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 Sun Network headquarters | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| BSE: 532733 NSE: SUNTV | |
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 14 April 1993; 32 years ago (1993-04-14) |
| Founder | Kalanithi Maran |
| Headquarters | Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  ₹4,282.10 crore (US$510 million) (FY24)[1] |
| ₹2,613.11 crore (US$310 million) (FY24)[1] | |
| ₹1,925.8 crore (US$230 million) (FY24)[1] | |
| Total assets | ₹11,420.95 crore (US$1.4 billion) (2024)[2] |
Number of employees | 1,048 (2024)[2] |
| Parent | Sun Group |
| Website | www www |
Sun TV Network Limited is an Indianmedia company, headquartered inChennai. It is a part ofSun Group and was established on 14 April 1993 byKalanithi Maran. It owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel isSun TV.[citation needed] It promotes Tamil's to Fight for Tamil nation.
Sun Pictures is a film production and distribution company established in 2000. It is a part of Sun TV Network. It has produced the TV filmSiragugal andRajinikanth starrerEnthiran. It has distributed more than 20Tamil films starting fromKadhalil Vizhunthen, and now producing many big budget movies.[3]
Sun Entertainment is a television production company, which co-produces the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels to hold the ip rights for future with themselves and also produces small budget movies forSun TV Direct TV Premier, after movie released in TV it will available only onSun NXT OTT App, also will be co-producing upcoming webseries for the Sun NXT OTT Platform.[4]
Sun NXT is a global online audio/video streaming (over-the-top) platform owned and operated by Sun TV Network. Has more than 4000 movie titles and more than 450 TV shows. Sun TV network usually takes the movies digital rights of the ones which are telecasted in its TV channels.[3]
Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 36 TV channels (25 SD + 11 HD) across someIndian languages –Tamil,Telugu,Malayalam,Kannada,Marathi,Bengali andHindi.
| Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun TV | 1993 | Tamil | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| KTV | 2001 | Movies | |||
| Sun Music | 2004 | Music | |||
| Sun News | 2000 | News | SD | ||
| Chutti TV | 2007 | Kids | |||
| Adithya TV | 2009 | Comedy | |||
| Sun Life | 2012 | Classic | |||
| Gemini TV | 1995 | Telugu | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Gemini Movies | 2000 | Movies | Formerly known as Teja TV | ||
| Gemini Music | 2005 | Music | |||
| Kushi TV | 2009 | Kids | SD | ||
| Gemini Comedy | Comedy | ||||
| Gemini Life | 2012 | Classic | |||
| Udaya TV | 1994 | Kannada | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Udaya Movies | 2000 | Movies | SD | Formerly known as Ushe TV and U2 | |
| Udaya Music | 2006 | Music | |||
| Chintu TV | 2009 | Kids | |||
| Udaya Comedy | 2010 | Comedy | |||
| Surya TV | 1998 | Malayalam | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Surya Movies | 2017 | Movies | SD | Formerly known as Kiran TV | |
| Kochu TV | 2011 | Kids | |||
| Surya Music | 2013 | Music | |||
| Surya Comedy | 2017 | Comedy | |||
| Sun Bangla | 2019 | Bengali | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
| Sun Marathi | 2021 | Marathi | |||
| Sun NEO | 2024 | Hindi |
| Channel | Launched | Defunct | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Action | 2012 | 2017 | Tamil | Movies | SD | Replaced byGemini Music HD | [citation needed] |
| Gemini Action | 2012 | 2017 | Telugu | SD | Replaced byGemini Movies HD | [citation needed] | |
| Gemini News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced bySun Bangla | [5] | ||
| Suriyan TV | 2012 | 2017 | Kannada | Movies | SD | Replaced byUdaya TV HD | [citation needed] |
| Udaya News | 2004 | 2019 | News | Replaced bySun Marathi | [6] | ||
| Kiran TV | 2005 | 2017 | Malayalam | Movies | SD | Replaced bySurya Movies | [citation needed] |
| Surya Action | 2012 | 2017 | Replaced bySurya Comedy | [citation needed] |