 The logo of Sun TV | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | World wide |
| Network | Sun TV Network |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Tamil |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sun Network Pvt Ltd |
| History | |
| Launched | April 14, 1993[1] 31 December 1996 (HDTV) |
| Links | |
| Website | TBA TBA |
SUN TV Tamil is an Indian Tamil-language General entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 14 April 1993. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun TV Network. It was founded and is owned by Kalanithi Maran.[2] It was started airing on open network (Antenna) on July 14' 2002 at the time of ''Majunu" Tamil movie premiering. Then it was removed from this open network on 2005. It was also removed from free dd dth on 9 November 2007. Sun TV launched its HD version on 11 December 2011.[3]
Since its inception, the channel consistently remains the top rated Tamil channel and one of the top rated Indian television channel.[4][5][6]
History[]
Sun TV is the flagship channel of Sun TV Network started on the Tamil New Year 14 April 1993.[7][8][9]
It started off with a four and a half hour programming per day on a time sharing agreement with ATN. However, in January 1997 it became 24 hours programming channel.
Sun TV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on 24 April 2006 upon raising $133 million.[10] It is the most viewed Tamil television channel in the world with syndicated broadcasts in several countries such as the United States, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Qatar, Hong Kong, Europe (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands and Ireland) and other countries.[11]
Programming[]
- Main article: List of programs broadcast by Sun TV (India)
Awards[]
Sun TV also hosts numerous film-industry–related events in Tamil Nadu and the Sun Kudumbam Awards ceremony biannually.[12]
References[]
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "Sun TV Netgwork Ltd"] Check
|url=value (help). The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015. - ↑ Menon, Jaya (8 November 2005). [TBA Karunanidhi wife pulls out stake in Sun TV]. The Indian Express.
- ↑ [TBA Sun TV HD launched]. bseindia.com.
- ↑ [TBA The amazing rise of Sun TV].
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vijayakumar, Sanjay; Kandavel, Sangeetha (22 October 2018). [TBA "Sun group bets big on second channel to take on competition"] Check
|url=value (help). The Hindu. - ↑ [TBA WEEK 44 - DATA: Week 44: Saturday, 30th October 2021 To Friday, 5th November 2021].
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "Sun TV history"] Check
|url=value (help). Economic Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015. - ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Karmali, Naazneen (30 November 2009). [TBA "Strong Signal"] Check
|url=value (help). Forbes. Retrieved 8 August 2010. - ↑ [TBA Rediff India Abroad, April 28, 2006 – Kalanithi Maran: A 'Sunshine' story, by Sanjiv Shankaran and S. Bridget Leena in New Delhi]. Rediff.com.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bharatan, Shilpa (27 March 2006). [TBA "Variety.com, Monday, April 24, 2006, 6:36pm PT – Sun TV shines on Exchange"] Check
|url=value (help). Variety. Retrieved 24 January 2012. - ↑ Ram, Arun (7 November 2005). [TBA Karunanidhis pull out of Sun TV]. Daily News and Analysis.
- ↑ Sharma, Kishore (8 November 2005). [TBAid=1131413216 Karunanidhi pull out of Sun TV]. Televisionpoint.com.
External links[]
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