ABP Ananda (formerly Star Ananda) is a free to air Bengali

news channel News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or tele ...

based in

Kolkata, West Bengal Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commerc ...

owned by

ABP Group ABP Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922. History The company in recent years did mass layoffs at various times. Current assets Newspapers * ''Anandabazar Patrika'' � ...

. Founded on 1 June 2005 as Star Ananda, a

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between Star India and the ABP Group, the channel was renamed as ABP Ananda on 1 June 2012 after the ABP Group acquired full control of the organization.Star to exit India news biz, ends ABP JV
.''indianexpress.com''. Published New Delhi, Mon 16 Apr 2012. Retrieved August 2012

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* * ABP Group 24-hour television news channels in India Television stations in Kolkata Former News Corporation subsidiaries Bengali-language television channels in India Television channels and stations established in 2005 2005 establishments in West Bengal {{India-tv-stub