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10 Telugu News channels by year end |
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The state has a record of seven news
channels presently - ´TV9´, ´Teja News´, ´Vissa News´, ´Maa TV News´,
´ETV 2´, ´NTV´ and ´TV5´; which are wooing viewers with sensationalism
and breaking news. And all this means that the IT state is known for
something else – for having the largest number of dedicated news
channels in the country, apart from having the largest cable TV
penetration. ´NTV´ and ´TV5´, were launched recently and are promoted
by Narendranath Chowdhary and B. R. Naidu, respectively.
Chowdhary has
invested about Rs 20 crore and has roped in S. R. Ramanujan, the man
behind ETV´s successive launch of 11 entertainment channels. On the
other hand, Naidu has hired I. Satyanarayana, from Vissa Television.
Three more Telugu news channels would be launched by the end of this
year. The first being ´VTV´, funded by a group of NRI´s, is already
being beamed in the US and will be launched by August this year. While,
´Hyderabad TV´, promoted by politician Malepalli Lakshmaiah and
´Telangana TV´, promoted by political group TRS are in formative days.
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