Sun TV Network facts for kids
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Sun Network headquarters
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| Public | |
| Traded as | BSE: 532733 NSE: SUNTV |
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 14 April 1993 |
| Founder | Kalanithi Maran |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Key people
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Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) |
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| Revenue |  ₹4,282.10 crore (US$730 million) (FY24) |
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Operating income
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₹2,613.11 crore (US$440 million) (FY24) |
| ₹1,925.8 crore (US$330 million) (FY24) |
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| Total assets | ₹11,420.95 crore (US$1.9 billion) (2024) |
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Number of employees
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1,048 (2024) |
| Parent | Sun Group |
Sun TV Network Limited is a big media company in India. It is based in Chennai. This company is part of the Sun Group.
Kalanithi Maran started it on April 14, 1993. Sun TV Network owns many TV channels and radio stations. These are in different languages. Its most famous channel is Sun TV.
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Making Movies: Sun Pictures
Sun Pictures is a company that makes and shares movies. It started in 2000. This company is part of Sun TV Network.
Sun Pictures has made TV movies like Siragugal. They also made the movie Enthiran with Rajinikanth. They have shared over 20 Tamil films. They are now making many big movies.
Making TV Shows: Sun Entertainment
Sun Entertainment is a company that makes TV shows. It helps create daily soap operas for their channels. This helps them own the rights to these shows.
They also make smaller movies for Sun TV. These movies first show on TV. After that, you can watch them on the Sun NXT app. Sun Entertainment also helps make web series for the Sun NXT app.
Online Streaming: Sun NXT
Sun NXT is an online platform for watching videos and listening to audio. Sun TV Network owns and runs it. It has over 4000 movies. It also has more than 450 TV shows.
Sun TV Network usually gets the online rights for movies. These are movies that have been shown on their TV channels.
TV Channels Owned by Sun TV Network
Sun TV Network runs 37 TV channels right now. These include 26 standard definition (SD) and 11 high definition (HD) channels. They broadcast in several Indian languages. These languages include Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, and Hindi.
| Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD/4K | Notes |
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| 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 |
See also
- Sun Group
- Sun Pictures
- Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Sun Direct
- Red FM, Suryan FM
