Saath Se Aaath programe on ANN News gains public interest

Srinagar: Saath Se Aath (7pm to 8pm) the live Tv show on Kashmir based 24 hours all service news channel has gained the public interest in the Kashmir valley.

The channel in a statement issued to news agency Kashmir Indepth News service (KINS) said that the one-to-one interview show Saath Se Aath has got most top ranking on this channel, with people terming the show as “Unveiling truth from a liar.”

“This show is telecasted live every day on the channel at 7pm with different personalities including top politicians, bureaucrats and others appear as guests and are asked “most uncomfortable questions” by the anchor of show”.

The show is named Saath Se Aath Tariq Bhat Ke Saath for six days a week except on Sunday. On every Sunday, the show is titled Saath Se Aath Mudasir Yaqoob Ke Saath (Season 2).

“Most of the people watch ANN News in Kashmir as viewers marked this media house as the most trusted “New Room,” in Kashmir, reveals the survey conducted by a group of mass communication students from Kashmir University” it said.

The Channel said that this group of youth was conducting a survey as to which media house in Kashmir is “most trusted” in Kashmir.

“The short clips of one-to-one interview show Saath Se Aath has also gone viral on social media with neitizens lauding the anchors for their “straight forward question” to guests.

ANN News channel has also topped the list and appeared in top first Ten IPTV channels watched most. This was revealed by the survey conducted by America based SEBTU international in its three month survey report”.

“ANN News has crossed forty lac viewership in Kashmir, making it the largest viewed and most favorite news channel in J&K”.

“ANN News was officially launched on 13 March 2018 and is available in all districts in Kashmir. In Srinagar and Budgam, the channel can be watched on cable tv on channel number 182 while the channel differs in other districts. The Debate — Saath Se Aaath — on ANN News channel — face-off between politicians and their opponents is one of the most-watched debates in history of Kashmir and also a major television event in its own right” the statement said.

The debate kicks off at 7PM on every Wednesday and Thursday with an anchor of the programme speaking live to panelists from Srinagar ANN News Studio, and runs for 60 minutes along with commercial breaks.

“We are overwhelmed by the kind response from our esteemed viewers. We thank them for making us their most favorite channel in Kashmir,’ said Tariq Bhat, founder and chairman of ANN News channel.

While congratulating his team for their hard-work and results, Bhat said that more is in the pipeline and the channel aims to represent every section of society and highlight their issues.

However, Bhat refused to make any direct comment when asked about the plans of renowned Tv anchor Mudasir Yaqoob to minimize his schedule with ANN News due to his other engagements.

“Mudasir Yaqoob is the most-watched anchor of J&K and also my favorite. We may have some internal differences but he has never spoken about minimizing the schedule of the programme. He is already back on Tv screen with Season 2,” Bhat said. (KINS)