Television is a wonderful invention that man had invented. The word television is made of two words, i.e., Tele and Vision. Earlier the radio was popular among the people for enjoyment, getting information of some topics, and for getting first hand knowledge of current affairs, etc. But later on, TV got the popularity, because, in this very instrument we can see our favorite program, stars along with their voices, which was not possible in the radio.
Earlier there were black & white televisions available. But in the due course of time these were outdated and color televisions took their place.
Television has a vital role in today's life. As now days there are various channels, which can be seen on the television set with the help of dish antenna or through local cable operators, which are satellite channels. When there was limited channels on the television one had limited options to watch the channel and there was a lesser variety of knowledge available to him. But now with the different channels one can update his knowledge to a larger extent. As in the case of News channels we can see lot of discussions, debates and analysis of the different topics and news. In this course every politician, stars of cinema, players of different games, saints, social workers and representative of almost every section of the society is interviewed and they have to answer the questions of public, which they are not able to ask from them. In these types of interviews, one can even talk directly to the person who is interviewed by the anchors of that particular channel and can have his doubts over the issue and may clear them. While there are news analysis, which are very helpful for the persons having interest in that particular topic.
Same is the case with the discussions and debates on some current affair issues. These all programs are organized by a very good anchors which also have the full knowledge of the topics to be discussed in the interview or the discussions. It is also seen that there is a great competition among the different channels to become the most wanted among the public. In this regard they have a tendency to cast the best liked programs on their channels. Every channel keeps vigil on almost everything and if found any news to be given to the public, they do not miss the chance to be on the top to give the news. With this a common man has an advantage of getting all the News immediately after the occurrence of an event or incident.
The television is also used for the use of collecting money for victims of natural calamities like flood, earth quakes, tsunami, and famine, etc. Different channels organize different programs showing the big stars performing for the charity. This makes a huge amount for the relief of the victims. Earlier it was not possible to reach such a large number of public on same time and at different places.
These channels also use to telecast some cultural or musical events live, which we are unable to see otherwise but with the help of television we can see. It is seen that big musical shows, star nights, film award functions, big fashion shows, which different channels telecast are very much liked by the people. This is not possible for a common man to go in person to every event to see but it can be made possible through television.
One can also eye witness the big incidents, which unfortunately occurred like the death of Kalpana Chawla was witnessed by a large number of people, who was sitting to watch their heroine to come back to the earth after completing her mission but luck has to play somewhat in a other way.
Some of the news channels have the programs, which shows the criminals caught by their teams, government officers taking bribes and caught red handed by their teams and also opening some facts of the system, which are otherwise not known to the public. With these types of programs, there is a awareness of the system among general public. These programs have a great impact on the persons who are not performing their duties well or doing some wrong things while on duty like taking bribe of harassing the public. In these programs, one can call to the organizers and tell them the problem and the organizers help in overcoming the problem by their own way.
It is not there that one can get information on any one topic but one can get every field's knowledge by these news channels and can update his data bank. Current affairs, politics, sports, weather, ups and downs of the business, and national and international events, etc., are the main featured boxes on these news channels.
