Tag: Living Flavourz

  • Launch of ZEEL’s lifestyle channels round the corner

    Launch of ZEEL’s lifestyle channels round the corner

    MUMBAI: Living Foodz, which was first aired in 2015 replacing Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited’s (ZEEL’s) Khana Khazana channel, will soon have a trio of new channels, adding to the network’s lifestyle bouquet.

    Demonstrating its appetite for more market share in the lifestyle genre, ZEEL is adding Living Flavourz, Living Rootz and Living Travelz, to its lifestyle entertainment genre.

    A source close to the development confirmed the news to Indiantelevision.com and said that the promotion and marketing activities for the new channels would begin from 20 November.

    In 2015, during the launch of Living Foodz, ZEEL and Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra had announced that the network would launch four new channels in the Living bouquet. The company had announced that it would launchLiving Homez, a channel for home decor, Living Travelz, which would focus on travel and adventure, and Living Rootz would concentrate on India’s rich civilisation.

    ZEEL, however, is likely to launch Living Flavourz along with Living Rootz and Living Travelz.

    In an interview with Indiantelevision.com around the launch in 2015, Chandra had said that the Living network would hit the Rs 1000 crore mark in four years.

    According to reports, more than 10 per cent of the global television viewership comes from the lifestyle category.

  • Dec ’16: Private TV channels now number 899

    Dec ’16: Private TV channels now number 899

    NEW DELHI: The total number of private television channels has risen to 899, with nine new television channels cleared in December 2016.

    The new channels are: Living Entertainment Enterprises Pvt. Ltd’s general entertainment channels Living Flavourz (GEC), Living Travelz (GEC), Living Rootz, and Z Living; Shop CJ Network Pvt. Ltd’s shopping channels Shop CJ Tamil and Shop CJ Telugu; Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd’s GEC Kerala Vision; Mass Telecasting Pvt. Ltd’s non-news MT; and Sony Pictures Network Media Pvt. Ltd’s movie channel Sony Pix 2 HD.

    Of these, only Sony Pix 2 HD has got downlinking permission, as it is uplinked from overseas.

    The clearance has been given by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry under the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines of 2011.

    he total includes elevent channels whose licences had been cancelled as they failed to get security clearances but which got stay from different High Courts. These include two channels of Entertainment Television Network Pvt Ltd – M Tunes HD Hindi (earlier known as ETC Hindi) and Bhakti Sagar (earlier known as M Tunes Tamil/ETC Punjabi) – five channels of Mahuua Media Private Ltd – Mahuua, Mahuua News, First india, Mahua Music, and Mahua Music – and four channels of STV Enterprises Ltd – PUNJAB TODAY, STV JAMMU-KASHMIR NEWS, STV HARYANA NEWS, and STV UP NEWS.

    The list of permitted private satellite TV channels is available in this ministry’s website i.e. www.mib.nic.in. and the list of permitted teleports as on date is enclosed.

  • Dec ’16: Private TV channels now number 899

    Dec ’16: Private TV channels now number 899

    NEW DELHI: The total number of private television channels has risen to 899, with nine new television channels cleared in December 2016.

    The new channels are: Living Entertainment Enterprises Pvt. Ltd’s general entertainment channels Living Flavourz (GEC), Living Travelz (GEC), Living Rootz, and Z Living; Shop CJ Network Pvt. Ltd’s shopping channels Shop CJ Tamil and Shop CJ Telugu; Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd’s GEC Kerala Vision; Mass Telecasting Pvt. Ltd’s non-news MT; and Sony Pictures Network Media Pvt. Ltd’s movie channel Sony Pix 2 HD.

    Of these, only Sony Pix 2 HD has got downlinking permission, as it is uplinked from overseas.

    The clearance has been given by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry under the Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines of 2011.

    he total includes elevent channels whose licences had been cancelled as they failed to get security clearances but which got stay from different High Courts. These include two channels of Entertainment Television Network Pvt Ltd – M Tunes HD Hindi (earlier known as ETC Hindi) and Bhakti Sagar (earlier known as M Tunes Tamil/ETC Punjabi) – five channels of Mahuua Media Private Ltd – Mahuua, Mahuua News, First india, Mahua Music, and Mahua Music – and four channels of STV Enterprises Ltd – PUNJAB TODAY, STV JAMMU-KASHMIR NEWS, STV HARYANA NEWS, and STV UP NEWS.

    The list of permitted private satellite TV channels is available in this ministry’s website i.e. www.mib.nic.in. and the list of permitted teleports as on date is enclosed.