2. Which South Asian largest Entertainment Network has completes its 20 years in Europe? Zee TV
Explanation: Zee was launched in India in 1992 & Zee TV came to the UK in March 1995. The Tv network was launched to meet the entertainment demands of the South Asian community. Thus so far it has served the South Asian diaspora with its multi-genre programmes ranging from dramas, history, reality, films, news, cookery and exclusive local programming that educate, inspire, and entertain audiences in the UK and Europe. here have been numerous milestones for Zee TV in Europe and here are some of its key achievements that takes one down memory lane:
1995 - Conducted the Supermodel Contest to find a male and female face to represent the Asian youth in the UK
1996 - Filmed and broadcast the UK edition of Antakshari, a landmark musical game show
1997 - Filmed and broadcast Filmi Baatein, a popular show hosted by Shekhar Suman in the UK
1998 - Zee TV went Live 24 hours a day
1999 - First South Asian channel to launch English subtitling facility in the UK, launched Music Asia, UK’s first 24 hour Asian music channel, which was later rebranded as Zee Muzic, and now called Zing
2000 - Hosted the international beauty pageant Miss World - Zee became the first Asian channel to host an international event of this magnitude
2001 - Launched Zee Cinema, a 24 hour film channel
2002 - Launched UK’s first Punjabi language channel Alpha ETC Punjabi
2003 - Alpha ETC Punjabi became the only regional channel to be able to increase its price in UK
2004 - Launched Alpha Punjabi in rest of Europe
2005 - Hosted the 8th Zee Cine Awards in London, launched Zee Gujarati in the UK
2006 - Hosted Zee Carnival, a three day event featuring an array of top Bollywood, and Zee Stars became the only Asian television network to provide dual language subtitling facilities through teletext in English and French across Europe
2007 - Entered the Russian mainstream television industry with the launch of Zee TV Russia, a complete entertainment and lifestyle channel in the Russian language
2008 - Hosted Zee Cine Awards again, becoming the only international territory to host the Awards twice in a single location
2009 - Hosted Zee Carnival again by popular demand in London
2010 - Launched Zee Cafe
2011 - Broadcast the ICC World Cup Cricket in Hindi exclusively on Zee Cafe
2012 - Launched Cinematic Cricket, a special scheduling slot for Live and exclusive international cricket series on Zee Cinema
2013 - Launched Lamhe, UK’s first nostalgic Asian entertainment channel, launched Cloud 9, UK’s first Brit-Asian weekday drama series shot in London
2014 - Launched Zee Companion, a unique local and Live show
