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  • Aakash Aath to launch 24-hour Bengali news channel

    Aakash Aath to launch 24-hour Bengali news channel

    KOLKATA: Bengali infotainment channel Aakash Aath plans to launch a 24-hour Bengali news and current affairs channel in the next one year.

    “We already have the set up and infrastructure for running a 24 hour news channel. Now we will be using it. We plan to start the 24 hour news channel and we are waiting for the nod from the MIB (ministry of information and broadcasting),” Aakash Aath COO Ashok Surana told indiantelevision.com.

    Aakash Aath, which carries three news bulletins at present, will no more telecast news after it launches the news channel and it will strictly become a general entertainment channel (GEC) going forward, Surana said.

    Aakash Aath airs news bulletins at 4.30 pm, 6 pm and at 9.30 pm.

    “We will also make further investments for the new channel,” he said.

    Aakash Bangla was re-launched as Aakash Aath from October last year.

    Surana said Aakash Aath will be launching an array of new shows and serials in the coming days, but did not reveal details.

  • Sahara India to start a Bengali channel; roll out IPTV services soon

    Sahara India to start a Bengali channel; roll out IPTV services soon

    KOLKATA: The Lucknow-headquartered Sahara India Pariwar that has been in the media and entertainment business since some time now, plans to start a Bengali infotainment channel very soon.

     

    Currently, the company has entertainment channels, a movie channel and many regional news channels. It also has round the clock regional news channels, Sahara Samay in 30 cities.

     

    Sahara India chairman and managing director Subrata Roy, who was in Kolkata for a media interaction on Friday, said, “We have already widened our channel offerings. We plan to start a channel in the Bengali language space as well.” However, he refused to provide any further details.

     

    Not just that, Roy also mentioned that the company plans to roll out internet protocol television (IPTV) system, though he didn’t divulge any further details about it too.

     

    When Roy was quizzed about the low distribution of the Sahara channels, he rubbished it and said that the channels are doing well.

     

    The Sahara Group would also be hiring 48,000 executives and 2.5 lakh lower level employees over a period of 8-10 years.