Company type | Public |
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BSE: 532733 NSE: SUNTV | |
Industry | Media conglomerate |
Founded | 14 April 1993 |
Founder | Kalanithi Maran |
Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) |
Products | |
Revenue | ₹3,772 crore (US$470 million) (FY23) [1] |
₹2,392 crore (US$300 million) (FY23) [1] | |
₹1,707 crore (US$210 million) (FY23) [1] | |
Total assets | ₹7,777.68 crore (US$970 million) (2019) [2] |
Number of employees | 1,451 (2023) [2] |
Parent | Sun Group |
Website | www www |
Sun TV Network is an Indian Media conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels in multiple languages and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV.[ citation needed ]
Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 37TV channels (26SD + 11HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Hindi.
Language | Channel | Launched | Category | SD | HD | 4K |
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Tamil | Sun TV | 1993 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
KTV | 2001 | Movies | Yes | Yes | ||
Sun Music | 2004 | Music | Yes | Yes | ||
Chutti TV | 2007 | Kids | Yes | |||
Adithya TV | 2009 | Comedy | Yes | |||
Sun News | 2000 | News | Yes | |||
Sun Life | 2013 | Classic | Yes | |||
Telugu | Gemini TV | 1995 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
Gemini Movies | 2000 | Movies | Yes | Yes | ||
Gemini Music | 2005 | Music | Yes | Yes | ||
Kushi TV | 2009 | Kids | Yes | |||
Gemini Comedy | 2009 | Comedy | Yes | |||
Gemini Life | 2013 | Classic | Yes | |||
Kannada | Udaya TV | 1994 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
Udaya Movies | 2000 | Movies | Yes | |||
Udaya Music | 2006 | Music | Yes | |||
Chintu TV | 2009 | Kids | Yes | |||
Udaya Comedy | 2010 | Comedy | Yes | |||
Malayalam | Surya TV | 1998 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
Surya Movies | 2005 | Movies | Yes | |||
Surya Music | 2013 | Music | Yes | |||
Kochu TV | 2011 | Kids | Yes | |||
Surya Comedy | 2017 | Comedy | Yes | |||
Bengali | Sun Bangla | 2019 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
Marathi | Sun Marathi | 2021 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes | |
Hindi | Sun Neo | 2024 | General Entertainment | Yes | Yes |
Channel | Launched | Defunct | Language | Category | Notes | Source(s) |
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Sun Action | 2008 | 2012 | Tamil | Movies | Replaced by Gemini Music HD | [ citation needed ] |
Gemini Action | 2012 | 2013 | Telugu | Replaced by Gemini Movies HD | [ citation needed ] | |
Gemini News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced by Sun Bangla | [3] | |
Udaya News | 2004 | 2019 | Kannada | Replaced by Sun Marathi | [4] | |
Suriyan TV | 2012 | 2017 | Movies | Replaced by Udaya TV HD | [ citation needed ] | |
Surya Action | 2009 | 2012 | Malayalam | Replaced by Surya Comedy | [ citation needed ] | |
Kiran TV | 2005 | 2013 | Replaced by Surya Movies | [ citation needed ] |
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