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‘She Made It’ website honors American women in TV and Radio
MUMBAI: The US Museum of Television and Radio has launched the She Made It website – www.shemadeit.org – to celebrate the achievements of creative and business American women in the fields of television and radio.
The museum will honour great women writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters and executives. The museum has tied up with Nine Systems which provides streaming media applications and content delivery solutions.
The Museum of Television and Radio’s television curator Ron Simon says, “We anticipate by the end of this three-year project, we will have 2000 hours of programming compiled from our existing collection of over 120,000 programmes and other additional programming. As our goal is to make this collection available to the public, we are pleased that we can offer our audiences outside of New York and Los Angeles a streaming media option allowing them to view the extraordinary work of our honorees.”
Nine Systems will manage and deliver the streaming video content of the Museum seminar series and other related programming featuring the work of the 2005 She Made It honourees. The streamed She Made It seminar series and programming will be delivered through Nine Systems’ Network of Networks, the industry first aggregated system that routes all types of rich media across multiple top-tier CDNs.
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Asianet Television Awards 2026 celebrates women power in Malayalam TV
“She is the Colour” theme honours icons as ceremony airs on March 14 and 15 at 7 PM.
MUMBAI: If television lights up living rooms, this year Asianet decided to let women provide the colour. The Asianet Television Awards 2026 turned the spotlight firmly on women empowerment with the theme “She is the Colour”, celebrating the strength, resilience and achievements of women who continue to shape society and the Malayalam entertainment industry.
The ceremony honoured several distinguished personalities whose journeys have left a lasting cultural imprint. Among them was legendary playback singer Vimala Varma, widely recognised as the first Malayalam playback singer. The evening also paid tribute to Padma Shri awardees Devaki Amma and Vimala Menon for their exceptional contributions in their respective fields.
Leading women from the Malayalam film industry were also recognised during the event, including actor Shweta Menon, who currently serves as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, and National Award winning actor Surabhi Lakshmi.
The awards ceremony brought together a glittering lineup of actors and industry figures, including Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Asha Sarath, Lena, Esther Anil, Anumol, Akhila Bhargavan, Sarayu Mohan, Prajod Kalabhavan, Gayathri Suresh, Sabumon Abdusamad, Swasika, Tini Tom, Sijoy Varghese, Kailash, Veena Nandakumar, Sabareesh Varma, Ansiba Hassan and Dinesh Prabhakar. Kishan Kumar, executive vice president Malayalam at JioStar, was also present at the event.
Beyond individual recognitions, the awards celebrated excellence across Malayalam television, acknowledging artists and technicians whose work continues to drive the industry forward.
The evening also offered plenty of spectacle, with elaborate dance performances, stunt acts and comedy skits performed by popular television and film personalities, turning the ceremony into a full fledged entertainment showcase.
Viewers will get to watch the celebrations when the Asianet Television Awards 2026 air on Asianet on March 14 and 15, Saturday and Sunday, from 7 pm onwards, bringing the star studded tribute to homes across Kerala and beyond.
