After launching the HD feeds of its regional channels, Star India is now bringing its Kannada channels under the Star brand. For starters, its Kannada general entertainment channel Suvarna is to be rechristened as Star Suvarna and its movie channel Suvarna Plus as Star Suvarna Plus.
The nine-year-old Suvarna will be rebranded from 25 July and a company press release says it will reflect the distinctive culture and traditions of Karnataka through its differentiated content.
Taking its brand legacy forward with a new brand philosophy – ‘Sambandagal Hosa Spandana’ (the new rhythm of relationships) the channel has decided to coincide the relaunch with the debut of Hindi TV producer Nikhil Sinha’s Hara Hara Mahadeva.

IBC Tamil has ended up with some angry viewers after the popular TV-programme "Vanakkam Thainaadu" has showed Sri Lankan army soldiers donating blood in Sri Lanka. Vanakkam Thainaadu is produced by IBC Tamil's Jaffna studio headed by a journalist called Rishi, and the viewers are angry about this episode because the young presenters from IBC interview the soldiers and portray them in a positive way. Tousands of Eelam Tamils have been brutally killed by the Sri Lankan army during the final war in 2009 against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which led a war against the majority Sinhalese oppression on the minority Tamils in the island. 

This, at a time, when most of television land is moving to high definition and a select few towards 4k high dynamic range productions – both of which give better quality video – which can play out better on HD and 4K sets, making for a near realistic viewing experience.
Swami Ramdev and Acharaya Balkrishna’s Patanjali Ayurveda has been giving FMCG multinationals in India a bit of a headache by eating away at their market shares in several product categories.
Now the yoga guru-turned-entrepreneur is hoping to capture global audiences with his brand of yoga keeping in mind prime minister Narendra Modi’s penchant for it.
Aastha – as is known to many – is among the leaders in the spiritual television space in India. And it is a channel that is part of Swami Ramdev’s empire.

Star India’s Malayalam general entertainment channel Asianet is all set to air the first European Malayalam film award -- Anand TV Film Awards on 17 July 2016 starting 630pm onwards. The awards were held at O2, Apollo, Manchester, UK, on 28 May 2016. Several prominent persons from the film industry and socio-cultural spheres were present on the occasion says an Asianet release.
Asianet has roped in Goodknight as powered by sponsor and Yamaha, Chandrika Soap and Gold Winner as associate sponsors.