Update Prasar Bharati not to launch TV channel in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

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Aiming to promote the art and culture in North East India, Prasar Bharati will soon launch a television channel for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

Called ‘Prabha’, the channel will air programmes revolving around the art and culture of the two north-eastern states.

As per a PTI report, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar revealed the plan in a meeting with the staff of the All India Radio and the Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) in Itanagar yesterday. In the meeting, Sircar further urged the Doordarshan staff to extend support to the proposed channel so that it could be launched soon

 

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Update :

Prasar Bharati's Sircar says no new NE channel planned


It was on 12 November that the media was abuzz with the news that Indian terrestrial pubcaster Doordarshan (DD) is all set to give birth to another baby to add to its 21 channel brood. Reports stated that the channel called Prabha would target the North Eastern states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh to show showcase their art and culture. It seemed as though it was a done thing.

However, when indiantelevision.com contacted Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar, he highlighted that currently there was only a conversation going on whether such a step should be taken; nothing had really fructified.


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