SUN Group


SUN Group is an Indian media conglomerate company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992.

Divisions

Television

In 1990, Kalanithi Maran started a monthly video news magazine in Tamil called Poomaalai. Sun TV is the first and flagship channel of the group started on 14 April 1993. Sun TV was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on 24 April 2006 upon raising $133 million. Sun Group owns 33 TV Channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, & Marathi. Sun Direct is a DTH service provider established in 2008. Sun direct is the fourth largest DTH service provider in India as of March 2015. Sumangali Cable Vision is a cable distribution company owned by Sun network.

Radio

The group owns 70 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Suryan FM, Red FM & Magic FM 106.4

Newspapers and magazines

SUN Group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines in Tamil. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy and was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Sun Network in 2005. It is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi. Tamil Murasu is an evening newspaper. The group owns magazines Kungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam, Mutharam and Vannathirai.

Film production

is a film production and distribution company established in 2000. It produced the TV film Siragugal and Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen.

Sports

is a cricket franchise based in the city of Hyderabad that plays in the Indian Premier League. The team was bought by Kalanithi Maran in October 2012. Trevor Bayliss is the head coach and David Warner is the captain of the team.

Aviation

SUN Group acquired 37.7% stake in Indian low-cost carrier Spicejet in June 2010. In 2012, Despite the losses, Kalanithi Maran increased his stake in Spicejet by investing in the airline. In January 2015, the Sun group sold its entire shareholding to the airline's founder Ajay Singh and transferred control.