Sun TV Network

SUN TV Network Limited
	Sun Network headquarters
Company type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 532733; NSE: SUNTV
Industry	Media conglomerate
Founded	14 April 1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Kalanithi Maran
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people	Kalanithi Maran (Chairman)
Products	Broadcasting; publishing; radio; web portals;
Revenue	₹3,772 crore (US$450 million) (FY23)
Operating income	₹2,392 crore (US$290 million) (FY23)
Net income	₹1,707 crore (US$200 million) (FY23)
Total assets	₹7,777.68 crore (US$930 million) (2019)
Number of employees	1,451 (2023)
Parent	Sun Group
Website	www.suntv.in; www.sunnetwork.in

Sun TV Network is an Indian Media conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels in multiple languages and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV.^{[citation needed]}

Owned channels

On air channels

Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 37 TV channels (26 SD + 11 HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Hindi.

Language	Channel	Launched	Category	SD	HD
Tamil	Sun TV	1993	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	KTV	2001	Movies	Yes	Yes
	Sun Music	2004	Music	Yes	Yes
	Chutti TV	2007	Kids	Yes
	Adithya TV	2009	Comedy	Yes
	Sun News	2000	News	Yes
	Sun Life	2013	Classic	Yes
Telugu	Gemini TV	1995	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Gemini Movies	2000	Movies	Yes	Yes
	Gemini Music	2005	Music	Yes	Yes
	Kushi TV	2009	Kids	Yes
	Gemini Comedy	2009	Comedy	Yes
	Gemini Life	2013	Classic	Yes
Kannada	Udaya TV	1994	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Udaya Movies	2000	Movies	Yes
	Udaya Music	2006	Music	Yes
	Chintu TV	2009	Kids	Yes
	Udaya Comedy	2010	Comedy	Yes
Malayalam	Surya TV	1998	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Surya Movies	2005	Movies	Yes
	Surya Music	2013	Music	Yes
	Kochu TV	2011	Kids	Yes
	Surya Comedy	2017	Comedy	Yes
Bengali	Sun Bangla	2019	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
Marathi	Sun Marathi	2021		Yes	Yes
Hindi	Sun Neo	2024		Yes	Yes

Upcoming channels

Sun Marathi Cinema
Sun English
Sun English Cinema

Defunct channels

Channel	Launched	Defunct	Language	Category	Notes	Source(s)
Sun Action	2008	2012	Tamil	Movies	Replaced by Gemini Music HD	^{[citation needed]}
Gemini Action	2012	2013	Telugu	Movies	Replaced by Gemini Movies HD	^{[citation needed]}
Gemini News	2004	2019	Telugu	News	Replaced by Sun Bangla	^[3]
Suriyan TV	2012	2017	Kannada	Movies	Replaced by Udaya TV HD	^{[citation needed]}
Udaya News	2004	2019	Kannada	News	Replaced by Sun Marathi	^[4]
Kiran TV	2005	2013	Malayalam	Movies	Replaced by Surya Movies	^{[citation needed]}
Surya Action	2009	2012	Malayalam	Movies	Replaced by Surya Comedy	^{[citation needed]}

Film production

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 film Siragugal and Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen, and now Producing many big budget movies.^[5]^[6]

Television production company

Sun Entertainment is a television production company, which produces small budget movies for Sun TV Direct TV Premier, after movie released in TV it will available only on Sun NXT OTT App, also will be co-producing upcoming webseries for the Sun NXT OTT Platform and this dept also co-produced the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels.^[7]

OTT Platform

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.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sun TV Q4 net profit down 7% to ₹380 crore". The Hindu Businessline. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Sun TV Network Profit & Loss". Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
^ iromero (6 October 2023). "The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown". Gemini Observatory. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ Staff, T. N. M. (25 August 2017). "After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Sun TV bails out Endhiran". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Narasimhan, T. E. (13 November 2020). "Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "Don't miss out on the ultimate entertainment experience - switch to Sun Network today. | www.sunnetwork.in". www.sunnetwork.in. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

External links

[fy23-1] "Sun TV Q4 net profit down 7% to ₹380 crore". The Hindu Businessline. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[SunTVAnnualReport-2] "Sun TV Network Profit & Loss". Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[3] romero (6 October 2023). "The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown". Gemini Observatory. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[4] Staff, T. N. M. (25 August 2017). "After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[5] "Sun TV bails out Endhiran". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[Narasimhan-6] Narasimhan, T. E. (13 November 2020). "Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform". Business Standard India. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[7] "Don't miss out on the ultimate entertainment experience - switch to Sun Network today. | www.sunnetwork.in". www.sunnetwork.in. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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