Zee Kannada is an Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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GEC that was launched in the year 2006 and owned by

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. It is also being as the first mainstream satellite channel in Kannada.

History

Zee Kannada was launched in 2006 as ZEE's second South Indian language channel after its Telugu venture, which launched in May 2005. On 2014, Zee Kannada light blue logo has given way to brighter red and blue. On 2018, a new brand identity and launched the HD Channel with HD visuals and Dolby Digital Plus sound quality. The unveil and launch took place in a grand ceremony at the Zee Kannada Kutumba Awards 2018. ZEEL launched the digital news channel as Zee Kannada News in January 2022.

Programming

Sibling channel

launched Zee Kannada's sister channel ''

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'' on 1 March 2020, which airs non-stop Sandalwood films.

Reception

From its launch to still, Zee Kannada is consistently remains the No. 1 channel in

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

and one of the Top Rated Indian television channel by its programmes such as drama, reality shows and films. The shows like '' Puttakkana Makkalu'', '' Gattimela'', ''

Hitler Kalyana ''Hitler Kalyana'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada television soap opera that telecasts on ZEE5 even before TV telecast. This series is produced by Dileep Raj. It was premiered on 9 August 2020 airing from Monday to Friday on Zee Kannada. The show is ...

'', '' Jothe Jotheyalli'' and reality shows like ''Jodi No.1'' were been Leading the TRP Charts.other reality shows like Drama juniors,Comedy kiladigalu,Sa Re Ga Ma Pa also scores well on the TRP charts.

Award functions

Hemmeya Kannadiga

Hemmeya Kannadiga is given to the people who made Karnataka proud at different occupation like Film Industry, Social Service, Sports.

Zee Kutumba Awards

Renowned Zee Kannada television personalities are felicitated for their on-screen work and achievements for their shows. Zee honoring fiction stars and shows by nominating and presenting awards to them.

Zee Comedy Awards

The comedy artists of Sandalwood and Stage artists are honoured by presenting awards to them.

References

External links

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