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Television – of new leaders, new partnerships, new challenges
Noor Fathima Warsia

The year 2009 was yet another year of interesting developments in Indian television. The first half of the year was taken up by IPL-2 and the Lok Sabha elections. Even as the year was dominated by the Star-Colors-Zee conversation, Turner and Alva Brothers’ venture Real was also in the news.

Guest Article: Remember 2009. The Renaissance year for Indian Television
Rajesh Kamat

Over the last decade cable and satellite television, spurred by competition, has been at the head of an entertainment revolution. But 2009, was special… A year when television had grown up… A year that would be remembered, in Colors’ CEO Rajesh Kamat’s view, for many reasons...