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Raj Television Network

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Raj Television Network Limited
Company typePublic company (BSE532826, NSERAJTVEQ)
IndustryMass media
Founded14 October 1994
FounderRaajendhran
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ProductsBroadcasting
Revenue69 billion (US$830 million) (2013)[1]
20 billion (US$240 million) (2013)
900.928 billion (US$11 billion) (2013)
Websitewww.rajtvnet.in

Raj Television Network is an Indian satellite television network established on 3 June 1994 and is based in Chennai, India.[2] 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.

In 1983, four brothers established a video cassette lending company named Raj Video Vision. In 1984, the group started acquiring rights for Tamil films. In 1987, Rajendra an integrated studio was opened by Raj group and were used by independent movie and TV serial producers. The group used the studio to export 35 mm films and teleserials to Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, UAE among others. Raj television network was established on 3 June 1994 with the launch of the Tamil channel Raj TV on 14 October 1994.

Raj News Tamil brings unbiased News & information to the Tamil viewers all over the world. It is a 24*7 coverage of latest Regional, National and World News in Tamil.

References

  1. ^ "Raj TV, Directors' Report". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Raj TV, Information". Retrieved 4 July 2015.