MIB gives ITV Network nod to launch ‘India News Business’

ITV Network's 'NE News' satellite TV channel license renamed as 'India News Business' by MIB.

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) recently renamed Information TV Private Limited’s existing satellite TV channel license paving the way for the broadcaster to launch ‘India News Business’.

The Ministry renamed ITV Network’s satellite TV license ‘NE News’ to pave the way for ‘India News Business’. The renaming of the TV channel license was recently updated in MIB’s permitted satellite TV channel database in the last few days.

CompanyCategoryChannel NamePermission TypeSATLanguageSatellite Type
INFORMATION TV PRIVATE LIMITEDNEWS and Current AffairsIndia News Business (earlier NE News, before that NewsX Kannada, Delhi News, News World Odisha, NewsX HD)Uplinking and DownlinkingGSAT-17English, All Indian Scheduled language, HindiIndian

The ‘News and Current Affairs’ category TV channel license was initially granted to Information TV Private Limited on 8th April 2011 named ‘NewsX HD’. The TV license was subsequently renamed ‘News World Odisha’, ‘Delhi News’, and ‘NewsX Kannada’ before being renamed ‘NE News’.

The license is permitted to operate from the Indian satellite GSAT-17 with authorisation to broadcast in English, Hindi, and all Indian scheduled languages. The license has both uplinking and downlinking permission.

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Except BQ Prime, everyone is getting chance to open business channel. 🤣🤣🤣
Hope, with Adani as new partner, BQ Prime launch as tv channel too, soon.

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NE News Will shutdown 😳

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