Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter infrastructure, it was established on 15 September 1959. Doordarshan, which also broadcasts on digital terrestrial transmitters, provides television, radio, online and mobile service throughout metropolitan and regional India and overseas.
The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of the Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay channels. The Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited,, is a Hong Kong-based commercial broadcasting company operating multiple specialty television channels. The company is formerly part of the Fox Networks Group, and is currently owned by Disney International Operations since March 2019.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises is an Indian media conglomerate. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, mobile content and related businesses, and operates 45 channels worldwide.
CNA, which is an acronym derived from its previous name, Channel NewsAsia, is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by the country's national public broadcaster Mediacorp. It broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Singapore and as a pay television channel internationally to 29 territories across the Asia-Pacific.
9X Media is the largest Indian music broadcaster operating 4 music television channels and a Bollywood news portal – www.spotboye.com. The four music channels are 9XM, 9X Jalwa, 9X Jhakaas (Marathi) and 9X Tashan (Punjabi).
9XM is an Indian Hindi free-to-air music channel based in Mumbai.
The Walt Disney Company India Private Limited, known simply as Disney India, is the Indian subsidiary of the Indo Pacific region of the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reaching out to 9 out of 10 cable and satellite TV homes in India. The network reaches approximately 790 million viewers a month across India and more than 100 countries. Disney Star generates more than 30,000 hours of content every year. Disney Star is the largest television and entertainment network in India.
Ali Merchant is an Indian Actor, anchor, DJ and music producer.
Sunburn is a commercial electronic dance music festival held in India. It took place from 2007 to 2015, in Vagator Goa, India. However in 2016 it was shifted to Pune, Maharashtra. In 2019, the festival returned to its home town in Vagator, Goa. It is Asia's largest music festival. The festival is an amalgamation of music, entertainment, food and shopping. It was ranked by CNN in 2009 as one of the Top 10 Festivals in the world. Mayank Kataria is the major event promoter however the festival was incepted by serial entrepreneur Shailendra Singh,in patnership with Jt MD of Percept. Under his captaincy, the festival grew to be ranked the 3rd largest dance festival in the world, after Tomorrowland and Ultra as per the IMS APAC Business Report 2014. Spanning over 3 days, the festival has multiple stages with artists playing simultaneously.
Anish Sood also known by his alias Anyasa is an Indian music producer, songwriter and DJ. He is currently signed to English deep house label Anjunadeep and released his debut Gaya EP as Anyasa in July 2021.
TechZone is one of the largest aggregators, publishers and distributors of entertainment content on mobile in India. With Exclusive rights to one of the largest library of music and video titles, Techzone is the largest player in providing Bollywood content on mobile and also captures majority of the Tamil markets. With exclusive content rights for top brands such as Times Music, 9XMedia, UTV, Radio City, MTV, and more. Techzone also dominates the international music market on mobile in India and captures majority of it. It powers more than two-thirds of all Mobile Digital Entertainment content in India and internationally, and run the short code 56060 across all operators in India.
Mihir Joshi is an Indian singer, television anchor and former All India Radio FM Rainbow radio jockey.
Sangeet Marathi is India's first, Marathi language television channel that plays non-stop Marathi music. The channel is headquartered in Mumbai, India and is owned by Media Worldwide Limited, which owns three other music channels - Music India - a popular Hindi music channel, Sangeet Bangla - a channel that plays popular Bengali music and Sangeet Bhojpuri, which plays hit Bhojpuri music. As of December 2015, Sangeet Marathi reached approximately 11 thousand households across India.
The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India is a joint industry body founded by organisations that represent Indian broadcasters (IBF), advertisers (ISA), and advertising and media agencies (AAAI). It is the world's largest television measurement science industry body.
There are currently about 46 providers of over-the-top media services (OTT) in India, which distribute streaming media over the Internet. In fiscal year 2018, the OTT market in India was worth ₹2,150 crore. The streaming market in India is predicted to be worth $15 billion by 2030, with $12.5 billion coming from the video market and $2.5 billion from audio. The OTT market in fiscal year 2020 was estimated to be worth $1.7 billion.
Republic Bharat or R. Bharat is a free-to-air Indian Hindi-language news channel, launched on 2 February 2019. Arnab Goswami is the owner and editor-in-chief of Republic Bharat. It is also available on DD Free Dish. It is a sister channel of Republic World which broadcasts news primarily in English.
Zee Media Corporation Limited is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of news and current affairs, and regional entertainment uplinked from India via satellite television channels.
Jungo TV, LLC is a privately-held media company that owns and operates television channels and streaming apps founded in 2016. Jungo TV is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Diego, Mumbai, and Manila.
