Vasantham, a TV channel for Singapore Indians

Singapore, Oct 20: A full-fledged Indian television channel was launched in Singapore inorder to cater to the growing demand of the audiences. Vasantham, mostly in the city state's fourth official language Tamil, will telecast from 3pm to midnight, Mondays to Saturdays, and 1pm to midnight on Sundays.

Channel News Asia reports that the programmes will include news and current affairs, interactive talk shows, a daily local drama and five movie slots weekly featuring Tamil, Hindi and Indian regional movies. More than 100 local artistes performed in a musical show at the launch of the channel on Sunday, Oct 19.

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