Telugu TV News

Latest Ratings of Telugu news channels

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:57:12 PDT

Dear Friends,

Following is the market share of news channels for the week between 8th March and 14th March 2009 ( The audience being all those above 15 years of age )

ETV2 : 1.91 ( 2.01 )

TV9 : 3,47 ( 4.14 )

GEMINI NEWS : 0.16 (0.17)

NTV : 1.71 ( 1.37 )

TV5 : 2.07 (2.42 )

TV1 : 0.24 ( 0.24 )

INEWS : 0.76 ( 0.72 )

HMTV : 0.32 (0.33 )

SAKSHI : 0.79 ( 0.87 )

Figures in brackets indicate the market share of the previous week ( 1st to 7th March )

Zee TV shuts down Gujarati Channel

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:17:46 PST

Zee News Ltd has decided to shut down its loss-making Gujarati general entertainment channel from 30 April.

"We are shutting down Zee Gujarati as it was making losses. The revenue from that market is also too small as the local viewers have a very high consumption of Hindi entertainment," Zee News Ltd CEO Barun Das tells Indiantelevision.com

Sakshi and Mahaa get license

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:56:57 PST

Sakshi and Mahaa TV got licenses and this is shown in the website of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. They must have got the signed letters a couple of days ago since the Sakshi management has started sending out its logos very recently and the Heads at Mahaa distributed sweets. The final hurdle has been crossed ant now it is for the leaders of these channels to go ahead and air their channels. Now the three channels due for February launch are Studio N, Saakshi and Mahaa. But the recruitment in Mahaa is still incomplete and it may take another fortnight. Mr. CR Naidu, Chairman , Mahaa TV ( an ex official of the Police Department) is confident enough that his channel will be on air in February itself at any cost.

The fate of Zee 24 Gantalu and Asianet Telugu news is still in geopardy as they are yet to get license. Though both the channels are claiming to have completed dry runs and are ready for launch once the license issue is solved, the staff say that it is difficult to go on air in February. The two channels - iNews and hmtv , test launched on 1st Jan are trying to remove the words " Test Signal " in the last week of this month.

Anjaiah & Co in Studio N

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:49:03 PST

Mr. Anjaiah from CTV has taken over the reins of Studio N, the channel planned to be launched in february with the main intention of supporting the TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu. There is nothing unusual about it since the chief promoter Mr. narne Srinivasa Rao is a close relative of Babu. Though Mr. Siva ram Prasad has been working hard to bring out the channel, around 80 staff members inducted by him were not given any appointment letters and were indirectly being asked to go away. To protect his team, Mr. OPrasad is said to be bearing all the insults he is being subjected to. The sad part of it is that 3 senior people who resigned their jobs and joined Studio N were asked to go away just because they are the nominees of Mr. Prasad. Now, nobody is showing interest to join the channel, atleast on the invitation of its managing Director Mr. Sivaram Prasad.

Anjaiah, who was with CTV for about 5 years has taken full control of the channel and some of his close friends like Mr. Jayaprasad, Mr. Danny, Mr. Saber Ali are also joining the channel soon. This team's only agenda is to run the channel as a complete TDP channel. Knowing fully well that all these people are pro-TDP, everyone is sure that the promoter's interests are fully taken care of by them. Needless to say that Mr. Sivaram prasad has been sidelined and may be asked to take care of the English Channel, which will never see the light of the day.

Strategic settlement in NTV

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:38:35 PST

Mr. Murthy, Mr. Ramakrishna and Mr. Ramachandra Rao have suddenly changed their strategy and decided to stay back in NTV and brought in Mr. Sastry. When there are two options whether to work under Mr. Satish Babu or go out, they found the other option of bringing in Mr. Sastry and made the management agree to their proposal. It is a great disappointment to the COO who proposed the name of Mr. Satish Babu. But, however, Mr. Satish Babu never tried for NTV since he is very much comfortable with Asianet and hence he is not disappointed.

In Sakshi too things have started settling down coolly. Mr. Bhaskar Nemani is consolidating his position knowing clearly that he is an upstart. Mr. ram Reddy will be heading the channel while Ms. Geetha will confine herself to the creative part of the programming. But the main question continues to haunt the staff and the management. Who is responsible for the Rs. 10 crore fraud in the procurement of equipment ?

Sastry resigns from Sakshi TV

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:46:32 PST

Mr. Sastry, Chief of Sakshi TV has resigned this evening. Though it looks like a sudden development, insiders say that the trouble has been brewing up for more than a month. There are too many Heads in the channel and everybody was trying to dethrone the other and gain an upperhand. Disgusted with such developments, Ms. Geetha left the organisation. There are also allegations against some Heads that there was misappropriation of funds in procurement of machinery. Though Mr. Sastry cannot be directly linked to the scam, he is said to be responsible for bringing in a certain group and giving postings of their choice at the cost of others and this led to dissatisfaction among the staff, particularly the district staff reporters. Mr. Nemani Bhaskar, who quit NTV and joined Sakshi TV was given more powers and this is also said to be one of the reasons for Sastry's decision to quit. Observers say that Mr. Jagan could successfully keep the newspaper in the safe hands of Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy but the choice for the channel, Mr. Sai Reddy is a wrong one. There were internal sqabbles from day one but all of them started coming up even before the launch of the channel. News is also that the other Head Mr. Srinivasa Reddy has also resigned. One version says that Mr. Srinivasa Reddy resigned on the day when he was sent to the construction site and Mr. Sastry put in his papers when he was asked to restrict himself to the city bureau. Both the resignations are accepted today.

On the other hand, Mr. Murthy, Mr. Ramachandra Rao and Mr. Ramakrishna have met Mr. Chowdary today to express their dissatisfaction on knowing that Mr. Satish Babu is likely to heat NTV. There are rumours that the trio is joining Sakshi TV. However, there is no confirmation. The dissatisfaction of these three is due to the management's decision to induct Mr. Satish Babu into NTV as its head. Mr. Satish Babu, though is in a comfortable position in Asianet, wants to move to a channel already on air since he doesnt want to sit idle during the hectic election time. At one stage, Mr. Siva Prasad's ( Earlier in NTV as Output Editor and now Executive Editor in Andhra Jyothi's proposed channel ) name was also considered by the management but somehow it didnt work out. Some people say that Mr. Siva Prasad's condition was that the three ( Murthy, Ramachandra and Ramakrishna ) be removed and now that they are likely to quit, he may come back again.

Interestingly, Mr. Nemani Bhaskar who recently left NTV to join Sakshi has started calling all the district reporters over phone to mobilise solidarity for his leadership on one hand and to identify Mr. Sastry's men on the other. The situation is yet to ripen and the journalists are eagerly waiting to know all the minute details. If he is really serious about Mr. Sastry, he may lead a movement for Sastry but the chances are remote.
At the end, staff at sakshi started thinking that the management of SakshiTV is not interested in bringing out the channel and as such started sending people out !!!!

HMTV Vs iNews

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:08:55 PST

Two news channels have been launched on the same day, the New Year day. Its time we compare both of them before comparing with the other news channels.

HMTV started its operations in 2007 and hence it took more than one year to bring out its channel. After spending more than 4 crores on unproductive work so far, the management seemed to have decded to pressurise the staff to being out the channel at any cost even though the staff is not confident. But such hard work is not seen on the screen. May be too many peoples' ambition to be seen on the screen led to this situation. Graphics are very poor, leave alone the fonts and the updation. There is a terrible failure on the inputs front and hence most of the news items are National and International - proving that dependency on the Reuters is more than its own bureau. Coordination among the reporters and the studio is missing. Live is confined to Hyderabad and it is learnt that there are certian issues relating to licensing for using their live vans (DSNGs ). As a viewer, we can see the old age people wearing blazers and trying to look younger. But their thinking is not modern and we can see usage of words like Sikhara Vaarta for Headline News. The average age of staff is more than any other channel in AP. The discussions are very poor. People are more interested in wearing blazers rather than preparing well for the discussions. Those who cannot utter words audibly are also trying to appear on screen at the cost of the management's money. Let us see how far people receive such people's on screen presence.

iNews is in fact a surprise as many were thinking that it might take some more time. Inside information is that only on knowing that hmtv is going for a test run on 1st at 5.17 ( comrade Ramachandramurthy boasts himself of being an ahthiest !!! ), iNews suddenly decided to advance its date from 5th. By evening, everybody started comparing both the channels. While the graphics are impressive, the colours are cool. Some of the promos are interesting and the news bulletins are yet to be aired. Many senior journalists who observed both the channels started rating them and iNews is leading. The sample yearenders and the entertainment programmes showed how perfectly the planning was. The script is also tight and the visual editing is also very apt. Even though it is too early to make comments, the first impression is that iNews is being run on a professional way. The professionalism of the young team is clearly visible in their promos. By the way, the average age of the staff in iNews is considered the lowest in the state, less than 30. Old may be gold but young is platinum.

Matrix Prasad in NTV

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:50:23 PST

Jagan started taking over media organisations through his men and NTV is the latest casualty. Earlier Mr. shyam Prasada Reddy became Chairman of Local TV and now Mr. Nimmagadda Prasad, popularly known as Matrix Prasad has invested in NTV. Since the chances of getting license for his Sakshi seems bleak, Jagan wants to have hold in other channels so that he would help his father to win for a second term. Mr. Matrix Prasad and Mr. Shyam Prasad Reddy are Jagan's partners in Indu Projects. The talks with TV5 are inconclusive. With Mr. Chowdary foregoing part of his share to Matrix Prasad, there are tremors in the channel. The 'B' trio may be sent out and there are enough signals according to insiders.

CEO Geetha resings from Sakshi

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:43:18 PST

In a surprise development, Ms. Geetha , CEO, Sakshi HDTV resigned on Saturday. It ois interesting to note that she left the organisation just before a month ahead of its purported launch. When the promoters named it as Indira TV way back in 2006 and wanted to bring it out as a General Entertainment Channel with a considerable number of news bulletins apart from entertainment content, she was choosen for the post. When there was inordinate delay in the project, other Heads like Satish Babu and Srinivasa Reddy went back but Ms. Geetha stayed put on the advice of the Chairman Mr. Jagan. She acted as a bridge between the Chairman and the Sakshi newspaper staff until the launch of the Newspaper. She enjoyed reasonable power in Sakshi TV in the early stages but later differences brewed up with Mr. Vijay Sai Reddy and they are it their peak and finally she had to bid goodbye. Known as a creative person in the film and tv circles, she was one of the pillars of Gemini and Teja channels. Sources close to her say that she may might take up an assignment in films.

Key person quits HMTV

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:28:53 PST

Mr. GS Rammohan, Output Editor has left hmtv, even before its launch, almost after completion of one year there. Some conspiracy theories are doing the rounds behind his quitting. It is learnt that he met the Managing Director cum CEO cum Editor in Chief of the channel Mr. Murthy and explained the reasons for quitting. However, the exact details of the discussion is yet to be known. Soon after coming out, Mr. Rammohan straightaway went to Andhra Jyothi and joined their channel as its Associate Editor. People close to him confirm that he would be more comfortable with Andhra Jyothi management where he worked for more than 5 years. With Mr. Rammohan's exit, HMTV lost a senior man in the organisation. The loss is considerable since a person in the key post left just a couple of days before its launch (on 12th ?) but the other Heads have put a brave face saying that the launch would be as scheduled. However, news is that the launch will be only in the second half of January ( with an excuse of Dhanurmasam ).

Studio N speeds up

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:53:34 PST

Studio N promoted by Narne Srinivasa Rao of narne Group and led by Mr. Sivaram Prasad is gearing up for launch in January. The make shift office close to the permanent building is working round the clock. However, some of the staff members are not happy since they were not given any specific designations. Some were assured good posts but later were asked to confine to lower designations. One such person who came all the way from Delhi to join in the Input department had to go back after knowing that he was not the Input Chief. However, these internal issues are kept aside and Mr. Sivaram Prasad is getting ready for the launch. Though he is confident of January 15th launch, the reality is that he may take time till Feb 10th, just in time for the forthcoming elections.

P.S : Mr. Gopal Reddy, a close associate of Mr. Sivaram Prasad, MD has joined Studio N , quitting TV5 as everybody expected. It all started on the day when Mr. Prasad left TV5. Everyone (his friends and foes) started asking him as to when he would leave TV5. Finally he had to take the decision and join his old friend in Studio N. Mr. Reddy is a good sports journalist.

Realisation in NTV ?

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:12 PST

After one year of its launch, NTV's Chowdary has evaluated the performance of the channel and came to an understanding that he was greatly mislead by a team and started taking corrective measures. Induction of Mr. Sreeram is one such step. It is also rumoured that a batch of three 'key' persons will be sent out soon. Mr. Chowdary is also repenting on foregoing the services of Mr. Kommineni, who is now leading TV to success. Interestingly, in the recent past, Mr. Chowdary tried to give away his channel to Congress and at one stage ( to be precise, on the day when Chiranjeevi was about to enter Pulivendula ), Mr. Ram Reddy of Sakshi Features literally took over the News Department and dictated the scrolling and decided the names of the persons with whom the phone interviews are to be taken. This created panic among the staff and now he has decided to forego government advertisements and maintain a neutral stand. Janakshemam has been stopped suddenly. Will the realisation help NTV regain its past glory ?

HMTV on 12th ?

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:31:49 PST

The much awaited hmtv is hopeful of launching on 12th Dec2008, more than one year after its starting. Former President of India Mr. Kalam is said to be the chief guest. However, insiders say that declaring dates is only an eye wash and it is only possible to give a test signal and the launch is impossible at any cost during this year. The programming department claims to have 100 hours of programming ready for telecast while the Bureau is confident about the live coverages. The DSNG vans are scheduled to arrive in Hyderabad by 10th of this month. If everything goes as per the claims of the management, hmtv will be the first multilingual channel in India with Telugu, English and Urdu bulletins.

TV5 is No. 2 Telugu News Channel

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:50:21 PST

The latest ratings show that TV5 is in second position .

In the 15+ age group, TV9 has 3.39%, TV5 has 2.22 percent, ETV2 2.15%, NTV 1.05% and Gemini News has 0.32 % of market share. The steady growth of TV5 and the miserable state of NTV are clearly seen from the data.

HMTV gearing up for Dec' 08 launch

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:44:43 PST

HMTV, formerly known as T Channel is all set for December launch. The work is progressing on a war footing at their new premises located at ASRao Nagar and the test signal is likely before the end of this month. The channel is expected to be different from other channels with its English and Urdu bulletins. The Heads are now concentrating on how to take forward the channel. They have been in touch with NRIs of Telangana and are trying to seek their help in both content procurement as well as revenue generation. A note is being circulated among the NRIs apart from holding teleconferences with them. The note in circulation is enclosed herewith for your reference.

A note on hmtv

Our firm belief is that if the people of our country are given correct information in right perspective, they are capable of making proper decision which is of utmost importance in a democracy. We have a feeling that the present fare put out by various news channels and newspapers is falling short of universal standards of journalism and democracy. There is also a feeling that the Andhra Pradesh media in general is domonated by persons who do not seem to have commitment to the welfare of the society. Fair play has been lacking. Political agendas are sought to be implemented through tv channels and columns of newspapers. We thought there is a need to show the proper way by building an ideal media house.

Mr. K. Ramachnadra Murthy who has been a journalist for more than thirty five years and a distinguished editor for more than two decades has been exploring the possiblity of founding an organisation which could build such a media house. He was looking for the right persons to associate with. Mr. Mallepalli Laxmaiah and other friends have been with him in this dream. Mr. Murthy, while he was editor of Andhra Jyothi, happened to meet Mr. Vamanrao, chairman of Kapil group of companies, who is interested in funding a responsible news channel. As both Mr. Murthy and Mr. Vamanrao share the same value system and believe in honest means and lofty goals, it did not take much time for them to get together to develop Hyderabad Media House. HMH is about to launch a tv news and current affairs channel in December this year.

A formidable team has been built up over the year with like-minded persons who are known for their integrity and accomplishment in their respective fields. We are rearing to go. We are confident that we would be able to catch the imagination of the viewers with our content and presentation. We want to be different from the rest of the channels by all means.

After Mr. Laxmaiah participated in teleconference on November 12, 2008, we were pleased to note that our friends in the US and other countries are willing to extend their support to the channel. While whole-heartedly welcoming our well wishers into the family of hmtv, we have a request to make through the following points.

1)All the Telugu channels are winding up the show at 11 pm and repeating the day's programmes till 5 am next day. We would like to produce some programmes which would interest NRIs. Our night would be NRI's day when they can watch such programmes. In order to produce original programmes, we need footage from the US and other countries. We need to have a network of reporting. Can our friends organise a network of enthusiastic persons who are prepared to ruch to the news spot, take visuals and send them across to us?

2)Is it possible to also have a marketing network of sorts to help the channel in mobilising some advertisements from the US so that part of the cost of production could be met?

3)We would also like to include news about the parents of NRIs who are living in India. We would use our local network of reporters to get the news. We, would also request our NRI friends to encourage their friends and relatives back home to patronise hmtv.

4)We will be obliged if any of the NRIs could come up with suggestions to improve the content and business of hmtv. We would be happy if they could bring to our notice any problems in distribution of the channel over there.

This is all for now. We can develop more ideas on further interaction.

Gemini staff asked to resign

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:36:05 PST

The inevitable has happened. All these days, the Geminimanagement has been telling its employees that the staff will not lose their jobs. Now that the channel has been leased out to an agency, all the Gemini News staff have been asked to tender their resignation. The only assurance being given is that they will be given appointment orders on behalf of the new agency. The staff who have been working with the Sun Network enjoying benefits like Bonus despite meagre salaries are now worried about the latest development. Some of the staff have already searched for new jobs and left the organisation but those who didnt find a suitable job are still continuing. It has to be seen whether the new agency retains all of them or jettison some of them.

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noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:20:35 PST

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IVR's Mahaa News Channel

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:37:26 PDT

Yes, it is another news channel in the already crowded Telugu News Channel market.It is MAHAA TV of Mr. I.Venkata Rao. ETV2, TV9, Gemini News, NTV , TV5 are operational and work is going on in Sakshi , HMTV, iNews, Asianet Telugu, Zee 24 Gantalu while Andhra Jyothi's TV (name yet to be known) , IVR's mahaa TV and Sivaram Prasad's Studio N are ready for recruiting hands.The total number of telugu news channels thus become 13.

Today's advertisement in Andhra Jyothi said that MAHAA TV is Mr. I.Venkata Rao's own channel. Since his books are also published by "Monika" and the network is also named after Monika, people are made to believe that Mr. IVR is the chief promoter of the channel, though it is rumoured that Mr. Nama Nageswara Rao is behind this venture. There is another news doing its round saying that a retired police officer is the chief promoter. The launch is expected in February ( Mr. IVR is hopeful of launching in January itself ) but it will be herculian task considering the experience of Mr. Ramachandra Murthy who has been struggling hard to bring out hmtv for the past one year.

Mr. Katta Shekhar Reddy will be the second in command and the key persons in the team have already been selected. It is also known that Mr. Vinay is the Chief Producer for this channel. Mr. Rama Rao ( Formerly with Andhra Jyothi at Guntur ) will be the Input Editor, Mr. Narayana ( ETV) will be the Hyderabad Bureau Chief and Mr. Keshav (ETV ) will be the Output Editor. Some more ETV staff members have been finalised but the names are yet to be known.

Interestingly, Mr. Sivaram Prasad of Narne Group is also planning to launch his channel in January. He has already ordered for the equipment and the installation is likely to be completed by the end of November. The recruitment will be from 1st December, by which time everything will be in nplace and those who join can start working immediately. His experience helped a lot and the planning is likely to prove that he can bring out his channel in January without burdening the promoters heavily with the unproductive pre launch expenses. ( Sakshi and HMTV are now spending huge sums on salaries without any tangible productive work.)

As for the other news channels waiting for the launch, Sakshi HDTV, Zee 24 Gantalu, Asianet Telugu News are likely to be aired in January taking into consideration the pace of work going on. iNews and hmtv are planning for November launch, but insiders say that only test signal is possible since the content trials are still in a preliminary stage. Heads of these two channels are under pressure since the launch is getting delayed.

Reliance with 18 channels

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:13:20 PDT

Reliance group is coming out with 18 channels and the list of the channels approved by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is given hereunder for your information.

1. BIG FAMILY 2. BIG BONDHON 3. BIG CHITRAPAT 4. BIG CHOBI 5. BIG FITNESS 24X7 6. BIG FOOD 7. BIG GAURAV 8. BIG HEALTH 9. BIG HITS

10. BIG HOLLYWOOD 11. BIG ISAI 12. BIG JUICE 13. BIG MAGIC 14. BIG MAUJA 15. BIG SANGEET 16. BIG SANJHA 17. BIG SPIRITUAL 18. BIG ULLAS

However, the list doesnt mention anything about the regional channels.

Attack on Kareem

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:09:25 PDT

Mr. Kareem of TV5 has been brutally attacked by his presentent wife Sireesha alias Noor's father and brother. It is said that he is out of danger but the doctors are not sure whether he could retain his eyesight. Mediapeople, mostly from the electronic media rushed to the hospital immediately on knowing this.

However, there were no breaking news, phones-in, updates, backgrounders etc...as is the usual practice of the channels. All the channels kept quiet and this is an interesting trend. Can anybody guess the reasons behind this silence ?

Sribala in NTV, Danny with Vanita

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:02:52 PDT

There are two important joinings in Rachana Television .

Ms. Sribala joined NTV as the Programming Chief to take care of the News based programmes in the channel. She was earlier with Sakshi daily and was in the features department but later shifted to general news. She will be taking care of the creative and script writing side of the programming in NTV.

Another development is that Mr. Danny who has recently quit HMTV has joined Vanita TV. He will be incharge of the news bulletins in the channel. The exact designation is yet to be known.

Narne's News Channel in Dec ?

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:45:00 PDT

Narne group's telugu news channel is being planned for December launch. The staff recruited so far doesnt exceed 20 but they are confident enough to launch in December. The trainees of RV Prasad at Channel 4 office who joined the institute paying around 20,000 will be inducted as per the information available. Pooja was performed at the new premises located on the outskirts of the city, somewhere at Manikonda, about 8 km from Jubilee Hills Checkpost. This will be the third such experiment to go to a far off place, after HMTV and RTV. The management is said to be very particular on immediate launch keeping in view the Assembly elections.

Latest ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:27:37 PDT

Ratings of Telugu Channels in the order of ranks.

Entertainment Channels :

1. Gemini TV 2. Maa TV 3. Teja 4. ETV 5. Zee Telugu

Music Channels :

1. Maa Music 2. Gemini Music

News Channels :

1. TV9 2. ETV2 3. TV5 4. NTV 5. Gemini News

Danny quits HMTV

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:53:33 PDT

One more senior staff member of HMTV left the organisation today. Mr. A.M. Khan Yazdany, popularly known as Danny has resigned. He was one of the Chief Reporters in the channel and was in the Programming Department. A journalist in English and Telugu, experienced in Print and Electronic media, Mr. Danny is said to be unhappy with the way things are are happening in the channel. Though some of the insiders attribute the reason for the dissatisfaction to the sudden decision of its CEO/MD/ Chief Editor to drop the programme entrusted to him, others say that Mr. Danny was made to report to an upstart in the department and this was the immediate reason. However, the development is said to be part of the dissatisfaction brewing among the upper strata of the staff due to delay in fixing up their designations, hierarchy and work division. The lower level staff are very much happy with their salary being fixed at Rs. 10,000 recently.

News Channels in December only

noreply@blogger.com (Telugu TV) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:20:54 PDT

The much awaited Sitara, Vanita channels and the cable channel Local TV have been launched. Now it is for the people to decide the future of these channels. RTV is gearing up for launch, though the date is yet to be announced. After the crisis in its US Branches, the management has decided to go slow. However, the project is not shelved. The brochures are being distributed and the huge studios built in Uppal claim that the channel is coming in a big way.

On the news side, hmtv, iNews, Saakshi, Zee 24 Gantalu, Asianet News are trying hard to see the light of the day. However, the snail pace of work due to various reasons is keeping the heads under great pressure. Saakshi school gave Dasara holidays while the HM is strict enough to restrict it to a day despite his official announcement that it takes 2 more months for the launch. None of these five channels is ready for launch in November. Asianet may be an exception. The only possibility of ' launch ' is a test signal.

Of all these upcoming news channels, hmtv is claiming to be visible soon. However, practically it seems ambitious since the team is yet to move into its new premises. Same is the case with iNews. Zee 24 gantalu is also slow in the recruitments and is likely only after Decemer. Saakshi Tv cannot be launched before December since the building itself will be handed over to them in November. Asianet Telugu News is getting ready and it has the potential for launch at the end of November or, the first week of December.

Needless to say that Andhra Jyothi and IVR's New TV cannot be launched before elections at any cost. Mr. Sivaprasad is also suggesting the AJ management to go slow. Mr. IVR has selected a core team and is busy in planning...planning .... and planning.