KTV (India)

KTV
Country	India
Broadcast area	India, Sri Lanka, Singapore
Network	Sun TV Network
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Programming
Language(s)	Tamil
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Sun Group
Sister channels	Sun TV; Gemini TV; Surya TV; Udaya TV; Sun Bangla; Sun Marathi; Gemini Movies; Udaya Movies; Surya Movies; Sun Music; Gemini Music; Udaya Music; Surya Music; Adithya TV; Gemini Comedy; Udaya Comedy; Surya Comedy Channel; Chutti TV; Kushi TV; Chintu TV; Kochu TV; Sun Life; Gemini Life; Sun News
History
Launched	22 October 2001
Links
Website	KTV
Availability
Cable
Hathway	Channel 565 (SD)
Asianet Digital TV	Channel 223 (SD)
Kerala Vision Digital TV	Channel 92 (SD); Channel 883 (HD)
Satellite
Tata Sky	Channel 1541 (SD) ; Channel 1540 (HD)
Dish TV & d2h	Channel 2913 (SD) ; Channel 2912 (HD)
Sun Direct	Channel 102 (SD) ; Channel 961 (HD)
Airtel digital TV	Channel 756 (SD) ; Channel 757 (HD)
Sky (UK & Ireland)	Channel 771
Dialog TV ; (Sri Lanka)	Channel 109 (SD)
IPTV
; (Sri Lanka)	Channel 103 (SD)
Singtel TV ; (Singapore)	Channel 625 (HD)
StarHub TV ; (Singapore)	Channel 159 (HD)

KTV is an Indian pay television channel, broadcasting Tamil-language films. It was launched on 22 October 2001.^[1] It is a part of the wider Chennai-based Sun TV Network, a subsidiary of the Sun Group.

History[]

The letter K in KTV stands for kondatam which means celebration. It was launched on 22 October 2001 by Kalanidhi Maran, the Chairman of Sun TV Network. At the time of launch, Sun TV Network's library had over 5,000 movies.^[2] Its HD counterpart was launched on 11 December 2011. At Every Friday and Saturday, KTV Channel premiered more new and blockbuster movies which was telecast by Sun TV till now. ^[3]

Former programming[]

All In All Alamelu

References[]

^ Pande, Shamni. "Sun Network flexes muscles; to launch KTV channel on October 22". afaqs.com. agencyfaqs!. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
^ "Sun Network will feed the movie hungry KTV". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
^ "Sun TV to launch 4 HD Channels on December 11, 2011". bseindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

External links[]

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[1] Pande, Shamni. "Sun Network flexes muscles; to launch KTV channel on October 22". afaqs.com. agencyfaqs!. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

[2] "Sun Network will feed the movie hungry KTV". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

[3] "Sun TV to launch 4 HD Channels on December 11, 2011". bseindia.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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