TV9 to expand English, Hindi, Tamil news channels

TV9 to expand footprint; English, Hindi, Tamil news channels and film channel on the cards

The Hyderabad-based Associated Broadcasting Company Pvt. Ltd (ABCL), which operates under the TV9 brand, is all set to launch a national English news channel, to be headquartered in Bangalore. At the same time, the company is also launching a Hindi news channel and a film news channel, both to be based in Mumbai.

The film news channel has been christened as Lehren TV. Its content would be 100 per cent film-centric, packaged into news, information, chat and gossip formats. Lehren is aimed at being the medium of choice for millions in India and overseas that consume news and entertainment relating to Bollywood.

ABCL also plans to launch a news channels for the NCR in Hindi, and in Tamil for Chennai. All these channels are expected to go on air in the next six months. "The work for all these channels is in an advanced stage and we will be launching them in the next six months. Our expertise lies in the news genre and we will exhaust them first. We want to be a pan-India player with news channels across the country,'' said Clifford Pereira, Director, ABCL.

Besides focusing on local news, the 24-hour English news channel will also cover national, international, sports and other relevant news. Mahendra Mishra, who is currently Director of TV9 Karnataka Pvt. Ltd, will head the group's English news channel as well.

TV9 currently operates news channels in Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati languages under the TV9 brand. ABCL also owns a Telugu devotional channel, Sanskruti. The group has recently acquired 51 per cent stake in Bengali news channel, Kolkata TV, in an all-cash deal. With the purchase of Kolkata TV, ABCL has thus spread its footprint in the Eastern market. ABCL also handles the sales and marketing of Indiavision, a Malayalam news channel, and is also holding an equity participation talks with Indiavision which is still inconclusive, said Pereira.

"We are already a force to reckon with. The week from May 25 to May 31 saw the channel shares of our network channels in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala and Gujarat surging and becoming the number one network across India," said Pereira, quoting TAM ratings.

As is known, ABCL is 80 per cent owned by iLabs, which is a venture fund, and Unified Group. The balance 20 per cent is held by Ravi Prakash and five other professionals.

Ashwini Dutt: The conspirator

Allu Aravind and K.S.Ramarao are only pawns in the game of Dutt. Our team investigated that the plot to ban news channels from covering Cinema stuff was directed by Dutt. Dutt wants to launch a NEWS channel in Telugu. Before the launch he wanted to cut the movie source to news channels. He successfully provoked Allu and K.S Ramarao to act against news channels. But the intervention of Dasari had spoiled Dutt's game.

Anonymous said...
Chiru should not accept these type of mistake.If he accept,than he will suffer lot from(ETV2,TV9,SAKSHI TV) .so be careful.

July 24, 2008 5:50 PM
Anonymous said...
aswini dutt will ruin chiru's political career. He has done this once when he claimed that chiru supports his MP candidacy from Vijayawada. People taught both chiru and dutt a lesson by overwhelmingly voting against him. This chiru guy still hasn't learned anything and continues this unholy matrimony with dutt. People will outrightly reject him if he represents the sections, with which we all are fed up with.

July 25, 2008 12:19 AM
X ETV Journalist said...
It's very tough time now to ETV. At a time total 7 Sr. Reporters are moving to Sakshi and many others in 'Q'. They are...

1. M.A.Rehaman, Staff Reporter, Ananthapoor(ETV) moved to Sakshi.

..in the same way

2. K. Sivanaga Raju, Staff Reporter, Kurnool to Saakshi.

3. Sriram Reddy, Staff Reporter, E.G District(Rajahmundry) to Saakshi.

4. Md. Abdul Hadi, Sports Reporter to Saakshi in the same position

5. Sitarama Raju, Crime Reporter, to Sakshi in the same position

6. Sathish, Political Reporter
7. Nagendra Sai, Business Reporter

all the above are moving to Sakshi. And many others from Desk and Production are in the 'Q'.

Its RTV's turn today -->Courtesy by: Telugu Tv News

After Zee 24 Gantalu, it is the turn of RTV today. Rayudu TV (RTV) promoted by Rayudu Vision Media Limited gave an advertisement in Sakshi calling for applications from candidates for their "new telugu channel".The departments mentioned in the advertisement are Production, Technicians ( Technical ), Distribution, Anchors ( Anchoring ), News and Marketing / Sales. It is a General Entertainment Channel with news bulletins. As per the available information, Mr. Basaveswar Rao ( of Udayam ) and Mr. Balagangadhar ( of citicable) are already with the channel. Intersted applicants are being asked to forward their CVs to hr@rvml.co.in

Mr. Rayudu earned money with his animation company and Race Animation College. He has been working on the channel idea for more than a year. The proposed channel will have its office and Studios in Uppal Industrial area. The sixe of the advertisement itself (2X10) showed how small the channel is going to be. The investment being very nominal, the impact this channel is going to create is also considered nominal. In the present market scenario, an entertainment channel needs atleast 200 crores to sustain.
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Sakshi prefers Avid, others go for FCP software

Among the new news channels, only Sakshi TV has preferred a costly software provided by Avid while the others are going for Apple platform. Avid got separated from Apple and developed its own software suitable for news in the name of iNEWS about 5 years ago. NTV and TV5 are its clients in Andhra Pradesh. The software has been tested well and it will be an added advantage for Sakshi TV since the video editors trained on iNEWS are easily available in the market.

However, other channels have opted for a relatively cheaper but sufficient software for news. TTV and iNews have ordered for Apple's FCP ( Final Cut Pro ) software. The software being used by TV9 ( grassvalley) is also relatively cheaper and the new channels must have thought that the cost of the software does not matter. TV9's Sanskruti has also procured FCP software. Recently Gemini News also shifted from its Chinese software ( Dayang ) to FCP.

Almost all the News Channels have decided to go for Virtual Studio softwares. The intersting point in opting editing softwares is that iNews channel is not using the software named iNEWS of Avid.

Sakshi prefers Avid, others go for FCP software

Among the new news channels, only Sakshi TV has preferred a costly software provided by Avid while the others are going for Apple platform. Avid got separated from Apple and developed its own software suitable for news in the name of iNEWS about 5 years ago. NTV and TV5 are its clients in Andhra Pradesh. The software has been tested well and it will be an added advantage for Sakshi TV since the video editors trained on iNEWS are easily available in the market.

However, other channels have opted for a relatively cheaper but sufficient software for news. TTV and iNews have ordered for Apple's FCP ( Final Cut Pro ) software. The software being used by TV9 ( grassvalley) is also relatively cheaper and the new channels must have thought that the cost of the software does not matter. TV9's Sanskruti has also procured FCP software. Recently Gemini News also shifted from its Chinese software ( Dayang ) to FCP.

Almost all the News Channels have decided to go for Virtual Studio softwares. The intersting point in opting editing softwares is that iNews channel is not using the software named iNEWS of Avid.
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Allu Bans News చానల్స్...వాట్ next

Allu Aravind forced a ban on the News channels stopping them covering Filmi programmes. He organised a meeting with Producers on monday and took this decision. Allu wants to control the NEWS channels before Chiru's entry and he is also planning for a NEWS channel from Maatv.
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Veellu ilaanti one side decision teesukoni film industry lo vaala grip chupinchaali ani chusthaaru kabatte Moan babu laanti vaalu ekkada pettalo akkada pedathaaru. Ilaanti vaallaki Mohan Babu laanti vaalle correct.


Because of ALLU ARVAND AND PAWAN KALAYAN only chiru fame will go down

IT WIDELY RUMOURED THAT ALLU ARAVIND HAS PLANNED TO COLLECT 450 CRORES FROM THE CANDIDATES WHO WANT TO CONTEST ON CHIRANJEEVI PARTY.
ONE CRORE FROM THE ASPIRENTS FOR ASSEMBLY SEAT EXEPT FROM RESERVED CONSTITUENCIES.
BUT IF SOMEBODY FROM RESERVED CONSTITUENCY IS PREPARED TO DONATE FOR PARTY FUND HE WOULD BE GIVEN PREFERENCE.
PARLIAMENT TICKET ASPIRENT SHOULD PAY MINIMUM OF FIVE CRORES.
ALREADY ONE NRI,ASPIRENT FOR PARLIAMENT HAS PAID FIVE CRORES TO ARAVIND.
CHIRANJEEVI FAMILY WANTS TO COLLECT AROUND FIVE HUNDRED CRORES BEFORE ELECTIONS .
EVEN IF CHIRANJEEVI CANT FARE WELL AT ELECTIONS THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL BOOTY OF 500 CRORES
WHAT AN IDEA?

d a s ar i

Jai ALLU, Jai KAPU ! We will show KAPU Power soon

It is the Producers council that took the decision and not Allu.
If Maa TV News is coming, we should believe that Bhava narayana is waiting for that channel.

August 1st week crucial for News Channels

Almost all the news channels feel that 1st week of August is going to be very much crucial in terms of salary hike and recruitments.

TV9: The channel thet created ripples in the industry by giving hike upto 300 percent is also thinking seriously about 1st August. It is the date Mr. Ravi Prakash promised to pay the enhanced salaries along with dues ( the hike was with retrospective effect ). Mr. Ravi Prakash is in a dilemma whether to give all the dues this month or to divide it into two instalments since Zee 24 Gantalu and iNews are going to lure some people in the first week of August. There is nothing he could do if some of the employees desert him even after taking the dues.

NTV : The management has already promised its employees that they can see their incresed salary when they take the salary slips on 1st August. Everybody is anxious to know the level of the hike and then decide their future. While chances are still alive in the new channels, they are eagerly waiting for 1st August.

TV5: As promised to their employees, TV5 has to disburse the enhanced salaries in the 1st week. Many of them have already left and those who are still in the channel are waiting for the hike so that they can bargain on the latest salary. On the other hand, Mr. Sivaram Prasad has been promising his followers in TV5 to wait till 1st week for his proposed channel.

ETV2 : The management has decided to stick to its earlier stand that there will not be any hike in salaries. Most of the employees are planning to join Zee 24 Gantalu, which is also like a Public Sector Undertaking and aptly suits ETV2 people. They may not demand huge amounts on par with Sakshi but a stable job. Zee 24 Gantalu is going give such an assurance anyway. However, 5 day week concept is not applicable to the news staff of Zee 24 gantalu.

SAAKSHI TV : All those who have been recruited so far will be officially joining on 1st August. They will also be moving to the new building next to Care Hospital on Raod No. 1, Banjara Hills. There will be training classes to all the staff members. Happy that they could complete recruitment before the entry of Zee 24 Gantalu.

iNEWS: The recruitment will gain momentum once TV9 pays all the dues it promosed its employees since some of them have already confirmed to Mr. Rajasekhar that they will be joining in the 1st week. Even many of the NTV staff are also eyeing on iNews. The structure of the channel will be clearly known only at the end of the first week.

TTV : The recruitment has already reached its peak. Procurement of equipment will be complete by 1st August. Poaching of middle level staff is on. While Mr. Rammohan's efforts to bring Satya staff didnt yield the expected results, Mr. Sagar has started inviting Maa TV staff who were earlier im Mana Telugu. There is a fear that the demand for higher salaries goes up once there is hike in salaries of NTV and TV5. Even the existing staff may demand hike in salaries.

ZEE 24 GANTALU : Eyeing on freshers with reasonable salaries. There will be 20 percent of staff with more than 3 years experience in addition to those who are already with them. Dont want to be in the mad race of poaching. Likely to be very selective. Salaries will be better than TTV but less than TV9 and Sakshi. Bonus will be an added advantage. Existing staff were also promised a hike in salary soon after the recruitment

Channels competed well in LIVE

All the Telugu news channels have been successfully conducting live telecast today.They have proved themselves that they are on par with the national channels.

TV9 proved that it has a matured reporter at Delhi. Though the Delhi Reporter ( Mr. Shravan ) is standing outside the parliament and is completely unaware of the cash bundles being laid on the table, managed well. Suddenly Mr. Rajanikant asked him about the unpredicted issue but Mr. Shravan understood the situation in fraction of a second and answered the questions well.

NTV could arrange a dicussion in the studio but Mr. Yashonath's questions irritated Prof. Nageshwar. Though Mr. Nageshwar is on their rolls, he could not control himself from chiding Mr. Yashonath for his silly questions. Mr. Krishna from Delhi also failed to perform well this time.

TV5 tried telephone interviews. The presenter Ms. Jaya also received scoldings from Mr. Jayaprakash Narayana for her silly questions. Mr. Kommineni should have come to the studio instead of giving a phone interview. The only interesting thing in TV5 is a story by Mr. Sunil from Delhi on the unprecedented arrangements of electronic media for the live coverage at the Parliament.

ETV2 tried to give other news also in its bulletins. However, it scored by telecasting Advani's press brief after the House was adjourned till 5 pm. Its national network and presence of number of reporters helped it. Others telugu channels could not telecast it live

Land surveys and Political surveys

Ntv chief Narendrer Choudhry wanted to get some land cleared from the Government. Others offer a cut to the powers but he invented a new way. A survey telecast in favour of the ruling party which reveal the might of the bosses who need to clear the title of the disputed land. Survey is done in the office by some committed journos and the figures were ready within two hours. Dont worry about the credibility and reputation of the channel. If you get the land, everything can be built again. Afterall this was the goal for burning money in the channel

Zee announces Telugu News Channel

Finally, Zee Network has officially announced its intention to launch its Telugu channel - Zee 24 Gantalu. An advertisement calling for applications from both experienced professionals and trainees appeared in today's Saakshi daily ( supplement on employment - upaadhi ).
The management wants to give a youthful look to its channel and preferred applications from those who are below 35 years.

Four years ago Zee Network launched its Telugu entertainment channel in the name of Zee alpha but later relaunched it as Zee Telugu. Spending huge amounts of money, the channel could rope in some private producers for suitable content on the lines of its national channel. This has led to gain TRPs considerably. Zee Telugu's market share varies from 6 to 8 and is a pay channel now.

Though there are three news bulletins in Zee Telugu, they are not able to create any impact. The fact that there is no live facility and the existence of news channels may be the reasons. (Insiders say that 'the political ambitions and the posts held by its news chief is the main reason. ) Only the crime programme could attract the viewers as is the case with the other channels also. Keeping aside the question as to how far this ' Zee 24 Gantalu ' is going to create make a mark in the already crowded Telugu News Channel market, journalists are more than happy because there is yet another player in the market offering jobs.

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