List of Marathi-language television channels

Main articles: Television in India and Lists of television channels in India

The Marathi-language television industry was started in India in 1984. Although earlier confined to a half an hour slot in the national television Doordarshan, the industry has now expanded with many commercial TV channels currently on air. Various dedicated categories like news and movies have been added and have considerably expanded the horizon of Marathi TV Entertainment.

Marathi News Channels

Main article: List of news channels in India

The Marathi Television got its first round-the-clock news channel in the form of Saam TV in the year 2008 leading Marathi language News channel in the state. Nilesh Khare is the Channel Head and Editor of the channel since 2018. Zee 24 Taas was launched in year 2007. Disney Star launched its Marathi news channel Star Majha in June 2007, which was later named as ABP Majha from 1 June 2012. Network 18 and Lokmat together formed a joint venture to launch IBN Lokmat in 2008 and which was later renamed as News18 Lokmat. In 2008, Sakal media Groups launched its first venture in Television with Saam TV. Firstly it was info entertainment, but from 1 January 2018 it become a leading Marathi News Channel. In 2009, TV9 Maharashtra launched. On 1 May 2013 another channel launched, namely Jai Maharashtra, by Mumbai-based media group Sahana Films. Lokshahi News channel was launched on 26 January 2020 by Swaraj Marathi Broadcasting LLP.

List of Channels

Government Owned Channel

Channel	Launch	Video	Audio	Owner
DD Sahyadri	1994	SD	Stereo | 2.0	Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati

General Entertainment Channels (GEC)

Channel	Launch	Video	Audio	Owner
Zee Marathi	1999	SD+HD	Stereo | 2.0	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Colors Marathi	2000			Viacom 18 (formerly ETV Network)
Star Pravah	2008			Disney Star
Sony Marathi	2018	SD		Sony Pictures Networks India
Zee Chitramandir	2021			Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Sun Marathi				Sun TV Network
Q Marathi	2022			Q You Media

Defunct Channels

Channel	Launch	Defunct	Video	Audio	Owner
Prabhat TV	2001	2002	SD	Stereo | 2.0
Tara Marathi	2002	2003
Mi Marathi	2007	2017			Sri Adhikari Brothers Group (SAB)

Movies

Channel	Launch	Video	Audio	Owner
Zee Talkies	2007	SD+HD	Stereo | 2.0	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Fakt Marathi	2011	SD		Enterr10 Television Network
Zee Yuva	2016			Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Chitrapat Marathi				Parls Group
Shemaroo Marathibana	2019			Shemaroo Entertainment
Pravah Picture	2022	SD+HD		Disney Star

Music

Channel	Launch	Video	Audio	Owner
9X Jhakaas	2008	SD	Stereo | 2.0	9X Media
Maiboli	2013			Sri Adhikari Brothers Television (SAB)
Sangeet Marathi	2015			Media Worldwide Limited

Defunct Channel

Channel	Launch	Defunct	Video	Audio	Owner
Zee Vajwa	2020	2022	HD	Stereo | 2.0	Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Kids

Defunct Channel

Channel	Launch	Defunct	Video	Audio	Owner
ETV Bal Bharat	2021	2022	SD	Stereo | 2.0	ETV Network

Sports

Defunct Channel

Channel	Launch	Defunct	Video	Audio	Owner
Star Sports 1 Marathi	2019	2023	Full HD	Stereo | 2.0	Disney Star

News

Channel	Launch	Video	Audio	Owner
ABP Majha	2007	SD	Stereo | 2.0	ABP Group (Formerly Star India)
Zee 24 Taas				Zee Media Corporation
News18 Lokmat				Network18
Saam TV				Sakal Media Group
TV9 Marathi	2009			Associated Broadcasting Company Private Limited (ABCPL)
Jai Maharashtra	2013			Sahana Group
Lokshahi News	2020			Swaraj Marathi Broadcasting LLP
News State Maharashtra Goa	2022	HD		News Nation Network Pvt Ltd

Defunct Channel

Channel	Launch	Defunct	Video	Audio	Owner
Maharashtra1	2011	2020	Full HD	Stereo | 2.0	First India Group Asia Limited

Marathi HD Channels

Main article: List of HD channels in India

Channel	Genre	Launch	Broadcast	Video	Audio	Owner
Colors Marathi HD	GEC	20 July 2015	Own Schedule	Full HD	Dolby Digital | 7.1	Viacom18
Star Pravah HD		1 May 2016				Disney Star
Zee Marathi HD		20 November 2016				Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Zee Talkies HD	Movies	15 October 2016
Pravah Picture HD		15 May 2022				Disney Star

Marathi Channels TRP1

Week and Year	Zee Marathi	Star Pravah	Colors Marathi
Week 45, 2014	145564	52367	45989
Week 46, 2014	143455	50409	49458
Week 47, 2014	149664	49033	53181
Week 48, 2014	151328	52723	53571
Week 49, 2014	133704	52717	50524
Week 50, 2014	135810	58638	50976
Week 52, 2014	138598	58561	52849
Week 1, 2015	142265	64310	58507
Week 3, 2015	137399	55225	55852
Week 4, 2015	142602	54873	62298
Week 5, 2015	188980	54815	48907
Week 6, 2015	145084	56548	53789
Week 8, 2015	146467	54060	54562
Week 41, 2015	116598	36992	73520
Week 42, 2015	130938	31835	65013
Week 43, 2015	131511	38710	70591
Week 44, 2015	165337	40127	72732
Week 46, 2015	136053	51156	69438
Week 47, 2015	135135	46622	74119
Week 48, 2015	159022	52267	90559
Week 49, 2015	145301	41435	80690
Week 51, 2015	152099	34825	77862
Week 52, 2015	184804	42428	79672
Week 1, 2016	165110	44311	93040
Week 3, 2016	177406	45468	95476
Week 4, 2016	158815	57249	87026
Week 5, 2016	152180	50095	96885
Week 6, 2016	129231	48180	88545
Week 7, 2016	139810	46968	95409
Week 8, 2016	133880	42576	103425
Week 9, 2016	131479	39096	99583
Week 10, 2016	146713	40848	107053
Week 12, 2016	139628	31643	92255
Week 14, 2016	132345	23826	91262
Week 15, 2016	139585	29434	93215
Week 16, 2016	134767	24566	88538
Week 20, 2016	128817	–	96591
Week 21, 2016	130701	–	96557
Week 22, 2016	141185	33456	97334
Week 23, 2016	138347	31825	104113
Week 24, 2016	147472	33025	101827
Week 25, 2016	157360	38890	105423
Week 26, 2016	158835	38973	116161
Week 27, 2016	155081	35334	96417
Week 28, 2016	147899	–	92493
Week 29, 2016	159998	36748	99860
Week 30, 2016	169090	–	94972
Week 31, 2016	192331	–	91522
Week 34, 2016	181377	42442	90602
Week 37, 2016	172864	43296	79387
Week 38, 2016	183701	40814	81258
Week 39, 2016	218145	40387	72348
Week 40, 2016	301302	42667	83114
Week 41, 2016	206839	46454	91054
Week 42, 2016	217326	43673	81303
Week 43, 2016	224620	37320	74326
Week 45, 2016	204578	43791	81644
Week 47, 2016	206249	–	73936
Week 48, 2016	214067	–	84348
Week 49, 2016	198986	–	90745
Week 50, 2016	196641	43214	91005
Week 51, 2016	215008	42531	89130
Week 52, 2016	236067	42751	78216
Week 1, 2017	230958	43370	78554
Week 2, 2017	233926	42909	75031
Week 3, 2017	236539	43332	73594
Week 6, 2017	230948	55460	77355
Week 8, 2017	272174	–	75169
Week 9, 2017	274216	54864	88598
Week 11, 2017	265163	61593	98544
Week 13, 2017	293702	57948	91051
Week 15, 2017	267808	59991	70757
Week 19, 2017	235347	57600	65586
Week 20, 2017	220799	55161	70908
Week 21, 2017	222712	56160	63875
Week 22, 2017	219568	63204	70550
Week 24, 2017	221553	63605	72985
Week 33, 2017	257539	69131	79246
Week 34, 2017	257421	64512	74447
Week 37, 2017	268115	73601	71604
Week 39, 2017	262431	73229	63988
Week 41, 2017	253552	82552	78747
Week 42, 2017	326060	71287	71796
Week 43, 2017	261241	72736	80684
Week 44, 2017	258321	92547	82310
Week 45, 2017	278286	80855	76507
Week 46, 2017	274622	82967	100775
Week 47, 2017	304537	85851	90173
Week 48, 2017	308352	97506	98834
Week 49, 2017	296031	105108	99426
Week 51, 2017	289264	112993	96937
Week 52, 2017	298716	120047	109538
Week 1, 2018	282378	118065	106575
Week 2, 2018	310002	118629	112427
Week 3, 2018	269154	136615	123266
Week 4, 2018	284021	120100	118306
Week 5, 2018	285703	109858	136758
Week 6, 2018	294067	108878	133153
Week 7, 2018	317116	108829	121661
Week 8, 2018	295967	112425	127436
Week 9, 2018	259910	107665	119366
Week 10, 2018	261045	115762	114326
Week 11, 2018	260018	110022	111009
Week 12, 2018	277301	115108	110294
Week 13, 2018	307823	116461	117859
Week 14, 2018	278476	119931	115198
Week 15, 2018	259859	102852	94339
Week 16, 2018	300828	106532	112566
Week 17, 2018	281431	99481	109235
Week 18, 2018	276315	99073	99919
Week 19, 2018	281654	91602	101957
Week 20, 2018	259587	99096	103442
Week 21, 2018	287651	97024	112528
Week 22, 2018	321762	102496	112458
Week 23, 2018	299493	94825	106946
Week 24, 2018	301882	109095	125812
Week 25, 2018	274720	108561	125676
Week 26, 2018	285175	103300	125842
Week 27, 2018	282012	102911	123112
Week 28, 2018	276783	108315	136974
Week 29, 2018	279070	116852	145457
Week 30, 2018	326009	130882	131036
Week 31, 2018	320505	124150	117616
Week 32, 2018	293576	128885	122631
Week 33, 2018	326283	116534	134158
Week 34, 2018	396005	131137	134670
Week 35, 2018	348251	135758	143046
Week 36, 2018	380270	135043	139995
Week 37, 2018	334391	124987	136791
Week 38, 2018	343864	124630	121367
Week 39, 2018	332448	123423	124713
Week 40, 2018	377789	123882	123609
Week 41, 2018	364531	140521	133337
Week 42, 2018	336449	143735	133325
Week 43, 2018	406700	129570	138745
Week 44, 2018	417072	124154	129784
Week 45, 2018	348050	133115	124081
Week 46, 2018	411590	135799	131606
Week 47, 2018	393374	150376	141146
Week 48, 2018	419693	147486	147991
Week 49, 2018	361943	142194	164949
Week 50, 2018	392454	129360	159632
Week 51, 2018	394208	123367	147681
Week 52, 2018	347766	124342	156468
Week 1, 2019	387989	117599	139842
Week 2, 2019	422147	120428	144346
Week 3, 2019	464115	110898	155386
Week 4, 2019	406393	106945	138793
Week 5, 2019	382590	117609	149144
Week 13, 2019	270826	83940	137813
Week 14, 2019	288773	74567	147752
Week 15, 2019	282445	77573	133343
Week 16, 2019	281477	72953	129639
Week 17, 2019	280861	79805	131084
Week 18, 2019	294314	77968	128764
Week 19, 2019	291973	73590	151519
Week 20, 2019	295804	71732	146157
Week 21, 2019	308845	72452	143293
Week 22, 2019	326966	88653	162224
Week 23, 2019	322264	99731	163971
Week 24, 2019	291105	88442	161783
Week 25, 2019	325535	92762	161177
Week 26, 2019	346428	92931	162596
Week 27, 2019	376652	94911	163279
Week 28, 2019	379312	97017	175923
Week 29, 2019	383723	109059	177330
Week 30, 2019	392573	115000	182037
Week 31, 2019	374086	115591	187549
Week 32, 2019	349956	99778	173343
Week 33, 2019	357747	101854	159958
Week 34, 2019	377167	103850	174520
Week 35, 2019	376630	108990	190594
Week 36, 2019	331112	111431	163779
Week 37, 2019	344125	116552	165067
Week 38, 2019	357694	121142	164126
Week 39, 2019	400445	112897	150342
Week 40, 2019	370929	109130	173676
Week 41, 2019	328695	108934	159818
Week 42, 2019	361434	111628	167812
Week 43, 2019	386006	106247	167787
Week 44, 2019	349806	112878	184211
Week 45, 2019	340143	128884	172204
Week 46, 2019	324882	135522	173202
Week 47, 2019	313622	135131	177381
Week 48, 2019	287322	126068	194756
Week 49, 2019	321077	135338	207733
Week 50, 2019	304906	153739	197417
Week 51, 2019	326317	151815	216464
Week 52, 2019	311846	158346	213126
Week 53, 2019	323003	171788	215389
Week 1, 2020	294962	160992	208545
Week 2, 2020	272232	163323	203635
Week 3, 2020	311192	156708	192178
Week 4, 2020	255306	155476	200738
Week 5, 2020	267906	147080	220814
Week 6, 2020	279752	150691	209147
Week 7, 2020	263658	157812	231619
Week 8, 2020	270060	164602	211164
Week 9, 2020	246225	148310	214105
Week 10, 2020	269087	162004	197203
Week 11, 2020	242185	172976	179795
Week 12, 2020	231633	110625	91210
Week 13, 2020	185385	53021	55090
Week 14, 2020	167099	–	46830
Week 15, 2020	166368	54850	–
Week 16, 2020	165090	51356	–
Week 17, 2020	120627	61236	–
Week 18, 2020	118967	63263	–
Week 19, 2020	123957	75365	–
Week 20, 2020	132415	69226	–
Week 21, 2020	139200	68863	–
Week 22, 2020	131262	54740	–
Week 23, 2020	147730	73950	–
Week 25, 2020	127471	96613	–
Week 26, 2020	133930	112522	–
Week 27, 2020	135296 (133)	140429 (138)	51897 (51)
Week 28, 2020	234661	173602	60871
Week 29, 2020	246298	183016	87569
Week 30, 2020	267266	180246	112154
Week 31, 2020	285583	158749 (156)	108156
Week 32, 2020	320814	196709	120907
Week 33, 2020	314032	230445 (228)	114969
Week 34, 2020	284536 (280)	239530 (235)	107986 (106)
Week 35, 2020	297805	243499 (239)	118224
Week 36, 2020	267401	215314	116782
Week 37, 2020	323358	263020	131294
Week 38, 2020	278321 (274)	292491 (287)	131405
Week 39, 2020	286669	309348 (304)	132566
Week 40, 2020	278336 (274)	318029 (313)	132239
Week 41, 2020	256452	308236	129599
Week 42, 2020	243843 (240)	331071 (325)	128080
Week 43, 2020	257075 (253)	354112 (348)	128211
Week 44, 2020	266612 (262)	371683 (365)	125455
Week 45, 2020	242736	369106	121535
Week 46, 2020	236004	356188	116770
Week 47, 2020	243216 (239)	371276 (365)	117627
Week 48, 2020	236653	371824	128741
Week 49, 2020	220567	356665	143803
Week 50, 2020	231557	386603	134398
Week 51, 2020	231327	383734	117752
Week 52, 2020	226132	407074	123113
Week 1, 2021	212907	378111	121501
Week 2, 2021	222329	368275	121141
Week 3, 2021	236601	356805	128359
Week 4, 2021	226462	376411	128355
Week 5, 2021	241260	374013	137082
Week 6, 2021	222154	368817	120225
Week 7, 2021	225277	362679	115057

Marathi Channels TRP2

Week and Year	Star Pravah	Zee Marathi	Colors Marathi
Week 8, 2021	1016	668	361
Week 9, 2021	996	669	370
Week 10, 2021	1073.51	681.7	350.47
Week 11, 2021	1053.28	606.56	351.19
Week 12, 2021	1082.2	657.9	369.9
Week 13, 2021	1104.67	685.62	363.68
Week 14, 2021	1317.92 (405)	710.42 (218)	380.33 (117)
Week 15, 2021	1215.16	620.16	350.08
Week 16, 2021	872.38	606.78	244.7
Week 17, 2021	905.88	561.35	266.98
Week 18, 2021	1192.27 (366)	601.67 (185)	315.26 (97)
Week 19, 2021	1227.87	675.88	352.87
Week 20, 2021	1012.39	621.55	323.56
Week 21, 2021	1157.45 (355)	706.53 (217)	388.49
Week 22, 2021	1180.5	711.16	370.32
Week 23, 2021	1239.43 (380)	648.76 (199)	376.31 (116)
Week 24, 2021	1202.96	645.39	405.62
Week 25, 2021	1179.75	650.95	391.14
Week 26, 2021	1230.57	636.42	391.11
Week 27, 2021	1308.31	638.55	402.57
Week 28, 2021	1306.51	671.35	407.29
Week 29, 2021	1350.29	615.5	426.66
Week 30, 2021	1439.23 (442)	625.27 (192)	447.99 (138)
Week 31, 2021	1460.2	638.33	496.78
Week 32, 2021	1359.68	638.71	541.23
Week 33, 2021	1478.59 (454)	656.17	572.48
Week 34, 2021	1365.04 (419)	623.27	565.86
Week 35, 2021	1457.01	719.88	563.64
Week 36, 2021	1434.7	646.53	569.69
Week 37, 2021	1519.22 (466)	658.66 (202)	522.83 (160)
Week 38, 2021	1507.05	673.96	587.73
Week 39, 2021	1419.85	671.6	562.29
Week 40, 2021	1263.24	626.12	528.18
Week 41, 2021	1347.61	646.98	562.99
Week 42, 2021	1402.23	709.72	611.56
Week 43, 2021	1349.95	659.17	567.4
Week 44, 2021	1354.91	737.81	485.84
Week 45, 2021	1475.55 (453)	643.09 (197)	514.55 (158)
Week 46, 2021	1559.13 (479)	638.5 (196)	540.93 (166)
Week 47, 2021	1528.44 (469)	715.37 (220)	576.38 (177)
Week 48, 2021	1499.47	674.12	588.48
Week 49, 2021	1512.08	691.66	556.1
Week 50, 2021	1425.54	645.51	564.37
Week 51, 2021	1396.85	718.15	526.02
Week 52, 2021	1457.32	714.42	463.07
Week 1, 2022	1578.27	695.06	430.32
Week 2, 2022	1492.66	668.41	468.57
Week 3, 2022	1474.24	636.87	484.15
Week 4, 2022	1442.81	609.23	512.4
Week 5, 2022	1372.02	742.99	471.2
Week 6, 2022	1321.8	609.9	468.64
Week 7, 2022	1326.7	609.41	423.05
Week 8, 2022	1415.89	605.05	414.58
Week 9, 2022	1451.78	596.76	392.41
Week 10, 2022	1447.35 (444)	572.46 (176)	369.16 (113)
Week 11, 2022	1434.9	562.99	384.35
Week 12, 2022	1445.64	546.65	405.62
Week 13, 2022	1396.25	550.42	430.03
Week 14, 2022	1465.01	441.22	395.48
Week 15, 2022	1319.68	472.63	379.31
Week 16, 2022	1383.18	488.56	353.63
Week 17, 2022	1377.46	470.05	323.03
Week 18, 2022	1297.35	497.97	331.81
Week 19, 2022	1307.16	511.6	341.48
Week 20, 2022	1225.08	512.35	316.46
Week 21, 2022	1340.39	538.85	346.47
Week 22, 2022	1458.19	525.84	360.34
Week 23, 2022	1358.65	568.35	385.02
Week 24, 2022	1450.45	589.26	359.23
Week 25, 2022	1362.04	493.6	369.7
Week 26, 2022	1364.56	514.48	404.55
Week 27, 2022	1422.18	479.13	405.32
Week 28, 2022	1491.22	501.36	436.67
Week 29, 2022	1462.34	527.46	439.2
Week 30, 2022	1396.1	539.29	409.45
Week 31, 2022	1470.58	496.1	431.04
Week 32, 2022	1482.76	460.1	439.29
Week 33, 2022	1547.59	467.49	460.03
Week 34, 2022	1568.57	538.99	430.36
Week 35, 2022	1395.34	434.99	382.41
Week 36, 2022	1334.86	423.57	355.05
Week 37, 2022	1611.16	477.11	446.23
Week 38, 2022	1549.77	473.27	446.47
Week 39, 2022	1473.29	455.1	393.99
Week 40, 2022	1536.17	428.09	419.81
Week 41, 2022	1558.64	457.97	397.42
Week 42, 2022	1577.06	459.76	391.03
Week 43, 2022	1542.64	447.01	399.59
Week 44, 2022	1631.41	443.51	394.15
Week 45, 2022	1633.9 (502)	437.97 (134)	404.76 (124)
Week 46, 2022	1622.17	460.65	418.24
Week 47, 2022	1624.24	462.07	448.78
Week 48, 2022	1636.78 (502)	454.8 (140)	444.26 (136)
Week 49, 2022	1602.33	439.14 (135)	473.48 (145)
Week 50, 2022	1588.57	473.08	507.52
Week 51, 2022	1518.51	449.74	479.44
Week 52, 2022	1568.14	502.6	475.11
Week 1, 2023	1580.37	447.73	475.05
Week 2, 2023	1605.64	429.89	471.22
Week 3, 2023	1694.4 (520)	446.44 (137)	427.98 (131)
Week 4, 2023	1615.59	411.25	416.82
Week 5, 2023	1612.77	420.19	430.05
Week 6, 2023	1590.01	456.61	415.26
Week 7, 2023	1634.23 (502)	429.37 (132)	401.25 (123)
Week 8, 2023	1212.51	288.93	585.59
Week 9, 2023	1603.44	449.03	497.7
Week 10, 2023	1569.31	414.34	428.73
Week 11, 2023	1554.68	433.96	403.41
Week 12, 2023	1574.25 (484)	444.46 (137)	395.56 (122)
Week 13, 2023	1498.26 (460)	511.91 (157)	467.7 (144)
Week 14, 2023	1375.32 (423)	416.89 (128)	371 (114)
Week 15, 2023	1269.91 (390)	378.41 (116)	413.51 (127)
Week 16, 2023	1301.83	407.58	406.54
Week 17, 2023	1318.56 (405)	391.63 (120)	379.7 (117)
Week 18, 2023	1339.34 (411)	371.13 (114)	412.84 (127)
Week 19, 2023	1286.86	380.25	371.45
Week 20, 2023	1346.82	363.42	411.51
Week 21, 2023	1303.9	357.37	375.98
Week 22, 2023	1421.59	357.09	410.91
Week 23, 2023	1436.51	428.75	424.85
Week 24, 2023	1380.19	441.8	412.97
Week 25, 2023	1494.46 (459)	431.61 (133)	407.71 (125)
Week 26, 2023	1471.83	428.82	424.45
Week 27, 2023	1551.81	424.57	448.48
Week 28, 2023	1540.29	459.48	438.49
Week 29, 2023	1567.47	454.74	435.1
Week 30, 2023	1508.66	435.32	453.8
Week 31, 2023	1560.58	456.38	431.59
Week 32, 2023	1529.91	462.08	468.06
Week 33, 2023	1632.16	439.67	491.61