Vijay TV later on became leading Tamil language channel in South India, it was credited with broadcasting innovative shows, family drama, reality show, comedies, crime serials, spiritual shows and talk shows which instantly became huge hit with Tamil viewers.
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In February 2013, Star Vijay became first Tamil channel to telecast Hollywood dub movie in Tamil.
In fact in year 2013, Star Vijay channel to its credit aired first Hollywood movie Titanic dubbed in Tamil. Ramasamy Udayar launched a Tamil channel called GEC (Golden Eagle Communication), which was later acquired by Vijay Mallaya and renamed as Vijay TV, in year 2001 Star India subsidiary of American multinational mass media corporation 21st Century Fox took over the Vijay channel and re named it as Star Vijay. These three networks and their channels today take up most of the broadcasting space in South India. Among these are the Tamil channel Raj Television and the Malayalam channel Asianet, both launched in 1993. Following Sun TV, several television channels sprung up in the south. With a network comprising more than 20 channels in various South Indian languages, Sun TV network recently launched a DTH service and its channels are now available in several countries outside India. With the launch of the Tamil Sun TV in 1992, South India saw the birth of its first private television channel.
When it comes to South India and especially Tamil Nadu, in year 1992, with the launch of Tamil Sun TV south India saw the beginning of first private channel, sun TV also launched DTH service recently and Sun TV channels are available in many countries outside India.įollowing success of SUN TV many regional channels came in forefront in South, namely Tamil channel Raj Channel and Malayalam Asianet launched in year 1993.Īlong with these three channels, which today takes up the most of the broadcasting space in Southern India.
Apart from Government channels like Doordarshan, many regional channels are darlings of regional viewers.