IBC Tamil Radio and IBC Asia Radio have started on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11727, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4. Since IBC Tamil TV has started on Eurobird 9A, it seems to be that London Tamil Media Ltd. is moving IBC Tamil Radio from Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East) to Eurobird 9A now. IBC Tamil Radio was launched on 9th June in 1997 as the second 24 H Tamil radio-station in UK & Europe after TRT Tamil Oli from Paris. Since 1997 IBC Tamil Radio has been a voice of Eelam Tamils and has become one of the leading Tamil radio-stations in UK & Europe, broadcasting on Eutelsat Hotbird (13 degree East): 12597, V, SR 27500 and fec 3/4.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has refused to certify ‘Porkalathil Oru Poo,’ a film based on real life story of television journalist, Isaipriya, who was allegedly killed in captivity by the Sri Lankan armed forces in the final stages of the civil war in 2009, on the grounds that the film could strain “friendly relations with foreign States.”

The film director, K. Ganeshan, who is yet to get a formal letter of rejection from the CBFC, protested the decision. “What if Sri Lanka is a friendly State? Are we not allowed to criticise even when its armed forces have committed blatant human rights abuses? Even the Tamil Nadu government has passed a unanimous resolution in the Assembly not to consider Sri Lanka as a friendly nation,” he said.

The burden of higher taxes coupled with employee expenses has eaten into the profits of South Indian television network Raj TV Limited.

The company’s PAT was down 36.8 per cent in FY-2015 to Rs 8.16 crore (9.9 per cent of Total Income from Operations or TIO) as compared to PAT of Rs 12.91 crore in the previous fiscal.

Raj TV’s PAT in Q4-2015 at Rs 2.64 crore (11.5 per cent of TIO) was more than double (2.63 times) the PAT of Rs 1.01 crore (5.6 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of last year (Q4-2014) and was 26.7 per cent more than the Rs 2.09 crore in the immediate trailing quarter Q3-2015.

Star Vijay is brazing up to lift the bar in the fiction front with the launch of its new serial “Rettai Vaal Kuruvi” at 2100 hrs during the weekdays (Monday to Friday).

After having succeeded in mega-series like ‘Saravanan Meenakshi’, ‘Andal Azhagar’, ‘Office’, ‘Deivam Thantha Veedu’, ‘Kalyanam Mudhal Kaadhal Varai’ Vijay TV is launching yet another romantic family drama series titled “Rettai Vaal Kuruvi’ a story about two egoistic pair who fall in love, fall out of love, later will find themselves fallen in love with each other in the due course.