# Public TV News — Get The Latest Karnataka News

> Kannada news channel app with live TV, breaking news, and user engagement features. (iPhone/iPad app by Writemen Media Pvt. Ltd..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/public-tv-news/id1125391954 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Writemen Media Pvt. Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1125391953)
- Category: News, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 26 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 145 MB
- Languages: American English, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Khmer, Czech, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany) and 30 more
- Released: 2016-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: ad-supported
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/public-tv-news/id1125391954/reviews.md

## What is Public TV News?

Public TV is a Kannada news channel from Writemen Media Pvt. Ltd.
With a great following and an experience of 24 years in media and close to 17-19 years in the print industry veteran journalist HR Ranganath is Chairman and Managing Editor of Public TV.

The Public TV iOS app delivers breaking and trending news stories on the move. With a revolutionary design where we serve Latest articles from each category in home saving time and letting users consume latest from every category at a glance. Stay tuned with Live TV, Push notifications.

Our Features:
* Live TV for up-to-the-minute updates on breaking news and 
   events.
* Revolutionary home screen design giving shortcut to the user 
   to consume breaking news across all categories.
* Top navigation for browsing quickly across popular 
   categories
* Textual, Video and Photo news content Segregated for every 
   category to make it easy for the users.
*  Ease of use for users to navigate to Articles, Photo or Video.
*  Push notifications to keep the user updated.
*  Voice your opinions by comments on articles and get 
    involved by participating in Polls
*  Share articles, photos and videos on your favourite social 
    platform


Public TV iOS app includes Special categories like Election, Other categories like Sports, National, Technology, Districts, Cinema giving a wide plethora of news served in one application.

## Key features

- Live TV for breaking news
- Revolutionary home screen design
- Push notifications
- Textual, video, and photo news
- User comments and polls
- Social sharing

## Recent user reviews (10 of 26)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/public-tv-news/id1125391954/reviews.md

### 1/5 — App won’t load

*2025-04-03*

Takes lot of time to load even after having 5G connection

### 1/5 — App not working

*2023-08-16*

Since from many days app is not working properly…..plz provide us with the new version of this app, lots of bugs are there in the app.

### 1/5 — App Not working

*2022-09-20*

iOS 16 version

**Developer response:** Hi Basavaraj,

Thank you for the appreciation. Hope you are enjoying the news reading now.We have put in Custom Public TV tone for notifications. Please let us know if you have any other suggestions to improve the application, We would integrating the changes to give you a better reading experience.
Thank you.

### 1/5 — Waste to download this app

*2021-07-02*

Dumbest channel I have ever seen. We can just say payment channel. If I pay money and ask them to talk against india they will do it that’s how they get TRP.

### 1/5 — Learn give to respect to reputed actor of Karnataka

*2021-07-01*

This is the worst channel I have ever seen . First learn how to give respect to others and you are portraying the very own talented actor of Karnataka.

### 5/5 — Awesome Buy why not?

*2021-06-13*

Why there is no App for Apple TV?

### 1/5 — NOT SATISFACTORY

*2021-06-06*

App is not up to date takes long time to load unable to view live.

**Developer response:** Hi Nayeem,

We Regret that you had a bad experience. We have updated a new version off your own Public TV app which is much faster and provides a much better Reading experience. We will continue to work on your suggestions and make it much more user friendly in the coming weeks. 

Regards,
Public TV team

### 1/5 — I am not able to read news nor live tv

*2021-02-23*

Team
I am neither able to watch tv or read news and it is always blank I uninstalled and installed couple of times still same issue is there..

### 1/5 — Live option not working

*2020-12-05*

Please recorrect public tv app live option not working properly

### 1/5 — Adds adds just adds

*2020-10-03*

It takes 5 mins to even load the news so many stupid pop ups of adds when you click on live tv by the time you close all add pop ups app will crash and when you reopen again deal with add pop ups. They are interested in showing only adds pop ups nothing else. Loosing respect of this news channel just because of this.

## Frequently asked questions about Public TV News

### What kind of news does this app provide?

This app provides breaking and trending news stories from Public TV, a Kannada news channel. It covers a wide range of categories including elections, sports, national news, technology, districts, and cinema, all served in one application.

### What are the key features of the app?

Key features include Live TV for up-to-the-minute updates, a revolutionary home screen design for quick access to news across categories, push notifications, textual, video, and photo news content, and the ability to voice opinions through comments and polls.

### Is this app free to use?

Based on the provided information, the app is ad-supported. While there are no in-app purchases mentioned, users can expect to see advertisements within the application.

### What platforms is this app available on?

The description specifically mentions the 'Public TV iOS app', indicating that it is available for iOS devices. Information regarding Android availability is not provided in the description.

### How can I engage with the news content?

Users can engage with the news content by voicing their opinions through comments on articles and by participating in polls. Additionally, articles, photos, and videos can be easily shared on social media platforms.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.9 — 2024-03-20

In this new version of IOS, we have updated the homepage ui with all the categories on the same page. user-friendly navigation for Live TV and news viewers. adding notifications and much more.

### 2.1.8 — 2023-04-11

Improved UI and News Categories In the Kannada Language and also in the English Language.

### 2.1.7 — 2021-06-12

- New Updated UI
- Minor Fixes
- Supporting latest versions

### 2.1.6 — 2021-02-27

Minor UI fixes

### 2.1.5 — 2019-10-22

-UI Changes
-Live TV Orientation.
-Bug Fixes

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