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{{short description|Indian mass media company}}
{{short description|Indian media company}}
{{For|the Canadian TV news channel|Sun News Network}}
{{For|the Canadian TV news channel|Sun News Network}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Sun TV Network
| name             = Sun TV Network
| logo = Sun TV Network.png
 
| logo_size = 100px
| logo             = Sun TV Network.png
| caption =  
| logo_size       = 100px
| image = SUN network office.JPG
| caption         =  
| image_caption = Sun Network headquarters
| image           = SUN network office.JPG
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| image_caption   = Sun Network headquarters
| traded_as = {{BSE|532733}}<br />{{NSE|SUNTV}}
| type             = [[Public company|Public]]
| industry = [[Mass media]]
| traded_as       = {{BSE|532733}}<br />{{NSE|SUNTV}}
| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1992|04|14}}
| industry         = [[Mass media]]
| founder = [[Kalanithi Maran]]
| foundation       = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1992|04|14}}
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| founder         = [[Kalanithi Maran]]
| key_people = [[Kalanithi Maran]] (Chairman)
| location         = [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]], India
| products = {{hlist|[[Broadcasting]]|[[publishing]]|[[radio]]|[[web portal]]s }}
| key_people       = [[Kalanithi Maran]] (Chairman)
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|3780|c}} (2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport">{{cite web | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/financials/suntvnetwork/profit-loss/STN01| title=Sun TV Network Profit & Loss | publisher=Sun TV Network | date=30 October 2017 | access-date= 23 February 2019}}</ref>
| products         = {{hlist|[[Broadcasting]]|[[publishing]]|[[radio]]|[[web portal]]s }}
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|1836|c}} (2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| revenue         = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|3388.03|c}} (2020-2021)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport">{{cite web | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/financials/suntvnetwork/profit-loss/STN01| title=Sun TV Network Profit & Loss | publisher=Sun TV Network | date=30 October 2017 | access-date= 23 February 2019}}</ref>
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|1389|c}} (2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|1453.22|c}} (2020-2021)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| assets = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|6507|c}} (2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| net_income       = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|1520.41|c}} (2020-2021)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| owner =  
| assets           = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|7777.68|c}} (2019-2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| num_employees = 1,352 (2020)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| owner           =  
| parent = [[SUN Group]]
| num_employees   = 1,352 (2021)<ref name="SunTVAnnualReport" />
| subsid =  
| parent           = [[SUN Group]]
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.suntv.in}}<br />{{URL|http://www.sunnetwork.in/}}
| subsid           =  
| homepage         = {{URL|http://www.suntv.in}}<br />{{URL|http://www.sunnetwork.in/}}
}}
}}


'''Sun TV Network''' is an Indian [[Mass media]] company headquartered in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is a part of [[Sun Group]] and is one of [[Asia]]'s largest TV networks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/24sun-zee-tv-top-profitability-chart.htm |title=Sun, Zee remain top on profitability charts|publisher=Rediff.com|date=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinindia.in/edu/4739-sun-tv-not-working/ |title=Problems in Sun TV Network license renewal |publisher=kinindia.net |date=2015-06-08 }}</ref> Established on 14 April 1992 by [[Kalanithi Maran|Kalanithi maran]], it owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], which was the first fully privately owned [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] channel in India. Sun Group has owned Hyderabad-based [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] team [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] since 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/sun-tv-network-win-hyderabad-ipl-franchise/32100| title= Sun TV Network win Hyderabad IPL franchise| publisher= Wisden India| date= 25 October 2012| access-date= 26 November 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170625142249/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/sun-tv-network-win-hyderabad-ipl-franchise/32100| archive-date= 25 June 2017| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/sun-risers-represent-hyderabad-ipl/40723| title= Sun Risers to represent Hyderabad in IPL| publisher= Wisden India| date= 18 December 2012| access-date= 18 December 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170625164705/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/sun-risers-represent-hyderabad-ipl/40723| archive-date= 25 June 2017| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref>
'''Sun TV Network''' is an Indian [[mass media]] company headquartered in [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]], India. It is a part of [[Sun Group]] and is one of Asia's largest TV networks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/apr/24sun-zee-tv-top-profitability-chart.htm |title=Sun, Zee remain top on profitability charts|publisher=Rediff.com|date=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinindia.in/edu/4739-sun-tv-not-working/ |title=Problems in Sun TV Network license renewal |publisher=kinindia.net |date=2015-06-08 }}</ref> Established on 14 April 1992 by [[Kalanithi Maran]], it owns a variety of television channels in multiple languages and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]].


== Products and operations ==
== Owned Channels ==
=== Television channels ===
=== On Air Channels ===
[[SUN Group]] currently owns and operates 33 TV channels (25 SD + 8 HD) across [[South India|Indian]] languages&nbsp;– [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite news|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/southern-titans/kalanithi-maran-defying-the-odds/41601/1|title=Kalanithi Maran: Defying the odds|work=Forbes|date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
[[SUN Group]] currently owns and operates 33 TV channels (25 SD + 8HD) across [[South India|Indian]] languages&nbsp;– [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]].


{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size:90%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!Channel
! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|[[High-definition television|HD]] [[Television channel|channels]]
!Launched
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!Language
! Category !![[Tamil language|Tamil]]!![[Telugu language|Telugu]]!![[Kannada]]!![[Malayalam]]
!Category
!SD/HD availability
|-
| [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| 1993
| rowspan="7" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| General Entertainment
| rowspan="3" | SD+HD
|-
|-
|Entertainment||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV HD]]||[[Gemini TV|Gemini TV HD]]||[[Udaya TV|Udaya TV HD]]||[[Surya TV|Surya TV HD]]
| [[KTV (India)|KTV]]
| 2001
| Movies
|-
|-
|Music||[[Sun Music|Sun Music HD]]||[[Gemini Music|Gemini Music HD]]
| [[Sun Music]]
| 2004
| Music
|-
|-
|Movie||[[KTV (India)|K TV HD]]||[[Gemini Movies|Gemini Movies HD]]
| [[Chutti TV]]
|}
| 2007
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size:90%;"
| Kids
|+
| rowspan="4" | SD
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |[[Standard Definition|SD]] [[Television channel|channels]]
| [[Adithya TV]]
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
| 2009
! Category !![[Tamil language|Tamil]]!![[Telugu language|Telugu]]!![[Kannada]]!![[Malayalam]]!![[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| Comedy
|-
| [[Sun Life]]
| 2013
| Classic
|-
|-
|Entertainment||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]||[[Gemini TV]]||[[Udaya TV]]||[[Surya TV]]
| [[Sun News]]
||[[Sun Bangla]]
| 2000
| News
|-
|-
|Music||[[Sun Music]]||[[Gemini Music]]||[[Udaya TV|Udaya Music]]||[[Surya Music]]
| [[Gemini TV]]
| 1995
| rowspan="6" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| General Entertainment
| rowspan="3" | SD+HD
|-
|-
|Movie||[[KTV (India)|K TV]]||[[Gemini Movies]]||[[Udaya Movies]]||[[Surya Movies]]
| [[Gemini Movies]]
| 2000
| Movies
|-
|-
|Comedy||[[Adithya TV]]||[[Gemini Comedy]]||[[Udaya Comedy]]||[[Surya Comedy Channel|Surya Comedy]]
| [[Gemini Music]]
| 2008
| Music
|-
|-
|Kids||[[Chutti TV]]||[[Kushi TV]]||[[Chintu TV]]||[[Kochu TV]]
| [[Kushi TV]]
| 2009
| Kids
| rowspan="3" | SD
|-
|-
|Classic
| [[Gemini Comedy]]
|Sun Life||Gemini Life
| 2010
| Comedy
|-
|-
|News||[[Sun News (India)|Sun News]]
| Gemini Life
| 2013
| Classic
|-
|-
|}
| [[Udaya TV]]
{| class="wikitable"
| 1994
|+Defunct Channels
| rowspan="5" | [[Kannada]]
!Name
| General Entertainment
!Category
| SD+HD
!Language
|-
|-
|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun Action]]                      
| [[Udaya Movies]]
| rowspan="4" |Movies         
| 2000
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]                 
| Movies
| rowspan="4" |SD
|-
|-
|[[Gemini TV|Gemini Action]]                  
| [[Udaya Music]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| 2006
| Music
|-
|-
|[[Udaya TV|Suriyan TV]]
| [[Chintu TV]]
|[[Kannada]]
| 2009
| Kids
|-
|-
|[[Surya TV|Surya Action]]
| [[Udaya Comedy]]
|[[Malayalam]]
| 2010
| Comedy
|-
|-
|[[Sun News (India)|Sun News]] English
| [[Surya TV]]
| rowspan="3" |News
| 1998
|[[English language|English]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Malayalam]]
| General Entertainment
| SD+HD
|-
|-
|[[Gemini News]]
| [[Surya Movies]]
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| 2004
| Movies
| rowspan="6" |SD
|-
|-
|[[Udaya News]]
| [[Surya Music]]
|[[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| 2014
|}
| Music
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" |Upcoming channel
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Name !!Category!!Language!!Notes
|-
|-
|[[Sun TV Network|Sun Marathi]]|| rowspan="2" |Entertainment|
| [[Kochu TV]]
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| 2011
|Launching in FY22
| Kids
|-
|-
|[[Sun Bangla|Sun Bangla HD]]||[[Bengali language|Bengali]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
| [[Surya Comedy]]
| 2017
| Comedy
|-
|-
|[[Surya Movies | Surya Movies HD]]|| rowspan="2" |Movies||[[Malayalam]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
| [[Sun Bangla]]
| 2019
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| rowspan="2"|General Entertainment
|-
|-
|[[Udaya Movies | Udaya Movies HD]]||[[Kannada]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
| [[Sun Marathi]]
| 2021
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|}
 
=== Defunct channels ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Channel
!Launched
!Defunct
!Language
!Category
!SD/HD availability
!Notes
|-
|-
|[[Surya Music | Surya Music HD]]|| rowspan="2" |Music||[[Malayalam]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
|Sun Action
|
|
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|rowspan="2" |Movies
|rowspan="6" |SD
|rowspan="2" |Replaced by HD channels in 2016-2017
|-
|-
|[[Udaya Music | Udaya Music HD]]||[[Kannada]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
|Gemini Action
|
|
|rowspan="2" |[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|-
|[[Adithya TV| Adithya TV HD]]|| rowspan="2" |Comedy||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
|Gemini News
|
|
|rowspan="2" |News
|Replaced by [[Sun Bangla]]
|-
|-
|[[Gemini Comedy | Gemini Comedy HD]]||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||Launching Post NTO 2.0
|[[Udaya News]]
|
|
|rowspan="2" |[[Kannada]]
|Replaced by [[Sun Marathi]]
|-
|-
|[[Sun News (India)|Sun News HD]]
|Suriyan TV
| rowspan="2" |News
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
| rowspan="2" |Launching Post NTO 2.0
|rowspan="2" |Movies
|Replaced by HD channels in 2016-2017
|-
|-
|Surya Action
|
|
|[[Malayalam]]
|Replaced by [[Surya Comedy]]
|}
|}


'''Sun18'''
==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 [[Rajnikanth]] starrer ''[[Endhiran]]''. It has distributed more than 20 [[Kollywood|Tamil films]] starting from ''[[Kadhalil Vizhunthen]]'', and now Producing many big budget movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/dec-08-03/endhiran-17-12-08.html|title=Sun TV bails out Endhiran|access-date=28 November 2015|publisher=behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref name="Narasimhan">{{Cite news|last=Narasimhan|first=T. E.|date=2020-11-13|title=Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/entertainment/sun-tv-to-invest-around-rs-600-cr-in-movies-and-content-for-ott-platform-120111300383_1.html|access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref>
Viacom 18 has 50% dealing distribution with [[Sun TV Network]] which led them to make [[Sun18]]. By this they made a strong distribution identity. By this Sun TV Network was responsible for South Indian market and [[Viacom18]] was responsible for North Indian market.
 
But it was came to an end within few years, now Sun TV Network distributing their channels as their own Companies and [[Viacom18]] distributing their channels with a single company named IndiaCast Media Distribution Private Limited.
( Mainly this was not a content sharing deal, on this same years Raj TV, Polimer TV and MAA TV have bought the rights of serials dubbed in Tamil and Telugu which they made in commissioned method. But Sun TV and also bought some rights of some serials to dubb in their regional markets before)
 
===Film production===
[[Sun Pictures]] is a film production and distribution company established in 2000 it is a Part of Sun TV Network. It produced the TV film ''[[Siragugal]]'' and [[Rajnikanth]] starrer ''[[Endhiran]]''. It has distributed more than 20 [[Kollywood|Tamil films]] starting from ''[[Kadhalil Vizhunthen]]'', and now Producing many big budget movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/dec-08-03/endhiran-17-12-08.html|title=Sun TV bails out Endhiran|access-date=28 November 2015|publisher=behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref name="Narasimhan">{{Cite news|last=Narasimhan|first=T. E.|date=2020-11-13|title=Sun TV to invest around Rs 600 cr in movies and content for OTT platform|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/entertainment/sun-tv-to-invest-around-rs-600-cr-in-movies-and-content-for-ott-platform-120111300383_1.html|access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref>


===Television Production Company===
==Television production company==
Sun Entertainment is Television production Company, which Produces small budget movies for [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] Direct TV Premier, after movie released in TV it will available only on [[Sun NXT]] OTT App, also Co-producing all upcoming webseries in [[Sun NXT]] OTT Platform which are coming soon in 2022 mid and also Co-producing the Serials which are showing in their TV Channels
Sun Entertainment is television production company, which produces small budget movies for [[Sun TV (India)|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 and this dept also co-produced the daily soaps which are to be telecasted in their channels.


=== OTT Platform ===
== OTT Platform ==
{{Main|Sun NXT}}
[[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.<ref name="Narasimhan"/>
[[Sun NXT]] is a global online audio/video streaming platform owned and operated by Sun TV Network. Has more than 4000 movie titles including movies like Ajith Kumar's ''[[Mankatha]]'', Vijay's ''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'' and Rajinikanth's ''[[Petta (film)|Petta]]''. Sun TV network is planning to invest more it's ott platform Sun NXT by making original web series and original ott movies from the mid of the 2021 .<ref name="Narasimhan"/>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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