Tara Newz
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Country | India |
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Headquarters | Kolkata, India and Bangladesh |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bengali |
Ownership | |
Owner | Government of West Bengal, India[1] |
Parent | Broadcast Worldwide (BWW) |
Tara Newz (Bengali: তারা নিউজ; also known as Tara News) was a 24-hour Bengali language news channel, covering local news of West Bengal and Bangladesh as well as national and international news, operated by Broadcast Worldwide Limited, a public limited company, with other channels under its umbrella, viz. TARA Muzik, and TV Southasia. Tara Newz was formally launched on 21 February 2005, the International Mother Language Day.[2]
The channel was shut down on 15 April 2013.[3]
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References
- ^ "WB govt to acquire Tara group channels". indiablooms.com.
- ^ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Tara wins accolades for its telefilms". IndianTelevision.com.
- ^ http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/in-teary-spectacle-on-tv-the-crisis-of-bengal-s--chit-fund-media-/1103065/0