India had expressed concerns after the Sri Lankan government imported radio equipment from Norway for supplying to the separatist Tamil Tigers, a new US cable leaked by Wikileaks has revealed. The secret cable sent by the US Embassy in Colombo claimed that the United National Party (UNP), which was in power in 2002, had requested and received radio equipment which was then handed over to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) through the government departments.
The equipment was meant for LTTE's radio channel, Voice of the Tigers (VoT), broadcast out of areas under control of the rebels.

Star's Tamil offering Vijay TV will be airing TVH - Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru music festival over to weeks, starting from 3 January, Monday to Friday at 7 am with a repeat telecast at 5 pm. The title sponsor for the television program is Pothy's.

In its sixth consecutive year, Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru

'Mathrubhumi,' Kerala's second most popular Malayalam daily, is getting ready to launch its 24-hour news and current affairs television channel shortly.

Speaking to IANS, M.V. Shreyams Kumar, Mathrubhumi's director of electronic media, said they are hoping to launch the channel ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections, likely to be held in May 2011.

'The channel's licences are expected any time now and the recruitment is already on. It will be based in Thiruvananthapuram and the office complex is getting ready,' said Kumar, a legislator in the Kerala assembly of the Socialist Janata Democratic party, which was formed after the break-up with Janata Dal (S).

The Sun Networks' Telugu general entertainment channel Gemini TV has announced the launch of a new daily family drama soap No. 23 Mahalakshmi Nivasam, which will start airing from 30 December.

Produced by Radaan Mediaworks, the soap has the production house's founder and head of creative Raadhika Sarathkumar in the lead role.