Sun Group

SUN Group Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992. Sun Group besides television media has 48 FM Radio Stations, two Daily Newspapers, five Magazines, a DTH satellite service & several T20 cricket franchises. Subsidiaries Cable television In 1990, Kalanithi Maran started a monthly video (VHS) 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 Sun TV Network's 33 TV Channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and the company's first step of TV Channel segment in North India is Bengali language and in the Marathi language the company launched TV Channel on October 17, 2021, the Group's second step of TV channel segment in North India. DTH and Cable Provider Sun Direct is a DTH service provider established in December 2007. Sun Direct is the fourth largest DTH service provider in India as of March 2015. Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) is a cable distribution company owned by Sun Group. From its launch Sun Direct DTH continue to be the Market Leader of South India.