Sun TV Network
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Sun TV Network Limited is an Indian media company, headquartered in Chennai. It is a part of Sun Group and was established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran. It owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV.[citation needed]
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| BSE: 532733 NSE: SUNTV | |
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 14 April 1993 |
| Founder | Kalanithi Maran |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | ₹4,282.10 crore (US$500 million) (FY24)[1] |
| ₹2,613.11 crore (US$310 million) (FY24)[1] | |
| ₹1,925.8 crore (US$220 million) (FY24)[1] | |
| Total assets | ₹11,420.95 crore (US$1.3 billion) (2024)[2] |
Number of employees | 1,048 (2024)[2] |
| Parent | Sun Group |
| Website | www www |
Film production
Sun Pictures is a film production and distribution company established in 2000. It is a part of Sun TV Network. It has produced the TV film Siragugal and Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen, and now producing many big budget movies.[3]
Television production company
Sun Entertainment is a television production company, which co-produces the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels to hold the ip rights for future with themselves and also produces small budget movies for Sun TV Direct TV Premier, after movie released in TV it will available only on Sun NXT OTT App, also will be co-producing upcoming webseries for the Sun NXT OTT Platform.[4]
OTT Platform
Sun NXT is a global online audio/video streaming (over-the-top) platform owned and operated by Sun TV Network. Has more than 4000 movie titles and more than 450 TV shows. Sun TV network usually takes the movies digital rights of the ones which are telecasted in its TV channels.[3]
Owned channels
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Perspective
Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 37 TV channels (26 SD + 11 HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Hindi.
| Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun TV | 1993 | Tamil | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| KTV | 2001 | Movies | |||
| Sun Music | 2004 | Music | |||
| Chutti TV | 2007 | Kids | SD | ||
| Adithya TV | 2009 | Comedy | |||
| Sun News | 2000 | News | |||
| Sun Life | 2013 | Classic | |||
| Gemini TV | 1995 | Telugu | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Gemini Movies | 2000 | Movies | Formerly known as Teja TV | ||
| Gemini Music | 2005 | Music | |||
| Kushi TV | 2009 | Kids | SD | ||
| Gemini Comedy | Comedy | ||||
| Gemini Life | 2013 | Classic | |||
| Udaya TV | 1994 | Kannada | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Udaya Movies | 2000 | Movies | SD | Formerly known as Ushe TV and U2 | |
| Udaya Music | 2006 | Music | |||
| Chintu TV | 2009 | Kids | |||
| Udaya Comedy | 2010 | Comedy | |||
| Surya TV | 1998 | Malayalam | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Surya Movies | 2005 | Movies | SD | Formerly known as Kiran TV | |
| Surya Music | 2013 | Music | |||
| Kochu TV | 2011 | Kids | |||
| Surya Comedy | 2017 | Comedy | |||
| Sun Bangla | 2019 | Bengali | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Sun Marathi | 2021 | Marathi | |||
| Sun Neo | 2024 | Hindi |
Defunct channels
| Channel | Launched | Defunct | Language | Category | Notes | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Action | 2008 | 2012 | Tamil | Movies | Replaced by Gemini Music HD | [citation needed] |
| Gemini Action | 2012 | 2013 | Telugu | Replaced by Gemini Movies HD | [citation needed] | |
| Gemini News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced by Sun Bangla | [5] | |
| Suriyan TV | 2012 | 2017 | Kannada | Movies | Replaced by Udaya TV HD | [citation needed] |
| Udaya News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced by Sun Marathi | [6] | |
| Kiran TV | 2005 | 2013 | Malayalam | Movies | Replaced by Surya Movies | [citation needed] |
| Surya Action | 2009 | 2012 | Replaced by Surya Comedy | [citation needed] |
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