Type Public company Founded 1999 Customer service 0120 259 9187 Parent organization Essel Group | Industry Mass media Products Broadcasting, cable Headquarters India | |
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Key people Subhash Chandra (Chairman)
Sudhir Chaudhary (CEO)
RK Arora (COO) Net income ₹43.15 crore (US$6.4 million) (2015) Stock price ZEEMEDIA (NSE) ₹ 35.25 -0.40 (-1.12%)31 Mar, 3:30 PM IST - Disclaimer Revenue 5.51 billion INR (US$81 million, 2015) Profiles | ||
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Zee News is an Indian news and current affairs channel founded in 1999 and is the flagship property of Zee Media Corporation company and a subsidiary of Essel Group.
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Notable people
Channels operating
It currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:
Jindal Group incident
The channel is tried for allegedly extorting 100 crores from the Jindal Group and two senior journalist have been arrested so far. Naveen Jindal accused Zee News of trying to extort 100 crores from him for not airing stories against his company in Coal Scam. Zee News refuted the charges and made counter charges of Jindal offering them 25 crores to halt their investigations against Jindal Steel in the coal scam.
Sonu Nigam said he was banned by Zee News, allegedly for supporting Dr. Kumar Vishwas of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Allegations of fabrications
Zee News reported that some of the students from Democratic Students' Union (DSU) raised slogans such as "Bharat Ki Barbadi" ("Destruction of India") and " Pakistan Zindabad" ("long live Pakistan") In a letter Vishwa Deepak, who later resigned from the channel after expressing reservations over its 'biased coverage' alleged that "Our biases made us hear Bhartiya Court Zindabad as Pakistan Zindabad." ("long live Indian courts" as "long live Pakistan."). After Delhi police report it was claimed that footage was genuine. After getting authentication by forensic lab of CBI it is almost confirmed that vedio footage telecasted by the channel was authentic. In response, Sudhir Chaudhary, Zee News Editor, said "Our channel only showed what was happening there, whatever we have shown is 100 per cent authentic.
Allegations of false news reports
In 2014, Mahendra Singh Dhoni alleged that Zee News have telecast "false news reports" to link him with "illegal activities of betting, match fixing and spot fixing."