Lotus News was launched on 11th October 2012. It is owned by Seventh Vision India Private Limited. It was the first Tamil news satellite channel to have its base outside Chennai and also the FIRST SATELLITE CHANNEL to have its base in Coimbatore. The channel first introduced "EXPRESS-NEWS" pattern in Tamil News Industry. The channel further introduced "THE WORLD'S FIRST TRANSGENDER NEWS ANCHOR" - Mrs.Padmini Prakash on 15th August 2014. The Alaskan News Bulletin presented by a specially-abled blind school student Master.Sri Ramanujam is quite popular.