The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 900 channels of which 184 were pay channels. National channels operate in Hindi and English, in addition to channels in several other languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Kashmiri, Konkani and Haryanvi, among others. The Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
Sony Entertainment Television is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures.
DD Free Dish is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through e-auction.
Zee Marathi is an Indian Marathi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 15 August 1999 and was known as Alpha TV Marathi until 28 March 2005, when it was renamed as Zee Marathi. It is the first Marathi GEC channel. A HD version of this channel, Zee Marathi HD, was launched on 20 November 2016.
Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979. The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video.
Star Maa is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. It primarily telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Telugu films.
DD Metro also known as DD 2 was an Indian free-to-air television channel. It was launched in 1984 as DD2 in Delhi as an alternative to DD National. Later, it increased its coverage area by expanding to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. In 1993, the channel was rebranded as DD-2 Metro. On 3 November 2003, the Prasar Bharati Corporation replaced DD Metro with their new news channel, DD News.
Vishal Nayak is an Indian television actor. He has appeared in the shows Qubool Hai, Parshuram and film Second Marriage Dot Com.
Zindagi is an Indian general entertainment channel, owned by the Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). It also promoted itself as a television channel broadcasting short-run programming and as India's new Hindi entertainment channel, rather than on-going, indefinite serials.
Dangal TV is a free-to-air Hindi language general entertainment channel owned by Enterr10 Television Network. It was launched on 2009 as a Bhojpuri-language movie channel but was being converted into Hindi entertainment channel. Its programming consists of family dramas, fantasy, and crime shows.
Sony Max is an Indian pay television entertainment channel which is a sister channel to Sony Entertainment Television, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel started broadcasting on 20 July 1999 and is available internationally. It launched a HD simulcast version on 25 December 2015.
Republic Bharat is a free-to-air Indian Hindi-language news channel affiliation of Republic TV, launched on 2 February 2019, operated and owned by Republic Media Network, co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar. It is also available on DD Free Dish. It is a sister channel of Republic World which broadcasts news primarily in English.
Ullu is an Over-The-Top media streaming platform, owned and maintained by Vibhu Agarwal, founder and group CEO of Ullu and Atrangii. It is currently available for Android and iOS.
Manoranjan Grand is an Indian free-to-air entertainment channel that was owned by Manoranjan TV Group Limited. This channel airs animated stories and cartoon shows. Now it also telecasts Pakistani Serials from Sab TV Pakistan on Prime Time.
Ishara TV is an Indian Hindi language free-to-air general entertainment television channel owned by IN10 Media Network. The network's programming consists of family dramas, mythological shows, family dramas, romantic serials, thriller and crime serials. The channel is also available on DD Free Dish from 1 April 2022 on LCN 9.
Enter 10 Television Private Limited is an Indian mass media company headquartered at Mumbai.
Azaad TV was an Indian Hindi language general entertainment channel that was owned by Beginnen Media. This channel aired re-runs from other television channels and some original shows of their own. Azaad was also available on DD Free Dish. Azaad TV was shut down on 10 August 2022.
Dangal 2 is an Indian Hindi entertainment channel that was owned by Enterr10 Television Network. This channel shows repeated programmes from Hindi Entertainment Channel Dangal and acquired shows from the defunct Hindi Entertainment Channel Imagine TV. It is a free-to-air channel and was launched on 2 April 2022 by replacing Enterr10 Movies.
Nazara TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment television channel owned by IN10 Media Network. The network's programming includes family dramas, romantic serials, thrillers and crime serials. The channel is also available on LCN 5 on DD Free Dish.
