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"We
will launch the news channel after the initial dry run. We are
aiming at a 26 January launch if there are no procedural delays,"
says Positiv TV promoter Manoranjana Sinh.
With
bureaus spread across the country, Focus' head office will be
in located in Noida.
Positiv TV currently operates a bi-lingual news channel in North-East
'NE TV', a bi-lingual entertainment channel NE 'Hi-Fi' and a Bengali
infotainment channel NE Bangla in West Bengal.
Sinh says NE Bangla will be re-launched as a news channel on 2
December. NE Bangla operates out of Kolkata. Headed by Ramesh
Gandhi, NE Bangla gets its content from Rainbow Productions. Earlier
Rainbow Productions provided content to ATN news and DD.
As
reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Positiv TV will
be also launching two news channels for Jharkhand and Hyderabad.
The
company will first launch Hamar TV in Jharkhand followed by HY
TV in Hyderabad.
North
East Multimedia, the radio venture of the company, operates three
FM stations in Guwahati, Shillong and Agartala. By the year end,
it will roll out the fourth station in Itanagar to complete launching
all stations of which it has obtained license.
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