Their digital platform, added five new language sites including Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Gujarati. Zee News also turned free-to-air from being a paid channel. introduced a new channel, a second Hindi News Channel called Zee Hindustan, which is a news channel without any anchors. In Hindi News Rural segment, Zee News was in fourth position and in Hindi News Urban, the channel was again ranked second behind Aaj Tak. (Watch the video here: It was later debunked as fake news, by the Reserve Bank of India.Īccording to the data available from the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for the first week of 2019, Zee News was at the second position behind Aaj Tak in the overall Hindi news channels. During one of the very popular shows on Zee News,- DNA – Daily News and Analysis, spoke of a “revolutionary new chip” that was embedded in every 2000-rupee note, so that it can be tracked. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetizaton of high value currency including Rs. The channel is perceived to be closer to the BJP in its content. He was elected as an Independent from the state of Haryana, with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Subhash Chandra, the owner of Zee News, is a lawmaker in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the India Parliament).
Eventually, a full scale channel was launched as Zee News in 1999.
Zee TV, back then, had a prime time news show every night as a part of their programming mix.
The origins of Zee News as a channel, could be traced back to 1998, when the channel had an outlet called Zee TV and the other infotainment channel called EL-TV.
While the fan mosaic is up and available for everyone to visit at the Carter Blue Promenade in Bandra (Mumbai), the movie - Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai, will premiere on 15th August on Zee TV.Zee News is a Hindi news channel from Zee Media Corporation Limited, a part of the Subhash Chandra-family owned Essel Group.
We hope this celebration of Salman's fandom mirrors the euphoria surrounding the world television premiere of his film Radhe we're bringing our viewers on Independence Day." It was with the intent of enabling every Salman fan to express their love for him in an extremely personal way that we invited them to contribute their selfies, which in turn assembled and curated into to an almost God-like avatar - a gigantic mosaic of their idol at the busy Carter road promenade in Mumbai and finally created a World Record for the Tallest Fan Photo Installation of Radhe. Speaking about this unique installation, Aparna Bhosle, Business Head of Zee TV said, "For millions of fans across the nation, Salman Khan has been this larger-than-life hero they worship, a symbol of incomparable charisma and effortless swagger. With the last set of photos making their way onto the mosaic last night, Mumbaikars got a bird’s eye view of the mammoth Radhe artwork this morning. In fact, a lot of Salman’s Mumbai-based followers also visited the venue to click a selfie and pasted their own image on the mosaic. With thousands of images being added to the installation on a daily basis, it took only 3 days to populate the vibrant mosaic. With fans posting their selfies using #BhaiKoSalaam and tagging the channel on their respective social media posts, the activity witnessed an overwhelming response within a matter of hours from its announcement.
The three-day activity commenced on 10th August at the Carter Blue Promenade in Bandra, Mumbai, where the life-size cut-out of Salman Khan in his Radhe avatar was installed and was opened for the selfies of the superstar’s fans across India. The team at Zee TV is all set for a felicitation as the process of world record certification is underway. With thousands of colour-coded images of 'Salman Khan Ke Sabse Bade Fans', a mammoth 32 ft x 20 ft fan-sourced mosaic of Radhe was created, making a spectacular entry into the International Book of Records as the ‘Tallest Fan Photo Installation’. Their enthusiastic participation not only depicted the sheer love for their one and only Bhai but also enabled the channel to create a rather interesting World Record. With the idea of creating a first-of-its-kind fan-sourced photo mosaic depicting Salman Khan as Radhe announced on Zee TV's social media and through the channel's PR machinery, Zee TV saw a deluge of fans sending in their selfies to complete the gigantic fan installation.
In the run-up to the much-awaited world television premiere of Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai this Independence Day, Zee TV provided each Salman Khan fan across the country a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to express their undying love for their idol.