 Murasoli Maran Towers inChennai | |
| Company type | Corporate group |
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| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 1992; 33 years ago (1992) |
| Headquarters | Murasoli Maran Towers,Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Owner | Kalanithi Maran |
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| Website | www |
Sun Group is an Indianmedia conglomerate, based inChennai.[1][2] It was founded byKalanithi Maran in 1992.[3] The Sun Group, besides television media, operates 48 FM radio stations,[4] two daily newspapers, five magazines, a DTH satellite service andT20 cricket franchises.
In 1990, Kalanithi Maran started a monthly video (VHS) news magazine in Tamil calledPoomaalai.Sun TV is the first and flagship channel of the group started on 14 April 1993.[5][6][7][8] Sun TV was listed on theBombay Stock Exchange on 24 April 2006 upon raising $133 million.[9] Sun Group ownsSun TV Network's 37 TV Channels across fourSouth Indian languagesTamil,Telugu,Kannada,Malayalam, and the company's first step of TV Channel segment in North India isBengali language and in theMarathi language the company launched TV Channel on 17 October 2021, the Group's second step of TV channel segment in North India.
Sun Direct is aDTH service provider established in December 2007.[10][11] Sun Direct is the fourth largestDTH service provider in India as of March 2015.[12] From its launch Sun Direct DTH continue to be the Market Leader ofSouth India.
The group owns 70FM Radio stations acrossIndia broadcasting under the namesRed FM,[3]Suryan FM, Magic FM 106.4.
SUN Group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines inTamil.Dinakaran was founded in 1977 byK. P. Kandasamy and was acquired fromK. P. K. Kumaran by Sun Network in 2005.[13][14] It is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India afterDina Thanthi, back in 2010.[citation needed]Tamil Murasu is an evening newspaper. The group owns magazinesKungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam, Mutharam and Vannathirai.
Sun Pictures is a film production and distribution company established in 2000. It produced the TV filmSiragugal andRajinikanth starrerEndhiran. It has distributed more than 20Tamil films starting fromKadhalil Vizhunthen.[15][16]
Sun NXT is a global online audio/video streaming platform owned and operated by Sun Group's,Sun TV Network established in June 2017. It has more than 4000 movie titles including movies like Vijay'sSarkar Ajith Kumar'sMankatha, and Rajinikanth'sPetta. Sun TV Network is planning to invest more in its OTT Platform, Sun NXT, by making original web series and original OTT movies from mid-2022.[16]
Sun Entertainment is Television production Company, which produces small budget movies forSun TV Direct TV Premier, after movie released in TV it will be available only onSun NXT OTT App, also co-producing all upcoming web series inSun NXT OTT Platform which are coming soon in mid 2022 and also co-producing the serials which are showing in their TV Channels.
Sunrisers Hyderabad is a cricket franchise based in the city ofHyderabad that plays in theIndian Premier League (IPL).[17] The team was bought byKalanithi Maran in October 2012.[18]Daniel Vettori is the head coach andPat Cummins is the captain of the team.They also own theSA20 cricket franchise theSunrisers Eastern Cape.
SUN Group acquired 37.7% stake in Indian low-cost carrierSpiceJet in June 2010.[19][20] In 2012, Despite the losses, Kalanithi Maran increased his stake in Spicejet by investing₹1 billion (US$12 million) in the airline.[21] In January 2015, the Sun group sold its entire shareholding back to the airline's founder Ajay Singh and transferred control.[22]
In 2018, the Sun Group donated ₹2 crore to support the relief efforts in thecyclone-affected districts ofTamil Nadu.[23]
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