Flowers TV is an Indian
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
language
general entertainment pay television
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channel owned by Insight Media City. The channel was launched on 12 April 2015.
Establishment
The channel was originally promoted by
Sreekandan Nair who is also the managing director of Flowers TV. Gokulam Gopalan is the chairman and Dr. Vidhya Vinod is the vice Chairman of Flowers TV.
History
Flowers TV is broadcasting from
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...
,
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
,
India
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As per the statistical analysis of
BARC data for the first eight weeks of 2017, Flowers is ranked in the top 5 lists.
Flowers TV is available in USA through
YuppTV and also other Asian regions. Flowers once broadcast ''
I-League'' matches with Malayalam Commentary.
On 12 April 2017, Flowers TV, Rays3D,
Mulakuppadam Films and
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appe ...
set a
Guinness World Record
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for the largest attendance at a
3D film
3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of Three-dimensional space, three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of Stereoscopy#3D viewers, special glasses worn by viewers. They have existed in some form since 1915, but had been ...
screening, 12,526 spectators watched the screening of the Malayalam film ''
Pulimurugan'' at Adlux International Convention Centre in
Angamaly
Angamaly (''Aṅkamāli''), , Malayalam : അങ്കമാലി Situated about north of the city centre, the town lies at the intersection of Main Central Road (MC Road) and National Highway 544. MC Road, which starts from Thiruvanantha ...
, Kerala.
Guinness record for the largest attendance for a 3D fim screening
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Channels
Current programming
Soap operas/Sitcom
Reality shows
Former broadcasts
Award functions
Flowers television holds the broadcast rights to the following award nights:
* Flowers TV awards
* Flowers Music Awards
* Flowers Comedy Awards
* Flowers Indian Film Awards
* Kerala State Film Award
* Kerala Film Critics Association Awards
* Flowers Gulf Film Awards
References
External links
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{{Malayalam journalism
2015 establishments in Kerala
Malayalam-language television channels
Television stations in Kochi
Television channels and stations established in 2015
Lists of television shows