Sun TV Network


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 the Asia's largest TV network. Established on 14 April 1993 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television channels and radio stations in multiple languages. Its flagship channel is Sun TV, which was the first fully privately owned Tamil channel in India. Sun Group has owned Hyderabad-based IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2012.

Products and operations

Television channels

Sun Group currently owns and operates 32 TV channels across Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.
Sun Group will be launching 7 new HD channels and 3 new SD channels including network's first channel in Marathi language, marking the entry of the company into North Indian market after sun bangla. After this, Sun Group will have a total of 42 channels in their bouquet.

Print media

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 the magazines Kungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam, Mutharam and Vannathirai.

Radio stations

The group owns 67 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Suryan FM, Red FM.

OTT Platform

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 and Rajinikanth Petta.