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Television transmission began in India from a makeshift studio in the Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi on 15th September 1959. A 500 Watt transmitter carried the signal within a radius of 25 Km. around Delhi. However, regular service with a news bulletin became a reality only in 1965.
After seven years the second television centre commenced service in Bombay. By 1975 TV service was available in Kolkata, Chennai, Srinagar, Amritsar and Lucknow. Colour transmission was introduced during the Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1982. Thanks to the technological developments, television is now a sunrise industry. The current manpower requirement of mass media industry is very large.

With the advent of Cable TV and affordability of Television sets in common households, the modern era belong to media and mass communication. The invasion of satellite channels is becoming instrumental in evolving a common culture and creating a global society, nonetheless, the new television services are spending heavily on the development of indigenous programmes