[icernet] Gory scenes cut from reality TV shows

[Arul Selvan]

India's first 24-hour reality TV channel will go on air next week but 
hospital scenes with gory operations are being cut to accommodate local 
"sensibilities". "There are certain sensibilities involved in the Indian 
market," said Chris Sharp, managing director of Zone Vision, which has 
brought its Reality TV cable channel to India through Zee Turner. Zee 
Turner is a distribution alliance between Turner International (India) 
Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, and the Zee Group. Cable 
television reaches 40 million subscribers in India and is growing at 10 
percent each year. Zone Vision Enterprises, established in 1991, 
broadcasts its Reality TV shows in 16 languages over 110 territories, 
Sharp said. In India programming will be in Hindi. The encrypted 
channel, which has more than 1,000 hours of programming, targets 
audiences aged between 16 and 34 and showcases police work.


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