Moon TV channel relaunched on March 1, 2013 in Trichy

Managing Director L.Shanawaskhan introduces Moon TV

“Trichy and its surrounding are very conducive for launching a full pledged TV channel” several dignitaries  spoke  on the occasion of   Moon TV channel relaunch function on March 1, 2013 in Trichy. They appreciated the initiative of L.Shanawaskhan, Managing Director of Moon TV for his wise decision for choosing Trichy as base for relaunching Moon TV as Trichy has all inclusive facilities for the need of a Satellite TV Tamil infotainment channel goes off air.V.M.Sundaram, the General Manager of Moon TV in his introductory address mentioned that, “Moon Satellite TV was Launched in 2008 by Moon Vision, Tamil channel Moon TV went off air in Chennai just six months after commencing its operations. “The second innings of Moon TV has been made possible due to state-run Arasu cable, which has brought about a significant change in the TV distribution space in Tamil Nadu”. L.Shanawaskhan in his welcome address mentioned “With the relaunch, there are also plans to consolidate and extend the prime-time slot with more news bulletins. This is keeping in mind that Moon TV has been streaming programmes to 133 countries spread across the Indian Sub-Continent, the Middle East, South East Asia, Australia and some parts of Africa. The channel’s content has been revamped and we have added travel and tourism shows, cookery shows, and shows for women and programmes for college students. Given the fact that daily soaps are the major content that attracts the viewers, we are confident of reaching a strong position among Tamil Channels. Moon TV is targeted at women and Tamilians residing outside India. We will be different from other major channels in Tamil Nadu as we will be covering more rural news and events that you will not see in other channels. The channel will embark on its promotional activities in the next two to three days. It will include billboards, bus shelters, posters and word of mouth”.M.Akbar Khan, Executive Director of ETA, HR-Division appreciated the initiative of L.Shanawaskhan to transfer major portion of the operation of Moon TV office to Trichy and his initiative of incorporating a show called ‘Home Theatre’, to give opportunity for Upcoming short film makers to showcase their films.”The south Zone cultural centre Director Sajith distributed souvenirs to the Moon TV staff. Noted Tamil Scholar Nandalala, Dr.V.Jayapal and several others felicitated.  dignitaries of cross section of the society,officials and public participated in this function.M.Senthamiliniyan, the sub- editor of Moon TV proposed vote of thanks. Govin