Marathi-language television

The Marathi language television industry was started in India in 1984. Although earlier confined to a half an hour slot in the national television Doordarshan, the industry has now expanded with many commercial TV channels currently on air. Various dedicated categories like news and movies have been added and have considerably expanded the horizon of Marathi TV entertainment.

Main articles: Television in India and Lists of television stations in India

Indian television
Main articles:
Nationwide
Regional
Niche

News
Main article: List of news channels in India

The Marathi Television got its first round-the-clock news channel in the form of Saam TV in the year 2008 leading marathi News channel in the state. Nilesh Khare is the Channel Head and Editor of the channel since 2018, Zee 24 Taas in the year 2007. STAR TV launched its Marathi news channel Star Majha in June 2007, which was later named as ABP Majha from 1 June 2012. Network 18 and Lokmat together formed a joint venture to launch IBN Lokmat in 2008. In 2009, TV9 Maharashtra launched. On 1 May 2013 another channel launched, namely Jai Maharashtra, by Mumbai-based media group Sahana Films.

Film channels

Marathi got its first round-the-clock Marathi movie channel in the form of Zee Talkies[1] in November 2007.

Music channels

9x Jhakaas was the first 24-hour Marathi music TV channel, launched on 31 October 2011.

Sangeet Marathi another brand New Marathi music channel launched on 18 September 2015

List of Marathi television channels

Govt. owned channels

There is currently 1 Government owned Television Stations in Marathi - DD Sahyadri

Channel Genre Launch Owned By Broadcast By Availability on DTH Platforms
DD Sahyadri Govt. Owned TV Channel 1972 Prasar Bharati Doordarshan ALL

General Entertainment Channels (GEC)

There are currently 6 General Entertainment channels in Marathi.

Channel Genre Launch Parent Company Remarks
Zee Marathi GEC 1990 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Launched as Alpha Marathi in 1999 then renamed as Zee Marathi, first 24 Hr Marathi GEC
Colors Marathi GEC 2000 Viacom 18 Launched as ETV Marathi, later renamed as Colors Marathi after acquisition by Viacom 18
Star Pravah GEC 2008 Star India Second Individual venture Regional Channel by Star after Bengali GEC Star Jalsha
Sony Marathi GEC 2018 Sony Pictures Networks India 2nd Regional GEC By SONY, and First GEC from Sony in Marathi
Zee Yuva GEC 2016 Zee Entertainment Enterprises 2nd Marathi GEC by ZEE and First Youth Centric Regional Channel
Fakt Marathi GEC 2011 Enterr 10 Television Pvt. Ltd. Launched in 2011 as Aapla Talkies : Movie Channel, later re-branded as Fakt Marathi, In 2019 revamped as GEC

Entertainment

Movies

Music

News and current affairs

Sports

Kids

Information
  • Discovery Channel -Marathi Audio Feed

High-definition channels
Main article: List of HD channels in India

There are currently 4 High-Definition channels in Marathi.

Channel Genre Launch Broadcast Video Audio Parent Company
Colors Marathi HD GEC 1 May 2016 Own Schedule Full HD Dolby Digital | 7.1 Viacom 18
Star Pravah HD GEC 1 May 2016 Own Schedule Full HD Dolby Digital Plus | 7.1 Star India
Zee Marathi HD GEC 20 Nov 2016 Own Schedule Full HD

Dolby Digital| | 7.1

 Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Zee Talkies HD Movies 15 Oct 2016 Own Schedule Full HD Dolby Digital | 7.1 Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Top five Marathi channels in India

This is a list of top five Marathi Channels in India as per BARC ratings. This data is generated weekly based on number of impressions measured per channel.

Rank Channel Name Weekly Impressions (000s)
Week 10 (2020)
1 Zee Marathi 367939
2 Colors Marathi 276930
3 Star Pravah 192027
4 Zee Talkies 176500
5 Sony Marathi 105980

See also

References
  1. "ZEE Talkies Official Website". Zeetalkies.tv. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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