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Udaya TV - Wikipedia

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Udaya TV
Programming

Country	India
Broadcast area	India, UAE and United States, Europe by satellite TV
Headquarters	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Language(s)	Kannada
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sun Network
Sister channels	Sun Network Channels
History
Launched	1 June 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-06-01)
Links
Website	Udaya TV Sunnetwork.in

Udaya TV is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. Udaya TV is telecast in several nations like India, some Gulf countries and the United States. Udaya TV was launched on 1 June 1994.

History

Udaya TV was incorporated on 1 June 1994 as a private limited company engaged in television broadcasting with a registered office at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.^[1] It was launched by the chairman of Sun TV, Kalanithi Maran, and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.^[2] It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.^[2]

It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state of Karnataka.^[3] In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001^[4] It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel in Visakhapatnam.^[1] It was a free-on-air channel until 1 August 2004, when it was made a pay channel with a subscription fee of Rs.18.^[5]

In February 2006, the directors of Udaya TV were Kalanithi Maran, S. Selvam and Kaveri Kalanidhi. S. Selvam was also the Director of the Bangalore Bureau of Udaya TV.^[6] In November 2006, its owner Kalanithi Maran merged Udaya TV Ltd. with Sun TV Network along with Gemini TV Ltd for IPO listing of Sun TV Network.^[7]

Programming

Sister channels

Defunct channels

Udaya News

Udaya News is India's first Kannada language News Channel owned by Sun TV Network. it was launched on 5 August 2004 as (Udaya Varthegalu) and later renamed as Udaya News. the channel ceased its operation after 19 years on 24 October 2017 due to mounting losses and competition.^[8] Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.

Awards

Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001^[4]
Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Financial and other details related to Udaya TV are mentioned in "Sun TV Limited Prospectus" (PDF). Online Webpage of SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India. Sun TV Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b History of Sun TV network and its channels is mentioned by "Sun TV". Online webpage of TelevisionPoint.com. © 2005-2007 Televisionpoint.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
^ A biography of Kalanidhi Maran is presented by M. Anand. "Businessworld, SUN TV: The heat is on". Businessworld, dated 2000-05-29. Businessworld. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sun TV Channels get Best Channel Awards from Indian Television Academy^[usurped] - A picture report.
^ Udaya TV being made a pay channel is mentioned by G R N Somashekar. "Pay Channel". Online photo images of the Hindu, dated 2004-08-16. Chennai, India: 2004, The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
^ "Udaya TV employees' protest turns violent". Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-08-17. 2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
^ Merger of Udaya TV with Sun TV is discussed by "Gemini, Udaya merger with Sun TV". Online edition of The Hindu Businessline, dated 2006-11-28. 2006, The Hindu. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
^ "After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses". www.thenewsminute.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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Television

Tamil	Sun TV – Sun HD K TV – KTV HD Sun Music – Sun Music HD Sun News Adithya TV Chutti TV Sun TV RI (Rest of India)
Kannada	Udaya TV – Udaya TV HD Udaya Movies – Udaya Movies HD Udaya Music – Udaya Music HD Udaya News Udaya Comedy Chintu TV
Telugu	Gemini TV – Gemini HD Gemini Movies – Gemini Movies HD Gemini Music – Gemini Music HD Gemini News Gemini Comedy Kushi TV Gemini Life
Malayalam	Surya TV – Surya HD Surya Movies – Surya Movies HD Surya Music – Surya Music HD Surya Comedy Kochu TV
Bangla	Sun Bangla
Marathi	Sun Marathi
Hindi	Sun Neo

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v t e Kannada language television channels in India
Entertainment	DD Chandana Udaya TV Udaya Comedy Colors Kannada Colors Super Star Suvarna Suvarna Plus Zee Kannada Chintu TV
Music	Udaya Music Raj Music Karnataka Public Music
Movies	Udaya Movies
Miscellaneous	Sri Sankara TV Ayush TV
News	News18 Kannada TV9 (Kannada) Suvarna News Raj News Kannada Public TV

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