ETV Network
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| Type | Broadcast, television and online |
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| Country | India |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Network 18 |
Key people | Umesh Upadhyay |
Launch date | 25 july 1995 |
Picture format | 480i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i(HDTV) |
Official website | www |
ETV Network is a network of satellite television channels in India, news and entertainment channels. It is based in Hyderabad, India.
History
The Hyderabad daily newspaper Eenadu (Telugu for 'today') started its own channel named Eenadu TV on 27 August 1995[1] The network later added regional channels in other Indian languages and built a large local news network. Ramoji Group divested its TV asset to TV18 in 2013.
In March 2015 Viacom 18 decided to rebrand five ETV regional general entertainment channels (Previously owned by Prism TV). They are ETV Marathi, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla and ETV Odia will be rebranded into Colors Marathi, Colors Gujarati, Colors Kannada, Colors Bangla and Colors Odia.[2]
In April 2016 ETV network added three more regional news channels catering to the audience of Kerala, Tamil Nadu Assam and North East under the brand name of News 18. The channels are named News 18 Kerala, News 18 Tamil Nadu, News 18 Assam NE.The flagship company ETPL launched four new television channels in November 2014 - namely ETV life - a health and wellness channel, ETV Abhiruchi, a cookery channel, ETV plus - an entertainment and reality channel, ETV cinema - a movie channel all four in Telugu language.
Network
| Channel | Language | City | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETV | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Plus | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Life | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Cinema | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Abhiruchi | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
| ETV Telangana | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Urdu | Urdu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV News Bangla | Bengali | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| ETV News Gujarati | Gujarati | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| ETV News Kannada | Kannada | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| ETV News Odia | Odia | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| ETV Bihar Jharkhand | Hindi | Patna | Bihar |
| ETV Madhya Pradesh Chatishgarh | Hindi | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| ETV Rajasthan | Hindi | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | Hindi | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| NEWS 18 PUNJAB Haryana/Himachal | Punjabi, Hindi | Chandigarh | Haryana |
| News 18 Kerala | Malayalam | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
| News 18 Tamil Nadu | Tamil | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| News 18 Assam/North-East | Assamese | Guwahati | Assam |
References
- ^ Shrivastava, K M (2005). Broadcast Journalism in the 21st Century. New Dawn Press Inc. p. 60. ISBN 1932705457.
- ^ "ETV re-branding to Colors". Retrieved 4 March 2015.