Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd has entered into a tie-up with Sirasa TV ,the leading Channel of Sri Lanka’s , owned by Maharaja Group, Sri Lanka. SABTNL will be providing concepts and technical expertise and produce the programmes jointly with Sirasa TV, the company informed the BSE and the NSE today.

Sab TV is now a part of Sony Entertainment Television, it was re-launched with a refreshing new look and feel. In its new avatar Sab has moved from being a comedy-centric channel to a general entertainment channel. Sirasa TV is the Sinhala language channel, it has the highest gross rating points of any channel in Sri Lanka. The programme content comprises entertainment, news and current affairs.

Zee Telefilms to be named Zee Entertainment Enterprises as on one part of the process set in motion late last month by the Subhash Chandra promoted Zee Telefilms board to split its broadcasting business into three entities — news operations, broadcast and content creation, and Siti Cable — has been completed with the nomenclature of the new entities finalised.

Zee Telefilms will henceforth be named as Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel). Included under its ambit are flagship Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zee Trendz, Zee Sports and Zee Smile. On the other hand, ASC Enterprises Ltd, under which comes the group’s direct-to-home (DTH) businesses, will now be renamed as Dish TV Ltd. ASC Enterprise’s DTH service is marketed under the brand name Dish TV.

Last month, the company’s board had approved of splitting of its broadcasting business into three entities — news operations, broadcast and content creation, and Siti Cable. There is no change of name for the news operations company which remains Zee News Ltd. Under Zee News comes not just the news channels but the regional channels as well.
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Soap Queen Ekta Kapoor intends to take a year-long hiatus starting this June as she herself confessed in an interview. But even though she is gone, the show will go on.

We heard you will soon be gone for a long break. Is it true?
Yes, it’s true; I want to move base to New York for a year. Actually, in July I’ll first take off for a month long trip to Egypt and Europe and then head off to the US.

But why?
I’ve been slogging for so long! And had I planned it in advance, it probably would not have happened. I want to take time off to stand and stare at life. Please don’t make it sound like I’m moving away from television forever! It’s just a much needed break.

The company will carry on with business as usual. In my absence my mom and Nivedita Basu (Deputy Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms) will be looking after my company. It’s my company; I have taken years to see it where it is today. I can’t just give it up all one day on a whim and I’m not.

How did your parents react to such news?
To be honest, they weren’t completely shocked because they had an idea that I am going to take a big break soon, but they didn’t think I would stretch it to 365 days. In fact, some of my close friends weren’t shocked at all.

So how does (Ekta) one of the busiest women in the country, intend to unwind?
By reading at least a hundred books, to begin with!