Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Network | Broadcast television and Online |
Headquarters | Karnataka, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Kannada |
Picture format | SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Key people | Arnab Goswami |
Sister channels | Republic TV Republic Bharat Republic Bangla |
History | |
Launched | 22 September 2023 |
Founder | Arnab Goswami Rajeev Chandrasekhar |
Replaced | Dighvijaya News |
Links | |
Website | kannada |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Republic Kannada live | Live TV |
YouTube | Republic Kannada |
Republic Kannada (stylized as R. ಕನ್ನಡ) is a free-to-air Indian Kannada-language news channel, launched on 22 September 2023, by Republic Media Network, co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar. [1][2] [3] Chandrashekhar funded the channel through his company Jupiter Capital Private Limited.[4] Republic Kannada was previously named Dighvijaya News and was owned by Vijay Sankeshwar's VRL Media. Republic TV officially bought the channel and rebranded to Republic Kannada.[5][6]