NEW DELHI: Broadcast Audience Research Council (India)'s former tech-com member and industry veteran Paritosh Joshi has joined the Chennai-based Sun TV Network to oversee and drive the revenue growth prospect of the Network Channels across four south Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Although Joshi denied having 'joined' Sun TV while talking to www.indiantelevision.com, Sun TV sources told this media portal that Joshi, who has helped the growth of several channels, has joined on a temporary assignment....

Global OTT leader in South-Asian content, YuppTV has entered an exclusive partnership with ETV Telugu in the United States. As part of the association, users will now be able to enjoy the entertainment content from ETV Telugu, while the brand is also introducing ETV Life, ETV Plus, ETV Cinema and ETV Abhiruchi for the first time in the US Market.

Viewers can watch all the popular ETV Telugu shows like Padutha Teeyaga, Jabardasth, Extra Jabadasth and Manasu Mamatha exclusively on YuppTV. The association would help ETV Telugu extend its offerings globally.

Athavan Radio, which is broadcasting from Colombo, Sri Lanka, is looking for youths in the agegroup 19 - 25 years old, who have interest in working as a RJ. Athavan Radio is available through Eurobird 9B satellite on 9 degree East  (11766, V, SR 27500 and fec 3/4) in Europe, Middle East and North Africa - and worldwide through their website www.athavanradio.com. If you are interested, you can send your job application to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or for more details you can call them: 0112 055755. Athavan Radio was previously known as GTBC (Global Tamil Broadcasting Corporation). 

Stockbroking firm Centrum Broking’s research team is relatively bullish on the Sun TV Network. In its latest report, Centrum has stated that Sun TV has said that recent developments bode well for the Kalanithi Maran promoted southern TV network.

“We draw comfort from the court’s recent dismissal of all charges against the promoters, its high dividend payout, the Rs 18 billion cash in its books,” its says in the report.

Centrum is hopeful that cable TV digitisation in Phase III and Phase IV will double Sun TV’s subscription revenues over the next three years. “We expect that it would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the digitization,” the report says.