A generalist channel is a television or radio channel whose target audience is not confined to a particular set of people, but instead aims to offer a wide range of programs and program genres to a diverse general public. The term is mainly used in European countries; in other countries, similar terms such as "general entertainment" is used instead. In radio, this is sometimes referred to as "full-format programming" or full-service radio .
5-585: Colors Kannada (previously known as ETV Kannada ), is an Indian general entertainment channel , owned by Viacom18 that primarily broadcasts Kannada language entertainment shows. This channel is currently available in India and the United States . On the success of this channel, another channel named Colors Super , which is also a general entertainment channel, was launched on 24 July 2016. In December 2020, Colors Kannada celebrated its 20th anniversary. The channel
10-716: The channel is given by Manoj Sharma General entertainment channel Generalist TV channels focus on general entertainment. They also tend to put an extra emphasis on news programming, regarding the provision of news and information as part of their duty. Generalist channels as a whole are the most watched of all television channels. As of 2008, generalist channels were the most numerous among channel genres in Europe. There were 376 of them, followed by 324 sports channels, 269 entertainment channels and 238 music channels. Among HD television channels in Europe, as of 2011 and 2012, generalist channels were third most numerous, with
15-544: The ones specializing in sport and movies coming out 1st and 2nd respectively. A book published in 2010 cited a study saying that generalist television channels comprised 41 percent of global television market value and accounted for 70 percent of global television market volume. With the growth in popularity of television, generalist channels such as full service radio greatly declined in radio, and are now mostly limited to public broadcasting stations. Generalist and full-service multichannel television channels have been
20-454: Was launched on 24 July 2016, after the success of Kannada's leading entertainment channel, Colors Kannada, the primary Kannada entertainment channel of Viacom18 . The voice over for the channel is given by Manoj Sharma Colors Kannada Cinema is an Indian pay television movie channel broadcasting in Kannada language , owned by Viacom18 . It was launched on 24 September 2018. The voice over for
25-569: Was originally launched on 10 December 2000 as ETV Kannada and was promoted by Hyderabad's Ramoji Rao . It later became a part of Viacom 18 , owned by Network 18 , officially re-branding under the Colors franchise on 26 April 2015. Colors Kannada was the first GEC to start an HD channel in Karnataka . Colors Super is an Indian general entertainment channel , owned by Viacom18 , that primarily broadcasts Kannada -language entertainment shows. This channel
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