Sun Udaya (formerly known as 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. Sun Udaya was launched on 1 June 1994.
History Sun Udaya 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 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 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 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
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. 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
Network18 Group has 50% dealing distribution with Sun TV Network, which led them to make Sun18. In July 2010, with the creation of Sun18, Sun TV Network became responsible for the South Indian market, while Network18 was responsible for the North Indian market.
Programming Current broadcasts Premiere dateNameAdaptation of8 December 2025Ratha SapthamiTamil TV series Marumagal 7 April 2025Sindhu BhairaviTamil TV series Aadukalam 2 September 2025MangalyaTamil TV series Moondru Mudhichu 01 June 2026Mahalakshmi Maduve Tamil TV series Lakshmi 23 March 2026Mooguthi MalliBilingual Version of Telugu TV series Mukkera Meenakshi22 July 2024Shanthi Nivasa19 February 2024MynaaTamil TV series Singapennae02 March 2026KrishnaVamshiTamil TV series Pudhu Vasantham17 February 2025AnupallaviTamil TV series Sundari 2 2 September 2025Sindhu BhairaviTamil TV series Aadukalam
Former broadcasts Original series NameFirst airedLast airedNotesSevanthi25 February 2019 04 July 2026 Tamil TV series RojaAnna Thangi22 November 202123 August 2025Remake of Tamil TV series Vanathai Pola Shambhavi11 September 202330 May 2026Sindhu Bhairavi7 April 202530 May 2026Tamil TV series Aadukalam Nethravathi15 March 202127 May 2023Kasthuri Nivasa9 September 201913 August 2022Kavyanjali3 August 202026 February 2022Manasaare24 February 202013 November 2021Remake of Telugu TV series PournamiNandini23 January 201731 July 2020Nayaki17 June 20199 April 2020Remake of Tamil TV series Nayagi Jai Hanuman8 October 2018 20 February 2019Kannadi 19 November 200129 August 2003Thanu Ninnadu30 April 2001 26 October 2001
Reality shows Title Original telecast HostReference Aksharamaale1998–2015Abhijith, Sangeetha Ravishankar, Anuradha Bhat Official page retrieved on 21 April 2007Chinnara Chilipili Season 22020Umashree, ShaliniCrazy Time2017–2018 – Official Page retrieved on 21 April 2007
Sister channels Udaya Movies Udaya Movies is an Indian Kannada language movie pay television channel It is a part of the Sun TV Network. it was launched on 25 May 2000 as Ushe TV and later renamed as Udaya Movies.
Udaya Music Udaya Music is a Kannada language music pay television channel. It is owned by Sun TV Network. and was launched on 5 February 2006 as Udaya 2 (U2) and later renamed as Udaya Music.
Chintu TV Chintu TV is India's first Kannada language kids pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. The target audience is children aged between 3 and 14. It was launched on 11 April 2009.
Udaya Comedy Udaya Comedy is an Indian Kannada language comedy pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 7 April 2009.
Defunct channels Udaya News Udaya News was the 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. Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.
Awards Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2001 – A picture report. Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002
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