Sun TV Network

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Sun TV Network Limited
Public (BSE: 532733, NSE: SUNTV)
Industry Mass media
Founded 1993
Founder Kalanidhi Maran
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people
 Kalanidhi Maran (Chairman)
K. Vijaykumar (CEO and MD)
Products Broadcasting, publishing, satellite television, Internet and movie production
Revenue ₹22.31 billion (US$330 million) (2014)[1]
₹7.45 billion (US$110 million) (2014)
Number of employees
 1,908 (2011)
Parent Sun Group
Website www.suntv.in
www.sunnetwork.in

Sun TV Network Limited is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is Asia's largest TV network.[2][3] Established on 13 April 1993 by Kalanidhi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV, which was the first fully privately owned Tamil channel in India. Sun Group owns Hyderabad-based IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2012.[4][5]

Products and operations

Television channels

Sun Network office in Chennai

Sun Group owns 33 TV Channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[6]

SD channels
Category Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam
Entertainment Sun TV Gemini TV Udaya TV Surya TV
Music Sun Music Gemini Music Udaya Music Surya Music
Movie K TV Gemini Movies Udaya Movies Kiran Tv
News Sun News Gemini News Udaya News
History Sun Life Gemini Life
Comedy Adithya TV Gemini Comedy Udaya Comedy Chirithira
Kids Chutti TV Kushi TV Chintu TV Kochu Tv
Action Sun Action Gemini Action Suriyan TV Surya Action
HD channels
Category Tamil Telugu
Entertainment Sun TV HD Gemini TV HD
Music Sun Music HD
Movie K TV HD

Print media

Sun Group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines in Tamil. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy and was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Sun Network in 2005.[7][8] It is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi.[9][10] Tamil Murasu is an evening newspaper. The group owns magazines Kungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam, Mutharam and Vannathirai.

Radio stations

The group owns 48 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Suryan FM and Red FM.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FY 2012 Sun TV Network
  2. ↑ "Sun, Zee remain top on profitability charts". Rediff.com. 31 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Problems in Sun TV Network license renewal". kinindia.net. 2015-06-08.
  4. ↑ "Sun TV Network win Hyderabad IPL franchise". Wisden India. 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sun Risers to represent Hyderabad in IPL". Wisden India. 18 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Kalanithi Maran: Defying the odds". Forbes. 25 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Jeffrey, Robin (24 March 2000). India's newspaper revolution. C. Hurst & Co. p. 79,80,114,135. ISBN 978-1-85065-383-7.
  8. ↑ "Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper". rediff.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Judy Franko (13 March 2010). "Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead". exchange4media.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "India's 15 most-read newspapers". rediff.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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