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Career as TV Anchor
TV Anchor is a program host. Anchoring is the art of presenting or delivering a program. It is, in other words introducing the audience to the program.
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Job Profile
- TV news anchors present news in different languages - foreign, national and regional languages.
- Program anchors specialise in entertainment programs such as award shows, music & dance shows, comedy shows, reality shows, cooking, sports, crime reports or talk shows and debates etc.
- Anchors keep the audience engaged with the aim to elicit maximum response.
- They are passionate, enthusiastic, charged up and possess detailed knowledge of issues. The nature of the programme determines the anchor's conduct.
Employment Opportunities
- TV channels
- Radio stations
- Hosts in award functions/reality/ comedy/music and dance shows, etc
Recruiting Companies
Aaj Tak 
BBC 
Star Plus - ZEE
- Star Plus
- Aaj Tak
- Sahara News
- Sony
- Sun
- BBC
- Fox News
- CNN IBN
How do I get there?
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Std XII
Stream : Any
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Graduation
Any subject
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Diploma
Anchori/Broadcaster/Dubbing
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Goal
Anchor
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Std. XII
Stream:Any
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Graduation
Any
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Selection Test
Doordarshan/AIR
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Goal
Anchor DD, AIR
Training in anchoring, compering, hosting is offered through
media training institutes, acting academies, drama schools etc.
Private production employ commentators, comperes, interviewers and
script readers. Doordarshan also empanels stringers.
Asian Academy of Film & Television (AAFT)
Center for Research in Art Of Film and Television (New Delhi)
IAAN School of Mass Communication (New Delhi)
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Content on this page is by Career Expert Mrs. Kum Kum Tandon MA (Psychology), M.Ed, Diploma in Educational Psychology, Vocational Guidance & Counseling (NCERT, Delhi) | View Complete Profile |