Sun TV Network

Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks.[2][3] Established on 14 April 1992 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, which was the first fully privately owned regional TV channel in India and the first Tamil TV channel in the world.

For the Canadian TV news channel, see Sun News Network.

Sun TV Network
TypePublic
BSE: 532733
NSE: SUNTV
IndustryMass media
Founded14 April 1992 (1992-04-14)
FounderKalanithi Maran
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people
Kalanithi Maran (Chairman)
Products
Revenue ₹3,388.03 crore (US$440 million) (2020-2021)[1]
₹1,453.22 crore (US$190 million) (2020-2021)[1]
₹1,520.41 crore (US$200 million) (2020-2021)[1]
Total assets ₹7,777.68 crore (US$1.0 billion) (2019-2020)[1]
Number of employees
1,352 (2021)[1]
ParentSUN Group
Websitewww.suntv.in
www.sunnetwork.in

Products and operations

Television channels

SUN Group currently owns and operates 33 TV channels (25 SD + 8HD) across Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali .

HD Channels
CategoryTamilTeluguKannadaMalayalam
EntertainmentSun TV HDGemini TV HDUdaya TV HDSurya TV HD
MovieK TV HDGemini Movies HD
MusicSun Music HDGemini Music HD
SD Channels
CategoryTamilTeluguKannadaMalayalamBengaliMarathi
EntertainmentSun TVGemini TVUdaya TVSurya TV Sun BanglaSun Marathi
MovieK TVGemini MoviesUdaya MoviesSurya Movies
MusicSun MusicGemini MusicUdaya MusicSurya Music
ComedyAdithya TVGemini ComedyUdaya ComedySurya Comedy
KidsChutti TVKushi TVChintu TVKochu TV
NewsSun News
Defunct Channels
NameCategoryLanguage Notes
Sun ActionMoviesTamil Replaced by HD Channels in 2016-2017
Gemini ActionTelugu Replaced by HD channels in 2016-2017
Surya ActionMalayalam Replaced by Surya Comedy
Suriyan TVKannada Replaced by HD channels in 2016-2017
Gemini NewsNewsTelugu Replaced by Sun Bangla
Udaya NewsKannada Replaced by Sun Marathi

Film production

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 Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen, and now Producing many big budget movies.[4][5]

Television production company

Sun Entertainment is television production company, which 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 and this dept also co-produced the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels.

OTT Platform

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.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Sun TV Network Profit & Loss". Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. "Sun, Zee remain top on profitability charts". Rediff.com. 31 December 2013.
  3. "Problems in Sun TV Network license renewal". kinindia.net. 8 June 2015.
  4. "Sun TV bails out Endhiran". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. Narasimhan, T. E. (13 November 2020). "Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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