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<div>{{Short description|Indian Kannada-language TV channel}}<br />
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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Udaya TV<br />
| logo_size =<br />
| logo = Udaya TV logo.png<br />
| logo_caption = <br />
| logo_alt = Udaya SD logo<br />
| launch_date = {{Launch date and age|1994|6|1|df=y|p=y|br=y}}<br />
| owner = [[Sun Network]]<br />
| area = [[India]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Canada]], [[United States]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Bengaluru, Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]]) <br />[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Kannada]]<br />
| sister_channels = [[Sun TV Network#Owned Channels|Sun Network Channels]]<br />
| website = [http://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=27&channelname=UDAYA%20TV&LanguageID=3&Type=3 Udaya TV] Sunnetwork.in <br />
}}<br />
'''Udaya TV''' is an Indian [[Kannada language]] [[general entertainment]] [[pay television]] channel owned by [[Sun TV Network]].<ref name="First Kannada Satellite Channel">[http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA Channel Information<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102337/http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA |date=29 September 2007 }}</ref><br />
Udaya TV is telecast in several nations, including India, [[Sri Lanka]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]. Udaya TV was Launched on 1 June 1994.<br />
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==History==<br />
Udaya TV was incorporated on 1 June 1994 as a private limited company engaged in television broadcasting with a registered office at [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu.<ref name="sebi">Financial and other details related to Udaya TV are mentioned in {{cite web|url=http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|format=PDF|title=Sun TV Limited Prospectus|work=Online Webpage of SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India|publisher=Sun TV Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928112812/http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was launched by the chairman of [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Kalanidhi Maran]], and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.<ref name="tp">History of Sun TV network and its channels is mentioned by {{cite web|url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |title=Sun TV |work=Online webpage of TelevisionPoint.com |publisher=© 2005-2007 Televisionpoint.com |access-date=2007-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601170027/http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |archive-date=1 June 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.<ref name="tp" /><br />
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It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="km">A biography of Kalanidhi Maran is presented by {{cite web|url=http://www.jobsahead.com/services/jobworld/mag/0529/3/index.htm|author=M. Anand|title=Businessworld, SUN TV: The heat is on|work=Businessworld, dated 2000-05-29|publisher=Businessworld|access-date=2007-04-21}}</ref> In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the best [[Kannada]] TV channel for 2001<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards" /> It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name="sebi" /> It was a free-on-air channel until 1 August 2004, when it was made a pay channel with a subscription fee of Rs.18.<ref name="pay">Udaya TV being made a pay channel is mentioned by {{cite news|url=http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|title=Pay Channel|author=G R N Somashekar|work=Online photo images of the Hindu, dated 2004-08-16|publisher=2004, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21|location=Chennai, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204706/http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|archive-date=30 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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In February 2006, the directors of Udaya TV were [[Kalanidhi Maran]], S. Selvam and Kaveri Kalanidhi. S. Selvam was also the Director of the Bangalore Bureau of Udaya TV.<ref name="dire">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|title=Udaya TV employees’ protest turns violent|work=Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-08-17|publisher=2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705195527/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2006, its owner [[Kalanithi Maran]] merged Udaya TV Ltd. with [[Sun TV Network]] along with [[Gemini TV]] Ltd for IPO listing of [[Sun TV Network]].<ref name="merg">Merger of Udaya TV with Sun TV is discussed by {{cite web|url=http://www.blonnet.com/2006/11/28/stories/2006112805070500.htm|title=Gemini, Udaya merger with Sun TV|work=Online edition of The Hindu Businessline, dated 2006-11-28|publisher=2006, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21}}</ref><br />
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==Programming==<br />
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Udaya TV}}<br />
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==Channels==<br />
{|class="wikitable" <br />
! Name !! Launch Date <br />
!Category!! SD/HD Availability !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| ''Udaya TV''<br />
| 1 June 1994<br />
|[[General entertainment channel|GEC]]<br />
| SD and HD<br />
| The first GEC in Kannada<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Udaya Movies]]''<br />
| 25 May 2000<br />
|[[Movies]]<br />
| SD only<br />
| • Formerly ''Ushe TV'' <br />
• The first movies channel in Kannada<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Udaya Comedy]]''<br />
| 2010<br />
|[[Comedy]]<br />
| SD only<br />
|The first comedy focused channel in Kannada<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Udaya Music]]''<br />
|5 February 2006<br />
|[[Music]]<br />
|SD only<br />
|• Formerly ''[[Udaya Music|Udaya 2 (U2)]]'' <br />
• The first music focused channel in Kannada<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Chintu TV]]''<br />
| 11 April 2009<br />
|[[Child|Kids]]<br />
| SD only<br />
|The first kids focused channel in Kannada<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Udaya News]]''<br />
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''(Now defunct)''<br />
|1998<br />
|[[News]]<br />
|SD only<br />
|Rebranded as Sun Marathi<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Indian Television Academy's award for the best [[Kannada]] TV channel for 2001<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards">[http://www.sunnetwork.org/aboutus/awards/page5.htm Sun TV Channels get Best Channel Awards from Indian Television Academy] - A picture report.</ref><br />
* Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Kannada-language television channels]]<br />
*[[Television in India]]<br />
*[[Media in Karnataka]]<br />
*[[Media of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official}}<br />
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{{Sun Group}}<br />
{{Kannada TV Channels}}<br />
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[[Category:Kannada-language television channels]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]<br />
[[Category:Sun Group]]<br />
[[Category:Television stations in Bangalore]]<br />
[[Category:1994 establishments in Karnataka]]</div>
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