Sun TV Network

Sun TV Network Limited
Public
Traded as BSE: 532733
NSE: SUNTV
Industry Mass media
Founded 1991
Founder Kalanidhi Maran
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people
 Kalanidhi Maran (Chairman)
K. Vijaykumar (CEO and MD)
Revenue Increase ₹2,703.80 crore (US$380 million) (2017)[1]
Increase ₹1,490.35 crore (US$210 million) (2017)[1]
Increase ₹979.41 crore (US$140 million) (2017)[1]
Total assets Increase ₹4,349.83 crore (US$610 million) (2017)[1]
Number of employees
 1,959 (2017)[1]
Parent Sun Group
Website www.suntv.in
www.sunnetwork.in

Sun TV Network Limited is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is Asia's largest TV network.[2][3] Established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanidhi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV, which was the first fully privately owned Tamil channel in India. Sun Group has owned Hyderabad-based IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2012.[4][5]

Products and operations

Television channels

Sun Network office in Chennai

Sun Group owns 33 TV channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[6]

SD channels
CategoryTamilTeluguKannadaMalayalam
EntertainmentSun TVGemini TVUdaya TVSurya TV
MusicSun MusicGemini MusicUdaya MusicSurya Music
MovieK TVGemini MoviesUdaya MoviesSurya Movies
NewsSun NewsGemini NewsUdaya News
ComedyAdithya TVGemini ComedyUdaya ComedySurya Comedy
KidsChutti TVKushi TVChintu TVKochu Tv
2nd GECSun Life
CLASSICGemini Life
HD channels
CategoryTamilTelugu Kannada Malayalam
EntertainmentSun TV HDGemini TV HD Udaya TV HD Surya TV HD
MusicSun Music HDGemini Music HD
MovieK TV HDGemini Movies HD

Sun Group plans to launch 7 new HD channels , re-brand 2 SD channels and 2 new SD channels. After this Sun Group will have total of 42 channels.

Upcoming SD Channels
CategoryBengaliMarathiKannadaMalayalam
EntertainmentSun BanglaSun Marathi
Classic (old films)Udaya Life (Re-branding of Udaya News)Surya Life (Re-branding of Gemini News)
HD channels
CategoryTamilTelugu Kannada Malayalam
Music Udaya Music HD Surya Music HD
Movie Udaya Movies HD Surya Movies HD
News Sun News HD
Comedy Adithya TV HD Gemini Comedy HD

Sun Group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines in Tamil. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy and was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Sun Network in 2005.[7][8] It is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi.[9][10] Tamil Murasu is an evening newspaper. The group owns the magazines Kungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam, Mutharam and Vannathirai.

Radio stations

The group owns 48 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Suryan FM and Red FM.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2016-17" (PDF). Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sun, Zee remain top on profitability charts". Rediff.com. 31 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Problems in Sun TV Network license renewal". kinindia.net. 2015-06-08.
  4. ↑ "Sun TV Network win Hyderabad IPL franchise". Wisden India. 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sun Risers to represent Hyderabad in IPL". Wisden India. 18 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Kalanithi Maran: Defying the odds". Forbes. 25 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Jeffrey, Robin (24 March 2000). India's newspaper revolution. C. Hurst & Co. p. 79,80,114,135. ISBN 978-1-85065-383-7.
  8. ↑ "Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper". rediff.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Judy Franko (13 March 2010). "Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead". exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "India's 15 most-read newspapers". rediff.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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