Satyamev Jayate : Is Love a Crime?

The show is presented and sponsored by Airtel and co-sponsored by Aqua guard. Other associate sponsors include Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Skoda Auto, Axis Bank, Berger Paints and Dixcy Scott. The title sponsorship has been signed at around 16 crore (US$3.19 million) – 20 crore (US$3.99 million), while associate sponsors have paid 6 crore (US$1.2 million) – 7 crore (US$1.4 million). STAR India is reported to give exclusivity to its sponsors by not selling any advertising spots to any of its sponsors competitor's brand.[3] Aamir Khan has also asked various brand managers not to buy any advertising slots or screen any of his advertisements during the show, fearing the dilution of the show's impact.[15] The channel is reportedly being paid a sum of 10 lakh (US$20,000) for a 10 seconds advertising slot and had only 30 seconds of ad inventory left after the first episode went on air on 6 May 2012

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Satyamev Jayate : Does Healthcare Need Healing?

Star Plus organised a special screening of the first episode of the show in some villages in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh where the villagers do not have access to television. The initiative was said to have been taken to ensure the show reaches all over the country as it caters to the issues of the common man. The program was screened on May 6, 2012, during the same time when it was aired across the country, on community TV sets in villages like Bhingara and Kahupatta in Maharashtra, Chepa in Gujarat, Jhunkar in Madhya Pradesh, Tikeri, Lalpur, Sarauta, Khannapurwa and Maniram in Uttar Pradesh. Most of these villages are reported to have a population of less than 5,000.[13] Gayatri Yadav from STAR India stated that, "This is an important and relevant show for all of India and Star India is going all out to make sure that this show reaches out to all Indians even in places with limited or no TV connectivity." Based on the response to its first episode, the screening of subsequent episodes of the show is also being considered by STAR in a similar manner

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Satyamev Jayate : Big Fat Indian Wedding

The show telecasts on Sundays at 11 am IST. While the producers were high on showcasing it in the prime time at 9 pm,[9] Khan wanted to telecast it on Sunday mornings since the slot is commonly considered as "family TV viewing" in Indian Television, after popular TV shows Mahabharata and Ramayana were aired on Sunday mornings and were highly successful.[3] He was reported saying, "I wanted to telecast my show on Sunday morning. I want each family to watch the show and connect with it. We have watched Ramayana and Mahabarata and it used to come on Sunday morning. The shows created a different atmosphere."[10] He further added that, "I don't understand TRPs and GRPs. I have no idea how to calculate it! I don't care about it. It is important to reach out to the Indian audiences. If viewers want to see, they will see or else it is up to them."

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Satyamev Jayate : Child Sexual Abuse

Satyamev Jayate is the first show ever in the history of Indian Television to be aired simultaneously on a private channel network STAR and a national broadcaster Doordarshan. The show is also dubbed in several languages including three southern Indian languages viz., Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu, along with Bengali and Marathi. Apart from Star Plus, the show will also have simulcast on STAR World (with English Subtitles), STAR Utsav, STAR Pravah, STAR Jalsha, Asianet and STAR Vijay within the STAR Network and other channels including DD National and Eenadu TV.[3] Besides India the show also aired in over 100 countries around the world.[4] On the broadcast of the show, Khan commented, "This show is being launched on a large scale. I had to make complete use of this medium. This is a baby step in that direction."[3]
The show was also dubbed into Kannada, but was however not broadcast in the language, due to an unconstitutional, self-imposed and self-enforced ban by the Kannada Film Industry, which does not allow a dubbed version of any serial or movie to telecast in the state. The Kannada Film Industry, however, does approve Kannada remakes of the same.[5] After the first episode went on air, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray requested the Karnataka government to allow the show to be aired. On the issue, Thackeray commented that "This show must not be tied up in parochial chains or barred from the public. This is our view."[6] Khan also requested Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to allow the show to be aired in Karnataka.[7] However, the first episode in Kannada was later released into show's official site

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