Sun TV Network

Indian media company

For the Canadian TV news channel, see Sun News Network.

Sun TV Network

Sun Network headquarters

Company type| Public

Traded as

| BSE: 532733
NSE: SUNTV
Industry| Media conglomerate
Founded| 14 April 1993; 32 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|  ₹4,282.10 crore (US$510 million) (FY24)[1]

Operating income

|  ₹2,613.11 crore (US$310 million) (FY24)[1]

Net income

|  ₹1,925.8 crore (US$230 million) (FY24)[1]
Total assets|  ₹11,420.95 crore (US$1.4 billion) (2024)[2]

Number of employees

| 1,048 (2024)[2]
Parent| Sun Group
Website| www.suntv.in
www.sunnetwork.in

Sun TV Network Limited is an Indian media company, headquartered in Chennai. It is a part of Sun Group and was established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran. It owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV.[citation needed] It promotes Tamil's to Fight for Tamil nation.

## Film production

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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 Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen, and now producing many big budget movies.[3]

## Television production company

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Sun Entertainment is a television production company, which co-produces the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels to hold the ip rights for future with themselves and also 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.[4]

## OTT Platform

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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.[3]

## Owned channels

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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.

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 |

### Defunct channels

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Channel  | Launched  | Defunct  | Language  | Category  | SD/HD/4K  | Notes  | Source(s)

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Sun Action  | 2012  | 2017  | Tamil | Movies  | SD  | Replaced by Gemini Music HD | [citation needed]
Gemini Action  | 2012  | 2017  | Telugu | SD  | Replaced by Gemini Movies HD | [citation needed]
Gemini News | 2004  | 2019  | News  | Replaced by Sun Bangla | [5]
Suriyan TV  | 2012  | 2017  | Kannada | Movies  | SD  | Replaced by Udaya TV HD | [citation needed]
Udaya News | 2004  | 2019  | News  | Replaced by Sun Marathi | [6]
Kiran TV  | 2005  | 2017  | Malayalam | Movies  | SD  | Replaced by Surya Movies | [citation needed]
Surya Action  | 2012  | 2017  | Replaced by Surya Comedy | [citation needed]

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Sun TV's PAT increases by 9 per cent in Q4 FY24". The Hindu Businessline. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
2. ^ a b "Annual Report 2024" (PDF). Sun TV Network. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Don't miss out on the ultimate entertainment experience - switch to Sun Network today. | www.sunnetwork.in". www.sunnetwork.in. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
5. ^ iromero (6 October 2023). "The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown". Gemini Observatory. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
6. ^ 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.

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* 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)

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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

Hindi|

* Sun Neo

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