Editing Kochi (section)

== Media ==
[[File:Akshara mandiram - ernakulam.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Akshara Mandiram at [[Marine Drive, Kochi|Marine Drive]]]]
Major Malayalam newspapers published in Kochi include ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'', ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'', ''[[Siraj Daily]]'', ''[[Madhyamam]]'', ''[[Deshabhimani]]'', ''[[Deepika (newspaper)|Deepika]]'', ''[[Kerala Kaumudi]]'', ''[[Janmabhumi]]'', etc. Popular English newspapers include ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The New Indian Express]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Pioneer (daily)|The Pioneer]]'' and ''[[The Deccan Chronicle]]''. A number of evening papers are also published from the city.<ref name="Evieningers">{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/15/stories/2003091500530200.htm
 |title       = Keeping Kochi updated
 |work        = The Hindu
 |date        = 15 September 2003
|access-date  = 2 June 2006
|url-status  = usurped
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050507005936/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/15/stories/2003091500530200.htm
 |archive-date = 7 May 2005
}}</ref> Newspapers in other regional languages like Hindi, [[Kannada language|Kannada]], Tamil and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] are also available.

A number of financial publications are also published in the city. These include ''[[The Economic Times]]'', ''[[Business Line]]'', ''[[The Business Standard]]'' and ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]''.
Prominent magazines and religious publications like the ''[[Sathyadeepam]]'', ''[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]'' and ''[[Vanitha]]'' are also published from the city.

Kochi houses several leading Malayalam television channels like ''[[Asianet Plus]]'', ''[[Flowers (TV channel)|Flowers]]'', ''[[Jeevan TV]]'', ''[[Mazhavil Manorama]]'', ''[[We TV (Indian TV channel)|Kairali We]]'', ''[[Manorama News]]'' and ''[[Reporter TV]]'' as well as major news bureaus of ''[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]'', ''[[Kairali TV]]'', ''[[Amrita TV]]'' and ''[[Doordarshan]]''. [[Prasar Bharati]] maintains its earth station and broadcasting centre in Kakkanad, Kochi. Satellite television services are available through [[DD Direct+]], [[Dish TV]], [[Airtel digital TV]], [[Reliance Digital TV|Reliance DTH]], [[Sun Direct DTH]] and [[Tata Sky]]. FM radio channels broadcast from Kochi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vipinmpd08.wordpress.com/all-stuffs/radio/ |title=Online Radio " Vipindas.co.nr |publisher=Vipinmpd08.wordpress.com |access-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227121346/http://vipinmpd08.wordpress.com/all-stuffs/radio/ |archive-date=27 February 2009 }}</ref> are [[All India Radio#South regional service|Rainbow FM]] (AIR) 101.9&nbsp;MHz, [[All India Radio#South regional service|AIR Kochi]] 102.3&nbsp;MHz, [[Club FM 94.3]] MHz,<ref name="Club FM">{{cite web |title=Club FM |url=http://clubfm.in/ |publisher=Club FM |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-date=15 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315065659/http://clubfm.in/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Radio Mango 91.9]]&nbsp;MHz,<ref name="Radio Mango Cochin">{{cite web|title=Radio Mango Cochin|url=http://www.radiomango.in/cgi-bin/fm.dll/FM/home.do?tabId=1&BV_ID=@@@|access-date=7 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312114947/http://www.radiomango.in/cgi-bin/fm.dll/FM/home.do?tabId=1&BV_ID=@@@|archive-date=12 March 2011}}</ref> [[Red FM 93.5]]&nbsp;MHz,<ref name="RED FM Kochi">{{cite web|title=RED FM Kochi|url=http://www.sunnetwork.org/redfm/kochi/index.asp|publisher=Kal Radio Limited|access-date=7 March 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707152436/http://www.sunnetwork.org/redfm/kochi/index.asp|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> [[Radio Mirchi]] 104.0&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="Radio Mirchi">{{cite web|title=Radio Mirchi Kochi Launches|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/radio/private-fm-stations/160418-radio-mirchi-launches-kochi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419155327/http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/radio/private-fm-stations/160418-radio-mirchi-launches-kochi|archive-date=19 April 2016|access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref>

Kochi is considered to be the hub of the vibrant [[Malayalam movie]] industry,<ref name="Mollywood">{{cite news
 |author      = Subin Mananthavady
 |url         = http://www.passlinebusinessmagazine.com/
 |title       = Mollywood comes to Kochi
 |work        = Passline Business Magazine
 |date        = 30 April 2011
|access-date  = 21 January 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130121192920/http://www.passlinebusinessmagazine.com/
 |archive-date = 21 January 2013
}}</ref> especially contemporary Malayalam movies. The rise of Kochi to the centre stage of the entertainment industry occurred coinciding with the economic boom of the last couple of decades. Many movies are shot in Kochi every year.<ref name="Movie shoot">{{cite news
| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Kochi-takes-centrestage-in-Mollywood/articleshow/17885745.cms
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426090200/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-05/news-and-interviews/36149497_1_mattancherry-trivandrum-lodge-young-filmmakers
| url-status=live
| archive-date=26 April 2013
| title= Kochi takes centrestage in Mollywood
| date=5 January 2013
| work=[[The Times of India]]
| access-date=21 January 2013
}}</ref> Kochi also has a host of state-of-the-art production and post-production facilities.<ref name="Filmmakers' hotspot">{{cite news
| author=G. Krishnakumar
| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/15/stories/2006091500800200.htm
| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411021324/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/15/stories/2006091500800200.htm
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=11 April 2013
| title= Filmmakers' hotspot
| date= 15 September 2006
| work=[[The Hindu]]
| access-date=19 February 2013
}}</ref><ref name="Megamedia">{{cite news
| url=http://www.postproductionbuyersguide.com/megamedia-films_12_15_08.php
| title=Megamedia Films launches post-production facility in Kochi
| work=Post Production Buyer's Guide
| date=15 December 2008
| access-date=21 January 2013
| url-status=dead
| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216162450/http://www.postproductionbuyersguide.com/megamedia-films_12_15_08.php
| archive-date=16 February 2013
}}</ref><ref name="Chithranjali unit coming to city">{{cite news
 |url         = http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article255393.ece
 |title       = Chithranjali unit coming to city
 |work        = The New Indian Express
 |date        = 6 March 2010
|access-date  = 21 January 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095733/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article255393.ece
 |archive-date = 4 March 2016
}}</ref><ref name="Chithranjali opens studio in Kochi">{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/07/stories/2010030750830200.htm
 |title       = Chithranjali opens studio in Kochi
 |date        = 7 March 2010
|access-date  = 21 January 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100514110731/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/07/stories/2010030750830200.htm
 |archive-date = 14 May 2010
|work        = [[The Hindu]]
}}</ref><ref name="Kochi sizzling onscreen">{{cite news
 |url         = http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1439876.ece
 |title       = Kochi sizzling onscreen
 |work        = The New Indian Express
 |date        = 29 January 2013
|access-date  = 3 February 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130526145345/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1439876.ece
 |archive-date = 26 May 2013
}}</ref>
Due to these reasons, major section of film personalities including of actors, technical experts and other related workers reside in Kochi.<ref name="Making the right move">{{cite news
 |url         = https://www.deccanchronicle.com/
 |title       = Making the right move
 |work        = Deccan Chronicle
 |date        = 10 October 2011
|access-date  = 21 January 2013
|url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130120125730/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/
 |archive-date = 20 January 2013
}}</ref><ref name="Kamal in Kochi">{{cite news
| url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=11528395&tabId=20
| title=Kamal in Kochi
| work=Malayala Manorama
| date=6 May 2012
| access-date=21 January 2013
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531112231/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=11528395&tabId=20
| archive-date=31 May 2014
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
There are over 50 [[movie theater|cinema halls]] that screen movies in Malayalam, Tamil, English and Hindi. The city hosts Kerala's first cine multiplex, at the [[Oberon Mall]] with four screens. Gold Souk Grande also has a cine multiplex operated by Q cinemas with four screens. [[PVR Cinemas|PVR]] with 9 screens is another national multiplex brand that has presence in Kochi and is based out of [[Lulu International Shopping Mall, Kochi|LuLu International Shopping Mall]]. [[Cinepolis]] at Centre Square Mall with 11 screens is the first international megaplex brand in the state. 16 more multiplex screens are expected in the city in the near future.

The district has the largest number of telephone connections in Kerala.<ref name="largest number of telephones">{{cite web
 |publisher   = Public Relations Department, Kerala
 |work        = Communications
 |url         = http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/industryinfra_main.htm
 |title       = PRD Kerala
 |access-date  = 19 February 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130425184054/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/industryinfra_main.htm
 |archive-date = 25 April 2013
}}</ref> [[Telephony]] services are provided by various private sector players like [[Aircel]], [[Bharti Airtel|Airtel]], [[Idea Cellular]], [[Hutch (Indian cellular company)|Vodafone]], [[Reliance Infocomm]], [[Tata Docomo]], [[Jio]], [[Tata Indicom]] and the state owned [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited|BSNL]]. All the private sector telecom companies have their headquarters for Kerala circle located in Kochi.