TTD’s 24 hour Tamil channel may go on air from January 2017

The channel will be started for the benefit of over seven crore Tamil speaking devotees across the world, a top official of the channel said. A V Narasimha Rao, SVBC Chief Executive Officer, said TTD has got the permission recently from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to launch the channel, following talks between Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and TTD Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao. 

SVBC has started making arrangements to test the signal of the Tamil channel from November 2 and officially commence broadcasting, probably in January 2017, Rao said. 

In 2008, the then President Pratibha Patil had launched the SVBC Telugu Channel here, he said. The 24x7 Tamil SVBC Channel would air live programmes, including daily rituals such as recitation of Suprabhatham, Kalyanotsvam, Sahastra Deepaalankara Seva and Vasantotsavam besides annual festivals like Brahmotsavam and Rathasaptami, he added.