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Tamil Media Introduction

Tamil Language Media Types:

  • Newspapers
  • Television Channels
  • Magazine
  • Tamil Cinema

Tamil Language Newspapers

The following is the list of all Tamil Newspapers published across the world.


Tamil Language Magazine

The following is the list of all Tamil Newspapers published across the world.


Tamil Language Television Channels

This is a list of television stations in the Tamil language.

India

Doordarshan (government owned)

DD Chennai (DD 1) formerly known as DD Madras Launched on 15 August 1975
DD Coimbatore Entertainment Launched on 14 April 1975
DD Madurai Entertainment Launched on 14 April 1976
DD Pudhucherry Entertainment Launched on 14 May 1976
Podhigai TV (DD 5) Entertainment Launched on 15 April 1993

General Tamil Entertainment Channels

Tamil News Channels

  • Puthiya Thalaimurai
  • NDTV Hindu
  • GTV SPV
  • News Plus
  • Sathiyam TV

Tamil Movies Channels

  • K TV
  • K TV HD
  • J Movies
  • Raj Digital Plus
  • Mega 24

Tamil Music Channels

  • Sun Max
  • Kalaignar Isai Aruvi
  • Kalaignar Murasu(80's and 90's tamil songs)
  • Mega Musiq
  • 7S Music
  • Raj Musix
  • Jaya Max
  • Channel Ufx
  • SS TV

Action Movies Channel

  • SUN Action

LifeStyle Channel

  • SUN Life

Tamil Comedy Channels

  • Adithya
  • Sirippoli

Tamil Cartoon Channels

  • Chutti TV
  • Chithiram

Tamil Religious Channels

HINDU

  • Dharisana TV
  • Sri Sankara
  • Krishna TV

CHIRST

  • Angel TV
  • Salvation TV
  • Blessing TV

Channels aired partly in Tamil

Infotainment Channels

  • Discovery Channel Tamil
  • Nat Geo Wild, with Tamil audio feed
  • National Geographic Channel, with Tamil audio feed
  • History Channel, with Tamil audio feed
  • TLC, with Tamil audio feed
  • FOX Traveler, with Tamil audio feed

Shopping Channels

  • Shopping Zone 24*7 Channel
  • Max Vision

Upcoming Tamil Channels!

  • ARRA TV - By ARRA Media Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.arratv.in)
  • Dheeran TV - A COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL.
  • Sun Plus - Second Tamil GEC from Sun TV Network like Vijay TV.
  • Sun News English HD - From Sun TV Network coming soon
  • Captain NEWS - From caption TV Network coming soon
  • Malar News -Dinamalar
  • UTV Action TAMIL - From UTV Network coming soon
  • Kalaignar Varalaru TV
  • VAASAN TV
  • DHAYA TV (D TV)
  • vendar tv (srm group)

Sri Lanka

Canada

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

  • Moon TV
  • Sangamam TV

Australia

Malaysia

Europe

United Kingdom

Global

  • Ayngaran TV (Kalaignar TV programmes)
  • Cee(I)TV - general entertainment, telecasting mainly Jaya TV programmes
  • Global Tamil Vision (GTV) - general entertainment, pro-Tamil, previously known as Tharisanam TV
  • Discovery Tamil - infotainment channel from Discovery Networks

Internet Protocol Television

Tamil Cinema

Tamil cinema (also known as the Tamil film industry, the Cinema of Tamil Nadu or the Chennai film industry) is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of feature films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered. With reference to this, the industry is also colloquially referred to as Kollywood, a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood. Tamil cinema is known for being India's second largest film industry in terms of films produced, revenue and worldwide distribution,[1] with audiences mainly including people from the four southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, placing the industry among the largest in the world.[2][3]

Silent films were produced in Chennai since 1917 and the era of talkies dawned in 1931 with the film Kalidas.[4] By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil cinema later had a profound effect on other filmmaking industries of India, establishing Chennai as a secondary hub for Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema, Kannada cinema, and Hindi cinema.[5][6] In its modern era, Tamil films from Chennai have been distributed to various overseas theatres in Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Oceania, the Middle East, Western Europe, and Northern America.[7] The industry also inspired filmmaking in Tamil diaspora populations in other regions, such as in Europe and Canada.[8]

Film studios in Chennai are bound by legislation, such as the Cinematography Film Rules of 1948,[9] the Cinematography Act of 1952,[10] and the Copyright Act of 1957.[11]

  1. ^ NULL. "Prime Focus expands India operations". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  2. ^ "Viral: 'Nonsense song' gets lots of laughs in India". The Star. Toronto. 2011-11-26.
  3. ^ http://cbfcindia.gov.in/CbfcWeb/fckeditor/editor/images/Uploadedfiles/file/Publications/cbfc_AR_2010_E.pdf
  4. ^ Velayutham, Selvaraj. Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry. p. 2.
  5. ^ "THE TAMIL NADU ENTERTAINMENTS TAX ACT, 1939" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Indian Cinema: The World’s Biggest And Most Diverse Film Industry (page 5) Written by Roy Stafford
  7. ^ "Eros buys Tamil film distributor". Business Standard. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  8. ^ "SYMPOSIUM: SRI LANKA'S CULTURAL EXPERIENCE". Chennai, India: Frontline (magazine). Retrieved September 26, 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |parent= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Cinematograph film rules, 1948". Government of India. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  10. ^ "Posters". Central Board of Film certification (CBFC). Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  11. ^ "INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
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