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  • Sun targets end-July launch of Telugu music channel, Malayalam movie channel

    Sun targets end-July launch of Telugu music channel, Malayalam movie channel

    MUMBAI: The Kalanithi Maran headed Sun Network is set to launch two more channels – one each in Telugu and Malayalam.

    Sun TV vice president, programming, Hansraj W Saxena told Indiantelevision.com that Aditya, a 24-hour music channel, would be launched in Telugu while Kiran TV would open its account as the first dedicated movie channel in Malayalam. Both the channels will be launched by end-July.

    These two channels and the upcoming Telugu news, cable channels would take the total number of satellite and cable channels Sun Network owns to 14. As already reported on Indiantelevision.com, Sun is coming up with its 24-hour Telugu news channel Teja News and a local cable television channel Gemini Cable Vision.

    Currently, Sun Networks has its Telugu presence in Gemini TV and Teja TV. While Gemini is dedicated to soaps and entertainment, Teja TV brings its viewers movies and film-based programmes. Sun’s sole player now in Malayalam is general entertainment channel Surya TV.

  • Sun Network to launch channel for the young in Feb

    Sun Network to launch channel for the young in Feb

    MUMBAI: The children’s channel space in the country gets a shade denser.

    The Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun Network has announced its plans to launch a Telugu general entertainment channel targeting the young with an emphasis on cartoons and movies, in the next three weeks.

    Gemini Cable Vision, to be popularly known as GCV, will be initially free to air, but is slated to go pay in the long term, according to Sun Network director Sharad Kumar. One month’s free transmission has been offered to cable operators in Andhra Pradesh to familiarise viewers with the channel. Youth and children are the target audience for this channel. While a few significant animation properties have been acquired by Sun for GCV, Kumar is reluctant to reveal names.

    News will also form a minor part of the programming, but cable operators in Andhra Pradesh will have the alternative of opting to telecast songs that will be played during the duration of the news capsules.