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| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Gujarati |
| Picture format | 16:9/4:3 (576i SDTV) 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ABP Group |
| Sister channels | ABP Ananda ABP News ABP Majha ABP Sanjha ABP Ganga ABP Live ABP Nadu |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01) |
| Links | |
| Website | gujarati |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| ABP Asmita Live | Watch Live |
ABP Asmita is an Indian 24-hour regional news channel broadcasting in the Gujarati language. It operates from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It is owned by ABP Group. The channel was launched on 1 January 2016.
Face of the channel
Leaders
- Brijesh Kumar Singh (previous 2016–2017)
- Ronak Patel (2017–present)
Associated anchors
- Ronak Patel (not Ugandan Cricketer)
- Dhwani Dholakia
- Geeta Vaghadiya
- Zilan Dave
- Poonam Bhayani
- Juhi Gandhi
- Shivangini Maheta
Social media
- Facebook (500 million followers)
- Twitter (169k followers)
- YouTube (1.31 million subscribers)
USP
ABP Asmita has covered the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017 and General Elections 2019. At the regional/state level, ABP Asmita has been covering the elections of municipal corporations, cooperative sectors and other sub-elections.
In 2018, ABP Asmita aired the ‘JAL AE JEEVAN’ (Water is Life) initiative highlighting water-related issues.
Based on Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, Satya Na Prayogo (My Experiments with Truth), ABP Asmita curated a special interview-based program, ‘Satya Na Prayogo’. An instant success, viewers highly appreciated the show. Based on the program, ABP Asmita began hosting conclaves where dignitaries such as CM Vijay Rupani, Governor Acharya Devvrat-ji, Sanjay Dutt (Actor), Manhar Udas (Singer), RS Sodhi (MD, Amul), Chandubhai Virani (Founder & MD, Balaji Wafers) participated and narrated their life experiences and how the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi helped them in leading a better life.
See also
References
- "ABP News Network launches Gujarati news channel, ABP Asmita". bestmediainfo.com.
- "ABP formally launches ABP Asmita". exchange4media.com.
- "ABP Asmita becomes No.1 Gujarati News Channel". indiantelevision.com.