List of channels owned by Sun TV Network explained

This is the list of channels owned by Sun TV Network in India.

On air channels

Sun TV Network currently owns and operates 37 TV channels (26 SD + 11 HD) across some Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Hindi.

Language	Channel	Launched	Category	SD	HD	4K
Tamil	Sun TV	1993	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	KTV	2001	Movies	Yes	Yes
	Sun Music	2004	Music	Yes	Yes
	Chutti TV	2007	Kids	Yes
	Adithya TV	2009	Comedy	Yes
	Sun News	2000	News	Yes
	Sun Life	2013	Classic	Yes
Telugu	Gemini TV	1995	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Gemini Movies	2000	Movies	Yes	Yes
	Gemini Music	2005	Music	Yes	Yes
	Kushi TV	2009	Kids	Yes
	Gemini Comedy		Comedy	Yes
	Gemini Life	2013	Classic	Yes
Kannada	Udaya TV	1994	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Udaya Movies	2000	Movies	Yes
	Udaya Music	2006	Music	Yes
	Chintu TV	2009	Kids	Yes
	Udaya Comedy	2010	Comedy	Yes
Malayalam	Surya TV	1998	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
	Surya Movies	2005	Movies	Yes
	Surya Music	2013	Music	Yes
	Kochu TV	2011	Kids	Yes
	Surya Comedy	2017	Comedy	Yes
Bengali	Sun Bangla	2019	General Entertainment	Yes	Yes
Marathi		2021		Yes	Yes
Hindi	Sun Neo	2024		Yes	Yes

Defunct channels

Channel	Launched	Defunct	Language	Category	Notes	Source(s)
Sun Action	2008	2012	Tamil	Movies	Replaced by Gemini Music HD
Gemini Action	2012	2013	Telugu		Replaced by Gemini Movies HD
Gemini News	2004	2019		News	Replaced by Sun Bangla	^[1]
Suriyan TV	2012	2017	Kannada	Movies	Replaced by Udaya TV HD
Udaya News	2004	2019		News	Replaced by Sun Marathi	^[2]
Kiran TV	2005	2013	Malayalam	Movies	Replaced by Surya Movies
Surya Action	2009	2012			Replaced by Surya Comedy

Notes and References

1. Web site: iromero . 2023-10-06 . The Gemini South Maintenance Shutdown . 2023-10-29 . Gemini Observatory . en.
2. Web site: Staff . T. N. M. . 2017-08-25 . After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses . 2023-10-29 . The News Minute . en.