Sun TV Network
Indian media company
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::summary Indian media company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sun TV Network |
| logo | Sun TV Network.svg |
| logo_size | 100px |
| image | SUN network office.JPG |
| image_caption | Sun Network headquarters |
| type | Public |
| traded_as |
| | industry | Media conglomerate | | foundation | | | founder | Kalanithi Maran | | location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | | key_people | Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) | | products | | | revenue | (FY24) | | operating_income | (FY24) | | net_income | (FY24) | | assets | (2024) | | num_employees | 1,048 (2024) | | parent | Sun Group | | homepage | | ::
| name = Sun TV Network | logo = Sun TV Network.svg | logo_size = 100px | caption = | image = SUN network office.JPG | image_caption = Sun Network headquarters | type = Public | traded_as =
| industry = Media conglomerate | foundation = | founder = Kalanithi Maran | location = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | key_people = Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) | products = | revenue = (FY24) | operating_income = (FY24) | net_income = (FY24) | assets = (2024) | owner = | num_employees = 1,048 (2024) | parent = Sun Group | subsid = | homepage =
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.
Film production
Main article: Sun Pictures
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.
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.
OTT Platform
Main article: Sun NXT
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.
Owned channels
Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 36 TV channels (25 SD + 11 HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Hindi.
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| Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun TV | 1993 | Tamil | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| KTV | 2001 | Movies | |||
| Sun Music | 2004 | Music | |||
| Sun News | 2000 | News | SD | ||
| Chutti TV | 2007 | Kids | |||
| Adithya TV | 2009 | Comedy | |||
| Sun Life | 2012 | 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 | 2012 | 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 | |
| Kochu TV | 2011 | Kids | |||
| Surya Music | 2013 | Music | |||
| Surya Comedy | 2017 | Comedy | Formerly known as Chirithira(2012) (Sundirect exclusive) | ||
| Sun Bangla | 2019 | Bengali | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Sun Marathi | 2021 | Marathi | |||
| Sun Neo | 2024 | Hindi | |||
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Defunct channels
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| Channel | Launched | Defunct | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Action | 2012 | 2017 | Tamil | Movies | SD | Replaced by Gemini Music HD | |
| Gemini Action | 2012 | 2017 | Telugu | SD | Replaced by Gemini Movies HD | ||
| Gemini News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced by Sun Bangla | |||
| Suriyan TV | 2012 | 2017 | Kannada | Movies | SD | Replaced by Udaya TV HD | |
| Udaya News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced by Sun Marathi | |||
| Kiran TV | 2005 | 2017 | Malayalam | Movies | SD | Replaced by Surya Movies | |
| Surya Action | 2012 | 2017 | Replaced by Surya Comedy | ||||
| :: |
References
References
- (24 May 2024). "Sun TV’s PAT increases by 9 per cent in Q4 FY24". The Hindu Businessline.
- (25 June 2024). "Annual Report 2024". Sun TV Network.
- Narasimhan, T. E.. (2020-11-13). "Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform". Business Standard India.
- "Don't miss out on the ultimate entertainment experience - switch to Sun Network today. {{!}} www.sunnetwork.in".
- iromero. (2023-10-06). "The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown".
- Staff, T. N. M.. (2017-08-25). "After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses".
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