Sun TV 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
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)
Operating income	₹2,613.11 crore (US$310 million) (FY24)
Net income	₹1,925.8 crore (US$230 million) (FY24)
Total assets	₹11,420.95 crore (US$1.4 billion) (2024)
Number of employees	1,048 (2024)
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]}

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 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

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

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

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
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	2013		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	2009		Comedy
Gemini Life	2013		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	2005		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

Channel	Launched	Defunct	Language	Category	SD/HD/4K	Notes	Source(s)
Sun Action	2008	2012	Tamil	Movies	SD	Replaced by Gemini Music HD	^{[citation needed]}
Gemini Action	2012	2013	Telugu	Movies	SD	Replaced by Gemini Movies HD	^{[citation needed]}
Gemini News	2004	2019	Telugu	News	SD	Replaced by Sun Bangla	^[5]
Suriyan TV	2012	2017	Kannada	Movies	SD	Replaced by Udaya TV HD	^{[citation needed]}
Udaya News	2004	2019	Kannada	News	SD	Replaced by Sun Marathi	^[6]
Kiran TV	2005	2013	Malayalam	Movies	SD	Replaced by Surya Movies	^{[citation needed]}
Surya Action	2009	2012	Malayalam	Movies	SD	Replaced by Surya Comedy	^{[citation needed]}