MUMBAI: Captain Media, the media venture of Tamil actor and politician Vijaykant, will start a 24-hour news channel named Captain News.

The channel is set to go on air beginning 29 August.

"We are happy to inform you that Captain Media Private Limited will launch its 24-hour news channel 'Captain News' from 29 August," Captain Media managing director LK Sudheesh said.

"The channel would air unbiased and quality news," he added.

Captain Media, which has entered third year of its operations, runs a bilingual family entertainment channel Captain TV which has programmes in Tamil and English.

Captain is available on Sun DTH, Dish TV, and Airtel Digital TV, besides a host of other cable operators.