Prasar Bharti would soon become financially independent as its revenue has been growing substantially every year, CEO of the public broadcaster K S Sarma said on Saturday. Speaking after launching the Rainbow Krishnaveni FM channel, aimed at attracting the youth, Sarma said All India Radio has targeted a revenue of Rs 400 crore this year as against Rs 270 crore last year, while Doordarshan, which had earned Rs 980 crore last year is expected to earn Rs 1200 crore this fiscal.
"If our earnings grow like this, soon we will be financially independent", he said. There were 230 stations of All India Radio in India, out of which 130 have the facilities to launch FM channels, he said. The channel Rainbow Krishnaveni would highlight local issues and specially attract the youngsters of the city, he said. Sarma said more FM channels would be introduced in Andhra Pradesh in places like Adilabad, Macherla, Karimnagar, Srikakulam, Nellore, Mahaboobnagar and Suryaraopet. Sarma said the Direct-To-Home (DTH), which is gaining popularity, at present beams programmes in twelve languages and soon would be available in eight more languages. ++++++++++++++++++ Source:http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=130912&pn=1 ++++++++++++++++++ Jaisakthivel, Chennai ++++++++++++++++++ __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html