Focus Odisha

Focus Odisha
Private
Industry Free-to-air
Founded 2014
Headquarters Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Key people
 Mrs Niraj Sanan
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website www.focustvonline.com

Focus Odisha [1] is a 24-hour Oriya News Channel of the Focus TV Group. This channel was launched on 13 June 2014 by Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the presence of the Group CEO Niraj Sanan.[2] Focus TV Group runs a number of other news channels in various language like Hindi and Bengali.[3]

This channel is available in Measat 3 in MPEG-4 format. It provived news along with various other programs related to social, economic and education condition in Odisha. Headquartered in Bhubaneswar, Focus Odisha has 9 bureaus located in Cuttack and Puri, each having a journalist, a video journalist and few technical staff. Apart from this, 65 stringers have been employed in various locations of Odisha to cover the entire state, making it a nearly 150 strong team. Nearly Rs 10 crore has been invested into setting up the channel.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/in/Focus-Odisha.html
  2. ↑ http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=50789
  3. ↑ http://odishasuntimes.com/62685/focus-odisha-channel-formally-launched/
  4. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/televisiontv-channelsregional/focus-odisha-seeks-to-be-a-differentiator-140614

See also

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