Media In Chennai, including: Madras Talkies, S Pictures, Modern Theatres, Avm Productions, Ayngaran International, Leukos Films, Bharatbala ... Gemini Studios, Cloud Nine Movies

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More info: Chennai has many print, television and radio networks that dominate its mass media market. Newspaper publishing started in Chennai with the launch of a weekly, The Madras Courier, in 1785. It was followed by the weeklies The Madras Gazzette and The Government Gazzette in 1795. The Spectator, founded in 1836, was the first English newspaper in Chennai to be owned by an Indian and became the city's first daily newspaper in 1853. The first Tamil newspaper, Swadesamitran, was launched in 1899. Some of its TV shows have generated the highest television rating points in the country. In addition to owning 19 TV channels in all major South Indian languages, the group owns FM radio stations in over eleven cities and some Tamil magazines and newspapers. SCV is the major cable TV service providers. Direct-to-home (DTH) is available via DD Direct Plus, Dish TV,Tata Sky,Sun Direct DTH,BIG TV,Airtel Digital TV and Videocon d2h. Chennai is the first city in India to have implemented the Conditional Access System for cable television.