News Broadcasting
DishTV adds SS music to its offering
MUMBAI: Essel Group promoted Dish TV has signed an agreement to distribute Southern Spice Music (SS Music) on its direct-to-home (DTH) platform.
Martin Lottery Group-promoted music channel Southern Spice Music or SS Music is a multi-lingual music channel in India playing music in English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.
The music channel caters primarily the youth, but since music has no barriers, audiences of all ages get in tune with the channel, informs a media release.
Announcing the launch of SS Music on Dish TV, DishTV CEO Sunil Khanna said, “We are pleased to broadcast the popular Tamil channel to consumers on Dish TV platform.
“The inclusion of SS music, strengthens the Tamil entertainment on Dish TV for the city viewers. DishTV aims at being a complete entertainment solution for the people in Tamil Nadu, giving them the opportunity to upgrade to a superior entertainment experience with power of choice.”
SS Music promoter Santiago Martin adds,”Dishtv in a short span of time has shown impressive growth in penetration and has emerged as the largest distribution platform in terms of number of channels carried as well. Thus, we are delighted to be part of Dish TV bouquet”.
Now with SS Music, Dish TV viewers can enjoy the already existing JayaTV and other Tamil channels by virtue of being available on DD DTH, as both DTH platforms share a common satellite.
The media release also informs that DishTV has launched a customized offer at Chennai. With an objective to make DTH entertainment affordable the customers receives a dual benefit: a reduced hardware price and subscription fees for a year incorporated in the cost.
At Rs 3990, the customer will receive popular channels like ESPN Starsports, Cartoon Network and even HBO, only for Chennai.
Further by paying just Rs 1000 extra, the consumers can now enjoy a gamut of 110 channels.
With the extremely competitive price point offered, the company expects to increase the penetration of Dish TVin homes across the country, which makes difficult for any broadcaster to ignore this as a distribution platform.
Dish TV offers 13 radio channels in its bouquet, apart from a wide range of channels.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
