| Speaking at the launch of Worldspace in Kolkata, Arti Metha, chief marketing officer said the radio would offer more than 40 channels of digital quality programming. |
| The Indian programming includes two Indian classical channels""Shruti and Gandharv. |
| In the regional language channels space, apart from Tara, Worldspace has tied up with KL Radio (Tamil), Sparsha (Kannada), RM Radio (Malayalam), Spandana (Telugu) and Tunak Punjabi (Punjabi). |
| Kolkata is the tenth market to be serviced by Worldspace in India. |
| The satellite radio sets would be available at leading stores. |
| They would be priced between Rs 1,999 and Rs 8,100. |
| Metha said, Kolkata had a population of 11 million and approximately six million consumers fell into the targeted listener base of Worldspace. |
| To ensure that service was readily available to subscribers of West Bengal, Worldspace Satellite radios were available in over 25 retail outlets with more expected by the end of the quarter. |
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