Kkusum nominated for 'favourite drama' on Cable TV Awards in UK

Kkusum nominated for 'favourite drama' on Cable TV Awards in UK

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Kkusum, the long suffering soap on Sony has made it to the nominations for the 'favourite drama on cable' in the fifth edition of the Cable TV Awards for viewers in the UK.

Presented by Scorpio Multimedia, publishers of Cable Guide also sees the

Big three broadcasters of Indian television - Star, Zee and Sony competing in the 'Favourite International Channel' category.

Kkusum locks horns with ER (E4), Dream Team (Sky One), Judging Amy (Hallmark), Now And Again (Sci Fi) and Coronation Street (ITV2). Favourite children's/teen channel sees kids' channel Cartoon Network going head to head with Disney Channel, Fox Kids, Nickelodeon and Toon Disney.

B4U pops up in the 'favourite film channel' along with TCM which was replaced by Cartoon Network in India a while ago. Star News, the Indian news channel of the Star group competes in the 'favourite news channel' category, pitted against the the world's major news broadcasters BBC and CNN.

Nikki Bedi, who hosts 'The Studio News' has been nominated for 'Favourite Presenter on Cable' (first run). Bedi reviews the latest cinematic releases in the UK and across the world on the show every week. 'Cable Guide's International Star of Stars Special' sees Jennifer Aniston of 'Friends' fame and 'Soprano' James Gandolfini compete. Both air in the UK on E4, while in India they air on Zee English.

Online votes can be cast by UK citizens for the awards on http://www.cableguide.co.uk/awards/. Polling ends on 8 July.