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| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India,UAE and United States,Europe by satellite TV |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Kannada |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sun Network |
| Sister channels | Sun Network Channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 June 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-06-01) |
| Links | |
| Website | Udaya TV Sunnetwork.in |
Udaya TV is an IndianKannada languagegeneral entertainmentpay television channel owned bySun TV Network. Udaya TV is telecast in several nations like India, someGulf countries and the United States. Udaya TV was launched on 1 June 1994.
Udaya TV was incorporated on 1 June 1994 as a private limited company engaged in television broadcasting with a registered office atChennai, Tamil Nadu.[1] It was launched by the chairman ofSun TV,Kalanithi Maran, and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.[2] It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.[2]
It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state ofKarnataka.[3] In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the bestKannada TV channel for 2001[4] It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel inVisakhapatnam.[1] It was a free-on-air channel until 1 August 2004, when it was made a pay channel with a subscription fee of Rs.18.[5]
In February 2006, the directors of Udaya TV wereKalanithi Maran, S. Selvam and Kaveri Kalanidhi. S. Selvam was also the Director of the Bangalore Bureau of Udaya TV.[6] In November 2006, its ownerKalanithi Maran merged Udaya TV Ltd. withSun TV Network along withGemini TV Ltd for IPO listing ofSun TV Network.[7]
Udaya News is India's firstKannada language News Channel owned bySun TV Network. it was launched on 5 August 2004 as (Udaya Varthegalu) and later renamed as Udaya News. the channel ceased its operation after 19 years on 24 October 2017 due to mounting losses and competition.[8] Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.
