Sun Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founders | Kalanithi Maran |
| Headquarters | Murasoli Maran Towers, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Area served
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India |
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Key people
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Kalanithi Maran (Chairman) |
| Products |
Publishing Broadcasting Radio Film Cable television Sports franchising |
| Divisions | Sun TV Network |
| Website | www |
Sun Group is an Indian media conglomerate company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992.
In 1990, Maran started a monthly video (VHS) news magazine in Tamil called Poomaalai which was stopped in 1992. Sun TV is the first and flagship channel of the group started on 14 April 1993. Sun TV was listed on the on 24 April 2006 upon raising $133 million. Sun Group owns 33 TV Channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.Sun Direct is a DTH service provider established in 2008. Sun direct is the fourth largest in India DTH service provider as of March 2015.Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) is a cable distribution company owned by Sun network.
The group owns 48 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Suryan FM and Red FM.
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.
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