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Sun TV Network
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia, film production, distribution, telecommunication
Founded1992
HeadquartersChennai, 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
ProductsSun TV
Dinakaran
Suryan FM
Red FM 93.5
Sun Pictures
Sun Direct DTH
Spicejet
WebsiteSun 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.[1] Established on April 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.[clarification needed]

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 -
News Channels Sun News Gemini News Udaya Varthegalu -
Comedy Channels Adithya TV Gemini Comedy Udaya Comedy -
Kids Channels Chutti TV Kushi TV Chintu TV Kochu TV
Coming soon

up coming channels [2]

  1. SURIYAN TV
  2. SUN NEWS ENGLISH
  3. SUN TV R1
  4. SUN ACTION
  5. GEMINI ACTION
  6. SURYA ACTION
  7. SUN LIFE
  8. GEMINI LIFE
  9. SUN TV HD
  10. KTV HD
  11. SUN MUSIC HD
  12. GEMINI HD

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 1 2 3 4 5 6
Kerela 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 - - -
HINDI /OTHER New Delhi Mumbai Kolkata - - -

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/24sun-zee-tv-top-profitability-chart.htm
  2. ^ Sun Networks new set of channels to be launched soon

http://www.dinakaran.co.in http://www.tamilmurasu.org http://www.sunnetwork.org/suryanfm/

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