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World television premieres of recent Hindi releases, plus the all-day channels where an older favourite is nearly always halfway through.

Every southern language funds its own film channels, so a Telugu premiere and a Malayalam classic run in parallel on separate channels rather than taking turns on a shared one.

Film libraries that are close to impossible to reach abroad any other way, because streaming rights for these languages are sold regionally and rarely leave India.

The English movie channels as they're programmed for South Asian households: action, thriller and franchise catalogues running continuously, with Hindi audio available on many titles.

Drama and sitcom channels that run episode after episode, which is where a household tends to land when nobody can agree on a title.

Separate from the live channels: a library of 47,000 films and 9,000 series you start whenever you like, including Indian titles that never got an overseas streaming release.

The Indian sports networks carry the international tours and the domestic leagues. Big tournaments are produced with several commentary teams at once, so the same match runs on an English feed and on Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi channels.

European league football and the Indian leagues sit on the same sports networks, usually with an English feed and a Hindi alternative on the sister channel.

The seasonal competitions that rarely reach overseas platforms at all: kabaddi, domestic hockey and state-level cricket leagues, carried in Hindi and in regional languages while their seasons run.

For many families this is the deciding feature: parents follow the match in Hindi or Telugu while the children watch the English feed, on two screens, from the same subscription.

The big general entertainment channels in HD, where the long-running family dramas and the weekend reality formats live.

Every language runs its own prime-time slate, and they don't overlap: a Telugu serial and a Marathi one premiere the same evening on different channels.

Channels that play comedy clips and sitcom reruns continuously — what goes on when nobody wants to commit to a storyline.

Wildlife, science and history channels that carry Hindi and other Indian-language audio, so the same programme works for a child born abroad and a grandparent.

Every language has its own newsrooms, and in most of them news is the busiest genre on the dial — state politics, weather and monsoon coverage, and the nightly debate shows.

The same stories for anyone in the house who doesn't follow a bulletin in Hindi or Tamil comfortably, including a child born abroad.

The international broadcasters, worth having beside the Indian channels when a story involves both countries and the two sides report it differently.

Indian market coverage for anyone still investing at home. The trading day closes at 3:30 PM in India, which is 11:00 AM in the UK and 6:00 AM Eastern, so the closing analysis is there before the American day starts.

Animation dubbed into Indian languages. It is the rare form of language practice a child will ask for by name, and grandparents can follow it too.

Film songs and new releases on a loop. These are background channels by design: on while dinner is cooking or the weekend chores get done, rather than appointment viewing.

Live temple and gurdwara relays, bhajan and satsang, and Christian worship in Malayalam and Telugu. Most of it is scheduled for the Indian morning, which for North American viewers falls conveniently into the evening before.