 ANI is also believed to have played significant roles as allies of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency; many of its videos depicted protests by lobby groups and fringe activists, across the world, on the aspects of human rights abuse in Pakistan.Post 2005, news channels started unsubscribing from ANI due to increasing charges and low quality of journalism, coupled with the introduction of broadcast vans.In 2010, UNI TV was launched by Yashwant Deshmukh as a competitor and gave stiff competition.