Sun TV Network
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Media, film production, distribution, telecommunication |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Area served | 27 countries including India, U.S.A, Canada, Countries in Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand |
| Key people | Kalanidhi Maran |
| Products | Sun TV Dinakaran Suryan FM Red FM 93.5 Sun Pictures Sun Direct DTH |
| Parent | Sun Group |
| Website |
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Sun TV Network (Tamil: சன் டிவீ நெட்வொர்க், Telugu: సన్ టీవీ నెట్వర్క్, Kannada: ಸನ್ ಟಿವೀ ನೆಟ್ವರ್ಕ್, Malayalam: സണ് ടീവീ നെറ്റ്വര്ക്ക്, Hindi: सुन टीवी नेटवर्क) is a Indian media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, part of Kal Media Services, Sun Group. It has been named as Asia's most profitable media corporations and the largest TV network.[1][2] Established on April 14, 1993, it created and owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages covering all Indian States. Its flagship channel is Sun TV which was the first fully privately owned Tamil channel in India when it emerged.
The company is owned by Kalanidhi Maran, who is the chairman and managing director who was recently awarded the CNBC Business Excellence Award in 2005. Sun Network had recently begun film distribution and production through Sun Pictures. In addition, is also provides direct-broadcast satellite under the service called Sun Direct DTH, a joint venture along with Astro.
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[edit] Products and operations
[edit] Television channels
Sun Network offers 32 television channels in four languages, generally targeting southern Indian viewers.
| SD Channels | |||||
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| Category | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | |
| Entertainment Channels | Sun TV | Gemini TV | Udaya TV | Surya TV | |
| Music Channels | Sun Music | Gemini Music | Udaya Music | Kiran TV | |
| Movie Channels | K TV | Gemini Movies | Udaya Movies | ||
| News Channels | Sun News | Gemini News | Udaya News | ||
| Lifestyle Channels | Sun Life | Gemini Life | |||
| Comedy Channels | Adithya TV | Gemini Comedy | Udaya Comedy | ||
| Kids Channels | Chutti TV | Kushi TV | Chintu TV | Kochu TV |
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| Action Movie Channels | Sun Action | Gemini Action | Suriyan TV | Surya Action |
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Sun TV RI (Rest of India) will transmit the same Sun TV content but specialized for the Rest of India i.e. all States other than Tamil Nadu and enabling the Advertiser to focus on specific geographical areas.
| HD Channels | |||||
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| Category | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam | |
| Entertainment Channels | Sun TV HD | Gemini TV HD | |||
| Music Channels | Sun Music HD | ||||
| Movie Channels | K TV HD | ||||
The following channels are planned:[3]
- SUN NEWS ENGLISH
[edit] Print media
- Dinakaran (daily morning newspaper)
- Tamil Murasu (daily evening newspaper)
- Kungumam
- Mutharam
- Vannathirai
- Kumguma Chimizh
[edit] Radio stations
Sun Network owns two Radio brands: Suryan FM[4] and for other territories than Tamil Nadu, Red FM. Sun is one of the largest Radio broadcasters in India.
| SURYAN FM 93.5 MHZ | ||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | TAMIL | Chennai | Coimbatore | Trichy | Madurai | Tirunelveli | Tuticorin | Pondicherry |
| RED FM 93.5 MHZ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Language | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Kerala | MALAYALAM | Kochi | Trissur | Kannur | Kozhikode | Thiruvananthapuram | - |
| Andhra pradesh |
TELUGU | Rajamundry | Hyderabad | Tirupati | Vijayawada | Vishakapatnam | Warangal |
| Karnataka | KANNADA | Bengaluru | Mangalore | Mysore | Gulbarga | - | - |
| Maharashtra | HINDI /OTHER | Aurangabad | Pune | Nashik | Nagpur | - | - |
| Uttar pradesh |
HINDI /OTHER | Lucknow | Varanasi | Kanpur | Allahabad | - | - |
| Gujarat | HINDI /OTHER | Rajkot | Vadodara | Ahmedabad | - | - | - |
| Madhya pradesh |
HINDI /OTHER | Indore | Bhopal | Jabalpur | - | - | - |
| HINDI /OTHER | Asansol | Jamshedpur | Guwahati | Jaipur | Bhubaneshwar | - | |
| HINDI /OTHER | Gangtok | Siliguri | Shillong | - | - | - | |
| with a 48.9% stake |
HINDI /OTHER | New Delhi | Mumbai | Kolkata | - | - | - |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "From cable TV to aviation biz, Maran’s march continues". Financialexpress.com. 2010-07-13. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/from-cable-tv-to-aviation-biz-marans-march-continues/645471/2. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/24sun-zee-tv-top-profitability-chart.htm
- ^ Sun Networks new set of channels to be launched soon, India.
- ^ Suryan FM, Sun Network.
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