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{{Infobox television channel
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Udaya TV
| name           = Udaya TV
| logo_size =  
| logo_size       =
| logo = Udhaya TV logo original.png
| logo           = Udaya TV logo.png
| logo_caption =  
| logo_caption   =  
| logo_alt = Udaya SD logo
| logo_alt       = Udaya SD logo
| launch_date = {{Launch date and age|1994|6|1|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| launch_date     = {{Launch date and age|1994|6|1|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| owner = [[Sun Network]]
| owner           = [[Sun Network]]
| area = [[India]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Canada]], [[United States]]
| area           = [[India]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Canada]], [[United States]]
| headquarters = [[Bengaluru, Karnataka]], [[India]]
| headquarters   = [[Bengaluru, Karnataka]], [[India]]
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]]) <br />[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
| picture_format = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]]) <br />[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
| country = India
| country         = India
| language = [[Kannada]]
| language       = [[Kannada]]
| sister_channels = {{Collapsible list
| sister_channels = [[Sun TV Network#Owned Channels|Sun Network Channels]]
| list_style      = text-align:left;
| website        = [http://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=27&channelname=UDAYA%20TV&LanguageID=3&Type=3 Udaya TV] Sunnetwork.in
| 1              = [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]<br />[[Gemini TV]]<br />[[Surya TV]]<br /> [[Sun Bangla]]<br />[[KTV (India)]]<br />[[Gemini Movies]]<br />[[Udaya Movies]]<br />[[Surya Movies]]<br />[[Sun Music]]<br />[[Gemini Music]]<br />[[Udaya Music]]<br />[[Surya Music]]<br />[[Adithya TV]]<br />[[Gemini Comedy]]<br />[[Udaya Comedy]]<br />[[Surya Comedy Channel]]<br />[[Chutti TV]]<br />[[Kushi TV]]<br />[[Chintu TV]]<br />[[Kochu TV]]<br />Sun Life<br />Gemini Life<br />[[Sun News (India)|Sun News]]
}}
}}
| web = [http://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=27&channelname=UDAYA%20TV&LanguageID=3&Type=3 Udaya TV] Sunnetwork.in
'''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>
| sat_serv_1 = [[Independent TV (India)|Reliance Digital TV]]
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.
| sat_chan_1 = 815
| sat_serv_2 = [[Tata Sky]]
| sat_chan_2 = 1604 (SD) <br /> 1603 (HD)
| sat_serv_3 = [[Airtel Digital TV]]
| sat_chan_3 = 953 (SD)<br /> 954 (HD)
| sat_serv_4 = [[Dish TV]]
| sat_chan_4 = 1715
| sat_serv_5 = [[Sun Direct]]
| sat_chan_5 = 250 (SD)<br />860 (HD)
| sat_serv_6 = [[Videocon d2h]]
| sat_chan_6 = 651 (SD)<br />995 (HD)
| cable_serv_1 = [[Asianet Digital TV]] <small>(India)</small>
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 250(SD)
| cable_serv_2 = [[Kerala Vision Digital TV]] <small>(India)</small>
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 542(SD)<br />Channel 885 (HD)
| cable_serv_3 = [[DEN Networks]]
| cable_chan_3 = Channel 703(SD)
}}
'''Udaya TV''' is a regional [[Kannada language]] Indian [[cable television]] station. It is also the first Kannada [[general entertainment]] channel in India.<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>
The channel is part of the Chennai-based [[Sun Network]] headquartered at [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]].
Udaya TV is telecast in several nations, including India, [[Sri Lanka]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]. Udaya TV completed its 25th anniversary in the television industry on 1 June 2019.


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==History==
==History==
Udaya TV was incorporated on 2 May 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" />
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" />


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>
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>


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, Udaya TV Ltd. was merged with [[Sun TV Network|Sun TV]] Ltd. along with [[Gemini TV]] Ltd.<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>
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>


==Programming==
==Programming==
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| ''[[Udaya Movies]]''
| ''[[Udaya Movies]]''
| 25 May 2000
| 25 May 2000
|[[General entertainment channel|GEC]]
|[[Movies]]
| SD only
| SD only
| • Formerly ''Ushe TV''  
| • Formerly ''Ushe TV''  
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|-
| ''[[Udaya Comedy]]''
| ''[[Udaya Comedy]]''
| 2009
| 2010
|[[Comedy]]
|[[Comedy]]
| SD only
| SD only
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|-
| ''[[Chintu TV]]''
| ''[[Chintu TV]]''
| April 2009
| 11 April 2009
|[[Child|Kids]]
|[[Child|Kids]]
| SD only
| SD only
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|[[News]]
|[[News]]
|SD only
|SD only
|• Formerly ''Udaya Varthegalu''  • The first news channel in Kannada
|Rebranded as Sun Marathi
• Shut down on 1 February 2019
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 16:53, 24 June 2022

Udaya TV
Udaya SD logo
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndia, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, United States
HeadquartersBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Programming
Language(s)Kannada
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerSun Network
Sister channelsSun Network Channels
History
Launched1 June 1994
(32 years ago) (1994-06-01)
Links
WebsiteUdaya TV Sunnetwork.in
Availability

Udaya TV is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network.[1] 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.[citation needed]

History[edit | edit source]

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.[2] It was launched by the chairman of Sun TV, Kalanidhi Maran, and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.[3] It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.[3]

It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state of Karnataka.[4] In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001[5] It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel in Visakhapatnam.[2] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

Programming[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Udaya TV

Channels[edit | edit source]

Name Launch Date Category SD/HD Availability Notes
Udaya TV 1 June 1994 GEC SD and HD The first GEC in Kannada
Udaya Movies 25 May 2000 Movies SD only • Formerly Ushe TV

• The first movies channel in Kannada

Udaya Comedy 2010 Comedy SD only The first comedy focused channel in Kannada
Udaya Music 5 February 2006 Music SD only • Formerly Udaya 2 (U2)

• The first music focused channel in Kannada

Chintu TV 11 April 2009 Kids SD only The first kids focused channel in Kannada
Udaya News

(Now defunct)

1998 News SD only Rebranded as Sun Marathi

Awards[edit | edit source]

  • Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001[5]
  • Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002[5]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Channel Information Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Financial and other details related to Udaya TV are mentioned in "Sun TV Limited Prospectus" (PDF). Online Webpage of SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India. Sun TV Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 History of Sun TV network and its channels is mentioned by "Sun TV". Online webpage of TelevisionPoint.com. © 2005-2007 Televisionpoint.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
  4. ↑ A biography of Kalanidhi Maran is presented by M. Anand. "Businessworld, SUN TV: The heat is on". Businessworld, dated 2000-05-29. Businessworld. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sun TV Channels get Best Channel Awards from Indian Television Academy - A picture report.
  6. ↑ Udaya TV being made a pay channel is mentioned by G R N Somashekar. "Pay Channel". Online photo images of the Hindu, dated 2004-08-16. Chennai, India: 2004, The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
  7. ↑ "Udaya TV employees' protest turns violent". Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-08-17. 2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
  8. ↑ Merger of Udaya TV with Sun TV is discussed by "Gemini, Udaya merger with Sun TV". Online edition of The Hindu Businessline, dated 2006-11-28. 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 21 April 2007.

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