03-01-2018, 04:29 PM
TELEVISION
*Father of Television
Ans : John Logie Baird
*First Live telecast programme in Television in the world
Ans : Horse Race (Epson Derby, 1931)
*First advertisment in Television
Ans : Bulova Watches
*The first Television centre in India came into existence in
Ans : 1959 (as a pilot project)
*Television serials are also known as
Ans : ‘Soap Opera’
*Education channel started by IGNOU
Ans : Gyaan Darshan
*F.M service started by IGNOU for educational purpose
Ans : Gyaan Vaani
*The first general service started from Delhi on a regular basis in
Ans : 1965
*National Telecasters were introduced in
Ans : 1982
*The first live programme of Doordarsan was New Delhi Asian Games in 1982
*The first colour Television programme in India
Ans : The live telecast of the Independence Day speech by Indira Gandhi (1982)
*The first private owned channel (Hindi channel)
Ans : Zee TV
*The Satellite helped to broadcast victors T.V.
Ans : Edusat
*The first private channel in South India
Ans : Sun TV
*The first private channel in Malayalam
Ans : Asianet
*First Malayalam TV Channel exclusively for women
Ans : Sakhi TV
*The first private fulltime news channel in Malayalam
Ans : Indiavision
*World’s first free DTH service
Ans : DD Direct Plus (DTH - Direct to Home)
*The biggest television channel in the World BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
*BBC was started in 1922
*World Television day
Ans : November 21
Countries & Broadcasting Agencies
*Qatar -Al-Jazeera
*Indonesia -Antara
*Japan -Kyodo News
*China -Xinhua
*Nepal -Rastriya Samchara Samiti
*UK - Reuters
NEWS PAPERS
Calcutta General Advertiser
*The first Newspaper in the history of India
Ans : Bengal Gazette
*Bengal Gazette was first published in
Ans : 29th January 1780 (Calcutta)
*Bengal Gazette was also known as
Ans : Calcutta General Advertiser
*Bengal Gazette was started by
Ans : James Augustus Hickey
*The “Father of Indian Press”
Ans : James Augustus Hickey
