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Tara Newz was an Indian Bengali-language satellite and cable 24-hour news and current affairs television channel owned by the Saradha Group, a chit fund company.[2] It was launched on 21 February 2005, airing regional news coverages, after being split from Tara Bangla, which was launched on 28 April 2000. Tara Newz was targeted to Bengali-speaking audiences in both India and Bangladesh.[3][2] It is broadcast from Tara's headquarters in Salt Lake, Kolkata.[2] Due to financial reasons, the channel was shut down in 2013.[4]
 Tara Newz logo | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Picture format | 480i, 576i (SDTV 4:3) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of West Bengal, India[1] |
| Sister channels | TARA Muzik TV Southasia |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 February 2005 |
| Former names | TARA News |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
editIn 2000, Doordarshan and later Star TV's former head, Rathikant Basu, established TARA, which stood for Television Aimed at Regional Audiences.[5] The network comprised four regional television channels in Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Marathi languages, all of which besides the Bengali one have shut down because of financial losses.[6] On 21 February 2005, Tara exited the general entertainment genre due to stiff competition from its rivals, such as ETV Bangla and Alpha Bangla, and split Tara Bangla into two television channels, Tara Newz and Tara Muzik, devoted to news and music programming respectively.[7] In 2010, Saradha Group acquired the two channels from Broadcast Worldwide, which owned the Tara television network.[2]
Competitors
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WB govt to acquire Tara group channels". indiablooms.com.
- ^ a b c d "Tara News, Muzik, South Asia TV closing down". BDNews24. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Saha, Prajjal. "Tara Bangla reborn as Tara Newz, Tara Muzik". Afaqs!. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "In teary spectacle on TV, the crisis of Bengal's 'chit fund media'". Indian Express.
- ^ Parks, Lisa; Kumar, Shanti, eds. (2003). Planet TV: A Global Television Reader (illustrated ed.). NYU Press. p. 343. ISBN 0814766927. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Tara Marathi Shuts Shop, As Firm Incurs Major Losses". The Financial Express. 2 January 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Tara exits general entertainment; to launch news, music channels". Indian Television. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 28 June 2022.