(4 March 2009 4:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Mahuaa, India’s first Bhojpuri general entertainment channel, is now available on DTH platform Dish TV.

Mahuaa channel has programmes across genres such as comedy, drama, action and thriller.

Dish TV notes that Bhojpuri is one of the widely spoken languages in the country and around 70 million people in Uttar Pradesh and 80 million people in Bihar speak Bhojpuri as their first or second language.

Dish TV COO Salil Kapoor says, “At Dish TV, we are always innovating and exploring new opportunities to bring wholesome entertainment to the masses. We are delighted to add Mahuaa, the leading Bhojpuri channel on the largest DTH platform with five million subscribers."