Sun TV to discontinue Kannada news channel

Given the competition the channel is facing, viewership share of Udaya News is also relatively low

Sun TV Network, one of the major television broadcasters in the country is shutting down its Kannada news channel Udaya News with plans to convert it into another genre. The company has been operating the channel for the past 19 years and is now compelled to close down it as it is not viable, said sources.

According to company officials, Udaya News will be discontinued in the next couple of months and use that space for another genre like general entertainment channel. There were reports that the company has filed a document with the Commissioner of Labour and others in Karnataka,