After buying out Rupert Murdoch-controlled STAR in Media Content and Communication Services (MCCS), the Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) group is planning to expand its news television network with two more regional language channels in Punjabi and Odia.

MCCS currently broadcasts three popular 24-hour news channels

When contacted, managing director and chief executive officer of ABP Pvt Ltd, Dipankar Das Purkayastha, said: "We have plans of launching some regional language channels. I cannot disclose details. This is an internal matter." However, he added, any expansion in the news television business would be done through the MCCS platform.

Sources suggested the ABP group had decided to focus on news business, as its maiden venture in the entertainment television space hardly saw any success. In July 2011, the group had launched a Bengali-language general entertainment channel, Sanada TV, on its own that shares the name of a woman's magazine published by the group. However, the channel saw hardly any success and was shut down by the end of 2012.

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