Republic TV
| Republic TV | |
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| Launched | 6 May 2017 |
| Owned by | ARG Outlier Media Asianet News |
| Slogan | "You are republic, we are your voice" |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Airtel digital TV | Channel 376 |
| Tata Sky | Channel 616 |
| Dish TV | Channel 771 |
| Hathway | Channel 430 |
| Videocon D2H | Channel 360 |
| Ditto TV | Channel 458 |
| DD Free Dish | Channel 342 |
| Cable | |
| Siti Cable | Channel 416 |
| GTPL Cable | Channel 203 |
| Streaming media | |
| Hotstar | News Channel |
| JioTV | News Channel |
Republic TV is an Indian English-language news television channel owned by ARG Outlier Media and Asianet News. It broadcasts from its studios in Mumbai. Created by Arnab Goswami, it was launched on 6 May 2017.
Arnab Goswami, then Editor-in-Chief of a 24-hour English news channel Times Now, resigned from the channel on 1 November 2016. On 18 November, he hosted for the last time The Newshour Debate. On 16 December, Goswami announced that he is coming up with his 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.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an entrepreneur, and an independent Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, also the vice-chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition National Democratic Alliance in its Kerala wing, invested in ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd., a company that the Republic TV was reported to be a part of. Through companies owned by him, he invested ₹30 crore (US$4.7 million) in it. The other major investor was Goswami himself along with his wife Samyabrata Ray, who invested through SARG Media Holding Private Ltd., a company that the two held majority equity in.
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