DAN's director, S.S. Kuhanathan and Sri Lankan government backed paramilitary groups threaten private cable television distributor, Alex, in Jaffna. S.S. Kuhanathan has previously cheated Tamil satellite TV subscribers in Europe with his Dish Asia Network project. Now he started on his cheating in Sri Lanka. Read the article here on TRT Tamil Oli website: http://www.tamilolli.com/?p=20159

After 11 years of leadership among Tamil TV news channels, Kalanithi Maran's Sun News is suddenly on shaky territory. Viewership numbers by TAM Media Research for the first two weeks of January show Sun News had been relegated to the No 3 slot.

In the third week, it was tied for the second spot, and it was only last week when it was a decisive No 2. It was in late October last year that newbie Puthiya Thalaimurai beat Sun News, the first time ever the latter has shed the top slot even for a week. Since then, it has been a see-saw battle for leadership.

The Star Network's Kannada GEC offering, Suvarana TV, will begin airing a daily fiction soap on the paranormal called 'Nagapanchmi'. The show will run Monday to Friday at 6 pm, starting 6 February.

The show is an aggressive and youthful story of love and revenge with lots of emotion and drama. The story revolves around para-normal phenomena. The special effects for Nagapanchmi have been conceptualised and executed by Yunus Buquari, who has worked for Bollywood blockbuster movies like 'Krish' and 'Koi Mil Gaya' among others.

A new 24 hour news channel in Kannada Public TV is all set for a launch on 26 January. The Chairperson and Managing Director of the channel will be HR Ranganath, whose name has been well known in journalistic circles. The channel has been promoted by Writemen Media Pvt Ltd, an independent company that has been floated to start this venture.