukla|first2=Aditya|date=2019|title=Balancing Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech: Case of India|url=https://www.pramanaresearch.org/gallery/prj-p1189.pdf|journal=Pramana Research Journal|volume=9|issue=6|pages=1414|issn=2249-2976}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/on-the-run-4/|title=On the run|last1=Bajpai|first1=Shailaja|date=11 May 2017|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> Attempts to quell communal tensions through irresponsible reporting containing religious overtones has been noted.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
| The channel has been compared to ] for it's extreme pro-government affinity and muzzling of dissent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/india/2017/06/08/tale-of-two-republics-arun-shourie-indian-media-north-korea|title=Tale of Two Republics: Why Shourie Compared Our Media to N Korea’s|date=2017-06-08|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvdmwxfb|title=Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations|last=Varadarajan|first=Siddharth|date=2019|publisher=Pluto Press|year=|isbn=9780745338927|editor-last=Nilsen|editor-first=Alf Gunvald|location=|pages=59-60|chapter=The State and/of the Media in Modi’s India|editor-last2=Nielsen|editor-first2=Kenneth Bo|editor-last3=Vaidya|editor-first3=Anand|chapter-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvdmwxfb.9}}</ref> Noted political scientist ] has noted it to be sympathetic to BJP and compared it to ], an American TV channel that practices ] in favor of the ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Edward|last2=Jaffrelot|first2=Christophe|date=2018-10-02|title=Hindu nationalism and the ‘saffronisation of the public sphere’: an interview with Christophe Jaffrelot|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2018.1545009|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=26|issue=4|pages=468–482|doi=10.1080/09584935.2018.1545009|issn=0958-4935}}</ref> | |||
| Fact checkers have documented it to have propagated outright fake or dubious news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boomlive.in/never-be-afraid-says-arnab-goswami-but-how-about-not-lying/|title='Never Be Afraid', Says Arnab Goswami. But How About Not Lying? {{!}} {{!}} BOOM|last=Jacob|first=Jency|date=2017-09-23|website=boomlive.in|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/arnab-goswami-republic-sudha-bharadwaj-row|title=Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj Calls Out Republic Over ‘False’ Allegations|date=2018-07-05|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/is-35a-temporary-and-discriminatory-fact-checking-arnabs-claims|title=Is 35A Temporary and Discriminatory? Fact-Checking Arnab’s Claims|date=2019-08-01|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/media-echoes-british-herald-calling-prime-minister-modi-most-powerful-person|title=Media Echoes ‘British Herald’ Calling PM Modi Most Powerful Person|date=2019-06-24|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/863542/darkness-in-jama-masjid-conversion-rate-card-and-10-more-fake-news-stories-spread-by-media-in-2017|title=Darkness in Jama Masjid, conversion rate card and 10 more fake news stories spread by media in 2017|last=Sam Jawed|first=altnews in|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/times-now-and-republic-tv-misreport-congress-manifesto-for-telangana-as-muslim-centric/|title=Times Now and Republic TV misreport Congress manifesto for Telangana as Muslim-centric|last=Patel|first=Jignesh|date=2018-11-29|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/republic-tv-falsely-portrays-man-praising-pm-modi-as-a-congress-mla/|title=Republic TV falsely portrays man praising PM Modi as a Congress MLA|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2019-04-28|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/breaking-fake-news-aaj-tak-and-republic-tv-misreport-delhi-hc-verdict-on-aap-mlas/|title=Breaking Fake News: Aaj Tak and Republic TV misreport Delhi HC verdict on AAP MLAs|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2018-03-23|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/was-jignesh-mevanis-press-conference-congress-sponsored-as-alleged-by-republic-tv/|title=Was Jignesh Mevani's press conference "Congress sponsored" as alleged by Republic TV?|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=2018-01-06|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/republic-tv-gets-caught-faking-twice-day/|title=Republic TV gets caught faking twice in a day|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2017-10-17|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/right-wing-spews-venom-social-media-senior-journalist-gauri-lankesh-shot-dead/|title=Right wing spews venom on social media after Senior Journalist Gauri Lankesh is shot dead|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2017-09-06|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> | |||
| === Controversies === | === Controversies === | ||
| ==== Viewership ratings ==== | |||
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| ] cautioned the channel against such practices and determined the viewership numbers to be inflated.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/trai-rules-against-republic-tvs-unethical-distribution-practices-to-boost-ratings/articleshow/58963316.cms|title=TRAI rules against Republic TV's unethical distribution practices to boost ratings|date=2 June 2017|work=The Times of India|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Defamation ==== | |||
| ⚫ | Also that month, parliamentarian ] filed a civil ] case in the ] against Goswami and Republic TV in connection with the channel's broadcast of news items from 8 to 13 May claiming his link in his wife ]'s death in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/shashi-tharoor-files-defamation-case-against-arnab-goswami-4675250/| |
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| ⚫ | In August 2018, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) issued a notice to Republic TV to display a full-screen apology during a broadcast over its derogatory remarks directed at one A. Singh, who was alleged to have harassed a female reporter of the channel at a political rally. Epithets such as "vulgar thug", "lewd", "sexist", "pervert", "goon" and "anti-Indian" were directed at him on a show that the NBSA stated were "unwarranted, unjustified and in violation of broadcasting standards".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nbsa-asks-republic-tv-for-full-screen-apology/articleshow/65665511.cms| |
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| ==== IP rights infringement ==== | |||
| In May 2017, ] (BCCL) lodged a complaint against Goswami and Prema Sridevi, a journalist with Republic TV, under the ] and ] accusing them of copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Times Now files criminal case for stealing against Arnab Goswami of Republic TV|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/bccl-registers-complaint-against-republic-tvs-arnab-goswami-reporter/articleshow/58707385.cms|accessdate=17 May 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=17 May 2017}}</ref> BCCL alleged that the two, previously employed with ], that it owns and operates, had used its ] (IP) in telecasting certain audio tapes that were in their possession during their time at the former Channel. Alongside IP infringement, the complaint also alleged the commission of offences of theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property, on the two, on multiple occasions days after the channel's launch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami faces police complaint for 'cheating' Times Now over Sunanda Pushkar, Lalu tapes|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-arnab-goswami-faces-police-complaint-for-cheating-times-now-over-sunanda-pushkar-lalu-tapes-2441702|accessdate=17 May 2017|work=]|date=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Times Group files criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami for IPR breach|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/times-group-files-criminal-complaint-against-arnab-goswami-for-ipr-breach-117051700902_1.html|work=Business Standard|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref> | In May 2017, ] (BCCL) lodged a complaint against Goswami and Prema Sridevi, a journalist with Republic TV, under the ] and ] accusing them of copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Times Now files criminal case for stealing against Arnab Goswami of Republic TV|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/bccl-registers-complaint-against-republic-tvs-arnab-goswami-reporter/articleshow/58707385.cms|accessdate=17 May 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=17 May 2017}}</ref> BCCL alleged that the two, previously employed with ], that it owns and operates, had used its ] (IP) in telecasting certain audio tapes that were in their possession during their time at the former Channel. Alongside IP infringement, the complaint also alleged the commission of offences of theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property, on the two, on multiple occasions days after the channel's launch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arnab Goswami faces police complaint for 'cheating' Times Now over Sunanda Pushkar, Lalu tapes|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-arnab-goswami-faces-police-complaint-for-cheating-times-now-over-sunanda-pushkar-lalu-tapes-2441702|accessdate=17 May 2017|work=]|date=17 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Times Group files criminal complaint against Arnab Goswami for IPR breach|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/times-group-files-criminal-complaint-against-arnab-goswami-for-ipr-breach-117051700902_1.html|work=Business Standard|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | Also that month, parliamentarian ] filed a civil ] case in the ] against Goswami and Republic TV in connection with the channel's broadcast of news items from 8 to 13 May claiming his link in his wife ]'s death in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congress leader Shashi Tharoor files defamation case against Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/shashi-tharoor-files-defamation-case-against-arnab-goswami-4675250/|publisher=]|date=26 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shashi Tharoor files defamation suit against Arnab Goswami, Republic TV in High Court|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shashi-tharoor-files-defamation-suit-against-arnab-goswami-republic-tv-in-high-court/articleshow/58862059.cms|publisher=]|date=26 May 2017}}</ref> Seeking the channel's response, Justice Manmohan of the High Court said, "Bring down the rhetoric. You can put out your story, you can put out the facts. You cannot call him names. That is uncalled for."<ref>{{cite news|title='Bring down the rhetoric', Delhi HC tells Arnab Goswami, Republic TV|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-hc-seeks-arnab-republic-tv-reply-on-tharoor-defamation-plea/article18598621.ece|accessdate=3 June 2017|work=The Hindu|date=29 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
| ==== Regulatory Censure ==== | |||
| ], the self-regulatory broadcasting regulator of India asked RepublicTV to broadcast a public apology, after the channel declined to cooperate in a case accusing it of violating the standard prohibitions on racial and religious stereotyping and instead commented on NBSA having engaged in "intense pseudo-judicial oversight".<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/10/15/indias-broadcasting-regulator-ordered-republic-tv-to-air-an-apology-but-it-didnt-what-happens-now|title=India’s broadcasting regulator ordered Republic TV to air an apology, but it didn’t. What happens now?|last=Nair|first=Veena|date=15 October 2019|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}</ref> RepublicTV did not abide by the order;<ref name=":3" /> incidentally, Goswami was the convener of the committee that drafted the code, years back.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/07/31/no-republic-tv-led-news-broadcasters-federation-is-not-fighting-lutyens-media|title=No, Republic TV-led News Broadcasters Federation is not fighting 'Lutyens Media'|last=Seshu|first=Geeta|date=31 July 2019|work=Newslaundry|access-date=}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In August 2018, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) issued a notice to Republic TV to display a full-screen apology during a broadcast over its derogatory remarks directed at one A. Singh, who was alleged to have harassed a female reporter of the channel at a political rally. Epithets such as "vulgar thug", "lewd", "sexist", "pervert", "goon" and "anti-Indian" were directed at him on a show that the NBSA stated were "unwarranted, unjustified and in violation of broadcasting standards".<ref>{{cite news |title=NBSA asks Republic TV for full-screen apology |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nbsa-asks-republic-tv-for-full-screen-apology/articleshow/65665511.cms |accessdate=28 January 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Scroll |title=Republic TV ordered to apologise for Arnab Goswami’s remarks by broadcasting standards authority |url=https://scroll.in/latest/893158/news-broadcasting-standards-authority-orders-republic-tv-to-apologise-for-remarks-by-arnab-goswami |accessdate=28 January 2019 |work=Scroll.in |date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=No Apology From Republic TV's Arnab Goswami For Misreporting Despite NBSA Order |url=https://thewire.in/media/arnab-goswami-republic-tv-jignesh-mevani-2 |accessdate=28 January 2019 |work=The Wire |date=7 September 2018}}</ref> | ||
| ==== Bans from reporting ==== | |||
| Reporters from the channel have been banned from attending any press conference of ], on grounds of its biased reporting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/|title=Access denied: Republic TV and Times Now get blocked from Congress pressers|last=Agarwal|first=Cherry|date=16 December 2017|website=Newslaundry|language=en-UK|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:19, 14 November 2019
Television channel
| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Arnab Goswami ARG Outlier Media Asianet News |
| Key people | Arnab Goswami |
| Links | |
| Website | Republic TV |
Republic TV is an Indian television news channel. It is majority-owned by its editor-in-chief, managing director and co-founder Arnab Goswami and minority-owned by Asianet News.
According to The Financial Express, the Republic TV has been the most watched English news channel in India for 100 weeks in a row since its founding. The top news channel spot was taken over by DD India, a public service broadcaster, in February 2019, according to the Indian newspaper Live Mint. In the first quarter of 2019, Republic TV and DD India have alternated for the most-watched channel position in the English channel news weekly ratings as measured by BARC India group. On 6 June 2019, the channel won an award for being The Best English News Channel of The Year 2018-19 at the 10th BCS Ratna Awards 2019.
History
Arnab Goswami, then Editor-in-Chief of an English news channel Times Now, resigned from the channel on 1 November 2016. On 14 November, he hosted his flagship show The Newshour Debate for the last time.
On 16 December, he announced of his coming up with a new venture, a news channel called Republic. However, in January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy wrote to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that the name Republic was in violation of Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950. As a result, the name changed to Republic TV and the same was communicated to the Ministry by Goswami through a letter.
Republic TV was founded in part by Asianet – ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd., which was primarily funded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a Bharatiya Janata Party member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha and the vice-chairman of the Kerala wing of the National Democratic Alliance. Through companies owned by him, he invested ₹30 crore (US$3.5 million) in it.
Among other major investors were Goswami and his wife, educationist Ramdas Pai, Ramakanta Panda, all of whom invested through SARG Media Holding Private Ltd, another company owned by Goswami himself. He later resigned from the board on 31 March 2018, after officially switching allegiance to BJP, as a MP.
S. Sundaram, who had served as the CFO for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO for Republic TV. Others who joined included senior anchor and Deputy Assignment Editor of Tamil news channel Thanthi TV, S. A. Hariharan; retired army officer and television personality Major Gaurav Arya, former chief correspondent from Jammu and Kashmir for Times Now Aditya Raj Kaul, writer and founder-editor of Gentleman and Business Barons, Minhaz Merchant and actor Anupam Kher. Chief Business Officer of Reliance Broadcast Network Vikas Khanchandani was made the CEO, co-founder of The News Minute Chitra Subramaniam the editorial adviser.
The channel was launched on 6 May 2017 as a free-to-air channel through most DTH services and cable television operators, alongside mobile platforms such as JioTV and Hotstar. Reporting on its launch, Business Standard wrote, "The company has already hired 300 people, of whom 215 are on board. A state-of-the-art-studio is being built in Mumbai's Lower Parel area."
Goswami purchased shares back from Asianet in May 2019, making Republic TV an editor-run news channel.
Reception
Viewership ratings
Republic TV became the most-watched English news channel in India in its first week of airing with 21.1 lakh (2.11 million) impressions and accounted for 51.9% viewership as per data released for the week by the Broadcast Audience Research Council.
In May 2017, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) lodged a complaint with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) accusing the group of using unethical tactics for high viewership. It claimed that the channel ran multiple feeds on various multi-system operator (MSO) platforms. The complaint added that the channel listed itself at multiple locations across various genres in the electronic program guide of various MSOs and other distributors on multiple logical channel numbers (LCNs), which supposedly violated the TRAI rules for unique genre and a unique LCN. The TRAI determined the numbers to be inflated and ruled in favour of NBA issuing a mandate against future use of multiple LCNs.
Criticism
The channel has been criticized by certain sections of the Indian media which accused it of chasing the opposition and aggressively supporting the ruling BJP, and of being a "battle of babble" and judgmental. The Business Standard has called it "a noisy, chaotic place where coherent debate without shouting, screaming and name-calling is impossible".
Controversies
In May 2017, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL) lodged a complaint against Goswami and Prema Sridevi, a journalist with Republic TV, under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000 accusing them of copyright infringement. BCCL alleged that the two, previously employed with Times Now, that it owns and operates, had used its intellectual property (IP) in telecasting certain audio tapes that were in their possession during their time at the former Channel. Alongside IP infringement, the complaint also alleged the commission of offences of theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property, on the two, on multiple occasions days after the channel's launch.
Also that month, parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor filed a civil defamation case in the Delhi High Court against Goswami and Republic TV in connection with the channel's broadcast of news items from 8 to 13 May claiming his link in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in 2014. Seeking the channel's response, Justice Manmohan of the High Court said, "Bring down the rhetoric. You can put out your story, you can put out the facts. You cannot call him names. That is uncalled for."
In August 2018, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) issued a notice to Republic TV to display a full-screen apology during a broadcast over its derogatory remarks directed at one A. Singh, who was alleged to have harassed a female reporter of the channel at a political rally. Epithets such as "vulgar thug", "lewd", "sexist", "pervert", "goon" and "anti-Indian" were directed at him on a show that the NBSA stated were "unwarranted, unjustified and in violation of broadcasting standards".
See also
References
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- Dingdong Contest between DD India and Republic TV in English News Genre, Television India
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