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  • History Channel debuts in New Zealand 1 December

    History Channel debuts in New Zealand 1 December

    HAMILTON: The History Channel which is dedicated to bringing events from the past back to life in an innovative manner is rapidly spreading its wings. In India it launches on 30 November on the Star bouquet. The next day it bows in New Zealand on the Sky Digital platform.

     

    As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com as a part of the global A&E network, The History Channel has access to a vast library of the world’s best historical programming. Therefore it can offer critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries from every corner of the globe. These include the Emmy-Award-winning Biography series, Modern Marvels, History’s Mysteries.

    Sky Television’s entertainment director Travis Dunbar was quoted in an official release saying, “The History Channel is a wonderful addition to SKY’s Digital platform. A service of this quality and depth is sure to attract viewers while further broadening SKY’s programming line-up.”

    The History Channel has been programmed for a New Zealand audience and will be delivered from the Foxtel network in Australia. Sky Television now has more than 540,000 subscribers and is in around 40 per cent of New Zealand homes.

  • ‘Simply Asian’ channel launched in UK

    MUMBAI: A new 24-hour entertainment channel called “Simply Asian” was launched in UK on Tuesday.

    The channel which claims to be the first free-to-air Asian channel, is available on Sky’s digital platform and requires viewers to purchase a Sky box and dish costing approximately ?70 to access the channel.

    Apart from offering a variety of programmes in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi and Tamil, the channel will show two movies a day, comedy, music, entertainment news, Bollywood blockbusters, established religious programming and the first tele-shopping service on an Asian channel in the UK.
     
    A spokesman for the parent company, Simply Television, owned by British businessman Mike Blackwell, said the concept was similar to that of a free newspaper, which funds its operations through advertising and sales revenue, states a report on www.rediff.com.

    Simply Television has also created a network of teleshopping and entertainment channels, including Simply Shopping, Simply Nature and Simply Nostalgia.