Sun TV Network

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SUN TV Network Limited
Company typePublic
BSE532733
NSESUNTV
IndustryMedia conglomerate
Founded14 April 1993; 30 years ago (1993-04-14)
FounderKalanithi Maran
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people
Kalanithi Maran (Chairman)
Products
RevenueIncrease 3,772 crore (US$470 million) (FY23)[1]
Increase 2,392 crore (US$300 million) (FY23)[1]
Increase 1,707 crore (US$210 million) (FY23)[1]
Total assetsIncrease 7,777.68 crore (US$970 million) (2019)[2]
Number of employees
1,451 (2023)[2]
ParentSun Group
Websitewww.suntv.in
www.sunnetwork.in

Sun TV Network is an Indian Media conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels in multiple languages and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV.[citation needed]

Owned channels[edit]

On air channels[edit]

Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 33 TV channels (25 SD + 10 HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali.

Language Channel Launched Category SD HD
Tamil Sun TV 1993 General Entertainment Yes Yes
KTV 2001 Movies Yes Yes
Sun Music 2004 Music Yes Yes
Chutti TV 2007 Kids Yes
Adithya TV 2009 Comedy Yes
Sun News 2000 News Yes
Sun Life 2013 Classic Yes
Telugu Gemini TV 1995 General Entertainment Yes Yes
Gemini Movies 2000 Movies Yes Yes
Gemini Music 2005 Music Yes Yes
Kushi TV 2009 Kids Yes
Gemini Comedy 2009 Comedy Yes
Gemini Life 2013 Classic Yes
Kannada Udaya TV 1994 General Entertainment Yes Yes
Udaya Movies 2000 Movies Yes
Udaya Music 2006 Music Yes
Chintu TV 2009 Kids Yes
Udaya Comedy 2010 Comedy Yes
Malayalam Surya TV 1998 General Entertainment Yes Yes
Surya Movies 2005 Movies Yes
Surya Music 2013 Music Yes
Kochu TV 2011 Kids Yes
Surya Comedy 2017 Comedy Yes
Bengali Sun Bangla 2019 General Entertainment Yes Yes
Marathi Sun Marathi 2021 General Entertainment Yes Yes

Defunct channels[edit]

Channel Launched Defunct Language Category SD/HD availability Notes Source(s)
Sun Action 2008 2012 Tamil Movies SD 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 [3]
Udaya News 2004 2019 Kannada Replaced by Sun Marathi [4]
Suriyan TV 2012 2017 Movies Replaced by Udaya TV HD [citation needed]
Surya Action 2009 2012 Malayalam Replaced by Surya Comedy [citation needed]
Kiran TV 2005 2013 Replaced by Surya Movies [citation needed]

Film production[edit]

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 Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen, and now Producing many big budget movies.[5][6]

Television production company[edit]

Sun Entertainment is a television production company, which 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 and this dept also co-produced the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels.[7]

OTT Platform[edit]

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.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Sun TV Q4 net profit down 7% to ₹380 crore". The Hindu Businessline. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Sun TV Network Profit & Loss". Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ iromero (6 October 2023). "The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown". Gemini Observatory. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ Staff, T. N. M. (25 August 2017). "After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Sun TV bails out Endhiran". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b Narasimhan, T. E. (13 November 2020). "Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Don't miss out on the ultimate entertainment experience - switch to Sun Network today. | www.sunnetwork.in". www.sunnetwork.in. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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