Sun TV Network

Sun TV Network

Company type	Private
Industry	Media, film production, distribution, telecommunication
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served	27 countries including U.S.A, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, 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 Spicejet
Website	Sun TV Network Web site

Sun TV Network is an Indian media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, part of Kal Media Services, Sun Group. It has been named as Asia Pacific & South Asia's most profitable media corporations and the largest TV network. Established on May 14, 1992, 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. Its serials and soaps have generated the maximum TRP for viewership all over India, making it the most popular network of channels in India.

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.

History and ownership

Sun Network was founded by Kalanidhi Maran who is related to M. Karunanidhi, the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Products and operations

Television channels

Sun Network offers 20 television channels in four languages, generally targeting southern Indian viewers.

Television Channels
Category	Tamil	Telugu	Kannada	Malayalam
Entertainment Channels	Sun TV	Gemini TV	Udaya TV	Surya TV
Music Channels	Sun Music	Gemini Music	Udaya 2	Kiran TV
Movie Channels	KTV	Gemini Movies	Udaya Movies		Surya Action Coming soon
News Channels	Sun News	Gemini News	Udaya Varthegalu		Surya News Coming soon
Comedy Channels	Adithya TV	Gemini Comedy	Udaya Comedy		Chirithira
Kids Channels	Chutti TV	Kushi TV	Chintu TV	Kochu TV Coming soon

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1. SURIYAN TV
2. SUN NEWS ENGLISH
3. SUN TV R1

1. SUN ACTION
2. GEMINI ACTION
3. Surya News
4. SURYA ACTION
5. SUN LIFE
6. GEMINI LIFE
7. SUN TV HD
8. KTV HD
9. SUN MUSIC HD
10. GEMINI HD

Print media

• Dinakaran - (Daily Morning Newspaper)
• Tamil Murasu - (Daily Evening Newspaper)
• Kungumam
• Mutharam
• Vannathirai
• Kumguma Chimizh

Radio stations

Sun Network owns two Radio brands: Suryan FM and for other territories than Tamil Nadu, Red FM. Sun is one of the largest Radio broadcasters in India.

SURYAN FM 93.5 MHZ
Tamilnadu	TAMIL	Chennai	Trichy	Coimbatore	Madurai	Tirunelveli	Tuticorin	Puducherry

RED FM 93.5 MHZ
State	Language
Kerela	MALAYALAM	Thiruvananthapuram	Trissur	Kannur	Kozhikode	Kochi
Andhra pradesh	TELUGU	Vishakapatnam	Hyderabad	Tirupati	Vijayawada	Rajamundry	Warangal
Karnataka	KANNADA	Bengaluru	Mangalore	Mysore	Gulbarga
Maharashtra	HINDI /OTHER	Aurangabad	Pune	Nashik	Nagpur
Uttar pradesh	HINDI /OTHER	Lucknow	Varanasi	Kanpur	Ahmedabad
	HINDI /OTHER	Indore	Gangtok	Bhubaneshwar	Guwahati	Shillong	Jaipur
	HINDI /OTHER	Asansol	Jamshedpur	Bhopal	Allahabad	Jabalpur
	HINDI /OTHER	Rajkot	Vadodara	New Delhi	Mumbai	Kolkata

Other assets

• Sun Pictures
• Sun Direct DTH
• SpiceJet

See also

• Sun Kudumbam Awards