The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of the Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay channels. National channels operate in Hindi and English, in addition to regional channels in several languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Kashmiri, Konkani and Haryanvi, among others. The Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
Thiruvananthapuram has long been a center of media. Kerala Chandrika, the first newspaper of the state, was published from Thiruvananthapuram in 1789. The media also enjoyed the patronage of the Travancore kings. In 1836, Swathi Thirunal, the Travancore king, organized a government press in the city. The first Superintendent of the Press was the Rev. Sperschneider. The press was under Samathanam Maistry, one of the first batch of workmen trained in the Nagercoil Press.
Star Maa is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. It primarily telecasts Telugu language programmes such as serials, reality shows.
Media in Kerala, India are widely accessible and cater to a wide variety of audiences. Kerala has the highest media exposure in India with newspapers publishing in nine languages, mainly English and Malayalam.
Kalpana Ranjani, better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil. Kalpana has acted in over 300 films in various South Indian languages. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Thanichalla Njan (2012) at the 60th National Film Awards. Kalpana started her career as a child artist in the late 1970s. Although she came into the industry with the intention of being a lead actress, she turned out to be popular among the audiences for her comic roles.
Nickelodeon is an Indian children's pay television network based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the Indian equivalent to the original American Network and is owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global and TV18. Despite using the "Nickelodeon" branding, it does not air any content from the original American network in recent times as part of a localisation strategy, and thus, original Nickelodeon content is only broadcast on the Nickelodeon HD+ channel. As of October 2020, Nickelodeon is the most watched children's channel in India.
Surya TV is an Malayalam-language Indian general entertainment pay television channel. The channel is part of Sun TV Network, which is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. On 16 March 2017, Surya TV became the third Malayalam-language channel to launch a high-definition simulcast feed broadcasting at 1080i. It is available live on Sun NXT app.
Kochu TV is a Malayalam kids pay television channel from Sun TV Network, Chennai. The channel is based in Cochin, Kerala. Kochu TV is the only children's channel in Malayalam. The channel broadcasts a mix of programmes, all in Malayalam, including popular animated series and pre-school content.
Tamil television drama or Tamil serials are a genre of Tamil-language television produced in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. All major TV networks in India produce a variety of drama series including family, comedy, romance, history stories, horror, devotional, fantasy stories and many others.
Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanumaan is an Indian-Television drama series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television (India) weekly. It depicts the story of Lord Hanuman told from the viewpoint of Lord Shri Krishna and Devi Rukmini. The series ran from May 2015 to August 2017.
Disney Channel is an Indian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network which was launched on 16 December 2004. Disney Channel is available as a pay television channel on most subscription television providers.
Laughing Villa is an Indian Malayalam celebrity comedy chat show which premiered on Surya TV from 30 July 2016 to 17 November 2019.
Discovery Kids is an Indian children's television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery International, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel launched on 7 August 2012.
Rebecca Santhosh is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam television. She is well known for her role as Kavya in the soap opera, Kasthooriman.
Sun NXT is an Indian video on demand service run by Sun TV Network. It was launched in June 2017 and has content in six languages - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi. Sun NXT app is available for Android and iOS devices, Smart TVs and other devices.
MasterChef India is an Indian competitive cooking game show franchise based on the Australian show MasterChef Australia, which itself is based on the original British MasterChef. MasterChef India Season 1-4 and Junior Masterchef Swaad Ke Ustaad was produced by Colosceum Media. Endemol Shine India has been producing MasterChef India Season 5 onwards through Star India and Sun TV Network with Innovative Film Academy co-producing it for South Indian regional versions. It was originally started in Hindi language and has been extended to three languages spoken in the Indian sub-continent, including Tamil and Telugu. The Hindi version is available on Disney+ Hotstar while Tamil and Telugu are available on Sun NXT.
Vindhuja Vikraman is an Indian television actress who appears in Malayalam and Tamil language soap operas.
Stephy Leon, also known by her stage name Sarangi is an Indian television actress who appears in Malayalam-language serials.
