SONY PAL - another GEC from Sony Entertainment Television

[SVK]

SONY PAL may have Raveena Tandon as its face - The Times of India

Sony PAL, the new soon to go on air general entertainment channel from Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd., may have a Bollywood actress to endorse its content during the launch phase.
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The channel is poised to take Indian television by storm with a positive and upbeat programming mix of women-centric shows backed by progressive storytelling, highlighting the struggles and victories of women in today's world.

So after Star and Zee, Sony also launching 2nd GEC (or 3rd if we count SONY SAB).

 

[SVK]

Sony Pal expected to launch on 1 September; Juhi Chawla to be the face of the channel | TelevisionPost.com

MSM has also roped in Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla to be the face of the channel. Earlier, media reports had suggested names such as Lara Dutta and Raveena Tandon.
Sources said that Sony Pal will primarily be a women-centric channel with a strong focus on small towns. “We are in the final stages of launch and all the formalities are done already. The tentative launch date for Sony Pal is 1 September,” a source said.
“Juhi Chawla is going to be the face of the channel,” he added.
The upcoming channel has already roped in top production houses to make shows for it. The list includes Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, Shashi-Sumeet Productions, Rashmi Sharma Production and Sphere Origins.

Women centric channel? then what are Star Plus, Zee TV, etc GEC doing?

 

[Sushubh]

women centric shows... hmm... we have male centric shows on tv?

 

[SVK]

I guess we can consider Anil Kapoor's "24" as male centric show
Or else we have IPL

 

[Sushubh]

CID I guess is a male centric show

 

[© Blackday]

lol....srsly women centric channel. I must go and watch Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi if it was meant for males :rofl::rofl:

 

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