Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal and it is chiefly spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and northwestern Jharkhand in India, as well as western Madhesh, eastern Lumbini, southeastern Gandaki, and southwestern Bagmati in Nepal. Bhojpuri is also widely spoken by the diaspora of Indians descended from those who left as indentured laborers during the colonial era. It is an eastern Indo Aryan language and as of 2000 it is spoken by about 5% of India's population. Bhojpuri is a descendant of Magadhi Prakrit and is related to Maithili, Magahi, Bangla, Odia, Assamese, and other eastern Indo-Aryan languages.
The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is the national state broadcaster of the Republic of Mauritius, that is the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Agaléga. The historical headquarters in Curepipe were relocated in Réduit, Moka. It also operates a station in Rodrigues. The MBC programmes are broadcast in 12 languages, notably French, Creole, English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Mandarin/Cantonese, and Hakka. MBC provides 17 television channels in Mauritius, four in Rodrigues and two in Agaléga, as well as seven radio channels.
Saadhika Randhawa, also known mononymously as Saadhika, is an Indian actress. She has mainly appeared in Hindi language Bollywood movies and has also worked in several regional language movies including in Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi & Bhojpuri movie industry.
Media in Bihar started with Bihar Bandhu, the first Hindi newspaper published there.
The cinema of Bihar, a state in eastern India, primarily consists of films in the Bhojpuri language. Bihar also has smaller Maithili- and Magahi-language film industries. Cinema in the state began during the early 20th century.
The Bhojpuri Film Awards are an awards ceremony recognizing the best of Bhojpuri cinema. The awards have been presented annually since 2005.
Bhojpuri cinema, also known as Bhojiwood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bhojpuri language widely spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar. Its major production centres are Lucknow and Patna.
MBC 1 is a Mauritian free-to-air television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, the national state broadcaster. MBC 1 was launched as the first TV channel in the island country on 8 June 1964.
MBC 2 is a television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in Mauritius. It was launched as the second TV channel in Mauritius on 30 July 1990 after the MBC 1. The channel broadcasts shows and movies in the major ancestral languages spoken in Mauritius, such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Urdu and Mandarin, among others.
The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
MBC 4 is a Mauritian free-to-air television channel owned by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, the public broadcaster. Launched in February 2011, the channel broadcasts Hindi-language programmes. Its programming consists of Indian TV series and non-fictional shows from Zee TV, Star Plus, Colors TV, Sony TV, Sony SAB, &TV and Star Bharat.
Ciné 12 is a television channel, owned by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, the national state broadcaster. Launched in 2019, Ciné 12 broadcasts French and English TV shows and films.
YSTV is a sports television channel owned and broadcast by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. Launched in 2011 as Sports 11, it was rebranded as YSTV on 18 April 2019.
MBC Bollywood is a free-to-air television channel that broadcasts Indian dramas. It was launched, on 26 October 2013, by Kareena Kapoor. MBC Bollywood is MBC Group's 14th channel, and it is aimed to air 24 hours of Hindi films, subtitled in Arabic, targeting South Asian audiences and Hindi Bollywood enthusiasts.
MBC Sat is a television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation broadcast in Mauritius. It was launched on November 13, 2014 after an agreement between Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation and CanalSat Mauritius. It is the first satellite channel by the Mauritian national TV broadcaster to broadcast via satellite. It also started to diffuse across the Indian Ocean including Mauritius via Parabole during November 2016. It broadcasts programs in French, English, Creole and Hindi.
Dishum TV is an Indian Bhojpuri-language general entertainment free-to-air (FTA) television channel owned and operated by Dishum Broadcasting Pvt Ltd. An entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the channel airs content including drama, daily soap, films, devotional songs, mythological shows, music, and shows featuring Bollywood celebrities.
Zee Ganga was a Bhojpuri general entertainment channel. It was launched by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) as Big Ganga in 2013 but later acquired by ZEEL and they rebranded it as Zee Ganga in 2021. It was the only Bhojpuri channel on DD Free Dish which delivers original content for their viewers.
MBC Digital 3 is a Mauritian free-to-air television channel owned by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, which is the national state broadcaster. The channel was launched in March 1996. Its programming consists of news and cultural TV programmes. In the early 2000s, it was an affiliate of TVAfrica's sports output.
