Local TV Media Awards

Tata Docomo Media Awards were given away by Local TV Channel on Sunday evening (August 15) at Novotel Hotel. Chief Minister K Roshaiah was the chief guest of the award function. Other prominent guests were Geeta Reddy, K Raghavendra Rao, Ambika Krishna, Roja, Parthasarathi, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, Krish, Aswini Dutt, Kajal Agarwal, Madhurima, Mehar Ramesh, Dr KL Narayana, Ram Charan Tej, Ravi Prakash, Varun Sandesh, Sraddha Das, Madhurima, Swapna Dutt, Vishnu, Docomo chief Ramakrishna, etc.

Anchor Suma hosted the show. While Hemachandra sang a few of his popular numbers, Rachana entertained with her dance performance. Srinivas Reddy and Venu’s comedy show on media also attracted the crowds.

Addressing the gathering Chief Minister K Roshaiah said, “Right now there are lot of changes in the media. Once upon a time, we used to get the news a little late because they have to be printed in newspapers and then send to the market. But of late, we are coming to know the news next minute any incident occurs. This speed is due to media competition. Although it’s good in one way, it also creates lot of problems at some circumstances. It’s always better to reconfirm the news before they publish it. Right now there are lot of newspapers as well as various channels. Everyone are competing to provide the news as fast as they could. If talented are given such awards there is every scope to bring out more talent from them.”

Ram Charan Teja said, “I thank Local Channel for giving awards to media personnel. The responsibility for the news channels is increasing day by day. They are bringing out many hidden truths in front of the public. But due to that some unnecessary tension is being created. It would be fine if such tensions are not created among the general public.”

TV9 Ravi Prakash, who won the award as Best Entrepreneur of the Year said, “Although I am a professional journalist, with the intention of providing the right news to the public I started this TV 9 7 years ago. Gradually more than 10 news channels have come up. But due to lack of professional training, they are making lot of mistakes which is the main drawback in these channels. We are able to bring out many unknown problems in the society through these news channels. We are making efforts to take these news channels forward. We also established TV 9 in various states and are in the process of launching at overseas too. Even today there is lot of demand for newspapers. But the paper printing is causing lot of damage to the environment. Therefore we are experimenting to show the latest news in written content as well as in sound system in the news channels.”

All other winners also expressed their happiness on receiving the awards. Senior Film Journalist Mohan Kumar was felicitated in the award function

List of Award Winners:

Most Popular Newspaper in Telugu – Eenadu
Most Popular Newspaper in English – Deccan Cronicle
Most Popular News Channel – TV9
Most Entertainment Channel – Gemini TV
Most Popular Film News Presenter (Male) – Rajinikanth (TV9)
Most Popular Film News Presenter (Female) – Kalyani (TV5)
Most Popular News Reporter – Zakhir (TV9)
Best Show with Social Responsibility – Idhi Jeevitham (NTV)
Most Popular Fresh Face in TV – Roja (I News)
Most Popular Auto Show – Hot Wheels (TV9)
Most Popular Film /show – Big Screen (TV5)
Most Popular Title Song – Sravanti (Mana Advertising)
Most Popular Director – Manjula Maidu (Mogali Rekulu)
Most Popular Serial – Mogali Rekulu (Srikanth Entertainments)
Best News Best Talk Show Open Heart with RK – ABS Andhrajyothy
Most Popular Talk Show – Lakshmi Talk Show (24 Frames) Zee Telugu
Most Popular Reality Show – Aata (Omkar) Zee TV
Most Popular Actor – Indranil (Mogali Rekulu) Gemini TV
Most Popular Actress – Lakshmi Maheswari (Sravanthi) Gemini TV
Most Popular Supporting Actor – Jayaprakash Reddy (Krishnavataralu) Zee Telugu
Most Popular Supporting Actress – Sana (Toorpu Padamara) ETV
Most Popular Male R.J – Hemanth (Radio Mirchi)
Most Popular Female R.J – Bhargavi (Radio Mirchi)
Most Popular Male Anchor – Saikumar (Wow) ETV
Most Popular Film Anchor – Suma (Panchavataram) TV9 and (Super Singer) MAA TV
Most Popular Film Magazine – Superhit (B A Raju)
Most Popular Telugu Website General – Greatandhra.com
Most Popular Telugu Film Website – Idlebrain.com
Most Popular FM Station – Big FM
Most Popular News Channel With Best Look – Sakshi TV
Most Popular Entertainment Channel With Best Look – MAA TV
Best Entrepreneur of the Year – Ravi Prakash.