NTV, TV9 Telugu and Sakshi blocked in Andhra? TV war with Chandrababu Naidu | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZi4VIqf0Cw Pooja Prasanna explores how media clampdowns occur in both Telugu states and what the law says about taking channels off the air.
extract: four news channels that's NTV tv9 Telugu 10 TV and sakshi have been blocked in Andra Pradesh since June 6thassembly results came in and TDP was all set to form the government with a thumping majority of 135 seats the same set of channels were made unavailable from June 21st once again.
sakshi TV is owned by ysrcp Chief jagan Mohan R's family, NTV is owned primarily by Rachna television private limited which belongs to Narendra Chowdhury . ri the TDP has always alleged that NTV is a proxy of ysrcp. TV 9's promoting company is associated broadcast private limited or abcl. in 2018 Alanda media took majority stakes in ABC Alanda is in turn owned by influential businessman Jupali iRrameshwar Rao, the owner of real estate company my home.
10TV was a Cooperative News Channel run by cpim members but in 2018 the ownership changed and was taken over by people associated with my home once again
There is also a Caste angle to the ownership of TV channels, as some channels are owned by Kammas supporting Chandrababu N.
Under TDP govt in Andhra, cable TV operators take four channels off the air https://indianexpress.com/article/india/under-tdp-govt-in-andhra-cable-tv-operators-take-four-channels-off-the-air-9409225/ YSRCP flags freedom of press in letter to TRAI, minister Lokesh says no such order
Sreenivas Janyala June 23, 2024
Andhra Police Seal CID, Fibernet Offices Ahead Of TDP Combine Forming Govt https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!state/andhra-police-seal-cid-fibernet-offices-ahead-of-tdp-combine-forming-govt-enn24060602804 Jun 6, 2024,
Fibernet case: A.P. govt. allows CID to seek attachment of properties of accused https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/fibernet-case-ap-govt-allows-cid-to-seek-attachment-of-properties-of-accused/article67951485.ece March 14, 2024
. In the G.O., the government alleged that the prime accused in this case and TDP national president Nara Chandrababu Naidu conspired with the accused Vemuru Harikrishna Prasad (A2), and Tummala Gopichand (A5), and a director of Tera Software Limited (A4), and awarded the AP Fibernet Project Phase-1 in favour of Tera Software, in a fraudulent manner by accepting false experience certificates. .. While executing AP Fibernet Project Phase-I, the accused in pursuance of their conspiracy violated the tender agreements and involved the companies of the accused Viplav Kumar V.L.S. (A11), Vijaykumar Rammurthy (A13), Ramkumar Ramurthy (A14) and Kanumuri Koteswara Rao (A18) with a mala fide intention, utilised substandard materials and got the funds released to Tera Software Ltd. in a fraudulent manner without supply of goods and services.”
Andhra CM Jagan defends Naidu’s arrest, accuses ‘yellow media’ of bias https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-cm-jagan-defends-naidus-arrest-accuses-yellow-media-of-bias
16 Sep 2023 ‘Yellow media’ like Eenadu, Andhra Jyothi and TV5 still present a picture of a wrongly accused Naidu. They will not show the truth even though Naidu’s corruption has been thoroughly exposed, Jagan said.