Narne's News Channel in Dec ?

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

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

 

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

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.