Focus Odisha
| Private | |
| Industry | Free-to-air |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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 provides 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
- ↑ http://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/in/Focus-Odisha.html
- ↑ "CM Naveen Patnaik launches Focus Odisha TV channel, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines".
- ↑ "'Focus Odisha' channel formally launched - OdishaSunTimes.com". OdishaSunTimes.com.
- ↑ "Indian Television Dot Com - Focus Odisha seeks to be a differentiator". Indian Television Dot Com. 14 June 2014.