Tag: Kalinga TV

  • Kalinga TV appoints Aidem Ventures as their exclusive “Ad – Sales Representative”

    Kalinga TV appoints Aidem Ventures as their exclusive “Ad – Sales Representative”

    MUMBAI: Aidem Ventures, an independent media consulting and marketing solutions company has been mandated to handle ad sales for Kalinga TV, a 24-hour Odia news channel. Launched in 2015 by Kalinga Media and Entertainment, the channel is a unit of KIIT Group of Institutions. Apart from leading DTH services like Tata Sky, Dish TV,Airtel Digital TV etc, the channel is also available on all major MSOs and LCOs. Kalinga TV is the only channel in the state which has a special bulletin in Santhali language and is a top rated news channel in terms of “Breaking News”. 

    HimansuSekharKhatua, MD, Kalinga TV said, “Aidem has a proven track record of creating success stories for its partners. They not only have a strong sales force but also offer end to end solutions to the broadcaster which makes them different from competitors and the most preferred choice in this space.  I am confident that this collaboration will help us position the channel’s potential rightly in the advertiser market and monetize our advertising inventory better.

    Karan Gupta, MD, Aidem Venturessaid, “It’s an honor to be the exclusive partner of Kalinga TV. Kalinga has a strong foothold in Odisha and I’m sure that their rich group legacy will give us an in-depth access to the Odia Market, further enhancing our overall sales bouquet for the benefit of advertisers and agencies. With our strong infrastructure of teams across the country, we are confident of the channel’s success”.

  • Total number of TV channel goes up to 813

    Total number of TV channel goes up to 813

    MUMBAI: Within a fortnight, three more channels have been added to the entire list of channels that can be viewed in India. This includes 400 news and current affairs channels and 413 non-news and current affairs channels, as on 15 September 2014.

     

    The number of TV channels that can uplink from and downlink to India is 685 (earlier 682).This includes 378 news (earlier 376) and 307 (earlier 306) non-news channels.

     

    As for the channel that can only uplink and only downlink, the number remained constant at 35 and 93, respectively. The new channels include Kalinga TV, Epic TV. The latter, started by former Disney MD Mahesh Samat, has been waiting for more than a year to get a licence approval from MIB.

     

    At a recent function, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that the ministry is working towards clearing licences of all the pending channels that had been deliberately kept pending by the earlier government. Near about 14 channels were to be listed.

     

    The ministry has also simplified the process of security clearance for broadcasters.