Zee Kannada is an Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

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that was launched in the year 2006 and owned by

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, and businesses related to mobile content, and operates 45 c ...

. 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. In 2014, Zee Kannada light blue logo has given way to brighter red and blue. In 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.

Sister channel

Zee Picchar

Zee Picchar is an Indian Kannada movies

channel offers

language movies. It was launched on 1 March 2020 and it is the sister channel of Zee Kannada. The channel owned by

Current broadcast

Drama series

Former broadcast

Drama series

Reality shows

* '' Bharjari Bachelors'' * ''

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Kannada'' is a Kannada version of the Indian musical reality television show ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa''. The presenter is Anushree, and the judges are Hamsalekha, Vijay Prakash, and Arjun Janya. Season overview See also * Sa ...

(Season 1 - 20)'' * '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship'' * '' Weekend with Ramesh (Season 1 - 5)''

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.

References

External links

''Zee Kannada''
at

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''Zee Kannada''
on

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{{Television in India Television stations in Bengaluru Kannada-language television channels Zee Entertainment Enterprises Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Karnataka