Sitar Kanal

Sitar Kanal (Dajankagrash: 星頻; [sətaːr kanal]; lit. Star Channel) is a Dajankagrash free-to-air terrestrial television channel owned by Sitar Entertainment Corporation, one of Dajankagru's largest media companies. It is one of the most watched television channels in the country for its programming. It was launched in 1989.

History
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, due to growing foreign investment and infrastructure in Dajankagru, private television channels saw a great rise. One of the country's prominent media companies, Sitar Entertainment, planned to establish their own channel shortly after the launch of Dajankagru's first commercial television channel, TV Komershiyal, in 1978. Sitar made multiple attempts of launching their television channel, but almost all failed miserably.

In March 1979, STA14, the experimental name of their first television station, began test broadcasting. It mostly aired promos and trailers of movies distributed by Sitar's subsidiary Sham Films. Due to financial reasons, the station was forced to shut down after four months of broadcasting. Later in 1980, STA14 resumed test broadcasting as a station exclusive to Amturai. It officially launched on January 1, 1981 and aired Sham Films movies, but later shut down again due to low ratings, operating for a month. Later, they moved from city to city for 4 years just to get their television station to be successful, but all attempts were unsuccessful.

The idea for a television channel was completely scrapped until 1987 when they obtained a full twenty-year terrestrial license and the ability to create and produce their own television shows. Professional scriptwriters were hired by the channel and many of the television series were prerecorded before the channel's launch. It was originally scheduled to be launched on February 28, 1989, but a bomb blast at the Mirithen railway station that occurred two days prior forced the channel's launch to be delayed after Sitar Entertainment had to donate JK$50,000,000 (1,000,000 USD) to the victims of the attack.