The opening up
of the media sector has profoundly affected Indian journalism. This is most
visible in television where we have reached an era of multi-channel viewing with
many dedicated news networks, in English, Hindi and India's many other
major languages as well.
The press in India can also be compared with the best in the world. The
professionalism of Indian journalists is out there for all to see. We produce
some of the most professional news magazines like India Today, Sunday and
Newsweek, etc.
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Around 4,236 daily newspapers are circulated
in India, out of which about 300 newspapers are
in English and 1877 are in Hindi, and the rest
are in various other Indian languages. The
renowned daily newspapers in English are The
Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindu,
The Hindustan Times and The Statesman, Asian Age
and Telegraph. The Times of India which is
published from 16 cities, enjoys the highest
circulation among various English dailies
followed by the Indian Express which is
published from 7 cities. The Sunday Times, The
Times of India and Sunday publication also
publish about 1,80,813 copies every week. The
130-year-old Lucknow based newspaper
"Pioneer", is now published in Delhi also
but carries more foreign news. Sir Winston
Churchill was also associated with the Pioneer
as a reporter. Economic Times and Financial
Express are the two well-known financial dailies
being published from major cities. The popular
news magazines are, the weekly India Today which
is published from Delhi, and the Frontline,
which is published from Madras.
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Among the news magazines published in English,
"India Today" holds the credit for the
highest circulation ,and it is published in
various other languages as well. "Sunday" and
"Newsweek" are another popular weekly news
magazine in English. Popular business magazines
include Business India, Business Today and
Business Standard. Indian editions of popular
magazines like Time, Newsweek and Readers’
Digest are readily available and Readers’ Digest
is doing quite well and is published in
Hindi also. To cater to women, several
English magazines are available, from which
Femina and Savvy are more popular and sought
after. Gentleman and Debonair, both monthly
magazines, cater to the tastes of men!
Magazines dealing with the film world like
Stardust, Filmfare , Star and Style, Movie are
available in plenty. Sports magazines are also
readily available keeping in mind the indian
passion for sports. Politics appears to be the
Indian passion as well as a hobby since many
detailed stories are published on politics and
politicians. There is quite a huge difference in
the prices of the foreign magazines like Times
and Newsweek and the Indian magazines, and
perhaps due to their high prices, foreign
magazines do not have large circulations in
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Although television started as a lead project in India
in 1959, it acquired the role of a major mass medium only
in the early 1980s. Colour television was introduced much later
and now apart from meeting its own requirements of colour, and
black and white sets, India also exports its surplus production.
About 75 million sets are available with Indian families. India
also uses its own space satellites to provide the television
programmes to viewers in Asia. The Doordarshan is run by the
Government, which enables it to telecast various educational and
informative programmes. Some of these programmes are related to
family planning, thrift, environmental protection, cleanliness
and national integration.
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Besides this, various entertainment programmes
are also shown on the TV like various films,
songs and serials. News in English and Hindi are
also broadcasted at regular intervals. It also
accepts advertising with the films and serials,
etc. Doordarshan has now reached to 90 per cent
of the population of India and is also an
autonomous body like BBC. Besides, Doordarshan,
there are various private international channels
like Star TV, BBC, CNN, SONY and Zee
TV which are available on Cable TV. There are
several other channels in different languages to
cater to every individual's needs.
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Radio broadcasting was started in India in 1927.
It was initially known as the "All India Radio",
and was later changed to Akashvani. It is a
government controlled autonomous body. It covers
almost 100 per cent of the Indian population,
more than the Indian television. A national
radio channel has also been broadcasted since
1988. Now, Akashvani is also available on
Internet. Various informative and entertainment
programmes are presented on Akashvani. These
programmes are related to the family, family
planning and good housekeeping that fulfills
the needs of the people. A special All-India
Channel and Vividh Bharati also broadcasts film
music daily.
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The transmission which originates from Delhi is
transferred all over the country through a 1000
kw transmitter which is located at Nagpur. The
News Services Division of Akashvani broadcasts
273 news bulletins for duration of 37 hours in
its home, regional and external services. The
external services broadcast programmes
daily for nine hours in 23 languages and
they reach various countries of Europe, USA and
Canada. In its home service from Delhi, 78
bulletins are put out in various Indian
languages for over 11 hours every day.
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