TV Network for India

Ashvin Dhyriam, director of GoodNews Television in India, announced a plan to launch a 24-hour “value-based” television network in India in 2007.

GoodNews Television is a production company that Dhyriam and his father started in 1995.

“The main aim and vision of GoodNews Television is to package and present gospel programs of the love of Jesus in secular stations so that people can reach out,” said Dhyriam. “We are currently buying time on 14 leading secular stations, and we produce on an average about 800 half-hour programs per month.”

GoodNews Television programs are produced for both Christian and non-Christian viewers. Dhyriam said one of the goals of the ministry is to train young people in TV production, “So GoodNews Television in collaboration with Loyola College, a premier institute of learning, offers a comprehensive practical training in TV technology” with 20 students now being trained.

He added that there are millions of viewers in the Gulf region, South East Asia, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Sri Lanka and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.