SS Music
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SS Music or the Southern Spice Music channel is a music channel (satellite television
) based in Chennai
, India
. It is a multilingual English medium channel and mainly airs Western Pop and music from Tamil
, Telugu
, Malayalam
and Kannada, though sometimes Bollywood
songs are played.
Several of SS Music's VJs have been successful in the Indian movie industry, including VJ Shriya. VJ Craig has also made a name for himself with his show "Reach Out", which is enjoyed by a number of Indian viewers and is currently hosted by VJ Rajeev.
A contest titled VJ Factor 2 was hosted in 2006 in order to choose three new anchors for the radio broadcast under the same name. In the end, the judges couldn't choose between the final four contestants and all four were chosen to be the anchors, even though one of the contestants was 16 and the age requirements were 18 and older. The broadcast began airing on February 18, 2006.
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
) based in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is a multilingual English medium channel and mainly airs Western Pop and music from Tamil
Kollywood
Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...
, Telugu
Telugu cinema
The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...
, Malayalam
Malayalam cinema
The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...
and Kannada, though sometimes Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
songs are played.
Several of SS Music's VJs have been successful in the Indian movie industry, including VJ Shriya. VJ Craig has also made a name for himself with his show "Reach Out", which is enjoyed by a number of Indian viewers and is currently hosted by VJ Rajeev.
History
In 2004, SS Music conducted a talent hunt, titled the "Fanta Voice Hunt", in order to find participants who could "popularise Pop Music in South India". The four finalists would then move on to make a music video album that would be given to leading film makers.A contest titled VJ Factor 2 was hosted in 2006 in order to choose three new anchors for the radio broadcast under the same name. In the end, the judges couldn't choose between the final four contestants and all four were chosen to be the anchors, even though one of the contestants was 16 and the age requirements were 18 and older. The broadcast began airing on February 18, 2006.