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 Edit
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 Edit
Government Owned Channel Edit General Entertainment Channels (GEC) Edit Defunct Channels Edit 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)
Defunct Channel Edit Defunct Channel Edit Defunct Channel Edit Defunct Channel Edit Channel
Launch
Defunct
Video
Audio
Owner
Maharashtra1
2011
2020
Full HD
Stereo | 2.0
First India Group Asia Limited
Marathi HD Channels Edit
Marathi Channels TRP1 Edit
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 Edit
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
