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Zee Tamil is an India
India
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-based satellite television
Satellite television
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 channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Zee Network, which carries broadcasts in Tamil
Tamil language
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 and other regional languages of India
India
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. As well as broadcasting in South Asia
South Asia
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, it also reaches audiences in Europe
Europe
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, the Middle East
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, Africa
Africa
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, East Asia
East Asia
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, Australasia
Australasia
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 and North America
North America
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. It is a part of the Essel Group
Essel Group
Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...

.

Cookery show Anjarai Petty, soaps like Jhansi Rani, Chinna Marumagal, reality shows like Solvathellam Unmai, nambinal Nambungal and TOP 10 are notable programs on Zee Tamil.
Popular Shows in Zee Tamil

Anjaraipetti
This show explores the exotic and authentic food of Tamil Nadu and takes viewers on a journey across Tamil Nadu exploring the various delicacies of Tamil Nadu.
Anjaraipetti has segments such as public cooking, tastings, instant cooking, tips, celebrities cooking and Amma Kaimanam.

Recently, to give a new look, segments were changed in the order of Enga Veetu Samayal, Uppu Puli Milagai, hosted by actress Yuvasri, Sattuputtu Samayal, Mooligai Virunthu & Kutty's Kitchen hosted by actress Shanthi Anand. Recently this show has crossed 600 episode.

Solvathellam Unmai

This show deals with real life stories of common public. People from different walks of life get a stage to emote their proble. This show is been hosted by famous news anchor "Mrs.Nirmala Periyasamy". This show is on air every Monday to Friday at 9-10 pm.

Nambinal Nambungal - Marumathin Marupakkam

Nambinal Nambungal was a successful show in Zee Tamil which shows the paranormal happenings around Tamilnadu. The first season had crossed 375 episodes. From November 21, 2011 it has been relaunched with actor Nizhalgal Ravi ancoring the show. Now this show bring about various Paranormal happening all over India.

Defunct on mio TV

SingTel
Singapore Telecommunications
Singapore Telecommunications Limited , commonly abbreviated as SingTel, is a Singaporean telecommunications company, with a combined mobile subscriber base of 416 million customers from its own operations and regional associates in 25 countries at end of June 2011 increased by 19 percent from a...

 confirmed that Zee Tamil would no longer be available on mio TV
Mio TV
mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel. It is transmitted through the company's SingNet broadband network via an IPTV service and uses Microsoft Mediaroom as its end to end software platform. It is a service that will allow multimedia content - including broadcast channels and...

's channel 32 from March 31 and was replaced by Jaya TV from April 1, 2011. At the same time Zee TV, Zing and Trace Urban were also removed from mio TV channels 39, 40 and 41.

History

Zee earlier launched a Tamil channel called Bharathi in collaboration with Asianet
Asianet
Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

, in 2000.

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