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{{Short description|Indian Kannada-language TV channel}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name            = Udaya TV
| logo_size       =
| logo            = Udaya TV logo.png
| logo_caption    =
| logo_alt        = Udaya SD logo
| launch_date     = {{Start date and age|1994|6|1|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| owner           = [[Sun Network]]
| area            = India, [[UAE]] and United States, [[Europe]] by satellite TV
| headquarters    = [[Bengaluru, Karnataka]], India
| picture_format  = [[576i]] ([[SDTV]]) <br />[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
| country         = India
| language        = Kannada
| sister_channels = [[Sun TV Network#Owned channels|Sun Network Channels]]
| website         = [http://www.sunnetwork.in/tv-channel-details.aspx?Channelid=27&channelname=UDAYA%20TV&LanguageID=3&Type=3 Udaya TV] Sunnetwork.in
}}
'''Udaya TV''' is an Indian [[Kannada]] language [[Entertainment|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. Udaya TV was launched on 1 June 1994.
==History==
Udaya TV was incorporated on 1 June 1994 as a private limited company engaged in television broadcasting with a registered office at [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu.<ref name="sebi">Financial and other details related to Udaya TV are mentioned in {{cite web|url=http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|title=Sun TV Limited Prospectus|work=Online Webpage of SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India|publisher=Sun TV Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928112812/http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sunfinal.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was launched by the chairman of [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Kalanithi Maran]], and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994.<ref name="tp">History of Sun TV network and its channels is mentioned by {{cite web|url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |title=Sun TV |work=Online webpage of TelevisionPoint.com |publisher=© 2005-2007 Televisionpoint.com |access-date=2007-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601170027/http://www.televisionpoint.com/tvchannels/ftaothers/sunnetwork.html |archive-date=1 June 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> It was the first Kannada satellite channel to go on air.<ref name="tp" />
It grew rapidly and by May 2000, Udaya TV has captured 70% of ad spending on TV in the state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="km">A biography of Kalanidhi Maran is presented by {{cite web|url=http://www.jobsahead.com/services/jobworld/mag/0529/3/index.htm|author=M. Anand|title=Businessworld, SUN TV: The heat is on|work=Businessworld, dated 2000-05-29|publisher=Businessworld|access-date=2007-04-21}}</ref> In 2000 and 2001, it won the Indian Television Academy's award for the best [[Kannada]] TV channel for 2001<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards" /> It forayed into FM radio broadcasting by launching Vishaka FM, an FM channel in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name="sebi" /> 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.<ref name="pay">Udaya TV being made a pay channel is mentioned by {{cite news|url=http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|title=Pay Channel|author=G R N Somashekar|work=Online photo images of the Hindu, dated 2004-08-16|publisher=2004, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21|location=Chennai, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204706/http://pay.hindu.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=3294969|archive-date=30 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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.<ref name="dire">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|title=Udaya TV employees' protest turns violent|work=Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-08-17|publisher=2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|access-date=2007-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705195527/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/aug172005/state1850352005816.asp|archive-date=5 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="merg">Merger of Udaya TV with Sun TV is discussed by {{cite web|url=http://www.blonnet.com/2006/11/28/stories/2006112805070500.htm|title=Gemini, Udaya merger with Sun TV|work=Online edition of The Hindu Businessline, dated 2006-11-28|publisher=2006, The Hindu|access-date=2007-04-21}}</ref>
==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Udaya TV}}
==Sister channels==
===Defunct channels===
====Udaya News====
'''Udaya News''' is India's first [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-19-years-sun-tv-shut-down-udaya-news-over-insurmountable-losses-67360|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.thenewsminute.com|title=After 19 years, Sun TV to shut down Udaya News over insurmountable losses|date=25 August 2017}}</ref> Udaya News was shut down on 1 February 2019.
==Awards==
* Indian Television Academy's award for the best [[Kannada]] TV channel for 2001<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050528113621/http://sunnetwork.org/aboutus/awards/page5.htm Sun TV Channels get Best Channel Awards from Indian Television Academy]}} - A picture report.</ref>
* Indian Television Academy's award for the best Kannada TV channel for 2002<ref name="Indian TV Academy Awards" />
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}
{{Sun Group}}
{{Kannada TV Channels}}
[[Category:Kannada-language television channels]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]
[[Category:Sun Group]]
[[Category:Television stations in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Karnataka]]