What is the full form of ABP News

ABP: Ananda Bazaar Patrika News

ABP News stands for Ananda Bazaar Patrika News. It is a Hindi news channel in India from ABP News Network Pvt. Ltd. Its head office is located in sector 16 A, Noida in India.

The channel was formerly known as Star News which was launched in 1998. It was initially operated by Star and NDTV. In 2003, the agreement between start and NDTV expired and it became a complete Hindi language channel; until 2003, it was providing news in both Hindi and English.

In 2004, the star entered into a Joint Venture with Ananda Bazar Patrika group and formed a company called Media Content and Communication Services Pvt. Ltd. This company took the responsibility to run the Star News channel. Around 70% of this JV was owned by ABP group and the reaming was owned by Star. In 2012, after the split of ABP group and Star, the Media Content and Communications rebranded Star News as ABP news on 1 June 2012.

"Masterstroke" was interrupted by a satellite

In 2018, former anchor Punya Prasun Bajpai said that each time his television programme Masterstroke was shown, ABP News' satellite broadcasting was interrupted due to his criticism of the effectiveness of one of prime minister Narendra Modi's schemes aimed at helping poor farmers. Former workers said that the owners of the channel had forced the host, Punya Prasun Bajpai, to leave the organisation. These technical problems disappeared the moment he resigned. On the same day, another host, Abhisar Sharma, who criticised Modi's public safety policies on ABP News, was let off. He added that he felt pressured to leave.