SathiyamTV

{{Short description|Indian Tamil-language television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox television channel | name = SATHIYAM TV | logo = SathiyamFinallogo.png | logocaption = | launch_date = {{start date|2010|10|2|df=y}} | picture_format = 576i (HD) | country = India | headquarters = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | former names = | replaced names = | timeshift names = | language = Tamil | website = {{url|sathiyam.tv}} | adsl serv_1 = | adsl chan_1 = | online_serv_1 = | online_chan_1 = }}

'''Sathiyam TV''' is a 24x7 Tamil news and current affairs channel headquartered at Royapuram in Chennai.

Sathiyam Television is a part of Sathiyam Media Vision Private Limited, Chennai.

==History== The Modi government issued an official warning to the channel for supposed violation of programme code in two of its shows, both aired on 9 December 2014. Further, it has also issued show-cause notice for 3 other ‘violations’ in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-channel-sathiyam-tv-alleges-political-censorship-govt-warns-it-defaming-modi-33948 | title=Tamil channel Sathiyam TV alleges political censorship as govt warns it for 'defaming' Modi | publisher=The News Minute | first=S. | last=Ramanathan | date=3 September 2015 | access-date=13 January 2022 }}</ref>

The channel has received a lot of response following its whistleblowing in the selection process scam of TNPSC Group 1 service exam in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/sathiyam-tv-gears-up-for-election-news-bonanza-110934.html|title = Sathiyam TV gears up for Election News Bonanza - Exchange4media}}</ref>

==Attack== A man carrying a sword entered the headquarters of Sathiyam TV and damaged properties in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=On Camera, Man Carrying Sword Vandalises TV Channel's Office In Chennai|url=https://www.ndtv.com/chennai-news/man-carrying-sword-vandalises-tv-channels-office-in-chennai-2502027|access-date=2022-01-13|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> The attacker even smashed the TV and decorative glass in the computer office with a handgun. He also made death threats to those who were on duty at the office. The attacker was a resident of Coimbatore, who arrived in a car with a Gujarat number plate. The Chennai Press Club has strongly condemned the incident terming it a ‘terror attack’.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-04|title=Sword-wielding man ransacks Sathiyam TV office in Chennai, caught on CCTV|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sword-wielding-man-ransacks-sathiyam-tv-office-chennai-caught-cctv-153400|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-04|title=Sathiyam TV attack: Sword-wielding man ransacks Chennai news channel office|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/sword-wielding-man-ransacks-chennai-tv-office-arrested-7437737/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=குணசேகரன்|first=துரைராஜ்|title=சென்னையில் தனியார் டிவி சேனல் அலுவலகத்தில் தாக்குதல்! என்ன நடந்தது?|url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/crime/attack-on-private-tv-channel-office-at-chennai|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.vikatan.com|date=5 August 2021 |language=ta}}</ref>

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Category:Tamil-language television channels Category:Television stations in Chennai