Kalanithi Maran-owned Sun TV is limiting the advertisement inventories it offers content partners, reacting to the sharp fall in ad revenues last quarter despite doubling peak slot rates. Three media houses ET spoke with confirmed, on the condition of anonymity, that Sun TV has already cut down the inventory it offers its partners from four minutes every hour to three minutes. And, they indicated, it could go down further.

Sun TV did not reply to an email seeking its view. The issue ..

Viacom 18 is all set to go live with its second general entertainment channel (GEC), Rishtey, in January 2014. The new GEC, which has been airing free to air since last week in a soft launch, will go live with the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) around Republic Day.

All of Viacom's competitors have second-line GECs as well as sub-brands , which add crucial gross ratings points (GRPs), based on which channels negotiate advertising rates and subscription fees. In India, Rishtey will be the first free-to-air (FTA) channel from the Viacom18 bouquet.

David Rajendran, who is known from Radio Ceylon, TTN Tamil TV, and ILC Tamil Radio, has passed away on 19-12-2013 in London.
David Rajendran did the program "Puthinakkannadi" on TTN Tamil TV and has workd in media fiels for many years. It is very sad that a good presenter and media artist has left this world. He will always be remembered by world Tamils.

ZEE Americas, the number one South Asian Entertainment Network, in partnership with Ethnic Channels group, the largest distributor of ethnic services in Canada, launched Zee Tamizh on Rogers Cable. The addition of Zee Tamizh makes a total of 10 ZEE channels currently distributed in Canada.
Zee Tamizh is a general entertainment channel that offers a variety of unique programs targeting the Tamil-Canadian audience.