Udaya TV#Udaya Movies
{{Short description|Indian Kannada-language TV channel}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Udaya TV
| logo_size =
| logo = Udaya TV logo.png
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt = Udaya SD logo
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1994|6|1|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| owner = Sun Network
| area = India, UAE and United States, Europe by satellite TV
| headquarters = Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
| picture_format = 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| sister_channels = Sun Network Channels
| website = [http://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=27&channelname=UDAYA%20TV&LanguageID=3&Type=3 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.Financial and other details related to Udaya TV are mentioned in {{cite web|url=http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|title=Sun TV Limited Prospectus|work=Online Webpage of SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India|publisher=Sun TV Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928112812/http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}} It was launched by the chairman of Sun TV, Kalanithi Maran, and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.History of Sun TV network and its channels is mentioned by {{cite web|url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |title=Sun TV |work=Online webpage of TelevisionPoint.com |publisher=2005–2007 Televisionpoint.com |access-date=2007-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601170027/http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |archive-date=1 June 2007 |url-status=dead }} It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.
It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state of Karnataka.A biography of Kalanidhi Maran is presented by {{cite web|url=http://www.jobsahead.com/services/jobworld/mag/0529/3/index.htm|author=M. Anand|title=Businessworld, SUN TV: The heat is on|work=Businessworld, dated 2000-05-29|publisher=Businessworld|access-date=2007-04-21}} In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001 It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel in Visakhapatnam. 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.Udaya TV being made a pay channel is mentioned by {{cite news|url=http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|title=Pay Channel|author=G R N Somashekar|work=Online photo images of the Hindu, dated 2004-08-16|publisher=2004, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21|location=Chennai, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204706/http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|archive-date=30 September 2007}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|title=Udaya TV employees' protest turns violent|work=Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-08-17|publisher=2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705195527/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=dead}} 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.Merger of Udaya TV with Sun TV is discussed by {{cite web|url=http://www.blonnet.com/2006/11/28/stories/2006112805070500.htm|title=Gemini, Udaya merger with Sun TV|work=Online edition of The Hindu Businessline, dated 2006-11-28|publisher=2006, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21}}
Programming
=Current broadcasts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Premiere date !Name !Adaptation of |
| 14 March 2022
|Tamil TV series Kayal |
| 22 November 2021
|Tamil TV series Vanathai Pola |
| 25 February 2019
|Tamil TV series Roja |
=Former broadcasts=
;Original series
=Reality shows=
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-19-years-sun-tv-shut-down-udaya-news-over-insurmountable-losses-67360|access-date=2020-07-27|website=thenewsminute.com|title=After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses|date=25 August 2017}} Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.
Awards
- Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050528113621/http://sunnetwork.org/aboutus/awards/page5.htm Sun TV Channels get Best Channel Awards from Indian Television Academy]}} – A picture report.
- Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Sun Group}}
{{Kannada TV Channels}}
Category:Kannada-language television channels
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994