Upcoming Tamil Television Channels
Do you know how many Tamil Television channels exist today? 48 Channels! If you have asked the same question 10 years ago, everyone would have got the answer right, as only a handful of channels existed then. But today, you are bombarded with options. Just as you are trying to assimilate the options from 48 channels, 15 more channels are about to be launched soon! If you do a quick survey of tamil tv landscape, more than 60% of the channels are owned by Politicians and political parties. That’s alarming. The reason behind starting a Television channel is not a Business Venture, but a strong motive for the campaigns and political propoganda! Nevertheless, if the proliferation of Television channels increase the quality of programmes and consumer entertainment options, there is not reason to complain. Going by the multitude of options, there is definitely a need for TV programme recommendation Engine!
The list of upcoming tamil television channels are provided below:
- E-TV Tamil [To be launched by ETV Network]
- Asianet Tamil
- E N T
- Murasu Television [From Kalaignar TV Network - broadcasting only movies. Think of this as a competition to KTV]
- J Movies [Another movie only channel from Jaya TV Network]
- Captain News TV [News Channel from Captain TV Network owned by Actor-politician Vijayakanth]
- Kural TV [A Brand new channel from T.Rajendar, Simbu's Father]
- Daya TV [New TV Channel from Udayanidhi Stalin, son of M.K. Stalin]
- Vasan TV [New TV Channel from G.K. Vasan, son of G.K. Moopanar - Sure, it's going to be voice of Congress party!]
- TV9 Tamil
- News Plus [Tamil News channel]
- UFX [Southern News Channel]
- Polimer Music [Music channel from Polimer TV Network - A Major Cable Operator Network foraying into Television channel]
- ZEE Tamil News [Tamil News channel from ZEE Television]
- SRM TV [Tamil channel the famous SRM Group]
List of existing Tamil Channels can be found below: