The change of government in Tamil Nadu state, has prompted Malaysia's Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) to call on the satellite television service Astro to replace its Tamil news channels.

CAP education officer N.V. Subbarow said that both channels Sun TV and Makkal TV were controlled by the defeated Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party sympathizers, and thus, would not provide balanced Tamil Nadu news coverage.

He said Astro should consider bringing on board Jaya TV for a balanced view of news from the state, The Star reports.

Star's flagship channels, Star Plus and Star Gold, have launched in Portugal on the Vodafone Casa TV, the growing IPTV platform and a key player in the Portugal telecommunications market.

The Vodafone Casa TV is a part of Vodafone Portugal, which is wholly owned by the Vodafone Group.

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As DMK lost the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections to rival AIADMK, the shares of Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun TV Network took a battering.

Shares of Sun TV closed Monday at Rs 394.60 on the BSE, down 3.81 per cent over the previous day's close.

Kalanithi Maran and his brother and former telecommunications minister Dayanidhi are grand nephews of DMK's M Karunanidhi, the chief minister who lost the polls to Jayalalithaa's AIADMK.

With J Jayalalithaa coming to power, Maran's cable TV distribution network business may come under the scanner. Jayalalitha-led AIADMK had promised in its 2011 election manifesto that it would abolish the monopoly of cable television in Tamil Nadu if voted to power.

Star Vijay TV has launched in Europe again on Eurobird 9A (9 degree East): 11919, Vertical, SR 27500 and fec 3/4 - currently free-to-air.

Earlier it was possible to watch the test transmission of Star Vijay International, Star Plus, Star Gold and Channel [V] free-to-air on Eurobird 9A on another frequency for some months, but the channels later dissappeard on Eurobird 9A, as these channels were telecasted for South African viewers in Top TV package. 

Now only Star Vijay TV has returned - and this time the channel is launched for European viewers. The channel will become a pay-TV channel, and the annual subscription will be around 93 Euro. Star Plus, Star Gold and Channel [V] are not expected to return on Eurobird 9A this time. 

Keep an eye with Media Asia website regarding information about Star Vijay in Europe in the coming days.