Zee Bharat
Hindi news channel
Zee Bharat is an Indian Hindi-language television news channel, owned by Zee Media. It was first launched as Zee News Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in 2006 and in 2013, it was rebranded as Zee Sangam. In 2016, the channel was again rebranded as India 24×7, and in 2017 as Zee Hindustan, under the leadership of the then-CEO of Zee Media's regional news division, Jagdish Chandra.
It had been launched as part of the Essel Group's efforts to establish a 'nationalist' news channel, in 2017. In 2018, the Essel Group announced that the channel would be 'anchor-less' and would present news without news anchors or news readers. The channel has faced frequent criticism and criminal complaints for sharing incorrect or misleading news.
History
In May 2017, the Essel Group, an Indian media conglomerate, launched Zee Hindustan as a "nationalist news channel," rebranding their former India 24×7 programming. In December 2018, the channel was relaunched as 'anchorless,' announcing this in a front-page advertisement in the newspaper, Hindustan Times.
In 2018, a former civil servant filed a criminal complaint against Zee Hindustan, after the broadcast of a manipulated video suggesting that some members of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, a political party, shouted 'pro-Pakistan' slogans following their victory in an election in Araria, Bihar. The complaint produced a video to show that no such slogans were raised and that issues in the lip sync in the video aired by Zee Hindustan suggested it was not authentic.
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