4/6-10
ILC Tamil has replaced IBC Tamil on Spectrum Radio (558AM in UK). You can listen to ILC Tamil daily from 19.02 to 21.58 CET on Spectrum Radio and on www.ilctamil.com.
IBC Tamil has started 24 Hour transmission on DAB radio in UK. IBC Tamil is not available through Spectrum Radio (558AM in UK) anymore, and due to BizAsia the reason is that IBC Tamil failed to make payments on time during its contractual period with Spectrum Radio.
Kalaignar TV Network has started their sixth channel, Kalaignar Chitiram, which is a kids channel. It was launched yesterday (June 3rd, 2010) which happens to be the birthday of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi.
Deepam TV has been encrypted again on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East): 10723, H, SR 29900 and fec 3/4.
Sat News in details:
29/5-10
Cee(I)TV Tamil has ceased broadcasting in Europe. Click here for more info.
Voice of Tamils Radio (Tamilar Kural Vaanoli) has started on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East): 12207, Horizontal, SR 27500 and fec 3/4. The channel is currently broadcasting music, but will start officially on June 1st at 09.00 CET.
28/5-10
Deepam TV is currently telecasting free-to-air on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East): 10723, H, SR 29900 and fec 3/4 due to their birthday in June.
Voice of Tamils Radio (NTR - Tamil) has left Eurobird 9A (9 degree East). The channel will start on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East) on June 1st at 09.00 CET. Frequency details are still not available.
It seems to be that Tamil radio-channels are leaving Eurobird 9A evenif Tamil channels from Sun Network are telecasting on Eurobird 9A. On 14/5-10 ETR (European Tamil Radio) left Eurobird 9A.
Venus TV has moved to a new frequency on Eurobird (28.5 degree East): 11224, V, SR 27500 and fec 2/3.
14/5-10:
Sun Network UK earlier announced that they were going to start Sun News, Chutti TV and Gemini TV in Europe. But still these channels have not yet started, and therefor we contacted Sun Network UK, and they told us, that they still have some copyright problems with airing some cartoons and they have still not got license to telecast Sun News in Europe.
But they expect to start transmissions of Gemini TV in Europe in the end of this month.
European Tamil Radio (ETR) has left Eurobird 9A (9 degree East). The channel is still available on Hotbird (13 degree East).
DD Podhigai (Tamil), DD Urdu, DD Saptagiri (Telugu) and DD Sahyadri are telecasting free-to-air on Amos 5i (17 degree East): 4163, H, SR 5100 and fec 3/4 (MPEG4 - Pan-Africa beam).
Aarti TV has left Intelsat 12 (45 degree East).
Brit Asia TV has moved to a new frequency on Eurobird (28.5 degree East): 11343, V, SR 27500 and fec 2/3 - free-to-air.
Kalaignar TV Asia has moved to another frequency on Thaicom 5 (78.5 degree East): 3444, H, SR 5185 and fec 3/4 - free-to-air on global beam (also covering East-europe).
1/4-10
Roobam Radio, a webradio from Canada, is announcing that they will broadcast in Europe & Middle East on Hotbird satellite soon, and soon on FM in Canada.
PTV Global - UK & Europe (Urdu channel) has started free-to-air on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11938, H, SR 27500 and fec 3/4.
Kalaignar Chithiram (a kids channel from Kalaignar TV Network) is testing free-to-air on Insat 4B (93.5 degree East): 4005, H, SR 25422 and fec 7/8.
Raj News Telugu has started free-to-air on Insat 2E (83 degree East): 3774, V, SR 13021 and fec 3/4
Jaya TV has left Yamal 202 (49 degree East).
Gemini TV has stopped test-transmission on Sun TV MP2 channel on Eurobird 9A (11919, V, SR 27500 and fec 3/4), and has been replaced by Sun TV infocard again.
25/3-10
Gemini TV is currently testing on "Sun TV MP2"-label on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11996, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4 - free-to-air.
Kalaignar TV Asia has started free-to-air on Thaicom 5 (78.5 degree East): 3444, Horizontal, SR 5185 and fec 3/4 - Global beam. Kalaignar TV Asia is a channel showing a mix of programmes of the Kalaignar TV channels.
Mahaa News has started free-to-air on another frequency on Insat 2E (83 degree East): 3656, Vertical, SR 13330 and fec 3/4.
Tamil Movies HD, Telugu Movies HD and SUN TV HD have started encrypted in MPEG4-HD in Sun Direct HD package on Measat 3 (91.5 degree East): 12603, Horizontal, SR 28000 and fec 3/4.
10/3-10
GTV (Global Tamil Vision) has been encrypted again in Australia & New Zealand on Optus D2 (152 degree East): 12706, Vertical, SR 22500 and fec 3/4.
Zee Salaam has started free-to-air on AsiaSat 3S (105.5 degree East): 3820, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4.
Makkal TV has left DD Direct+ on Insat 4B (93.5 degree East): 11150, V, SR 27500 and fec 3/4.
DAN Tamil Ozhi Lanka and TV Lanka Channel 2 has left Yamal 202 (49 degree East).
4/3-10
According to Sun Network UK, it is not sure when Chutti TV, Sun News and Gemini TV will start on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East) in Europe. Even if Sun Network UK is announcing that viewers can get Sun TV, KTV, Adithya TV, Sun Music, Surya TV (Malayalam), Gemini TV (Telugu), Chutti TV and Sun News when they buy a MPEG4 decoder with 1 year subscription, the fact is that only Sun TV, KTV, Sun Music, Adithya TV and Surya TV are available in Europe.
Sun Network UK is currently having problems with TV-license from Ofcom UK, so they are waiting to clear that problem before the rest of the channels can start in Europe.
TV Lanka Channel 2 has left Eurobird 9A (9 degree East). It is unknown if the channel will return in Europe. TV Lanka Channel 2 was the one and only pay-TV Sinhala channel in Europe among 3 free-to-air Sinhala channels.
GTV (Global Tamil Vision) is currently telecasting free-to-air in Australia & New Zealand on Optus D2 (152 degree East): 12706, Vertical, SR 22500 and fec 3/4.
Deepam TV has left Optus D2 (152 degree East).
Lanka TV NETH has moved to a new frequency on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11919, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4 - free-to-air.
Jaya TV, Jaya Plus and Jaya Max have started free-to-air on Intelsat 10 (68.5 degree East): 4130, Vertical, SR 8680 and fec 3/4.
The anti-Eelam channel, DAN Tamil Ozhi Lanka and DAN Tamil Alai run by S.S.K. Kuganathan from Paris, who is regarded as a cheater by many Tamils in Europe, will be moving to Eurobird 9A (9 degree East) again.
Allready DAN Tamil Alai has started on Eurobird 9A, and DAN Tamil Ozhi Lanka is expected to start on this satellite in the coming days.
DAN Tamil Ozhi Lanka was started on Eurobird 9A in Roots Global TV-package, but was later moved to Hotbird because Roots Global was closed down, and because only few Tamil viewers were watching channels from 9 degree East. After the move of Sun Network channels from Hotbird to Eurobird, DAN is moving back to 9 degree East because it is cheaper to broadcast their low-quality channel on this satellite.
19/2-10
Surya TV has replaced Sun TV MP2 on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11996, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4 - free-to-air. Sun Network UK is probably telecasting this channel instead of Sun TV in MPEG2 to reach Malayalam-speaking viewers and to get more subscribers to their MPEG4 channels.
All DD channels (DD Podhigai, DD Urdu, DD Saptagiri and DD Sahyadri have left Amos 5i (17 degree East) again.
8/2-10
Cee(I)TV Tamil is currently telecasting free-to-air on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East): 11623, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4.
Jaihind TV has started free-to-air on wide beam on another frequency on Insat (83 degree East): 3750, Vertical, SR 3333 and fec 3/4.
A new Tamil channel called Tamil VOD has started free-to-air in Sun Direct package on Insat 4B (93.5 degree East): 11672, Vertical, SR 18000 and fec 3/4.
6/2-10
DD Podhigai (Tamil), DD Saptagiri (Telugu), DD Urdu and DD Sahyadri have started free-to-air on Amos 5i (17 degree East): 4157, Horizontal, SR 13000 and fec 3/4. It is unknown if it is only test transmission, but the signal of these channels should be available in Middle East and also in some parts of Europe if you have a big satellite dish (1.5-2 meters).
Bollywood HD has left Eurobird 9A (9 degree East) again.
3/2-10
A new Hindi channel, called Bollywood HD, has started free-to-air on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11881, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4. You can only receive this channel if you have a receiver which is HD-ready.
Music India has changed to a new frequency on Eurobird (28.5 degree East): 12523, Horizontal, SR 27500 and fec 2/3 - free-to-air.
27/1-01
Media Asia contacted Sun Network UK today to know, when Sun TV was going to stop their transmission on MPEG2 system on Eurobird 9, but they couldn't tell us exactly when it will happen, but they informed us that we will experience the signal of Sun TV on- and off-air for some time on MPEG2 system.
Chutti TV has been replaced by their Malayalam channel, Surya TV, for some weeks as they are testing the channel, but they will launch Chutti TV, Gemini TV and Sun News in the second week of February. But as we checked with british Ofcom website, we couldn't see any license details for Sun News yet.
GTV on Hotbird is announcing that they will soon Star Vijay TV programmes on their channel. We contacted them to hear from when, but they couldn't say.
Allready Cee(I)TV Tamil and Deepam TV are showing some Vijay TV programmes, and Deepam TV programmes are mainly from Star Vijay TV while Cee(I)TV Tamil shows mainly Jaya TV programmes.
GTV had earlier announced that they were going to show Zee Tamizh programmes, but rumours says that Zee Network will transform Zee Tamizh into a News channel and they are also thinking about starting a Tamil music channel in India.
Siyata TV is back on Dialog TV in Sri Lanka.
17/1-10
Amrita TV has returned again on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11919, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4. The channel is currently telecasting free-to-air.
Siyatha TV has left the pay-TV platform, Dialog TV, but is still available free-to-air on Intelsat 906 (64.4 degree East): 3715, L, SR 2800 and fec 3/4.
Tara Newz is back free-to-air on Apstar 2R (76.5 degree East): 4085, Horizontal, SR 2530 and fec 3/4.
12/1-10
Kairali TV and Amrita TV have left Eurobird 9A (9 degree East). The reason is unknown, and we tried to contact Amrita TV and Kairali TV headoffices in India, but they were unable to explain the reason. According to the channels' website, it seems to be that the channels have plans to launch in Europe again, but who the provider will be is unknown.
The popular Hindi general entertainment channel, Colors, has replaced 9XM on Eurobird (28.5 degree East) and is testing free-to-air on 11426, V, SR 27500 and fec 2/3. The channel will launch later this month and will join the View Asia package and be encrypted.
Brit Asia TV and The Sikh Channel have moved to 12480, V, SR 27500 and fec 2/3 on Eurobird (28.5 degree East).
1/1-10
UTV is close to partnering with Sun TV Network for a Tamil movie channel. Sources say the two will form a joint venture under which UTV will dub movies from Hindi, English and other languages.
The new movie channel will help Sun TV strengthen its bouquet further, say experts.
In the Tamil movies genre, currently there are just two channels — KTV and Raj Digital Plus. While KTV dominates with over 97 per cent channel share, the remaining is held by Raj Digital Plus.
UTV Broadcasting, the television wing of UTV, presently has four channels under its fold — a Hindi movie channel UTV Movies, world movie channel UTV World Movies, UTV Bindass Movies and business news channel UTV Bloomberg.
Sun Network has started Sun Direct HD, where you can watch Sun TV in HD, and a Regional Movie Service in Tamil/Telugu and National Geographic Channel HD. Cartoon Network HD, Hindi channel Colors HD and UTV World Movies HD will also be added to this HD platform.
21/12-09
The Tamil movie channel, TBO (Tamil Box Office) from Singapore, has started free-to-air on wide beam on Insat (83 degree East): 4042, V, SR 7420 and fec 7/8. So now viewers in Middle East, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia can watch this channel. Allready TBO is available in Singapore on cable TV, in Malaysia through Astro Vellithirai (pay-TV) and in Middle East in Arab Digital Distribution (ADD) as pay-TV.
TBO was earlier available in Europe through Mathuram TV, which was started by Tamil Television Network (TTN), which was forced to close due to pressure from the Sri Lankan Government on French authorities and Globecast.
According to TBO's website, the channel is working on starting the channel in Europe again, but when is unknown.
Polimer TV, a Tamil channel, is also available on wide beam om Insat (83 degree East): 3800, V, 3333 and fec 3/4. The channel was telecasting on Cable TV in India for some years, but now it has expanded the telecasting through satellite to reach viewers in Middle East, Asia and Australia. The channel is free-to-air like the other wide beam channels: Raj Musix, Raj News 24x7, Vasanth TV, Mega TV, Moon TV, Win TV, Makkal TV, Tamilan TV and TBO.
13/12-09:
A on-screen message on Sun TV MP2 on Eurobird 9 (9 degree East) indicates that Sun TV will close this channel on 15/12-09, and only be available on MPEG4-system. To continue to watch Sun TV and their new channels you will need to buy a new MPEG-4 box from Sun TV.
Alternative you can watch all the serials and some of the programmes on www.techsatish.net (without advertisement-breaks in the serials).
Asianet and Asianet Plus are announcing that they will leave Hotbird on 15/12, and only be available on Eurobird 9 (9 degree East), where they will join the other Malayalam channels telecasting there.
The popular Hindi general entertainment channel, Colors, is going to replace INX Media's hybrid channel, 9XM, on Eurobird (28.5 degree East), where they will launch in the beginning of next year.
26/8-10
Tamil 24 TV has finally started test transmission-programmes on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11843, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4 - free-to-air. Due to cable works the launch of test transmission-programmes were delayed several times.
Ayngaran TV is going to telecast free-to-air on Friday from 7 am to Monday until 7 pm.
Raj News Malayalam and Raj Musix Telugu have started free-to-air on Insat (83 degree East): 3960, Vertical, SR 6655 and fec 3/4.
MUMBAI: Fairness cream Vivel Active Fair has partnered with Surya TV to hunt for a Malayalam actress to star in director Lal Jose's next movie.
South Indian broadcaster Sun TV is banking big on Rajnikanth's forthcoming special affect film Endhiraan. The company is expecting a 12-15% margins from the film, said Ajay Vidyasagar, COO of the company, reports CNBC-TV18.
Amrita TV, the premier Malayalam GEC in the broadcasting space of Kerala has rolled out its own website malayala.amritatv.com. It will be the digital arm of Amrita TV that will be stuffed with features and will have Malayalam as the operating language.
Asianet is celebrating Onam in a big way this year and has lined up an entertaining bouquet of interviews, films, special programmes and music-based shows.
Star's Kannada offering Suvarna will be airing a reverse sequel of its very popular Pyte Hudigir Halli Lifu (City Girl Village Life). The one-hour show will be aired from Monday to Friday at 8 pm from 23 August. The new show is 'Halli Hyda Pyeteg Banda' (Tribal lad has come to the city).
