Mumbai: More than 12 news channels suddenly went off air at 6.30 p.m on Tuesday due to a satellite outage caused by a radio frequency interference.

The channels that went off air included Angel TV India, Madha TV, Makkal TV, Kairali News, Puthiya Thalaimurai, Sankara TV, Subhavaartha TV, Vasanth TV, Public TV, Polimer News, and Mathrubhumi News.

The News Broadcasters Federation, an industry body representing the regional news channels issued a statement saying that it is “working with relevant stakeholders on war-footing to ensure the broadcasting services are back at the earliest.”

"We assure ardent news channel viewers, advertisers, and our distribution partners including local cable TV operators, and multi-system operators that we aim to have the service back. We thank PlanetCast Media, Tata Communications, Intelsat and Indian Space Research Organisation for taking up the issue on priority and working on it," the statement read.