Mumbai is the most happening city of
India, where every moment is marked by one or the other event.
Bearing in mind that Mumbai lacks space for horizontal
expansion, skyscrapers and flat housing systems are defining the
infrastructure of this bustling city. Mumbaikars prefer using
local means of transport to travel around the metropolis, as
insufficient parking places and traffic bottlenecks don't allow
them to draw out their own vehicles. Thus, there are enough
means of transportation in Mumbai (Bombay). Getting around the
city just involves gaining entry in any public transport and
then, you are prepared to knock the roads.
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Mumbai has numerous
newspaper publications
and television and radio stations. Popular English language
newspapers published and sold in Mumbai include the
Times of India,
Mid-day,
DNA,
Hindustan Times,
Mumbai Mirror,
Asian Age and
Indian Express.
Marathi newspapers
include
Loksatta,
Sakal,
Lokmat and
Maharashtra Times.
Newspapers are also printed in other Indian languages with
Navbharat Times in
Hindi and The Urdu
Times Daily in
Urdu being the popular
ones. Mumbai is home to Asia's oldest newspaper,
Bombay Samachar,
which has been published in Gujarati since 1822. Bombay Durpan
- the first Marathi newspaper - was started by Balshastri
Jambhekar in Mumbai in 1832.Popular magazines are Saaptahik Sakaal, Lokprabha in
Marathi and
India Today,
Outlook in
English.
Numerous
Indian and foreign
channels can be watched in Mumbai. Mumbai households receive over
a hundred television channels via cable, and a majority of them
are produced to cater to the city's
polyglot populace. The
metropolis is also the hub of many international media
corporations, with many news channels and print publications
having a major presence. The national television broadcaster,
Doordarshan, provides two
free terrestrial channels, while three main cable networks serve
most households.
Zee Marathi,
ETV Marathi, DD Sahyadri,
Zee TV,
STAR Plus and news
channels are popular. Popular news channels entirely dedicated to
the city include Sahara Samay Mumbai.
Satellite television (DTH)
has yet to gain mass acceptance, due to high installation costs.
Popular
DTH entertainment
services in Mumbai include
Dish TV and
Tata Sky. There are
twelve radio stations in Mumbai, with nine broadcasting on the
FM band, and three
All India Radio stations
broadcasting on the
AM band.
Mumbai also has access to popular
Commercial radio
providers like
WorldSpace,
Sirius and
XM. The Conditional
Access System (CAS) started by the
Union Government in 2006
has met a very poor response in Mumbai due to the arduous
competition from its sister technology
Direct-to-Home (DTH)
transmission service.
Bollywood, the Hindi film
industry that is the largest
film producer in the
world, is based in Mumbai.
Bollywood produces more
than 800 films a year, twice as many as
Hollywood. It has an
audience of 3.6 billion people.Film studios in Goregaon, including Film City, are the location
for many movie sets. The
Marathi Film Industry is
also based in Mumbai.
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