TV9 announced another news channel TV1 with a tie up with a New york based channel. 2 Telugu News channels from a same group? Sounds funny
It is not a funny news, but a serious business strategy. Media don, who equated Indian Media to clandestine underworld, Jains of Times of India had / has similar kind of strategies. The strategies are to monopolize the market. The recent example is they started Mumbai Mirror and running it parallel to TOI. To cite an example to heights of their intrigues, they planned to start (probably started, sorry I don't know) a new news daily as a joint venture with their arch- rivals Hindustan Times.
Coming to TV9, to speak frankly, it has been a channel with a core idea of exploiting, blackmailing the vulnerable sections. It has succeeded in its 'mission' and emerged NO 1. It has been pioneered for many new 'values' of journalism, particularly in visual media. With the new endeavour of launching a new channel TV 1, it may further foray on Telugu viewers abjectly.
1.YSR rejected Saakshitv logo as it looked like a devotional channel logo. He was upset with the way seniors like Sastry were thrown out due to internal politics. YSR asked 'Who is going to lead this 220 crore venture?'The senior management was mum on this.
2.TV5 got into deep financial crisis. No one wants to buy a channel in recession and the banks closed the doors at the management.
3.Inews logo is in trouble as they copied it from ICICI bank logo. ICICI threatened to file a case on Inews. Confusion prevails in the channel as the management wants to sideline corrupt king Rajasekhar.
4.NTV sacked 20 employees from Vanitha and converted it into a General entertainment channel. K.S.Ramarao will lead this channel.
6.MAAtv people say they are ready to launch a news channel for Chiru before the elections.
7.MAHATV got into troubles as its major investor Sujana group ran into trouble. All the other investors like Seenaiah from a social (Caste) group are in second thoughts.
8.HMTV is loosing 2 crores a month and remained a nonstarter.
9.Asianet news Satish started working in NTV leaving his team in confusion.
10.According to sources,a corporate giant from Andhra has started acquiring equipment for the launch of another news channel.