Neesa Group to launch English news channel ‘Jano Duniya’

Gujarat-based Neesa group of companies has decided to launch an English news channel, following its Hindi news channel Jano Duniya, which was launched in February, 2013. The new channel has obtained a licence and the company plans to launch the channel in the first quarter of FY 2013-14.

Arvind Gupta, Director, Neesa Group, said, "The English news market has been growing at a very fast pace in the last decade. There is a ready demand for differentiated content in the digitised environment. Currently only five players are active in the national market and there is immense scope for a new entrant.”

Jano Duniya is a national Hindi news channel with bureaus in more than 10 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Raipur, Surat, Baroda, Lucknow and Udaipur. It is available in the Hindi speaking markets across MSOs including GTPL, DEN, DIGI, NEW Prime, Nine Cable Network, WWIL, Skynet, Darsh digital, JPR, DDC, Star broad band, Satellite Vision and Hathway. It is also available on cable networks.

For the record, the Neesa Group is based in Gujarat and has presence in hospitality, education, agritech, information technology, infrastructure and food processing. The company plans to set up its own teleport, media training institutes and take it forward with launch of more channels of different genres. Keeping abreast with the changing technology, the group plans to set up multiple distribution platforms such as digital, online and mobile apps.

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