Channel Nepal

{{Short description|Nepali satellite television channel}}

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Channel Nepal was the first Nepali satellite television channel. Jamim Shah, a media entrepreneur, owned the channel until his 2010 murder. This channel provides entertainment, information and current affairs.{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/news-archives/latest/media-baron-jamim-shah-shot-dead/ |title=Media baron Jamim Shah shot dead |newspaper=The Himalayan Times |date= |accessdate=2018-05-16}}

The station was banned temporarily in 2000 after wrongly attributing anti-Nepal comments to Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, sparking riots{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8503067.stm |title=Nepal media chief shot dead in Kathmandu |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-02-07 |accessdate=2018-05-16}} which left four people dead{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/e7af1d7a5b6e7f1c386b4c373e54f985|title=4 People Die at Nepal Movie Protest|website=Associated Press News }} and 180 people injured in Nepal.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81838&page=1 |title=Indian Film Star Sparks Riots in Nepal - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=2000-12-27 |accessdate=2018-05-16}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Nepal-Cable-King-is-Dawood-stooge/articleshow/809078.cms |title=Nepal Cable King is Dawood stooge |newspaper=The Times of India | first=Josy | last=Joseph |date=2004-08-10 |accessdate=2024-12-30}}