Mumbai: Arnab Goswami’s News Broadcast Venture Republic TV has gone live today (6th May 2017) at 10 AM. The channel is being positioned as a Free to Air English News Channel across the country. In its very first day of telecast Republic TV has hit a bulls eye with sensational expose of Lalu Tapes.
Earlier, Sources from ARG OUTLIER – ASIANET NEWS SERVICE has confirmed the official launch exclusively to tvnews4u.com and it was the first platform to declare the official launch of Republic TV.
Arnab’s Broadcast venture emerged as the closely monitored Media Venture in Indian Broadcasting space with its rivals jumping in for major changes in their FPCs with many new programs being lined up in almost every News Channel in the country. India Today TV has gone ahead and pitted Anjana Om Kashyap as its competing face against Arnab.
During past couple of days Republic TV has gained extraordinary hype and it became the talk of the country. However, everyone was anxious to know the date of commencement and this announcement comes as a relief to all it anxiously awaiting prospective viewers.
Republic TV has struck distribution deals with leading DTH operators and Cable Networks across the country and also with leading digital platforms like Hotstar and Jio TV.
Republic TV is already carrying test signals in major distribution network and its is available in Channel No. 616 on Tatasky, Channel No 376 on Airtel DTH, Channel No. 771 on Dish TV and it is also available in Flexi Pack of Videocon d2h.
Moreover, The premium global smartphone brand Vivo has come on board as the presenting sponsor for the 9.00 p.m. prime time show on Republic TV (Probably a debate hour) that will be hosted by ArnabGoswami himself.
