Sun TV Network

Indian media company

For the Canadian TV news channel, see Sun News 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 (1993-04-14)
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)[1]

Operating income

|  ₹2,392 crore (US$290 million) (FY23)[1]

Net income

|  ₹1,707 crore (US$200 million) (FY23)[1]
Total assets|  ₹7,777.68 crore (US$930 million) (2019)[2]

Number of employees

| 1,451 (2023)[2]
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[edit]

Main article: List of channels owned by Sun TV Network

Sun TV owns 37 television channels across 7 different languages. 34 out of these 37 are in South Indian languages i.e. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, as Sun TV network is a South-India based network. It expanded its reached towards other regions by launching GEC channels in Marathi, Bengali and Hindi languages.

## Film production[edit]

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.[3][4]

## Television production company[edit]

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.[5]

## OTT Platform[edit]

Main article: Sun NXT

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.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Sun Group
* Sun Pictures
* Sun Kudumbam Awards
* Sunrisers Hyderabad
* Sun Direct
* Red FM, Suryan FM

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Sun TV Q4 net profit down 7% to ₹380 crore". The Hindu Businessline. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
2. ^ a b "Sun TV Network Profit & Loss". Sun TV Network. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
3. ^ "Sun TV bails out Endhiran". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "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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Sun Group

People|

* Kalanithi Maran

Companies|

* Sun Direct

Television|

| Tamil|

* Sun TV – Sun HD
* K TV – KTV HD
* Sun Music – Sun Music HD
* Sun News
* Adithya TV
* Chutti TV
* Sun TV RI (Rest of India)

|

Kannada|

* Udaya TV – Udaya TV HD
* Udaya Movies – Udaya Movies HD
* Udaya Music – Udaya Music HD
* Udaya News
* Udaya Comedy
* Chintu TV

Telugu|

* Gemini TV – Gemini HD
* Gemini Movies – Gemini Movies HD
* Gemini Music – Gemini Music HD
* Gemini News
* Gemini Comedy
* Kushi TV
* Gemini Life

Malayalam|

* Surya TV – Surya HD
* Surya Movies – Surya Movies HD
* Surya Music – Surya Music HD
* Surya Comedy
* Kochu TV

Bangla|

* Sun Bangla

Marathi|

* Sun Marathi

FM Radio|

* Red FM 93.5
* Suryan FM 93.5

Publications|

* Dinakaran
* Tamil Murasu
* Kungumam

Movies|

* Sun Pictures

Sports|

* Sunrisers Hyderabad
* Sunrisers Eastern Cape

OTT|

* Sun NXT

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Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Africa, Asia and Oceania

Cable|

* Asianet Digital
* Cable Networks Akita
* Cablelink
* DEN Networks
* Docomo Pacific
* Ethio telecom
* Fil-Products
* Cine Cebu
* Fil-Products TV
* First Media
* GMM Z
* Hathway
* Hot
* Inwi
* Malitel
* Parasat
* PPCTV
* Rostelecom
* Safaricom
* Siti Networks
* Sky Cable
* Sonatel
* TACTV
* Tokai Cable
* TransACT
* tn TV (Namibia)
* TrueVisions
* Unitel (Angola)
* Vodacom (South Africa)
* VTVCab
* WorldCall

Satellite|

* Airtel digital TV
* Astro (Malaysia)
* Canal+ Afrique
* Canal+ Calédonie
* Canal+ (Myanmar)
* Cignal
* D2h
* DD Free Dish
* DDishTV
* Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)
* Dish TV (India)
* Dish TV (Sri Lanka)
* DishHome
* DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)
* Foxtel (Australia)
* GMM Z
* G Sat
* Independent TV (India)
* Indosat
* K+ (Vietnam)
* beIN
* KT SkyLife
* ME Digital TV
* MediaNet
* MBC
* MNC Vision
* NJOI
* NTV Plus
* OSN (Middle East and North Africa)
* Pacific Broadcasting Services Fiji
* RealVU
* SatLite
* Sky Pacific
* SKY PerfecTV!
* Sky (New Zealand)
* Sky Net
* Sky Vision (Ivory Coast)
* StarSat
* StarTimes
* Sun Direct
* Tata Play
* TelOne Zimbabwe
* Transvision (Indonesia)
* TrueVisions
* Wowow
* Yes (Israel)
* ZAP

IPTV|

* B TV
* Cignal
* Cellcom TV (Israel)
* DU
* Fetch TV
* Foxtel (Australia)
* GTA Teleguam
* LG Uplus
* Maroc Telecom
* My.T
* Now TV (Hong Kong)
* Olleh TV
* Omantel
* La TV d'Orange (Réunion, Mayotte)
* Rostelecom
* Saudi Telecom Company
* SFR (Réunion, Mayotte)
* Singtel TV (Singapore)
* SKY Media
* Sky On Demand
* StarHub TV (Singapore)
* Uganda Telecom
* Unifi TV (Malaysia)
* Vision (Philippines)

Terrestrial|

* ABS-CBN TV Plus
* Baron Digital TV
* Canal+ (Myanmar)
* Freeview (Australia)
* Freeview (New Zealand)
* GMA Affordabox
* MYTV (Malaysia)
* StarTimes
* Sulit TV

Defunct /
inactive|

* ABNXcess
* Aora
* Austar
* Cable TV (Hong Kong)
* CTH (Thailand)
* Destiny Cable
* DishHD
* Dream Satellite TV
* Easy TV (Philippines)
* Galaxy (Australia)
* Global Cable
* HKBN bbTV
* HiTV
* Home Cable
* Igloo (New Zealand)
* Kristal-Astro
* Kwesé TV
* Mega TV (Malaysia)
* Multivision (Sri Lanka)
* Neighbourhood Cable (Australia)
* OrangeTV
* Orbit
* SelecTV (Australia)
* Showtime
* Sky Direct
* TVB Network Vision
* U Television (Malaysia)
* Vodafone TV (New Zealand)

* Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania
* Europe
* Americas
* Canada
* United States
* Latin America and the Caribbean

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Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Canada

Terrestrial and satellite

Satellite|

* Bell Satellite TV
* Shaw Direct

Cable|

| Major1|

* Cogeco (ON, QC)
* Eastlink (Atlantic, Northern Ontario, Western Canada)
* Rogers Cable (ON, NB, NL, Western Canada)
* Vidéotron (QC)

|

Minor|

* Access (SK)
* Cable Axion (Magog, QC)
* Cablevision (Val-d'Or, QC)
* CityWest (Prince Rupert, BC)
* DERYtelecom (Saguenay, QC)
* MTS (MB)
* Novus Cable (select areas of BC Lower Mainland)
* Source (Hamilton, ON)
* Westman (Brandon, MB)

See also : Defunct cable and DBS companies of Canada

IPTV|

* Bell
* Fibe (Aliant)
* Fibe TV (ON/QC)
* MTS TV (MB)
* Comwave
* SaskTel MaxTV
* TekSavvy TV
* Telus Optik TV
* Tbaytel TV
* TotalTV
* VMedia

MMDS|

* Craig Wireless

* Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania
* Americas
* Europe

1More than 400,000 television service subscribers.

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Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Europe

Cable|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* Caiway
* Com Hem
* Delta
* Digi
* DNA
* Eir
* Elisa
* Elta-Kabel
* ER-Telecom
* Euskaltel
* Get
* Go
* IPKO
* Kabelnoord
* Kazakhtelecom
* Kujtesa
* M&H Company
* Magenta Telekom
* Magnet Networks
* Magyar Telekom
* MaxTV
* Melita
* MEO
* Miss.Net
* Monaco Cable
* Mtel Macedonia
* Naxoo
* NetCologne
* NOS
* Nowo
* Orange Belgium
* Orange Luxembourg
* Post Telecom
* Primacom
* R
* Rostelecom
* SBB
* SFR
* STV AS
* Swisscom
* Tango TV
* Tele2Vision
* Telecable
* Tele Columbus
* Telekabel
* Telekom Srbija
* Telemach
* Telenet
* Tet
* Toya
* Turksat Kablo TV
* UPC Poland
* UPC Switzerland
* Virgin Media Ireland
* Virgin TV
* Vodafone Czech Republic
* Vodafone España
* Vodafone Germany
* Vodafone Hungary
* Vodafone Romania
* VodafoneZiggo
* Voo
* WightFibre
* YouSee
* Ziggo

Satellite|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* Allente
* Bis Télévisions
* Bulsatcom
* Canal+
* Canal+ Polska
* Canal Digitaal
* Cosmote TV
* D-Smart
* Digi
* DigitAlb
* Digiturk
* Focus Sat
* Fransat
* Freesat
* HD+
* La TV d'Orange
* M7
* Magio TV
* MagtiCom
* MEO
* Movistar Plus+
* NOS
* Nova
* NTV Plus
* Orange Polska
* Orange Romania
* Orange Slovakia
* Polsat Box
* Saorsat
* Sky Germany
* Sky Ireland
* Sky Italy
* Skylink
* Sky UK
* Telekom Hungary
* Telekom Romania
* Telekom Srbija
* Télésat
* Tivùsat
* Total TV
* Tricolor TV
* Turksat
* TV Vlaanderen
* Viasat Ukraine
* Vivacom

Fiber/IPTV|

* A1 Bulgaria
* A1 Hrvatska
* A1 Telekom Austria
* Allente
* Altibox
* Amis
* Andorra Telecom
* Beeline
* Bouygues Telecom
* Bulsatcom
* CytaVision
* EE TV
* eir Vision
* Free
* HT Eronet
* iNES
* KPN
* La TV d'Orange
* Magenta TV
* Magnet Networks
* MEO
* Moja TV
* Moldtelecom
* Movistar Plus+
* Nova
* Odido
* Orange España
* Orange Polska
* PrimeTel
* Proximus TV
* Scarlet
* SFR
* Síminn
* Smart Telecom
* Sunrise TV
* Super TV
* T-2
* TalkTalk TV
* Telekom Romania
* Telekom Srbija
* Telenor
* Telia
* Telia Digital-tv
* Teo LT
* TIMvision
* Tivibu
* Turkcell TV+
* Vivacom
* Vodafone Greece
* Vodafone Ireland
* Vodafone Italy
* Vodafone North Cyprus
* Vodafone Portugal
* Vodafone Turkey
* XS4ALL
* YouView
* Ziggo

Terrestrial|

* BoxerTV (SE)
* Digea (GR)
* Digitenne (NL)
* EVOtv (HR)
* Freeview (UK)
* GO (MT)
* PlusTV (FI)
* PTDT (PT)
* RiksTV (NO)
* Saorview (IE)
* TDT (ES)
* TNT (FR)
* TV Vlaanderen (BE)

Defunct|

* @Home
* AKTA TV
* Alice Home TV
* Alpha Digital
* Athina Sat
* blizoo
* BoomTV
* BSB
* Canal+ Spain
* Canal Digital
* Casema
* CenterTelecom
* CTV
* Easy TV
* Infostrada TV
* ITV Digital
* Joyne
* Kabel BW
* Madritel
* Mediaset Premium
* N
* Neuf Cegetel TV
* North-West Telecom
* Numericable
* ONO
* On Telecoms
* Real Digital
* Quiero Television
* Radijus Vektor
* Southern Telecom
* Stream TV
* Starman
* TDC
* Telfort
* TVTEL
* TV di Fastweb
* Unitymedia
* UPC France
* UPC Hungary
* Ziggo
* UPC Romania
* Uralsvyazinform
* Viasat
* Vodafone Kabel Deutschland
* VolgaTelecom
* Wind Vision

* Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania
* Americas
* Canada
* Latin America and the Caribbean
* United States

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Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Ibero/Latin America and the Caribbean

Satellite|

| Regional|

* Claro TV
* DirecTV
* Movistar TV

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* Canal+ Caraïbes (Caribbean)
* CANTV (Venezuela)
* Dish (Mexico)
* Entel (Chile)
* Green Dot (Caribbean)
* Inter Satélital (Venezuela)
* Oi TV (Brazil)
* SKY Brasil (Brazil)
* Sky México (Mexico & Central America)
* Vivo TV (Brazil)

Cable|

* Claro TV (Brazil & Colombia)
* Columbus/FLOW (Caribbean)
* Izzi Telecom (Mexico)
* Megacable (Mexico)
* Movistar TV (Argentina & Peru)
* Personal Flow (Argentina)
* Totalplay (Mexico)
* TV-Cable (Ecuador)
* Une (Colombia)
* VTR (Chile)

Fiber/IPTV|

* bmobile (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Claro tv+ (Brazil)
* Digicel (Caribbean)
* Flow (Caribbean)
* Movistar TV (Argentina and Chile)
* Oi TV (Brazil)
* Sky+ (Brazil)
* Vivo TV (Brazil)
* Zapping (Brazil and Chile)

Defunct satellite|

* DirecTV Brazil
* DirecTV Mexico
* GVT TV (Brazil)
* Sky Argentina
* Sky Chile
* Sky Colombia
* Sky Ecuador
* Sky Peru
* Sky Venezuela

* Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania
* Americas
* Canada
* Europe
* United States

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Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers (multi-channel video programming distributors) in the United States

Cable|

* Adams Cable
* Altice USA
* Optimum (TV/Internet)
* Suddenlink Communications
* Service Electric
* Armstrong
* Astound Broadband
* Grande Communications
* RCN Corporation
* Wave Broadband
* AT&T Alascom
* Blue Ridge Communications
* Blue Stream
* Breezeline
* Broadstripe
* Buckeye Broadband
* Cable One
* Hargray
* Comcast Xfinity
* Consolidated Communications
* Cox Communications
* Docomo Pacific
* Emery Telcom
* Full Channel
* GCI
* Mediacom
* Midco
* Northland Communications
* Liberty Puerto Rico
* Satview Broadband
* Shentel
* Spectrum
* SRT Communications
* TDS Telecom
* Troy Cablevision
* TruVista Communications
* WOW!

Satellite|

* Claro Puerto Rico
* Dish Network
* DirecTV
* Glorystar
* Headend in the Sky

Fiber
/ IPTV|

* Cincinnati Bell Fioptics
* Claro
* Consolidated Communications
* EPB
* Frontier FiberOptic
* GTA Teleguam
* Hawaiian Telcom
* Lumen
* Prism TV
* Midco
* NEP Datastream TV
* North State Communications
* Sonic.net
* TDS Telecom
* Verizon FiOS
* Whidbey Telecom
* Windstream Kinetic
* Ziply Fiber

Virtual
MVPD|

* DirecTV Stream
* Frndly TV
* FuboTV
* Hulu + Live TV
* LocalBTV
* Philo
* Sling TV
* Spectrum TV Stream
* Vidgo
* Xfinity Flex
* YouTube TV

Over-
the-top
VOD|

* A&E Networks
* Crime Central
* History Vault
* Lifetime Movie Club
* Amazon
* Prime Video
* MGM+
* Freevee
* ScreenPix
* AMC Networks
* Acorn TV
* AMC+
* HIDIVE
* IFC Films Unlimited
* Shudder
* Sundance Now
* Allblk
* WE TV+
* Angel Studios
* Apple TV+
* BritBox
* Brown Sugar
* BroadwayHD
* Crackle Plus
* Crackle
* Chicken Soup for the Soul
* Popcornflix
* Truli
* Cineverse
* CONtv
* Docurama
* Dove Channel
* Fandor
* Screambox
* The Criterion Channel
* Curiosity Stream
* CW Seed
* Dekkoo
* Disney
* Disney+
* Hulu
* ESPN+
* DOGTV
* Dropout
* Eros Now
* Facebook Watch
* FilmRise
* Fox Corporation
* Fox Nation
* Tubi
* Hallmark Movies Now
* Here TV
* Kino Lorber
* MHz Choice
* Kino Film Collection
* Kocowa
* Local Now
* MUBI
* Netflix
* NBCUniversal
* Peacock
* Vudu
* Xumo
* NFL+
* Paramount Global
* BET+
* Paramount+
* Noggin
* Pluto TV
* Showtime
* Racetrack Television Network
* Redbox
* Revry
* Roku Channel
* Sony
* Crunchyroll
* Samsung TV Plus
* Shout! Factory TV
* Starz
* Stirr
* Univision
* Pantaya
* Univision NOW
* ViX
* Tivo Stream 4k
* Topic
* UFC Fight Pass
* Viaplay
* Viki
* ViX
* Warner Bros. Discovery
* Boomerang
* Cinemax
* Discovery+
* Food Network Kitchen
* Max
* Rooster Teeth
* WOW Presents Plus
* WWE Network
* YuppTV

Defunct|

| Cable|

* Adelphia Communications Corporation
* Alameda Power and Telecom
* Astound Broadband
* AT&T Broadband
* MediaOne/Continental Cablevision
* Tele-Communications Inc.
* Baja Broadband
* US Cable
* Bresnan Communications
* Bright House Networks
* Cablevision
* Champion Broadband
* Cobridge Communications
* Community Home Entertainment
* FairPoint Communications
* Graceba Total Communications
* Insight Communications
* Jones Intercable
* King Videocable
* Knology
* Marcus Cable
* NPG Cable
* Paragon Cable
* Rapid Communications
* TelePrompTer/Group W Cable
* Time Warner Cable
* UA-Columbia Cablevision
* Windjammer Communications

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Satellite|

* AlphaStar
* GlobeCast World TV
* Orby TV
* PrimeStar
* United States Satellite Broadcasting
* Voom HD Networks

IPTV|

* AT&T U-verse
* Sky Angel
* Virtual Digital Cable
* Google Fiber (television)

Terrestrial|

* USDTV
* MovieBeam

Virtual MVPD|

* HD HomeRun Premium TV
* Lumen Technologies
* TVision Live TV+
* PlayStation Vue

Over-the-top|

* Aereo
* Anime Network
* CNN+
* Comedy Central Now
* DC Universe
* DramaFever
* FilmStruck
* Funimation
* FX+
* go90
* Locast
* MTV Hits
* NickHits
* Quibi
* Seeso
* Smithsonian Channel Plus
* SnagFilms

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Additional resources on North American television

North America|

* List of local television stations in North America
* DTV transition
* North American TV mini-template

Canada|

* Canadian networks
* List of Canadian television networks
* List of Canadian television channels
* List of Canadian specialty channels
* Local Canadian TV stations
* List of United States stations available in Canada
* 2001 Vancouver TV realignment
* 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment

Mexico|

* Mexican networks
* Local Mexican TV stations

United States|

* American networks
* List of American cable and satellite networks
* List of American over-the-air networks
* Local American TV stations (W)
* Local American TV stations (K)
* Spanish-language TV networks
* 1989 South Florida television affiliation switch
* 1994–1996 U.S. TV realignment
* 2006 U.S. TV realignment
* List of Canadian television stations available in the United States

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