MUMBAI: Zee News Ltd (ZNL) has rescheduled the launch of its Telugu news channel for February this year. Earlier, the company was planning to launch the channel by November 2008.

The channel, christened Zee 24 Ghantalu, has incurred a loss of Rs 9.26 million during the nine-month period ended 31 December 2008.

ZNL is also planning to launch a regional news channel in Uttar Pradesh during the fourth-quarter of this fiscal.