The partnership reflects MCCS’ move to increase its reach through new partnerships, and to bring new audiences to its network. Clips of latest breaking news, events and happenings are updated on the channel. Special shows of Star News like Sansani, Saas Bahu aur Saazish, Khabar Filmi hai are featured in the playlists thus enabling the user to access his favourite programmes with ease.

Gautam Anand, Head, Content Partnerships, YouTube, Asia Pacific says, “Star TV is a recognised brand across Asia and we are excited to have Star News as a partner in India. We are committed to providing a broad range of content to our users and this partnership strengthens our offering further. We look forward to working with the team at Star News."

Ramakrishnan Laxman, Head, New Media Business says, “We are excited with our partnership with Youtube and are happy that our position as the number one news network in the country has also been reaffirmed on Youtube by becoming the number one news channel on Youtube.” Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) India Pvt Ltd is a joint venture between Star India pvt Ltd and the Ananda Bazar Patrika group. The group runs three channels - Star News in Hindi, Star Majha in Marathi and Star Ananda in Bengali.