ETV Network
 | |
| Type | Broadcast, television and online |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Network 18 Reliance Industries |
Key people | Umesh Upadhyay |
Launch date | 27 August 2008 |
Picture format |
480i (16:9 SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Official website |
www |
ETV Network is one of the largest networks of satellite television channels in India, running seventeen regional language news and entertainment channels. It is based in Hyderabad, India.
History
The Hyderabad daily newspaper Eenadu (Telugu for 'today') started its own channel named Eenadu TV on 27 August 1995[1] as satellite broadcasting took off in India. The network later added regional channels in other Indian languages and built a large local news network. ETV is owned by Network 18, who bought it from Ramoji Group in 2013.
In March 2015 Viacom 18 decided to rebrand five ETV regional general entertainment channels (owned by Prism TV). They are ETV Marathi, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla and ETV Odia will be rebranded into Colors Marathi, Colors Gujarati, Colors Kannada, Colors Bangla and Colors Odia.[2]
Network
ETV Network, bouquet of channels are source of rich infotainment to audiences in the language of their choice. ETV Network channels have been bifurcated and being handled by three separate entities. Content and all other aspects relating to operations are handled by respective companies.
Eenadu Television Pvt Ltd operates ETV Telugu, ETV Andhra Pradesh & ETV Telangana
Prism TV Pvt Ltd operates ETV Bangla, ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada, ETV Odia & ETV Gujarati
Panorama Television Pvt Ltd operates ETV Rajasthan, ETV Urdu, ETV Bihar / Jharkhand, ETV Uttar Pradesh / Uttarakhand, ETV Madhya Pradesh / Chhattisgarh, ETV Bangla News, ETV Kannada News & ETV Haryana / Himachal Pradesh.
| Channel | Language | City | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETV Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh |
| ETV Telangana | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Telugu | Telugu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Urdu | Urdu | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| ETV Bangla | Bengali | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| ETV News Bangla | Bengali | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| ETV Marathi | Marathi | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| ETV Kannada | Kannada | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| ETV News Kannada | Kannada | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| ETV Odia | Oriya | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| ETV Gujarati | Gujarati | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| ETV News Gujarati | Gujarati | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| ETV Bihar Jharkhand | Bhojpuri | Patna | Bihar |
| ETV Madhya Pradesh Chatishgarh | Hindi | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| ETV Rajasthan | Hindi | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| ETV Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | Hindi | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| ETV Haryana/Himachal | Hindi | Chandigarh | Haryana |
References
- ↑ Shrivastava, K M (2005). Broadcast Journalism in the 21st Century. New Dawn Press Inc. p. 60. ISBN 1932705457. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "ETV rebranding to Colors".
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||