Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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| ZEEL | |
| Public BSE: 505537, NSE: ZEEL | |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | October 1992 |
| Founder | Subhash Chandra |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1] |
Key people |
Subhash Chandra (Chairman) Mufaddal Kaizar (MD & CEO) |
| Products | Broadcasting, publishing, cable, movie production |
| Revenue | ₹5111 crore (US$760 million) (2015)[2] |
| ₹975 crore (US$140 million) (2015) | |
Number of employees | 1,826 (2014) |
| Parent | Essel Group |
| Website |
www |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) is an Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[3][4] It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group. The company's founder and managing director is Subhash Chandra and its current CEO, Mufaddal Kaizar. The Company has 35 channels serving Indian content across India and 169 countries, with the latest being World is One News.[5]
History
The company was launched on 15 December 1991 and was previously known as Zee Telefilms until 2006, when it was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four smaller divisions. ZEEL currently operates over 15 different television channels, a cable company Siti Cable, a record label Zee Music Company, a production company and other businesses as well. It has expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK and US as well as Africa and Asia.
In 2002 ZEEL acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, they acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, ZEEL acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports.
In February 2010 ZEEL acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN Sports.
As of May 2011, Star DEN, (which is 50% owned by 21st Century Fox) brought 50% of Zee, making FOX own 25% of Zee.[6]
As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd (ZNL).
Fox also holds an approximate 30% interest in Tata Sky Limited which owns and operates a DTH platform in India. The Company has a 50/50 joint venture, Star Den, with Den Networks Limited to perform channel placement services in India. In May 2011, Star Den entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Zee Turner Limited and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (“ZEEL”) to distribute and market all channels owned by the Company and ZEEL, their respective affiliated channels and other third party channels in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
It also owns a music label, "Zee Music Company".[7]
Channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. currently operates the following TV channels:
| Channel | Details |
|---|---|
| ZEE hit | English News Channel |
| Zindagi | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| &TV | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee TV | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Cinema | Hindi movie channel |
| Zing | Hindi music channel |
| Zee Lamhe | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Action | Hindi action movie channel |
| Zee Classic | Hindi classic movie channel |
| &Pictures | Hindi youth movie channel |
| Zee Anmol | Hindi general entertainment Channel |
| Zee Smile | Hindi general entertainment Channel |
| Zee Cafe | English general entertainment channel |
| Zee Studio | English movie channel |
| Zee Aflam | Hindi movie channel with Arabic subtitles, It also shows the movies Dubbed in Arabic |
| Zee Alwan | Arabic general entertainment with dubbed Hindi serials, dramas and shows |
| Zee Salaam | Urdu (India) infotainment channel |
| Zee Telugu | Telugu general entertainment channel |
| Zee Bangla | Bengali general entertainment channel |
| Zee Bangla Cinema | Bengali movie channel |
| Zee Kannada | Kannada general entertainment channel |
| Zee Marathi | Marathi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Talkies | Marathi movie channel |
| Zee Punjabi | Punjabi general entertainment channel based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom |
| Zee Tamil | Tamil general entertainment channel |
| Zee ETC Bollywood | Hindi music channel |
| Zee Purvaiya | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Kalinga | 24x7 Odia News Channel |
| Sarthak TV | Odia general entertainment channel [8] |
| Living Foodz | English and Hindi food and lifestyle channel |
| Zee Q | Edutainment channel |
| Zee Nung | Broadcasts Bollywood films and Indian dramas in the Thai language. |
| Zee Bioskop | Broadcasts Bollywood films in the Indonesian language. |
| Zee Hiburan | Broadcasts Indian dramas in the Indonesian language. |
| Zee Magic | Broadcast Indian Drama, TV show and Bollywood Movies in French Language. |
| Zee Variasi | Broadcasts Bollywood films and Indian dramas with Malay and English subtitles in Malaysia. |
| 9X | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Stand | Hindi new movie channel |
| Zee ETC Punjabi | Punjabi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Jagran | Hindi religious channel |
| Zee Trendz | Fashion channel |
| Zee Gujarati | Gujarati Gec Channel |
| Zee Nepal | Nepali Gec Channel |
| Zee Butan | Bhutan Poplar Channel |
| Zee Live | International Channels |
| Zee Welle | German Language Gec Channel |
| Zee Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri Language Gec Channel |
| Zee Shop | Home Shoping channel |
| Zee Bandhan | Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Learn | Education Based Channel |
| Zee Living | Lifestyle based Asian fest channel |
| Zee World | English language Television Based Mumbai |
| Zee Bollyworld TV | Bollywood based News Channel |
| TEN 1 | Sports channel |
| TEN 2 | Sports based channel |
| TEN 3 | Sports channel |
| TEN 4 | Sports channel |
| TEN 1 HD | Sports channel |
| TEN 2 HD | Sports channel |
| TEN Golf | Sports channel |
| TEN + | Sports channel |
| Wion Tv | Gec channel |
| Zee News | News channel |
| Zee NZ | India Community New Zealand besed channel |
| Zee Documentary | News channel |
| Zee Business | Hindi business channel |
| Zee 24 Hours Business | English business channel |
| Travel Trendz | Travel based fist Asian 3D Channel |
| Zee Russia | Russian Gec Channel |
| Zee Cine | Bollywood Based Hits Movies Channel |
| Zee Sine | Philippines Local channel in Bollywood |
| Zee One | Secondly Germany 24 Hours Bollywood based movies channel |
| Zee Africa | it totally Affira based channel in Youth community |
| &Music | Bollywood Music Channel |
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Movie productions
In 2008, Zee Networks launched Zee Motion Pictures,[9] an independent subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises focusing on development, production, distribution and marketing of mainstream films multiple Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and Malayalam. Zee Motion Pictures also operates Zee Limelight.
References
- ↑ "Contact Us". zeetelevision.com. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ "FY2011 of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited". moneycontrol.com.
- ↑ Kohli-Khandekar, Vanita. "Q&A: Punit Goenka, MD, Zee Entertainment Enterprises". Business Standard. BusinessStandard.com. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ↑ "Contact Us". zeetelevision.com. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/zee-media-names-its-global-english-news-channel-wion-world-is-one-news_1865732.html
- ↑ "Earnings Report". FOX. 2013. p. 6. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Zee Music Company - Official YouTube Channel". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ ECONOMIC TIMES (15 July 2015). "Zee Entertainment acquires Odia GEC Sarthak TV for Rs 115 crore". Economictimes.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ Hetal Adesara (2 March 2008). "Zee Group launches two motion picture production banners". Businessofcinema.com. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
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