NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry is keeping a check on all the international channels that are downlinking in India.

The ministry sources told indiantelevision.com that the Electronic Media Monitoring Cell (EMMC) is closely monitoring all the 89 channels from abroad which had so far been permitted to downlink in India.

Of these channels, 33 channels are beaming exclusively in English while another 33 are beaming in English, Hindi and one or more regional languages.

While 15 are beaming in English and Hindi, two channels are in Japanese and English, two in French, and one each in Korean-English, German-English, Tamil, and Hindi.

Since the channels are beamed by companies having a registered office in India, they are also covered under the Cable TV Networks (Regulations) Act 1995, the Inter-Ministerial Committee which is empowered to act on complaints as well as suo motu, and the self-regulation mechanisms of the private channels - the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council, and the News Broadcasting Regulatory Authority.

MUMBAI: Travel and lifestyle channel, Fox Traveller, will start a 24-hour Bengali language feed starting 15 January next year.

Presently the Bangla feed is available for four hours during primetime (8-12 pm). The channel believes that with this development Fox Traveller will be able to reinforce connect with Bengali speaking audiences.

Fox International Channels VP - marketing Debarpita Banerjee said, "Bengalis love the good life- full of food, music, art, travel, and we have plenty of glimpses of this kind of a lifestyle on Fox Traveller. The channel believes that only showcasing destinations are pass? and unfolds stories that make a journey beautiful and fun. And now the bangla feed will enable us to capture the lyricism of this language and build it into our content, bringing it closer to the audience."

The channel will now be available in Bengali feed along with Hindi, English and Tamil across all DTH platforms and through and cable network operators.