The Marathi-language television industry was started in India in 1984. Although earlier confined to a half an hour slot in the national television
Doordarshan
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, the industry has now expanded with many commercial TV channels currently on air. Various dedicated categories like news and movies have been added and have considerably expanded the horizon of Marathi TV entertainment.
Marathi news channels
Marathi television got its first round-the-clock news channel in the form of Saam TV in the year 2008 leading
Marathi language
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News channel in the state. Nilesh Khare is the Channel Head and Editor of the channel since 2018.
Zee 24 Taas
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was launched in 2007.
Disney Star
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launched its Marathi news channel Star Majha in June 2007, which was later named as
ABP Majha
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from 1 June 2012.
Network 18
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and
Lokmat
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News18 Lokmat
News18 Lokmat is a 24-hour Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network18 Group and Lokmat Group the publisher of the newspaper Lokmat.
The channel was launched as IBN Lokmat on 6 A ...
. In 2008, Sakal Media Groups launched its first venture in television with Saam TV. Firstly it was info entertainment, but from 1 January 2018 it became a leading Marathi news channel. In 2009, TV9 Maharashtra launched. On 1 May 2013 another channel launched, namely Jai Maharashtra, by Mumbai-based media group Sahana Films. Lokshahi News channel was launched on 26 January 2020 by Swaraj Marathi Broadcasting LLP. Pudhari News, a news channel by Pudhari Publications Pvt. Ltd., was launched on 29 August 2023.