Odisha TV

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OTV (Odisha Television Limited)
Company type Private
Founded14 April 1997;28 years ago (1997-04-14)
Headquarters Bhubaneswar, Odisha,
India
Products Direct Broadcast Satellite
OwnerJagi Mangat Panda
Website odishatv.in

Odisha TV or OTV is an Odia Indian Cable Television station. It is owned by the Bhubaneswar-based Odisha Television Network. It was started and promoted by Jagi Mangat Panda. Odisha Television (OTV) is the first private Electronic Media in the state of Odisha. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Launched in 1997 in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the channel slowly spread to all major towns of the state. It was converted from cable to a satellite channel in December 2006.

List of programmes

Most programmes of OTV are news based. It also has programmes related to art and culture, tourism, business, food and festivals. Some of its programmes include the following. [5]

Elephant rescue incident

On 24 September 2021, an Odisha TV journalist died while another was critically injured when the boat they were travelling to cover the elephant rescue overturned due to the river current. [6] An ODRAF personnel also died in the incident. The elephant rescue operation was put on hold after the boat overturned. The elephant was eventually found dead after he unable to cross the river.

Channels provided

ChannelCategoryLaunchQualityNote(s)
OTV News 1997SD
Tarang TV General Entertainment 2008SD+HD
Tarang Music Music 2009SD
Prarthana Life Spiritual 2010Formerly Prarthana TV
Alankar TV Movies 2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About OdishaTV News - OTV English". Latest Odisha News, Breaking News Today | Top Updates on Corona - OTV News. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Chatterjee, Mrinal (29 December 2020). "Television in Odisha" (PDF). Odisha State Open University.
  3. ↑ Nahak, Dr Fakira Mohan (1 December 2020). "POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN ODISHA: A STUDY OF ODIA TELEVISION NEWS CHANNELS". PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology. 17 (6): 4084–4094. ISSN   1567-214X.
  4. ↑ "About Odisha TV". Taboola.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "OTV : TV schedule India". tvscheduleindia.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Odisha TV journalist dies, another critical, after boat to rescue elephant capsizes". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.


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