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Samsung Galaxy Star Mirchi Music Awards South 2012
Chennai, 26th July 2013: It was a beautiful night in Chennai when the stars of the music industry, from across the South, shone bright – as it was the night of felicitation! The music celebrities were honoured for excellence in the rich body of work done across the four languages in the year 2012 at this glittering function.
“Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012’ is the ONLY award dedicated purely to honouring the talents of the Indian Music Industry across all the four South Indian languages”, said Mr. Prashant Panday, ENIL ED & CEO. “This is also a way of thanking the Indian Music Fraternity for creating the music that we as FM stations play 24 x 7! We are proud of Samsung Galaxy Star Awards because it is our humble way of paying salutation to Music and to the people who create it!”
There is an eminent panel of Jury in each of the four southern languages who bear the onerous task of selecting the winners through a thorough process audited by Ernst & Young.
All illustrious members of the Kannada Jury who lent their support this year to adjudge the best of best talents of the Indian Music Industry were: Mr. Hamsalekha (Chairman of the Jury), Ms.Manjula Gururaj, Mr. Gurukiran, Mr. Sadhu kokila , Mr. Nagatihalli Chandrashekar , Mr. V Manohar, Mr. Kaviraj, Ms. Suman Kittur, Mr. V Harikrishna , Mr. K Kalyan and Mr Arjun Janya.
Legendary Music Composer Mr Shankar Ganesh was honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award while the popular category award recipients were Best Composer of the Year – Gurukiran for Govindaya Namah, Album of the Year – Govindaya Namah, Song of the Year – Namdukke Pyarge from Govindaya Namah composed by Gurukiran, The coveted Best Male and Female Vocalist Awards were won by Singer Chetan and Vani Harikrishna respectively. The Radio Mirchi Listeners Choice Best Album is” Addhuri” was won by V. Harikrishna. Special Jury contribution award was given to Musician “ Fayaz Khan”.
Special Awards were given to A R Rahman as Global Music Icon, Since he has completed 20 years in Music Industry. S P Balasubramaniyam was awarded as Sangeet Samrat for his excellent contribution to South Indian Film Industry. The event was made even more scintillating with not just the presence of celebrities from all over the South but also by superb performances by Ace Singer Vijay Prakash Diganth, Aindirta Ray, Shreya Saran, Deepika Kamiah and a tribute to A R Rahman and lots of other stars!
Celebrity Presence: Mr. Gurukiran, Mr. Sadhu kokila , Mr. Nagatihalli Chandrashekar , Mr. V Manohar, Mr. Kaviraj, Ms. Suman Kittur, Mr. V Harikrishna , Jayanth Kaykeni, Radhika Pandit, Srinagar kitty, Vijay Prakash Diganth, Aindirta Ray, Sanjjanna, Kriti Karbanda, Nagashekar, Vijay Raghvendra, Deepika Kmaiah , Vasu Dixit & Pavan Wadeyar
To know more about the jury, categories and nominees for ‘Samsung Galaxy Star Mirchi Music Awards 2012’, keep listening to Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM or log on to www.radiomirchi.com,
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
