Country | India |
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Broadcast area | India Bangladesh |
Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bengali |
Picture format | 576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Saradha Group |
Sister channels | Tara Newz TV Southasia |
History | |
Launched | 21 February 2005 |
Closed | 12 May 2013 |
Links | |
Website | www.taratv.com |
Tara Muzik was an Indian Bengali-language satellite and cable music-oriented television channel owned by the Saradha Group, a chit fund company.[1] It was launched on 21 February 2005, as the first Bengali-language music-oriented channel in the world, after being split from Tara Bangla, which was launched on 28 April 2000. Tara Muzik was targeted to Bengali-speaking audiences in both India and Bangladesh.[2][1] It is broadcast from Tara's headquarters in Salt Lake, Kolkata.[1] Due to financial reasons, the channel was shut down on 12 May 2013.