Raj Television Network is an Indian satellite television network established on 3 June 1994 and is based in Chennai, India. It owns television channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Its flagship channel is Raj TV. It also has one Hindi Language channel named Raj Pariwar.
Prakash Raj is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several accolades, including five National Film Awards, eight Nandi Awards, eight Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards South, four SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and three Vijay Awards. Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, Raj's fluency in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, English, and Marathi has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema.
Udaya News was Kannada language's first News Channel and belonged to the Sun Network. The channel ceased its operation after 19 years on 24 October 2017 due to mounting losses and competition. Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.
Zee Kannada is an Indian Kannada pay television GEC that was launched in the year 2006 and owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is also being as the first mainstream satellite channel in Kannada.
Udaya TV is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. Udaya TV is telecast in several nations like India, some Gulf countries and the United States. Udaya TV was Launched on 1 June 1994.
TV9 Kannada is a 24-hours Kannada language entertainment channel in India. It was launched on 9 December 2006. The channel aires hourly news, analysis of major news events and interviews etc.
Kasthuri TV is a 24-hour General Entertainment channel broadcasting in Kannada-language. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, the channel is a part of Kasthuri Medias Pvt. Ltd.
Vijay Prakash is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. He is one of the judges for the Kannada reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada. He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film Beautiful Manasugalu.
Asianet Suvarna News is a Kannada news channel owned by Asianet News Network, a news media subsidiary of Jupiter Capital Private Limited. The majority shareholder of the company is Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is a Rajya Sabha member from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Launched on 31 March 2008, the channel was the third news channel to be aired in the Kannada language. The channel has telecast fabricated news and social media hoaxes on various occasions.
Colors Kannada, is an Indian general entertainment channel, owned by Viacom18 that primarily broadcasts Kannada language entertainment shows. This channel is currently available in India and the United States. On the success of this channel, another channel named Colors Super, which is also a general entertainment channel, was launched on 24 July 2016. In December 2020, Colors Kannada celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Raj News Kannada is a 24-hour Kannada news channel news presented by Chennai-based Raj Television Network in Karnataka.It is taken over by Shivashri media pvt ltd from January 2021.It is available on major DTH platform videcon d2h-2691,Tatasky-1658, Airtel-983. and all cable networks
Janasri News was a 24x7 Kannada news and infotainment television channel that was launched on February 18, 2011 with the tagline “Jana Mana Dani” which means “Voice of the people”. The channel was owned by Yash Broadcasting Industries Pvt Ltd. which was promoted by Karnataka Politicians Janardhana Reddy and Sriramulu.
Public Music is a 24-hour Kannada music channel presented by Public TV and Lahari Recording company. The channel went on air on 28 September 2014 and is based on Kannada culture. The piled up stock of Lahari Recording with every area of music is the main attraction.
Udaya Music is a Kannada television music channel, and is part of the Chennai-based Sun Network of Tamil Nadu. It was initially launched as U2 and later renamed as Udaya Music.
Star Suvarna is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The channel telecasts Kannada language programmes such as drama, reality shows and Kannada films.
News18 Kannada is a Kannada news channel from ETV Network and owned by Reliance Network 18, which went live on 20 March 2014. Initially, it used to be broadcast from the Hyderabad studio, until 2014 general elections, when the channel shifted its base to Bengaluru and set up five or six bureaus in the state. It was branded ETV News Kannada till September 28, 2017.
Dancing Champion is a Kannada dance reality show aired on Colors Kannada and streamed on Voot. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize and the title Dancing Champion. The judges of the show are Mayuri Upadhya, Vijay Raghavendra and Meghana Raj. The show is hosted by Akul Balaji. The show premiered on 8 January 2022.
