Zee Entertainment Enterprises

The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (BSE: 505537, NSE: ZEEL) is the largest Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.^[2] It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group. The company's Chairman, Managing Director and Founder is Subhash Chandra and its Chief Executive Officer is Puneet Goenka. It was previously known as Zee Telefims until 2006 when it was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four smaller divisions. Zee currently operates over 15 different television channels, a cable company SitiCable, a record label Zee Records, a production company and other businesses as well. It launched in October 1992 and has since grown into a dominant player in Indian television. It has expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK and U.S. as well as Africa and Asia.

In 2002 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, they acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, Zee acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports. In FEb 2010 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN sports. It has been widely noted by Indian viewers that since the sale of the channel, the NEWS matter is now biased and favoring the Congress party of India at any cost.

As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd.^[3]

Channels

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. currently operates the following TV channels:

Zee News Limited

Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is a media and entertainment company and a subsidiary of the Essel Group. The company was spun off from Zee Telefilms on 31 March 2006 and it currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:

Movie productions

In 2008, Zee Networks launched Zee Motion Pictures,^[4] an independent subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises focusing on development, production, distribution and marketing of mainstream films in Hindi and regional languages Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali. Zee Motion Pictures also operates Zee Limelight for modestly budgeted films targeted at niche audiences.

References

External links

• Official site
• Official site of Zee News
• Official site of Zee Television UK
• Official site of Zee Television USA
• Official site of Zee Television Asia/Pacific