ETV Network is a network of

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news and entertainment

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television channels in India. It is based in

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. It also had some non

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-language

television channels. All non-

satellite television channels were acquired by

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-owned

TV18 TV18 Broadcast Limited (formerly Global Broadcast News and IBN18 Broadcast Limited) was an Indian television company based in Mumbai and owned by Network18 Group. TV18 owned and operates various national channels in separate partnerships with ...

for ₹2,053 crore in FY 2014–15 and later rebranded.

History

Telugu language network

The Hyderabad daily newspaper ''

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'' (

for 'today') started its own

channel named Eenadu TV on 27 August 1995. The flagship company ETPL launched four new television channels in November 2015 – namely ETV Life – a health and wellness channel, ETV Abhiruchi, a cookery channel, ETV Plus – an entertainment and reality channel, and ETV Cinema – a movie channel in Telugu language. In May 2014, ETV2 and ETV3 were renamed to ETV Andhra Pradesh and ETV Telangana respectively. On 27 December 2018, the network launched ETV Plus HD, ETV Life HD, ETV Abhiruchi HD, and ETV Cinema HD.

Non-Telugu language TV assets

The network also added regional channels in other Indian languages and built a large local news network using ETV brand after success in the Telugu-speaking region.

Ramoji Group Ramoji Group is an Indian conglomerate founded by Ramoji Rao and headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Its businesses cover television and newspaper media, film production, financial services, retail, education and hospitality. In 1996, one of ...

sold its non

TV assets to

in January 2014 with a permission to use ETV brand name. In March 2015,

Viacom18 Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an independent Indian media conglomerate, part of JioStar. It is owned by Reliance Industries and Bodhi Tree Systems. The Organisation had various channels and content production studios in India. Following ...

decided to rebrand all five non-

ETV regional general entertainment channels. ETV Marathi, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla and ETV Odia were rebranded into

Colors Marathi Colors Marathi (previously known as ETV Marathi) is an Indian Marathi language general entertainment channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programs such as serials, reality shows and ...

Colors Gujarati Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an independent Indian media conglomerate, part of JioStar. It is owned by Reliance Industries and Bodhi Tree Systems. The Organisation had various channels and content production studios in India. Following th ...

Colors Kannada Colors Kannada (previously known as ETV Kannada), is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment channel, owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programs such as serials, reality sho ...

Colors Bangla Colors Bangla (previously known as ETV Bangla) is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in Bengali language owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programs su ...

and Colors Odia, respectively. In March 2018, non-

TV assets of

still using the ETV brand were rebranded as part of the News18 network. In April 2016, ETV network added three more regional news channels catering to the audience of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and

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under the brand name of News18. The channels are named News18 Kerala, News18 Tamil Nadu and News18 Assam-NE.

Owned channels

On air channels

Upcoming channels

Former channels

Telugu language channels

Non-Telugu language channels

Streaming service

ETV Win ETV Win is an Indian Video on demand, subscription video on-demand and Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service owned by ETV Network, a subsidiary of the Ramoji Group. The service primarily distributes origina ...

is an over-the-top streaming service launched in November 2019. It has all the content from in-house production studios and television channels. In 2023, it has started producing and distributing original television shows and films under the label "ETV Win Originals".

References

External links

* {{Network 18 Television networks in India 1995 establishments in India Telugu-language television Mass media in Hyderabad, India Television broadcasting companies of India Mass media companies of India

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