Like Kollyinsider reported earlier, TV18 is now launching three more news channels under the banner of News18.

These news channels will be for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the north-eastern states, a company statement said.

The channels have been named as News18 Tamilnadu, News18 Kerala and News18 Assam/NE, with a soft launch on Thursday. These channels are a part of Network18 group, the media house owned by Reliance Industries.

Initially, transmission of all the three channels will be from Hyderabad studios till elections are over in these states.In the month of June, channels will shift to the respective state capitals and operate from there independently. Inauguration of these channels in the respective state capitals is likely to be done by Chief Ministers of these states in the month of June.