Sun TV launches Sun Life, Sun TV RI (Rest of India) and Gemini Life

Sun TV Network has launched three new pay channels from Monday -- Sun Life, Sun TV RI (Rest of India) in Tamil and Gemini Life in Telugu.

Sun Life and Gemini Life will focus on areas like lifestyle, religion, health and education, the Chennai-based broadcaster said. Sun TV RI will transmit the same content that goes on air on its flagship Sun TV channel, but the broadcast will be specialized for all states other than Tamil Nadu, allowing advertisers to focus on specific geographical areas.

The company now has 32 TV channels, which includes 12 in Tamil, nine in Telugu, seven in Kanada and four channels in Malayalam languages, Sun TV said.

Sun TV has been quite aggressive in launching new channels and pushing new content recently. Last week it launched four advertisement free action movie channels in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. In December, it had launched four high definition TV channels, three in Tamil and one in Telugu.

Sun TV shares were down 0.6% at Rs 276.65 on NSE in noon trade on Monday.

Source: Moneycontrol.com

Sun TV Network launches 4 Ad free action movie channels from today

Sun TV Network Ltd has launched four Ad free action movie channels - Sun Action in Tamil, Gemini Action in Telugu, Suriyan TV in Kannada and Surya Action in Malayalam on January 04, 2012.

With this launch the company has entered into the "Ad free" pay channel world and also the new genre of "Action Movie" has been added to its existing genres of General Entertainment, Movies, Music, News, Kids and Comedy.

These will be the first of its kind 24 hours Ad free Action Movie Channels in India and are premier pay channels.

With this launch, the number of channels under Sun's bouquet moves up to 29 of which there are 10 channels in Tamil, 8 channels in Telugu, 7 channels in Kannada and 4 channels in Malayalam languages.

The Sun TV Network Ltd. stock was trading at Rs.284.90, down by Rs.3.45 or 1.20%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.286.50 and low of Rs.284.10.

The total traded quantity was 4116 compared to 2 week average of 89245.

Source: Equity Bulls

Sun Direct added Sun Action, Gemini Action, Surya Action and Suriyan TV

Sun Direct has added four new channels on its platform. Presently all the four channels are in scrambled mode.

Sun Action on channel no.109

Gemini Action on channel no.159

Surya Action on channel no.205

Suriyan TV on channel no.259

These channels are not officially launched yet. Here are few Screenshots of the EPG.

For more information check our forum from the below link.

http://indiandth.in/Thread-Sun-Action-Gemini-Action-Surya-Action-and-Suriyan-TV-added-on-Sun-Direct

Sun Direct HD channels list with Screenshots

Recently Sun Direct added four new HD channels on their platform. Now the total HD channels count is eight. The 8 HD channels are Sun TV HD, KTV HD, Sun Music HD, Gemini TV HD, Telugu HD Service, Discovery HD World, National Geographic Channel HD and Movies Now HD. Here are few images of the HD channels.

960 Sun TV HD

961 KTV HD

962 Sun Music HD

964 Discovery HD World

966 National Geographic Channel HD

968 Movies Now HD

970 Gemini TV HD

972 Telugu HD Service

For more images check the below link.

http://www.dthhelp.com/Thread-Update-Images-of-Sun-HD-channels-from-Sundirect

http://www.dthhelp.com/Thread-DH-Exclusive-All-Sun-network-HD-channels-images

Sun TV Network Ltd to offer 4 of its channels also in HD from today

Sun TV Network is set to launch four high definition (HD) channels in Tamil and Telugu languages today (December 11).

According to a press release, the company plans to launch Sun TV, KTV, Sun Music HD channels in Tamil and Gemini TV HD in Telugu.

These channels, the first of its kind in Tamil and Telugu, will first be offered on the DTH (direct to home) and digital cable platforms in India, and will progressively become available in global markets.

While Sun TV HD, KTV HD and Gemini TV HD are to be priced at Rs 40 a month, its Sun Music HD will be priced at Rs 25 a month. However, as a bouquet of four channels, it will cost Rs 100 per month.

In high definition, the density of picture elements will be five times that of standard definition, resulting in a sharper image. As of now, about a dozen HD channels are available in India across general entertainment, sports, news and movie genres.

Source: The Hindu Business Line

Sun TV to launch 4 HD channels on 11th December 2011

Sun TV Network will launch four new High Definition channels in Tamil and Telugu languages on 11 December 2011.

The company has always been in the forefront of pioneering new technologies and in bringing value added services to its customers. The launch of these HD channels is in line with that tradition and reinforces the company's competitive positioning in the South Indian broadcast media space.

The new HD channels are Sun TV HD, K TV HD and Sun Music HD for Tamil and Gemini TV HD for Telugu. These channels will be the first of its kind in Tamil and Telugu.

These HD channels will first be offered on DTH and digital cable platforms in India, and will progressively become available in global markets. These channels would be priced at Rs. 40 per subscriber per month per channel for Sun TV HD, K TV HD and Gemini TV HD and Rs. 25 per subscriber per month for Sun Music HD. The bouquet price for all the four HD channels will be Rs. 100 per month.

With this introduction, the company will be offering a bouquet of 25 channels including the 4 new HD channels.

Source: Indiainfoline.com

Telugu Channels available on Sun Direct with Screenshots

Here is the complete list of Telugu channels available on Sun Direct as on 5th December, 2011. There are totally 19 Telugu channels. In that 1 is Telugu Cinema Club service channel exclusively available only for its subscribers. The channels are Gemini TV, Gemini Movies, Gemini Music, Gemini Comedy, Telugu Cinema Club, Kushi TV, Gemini News, ETV Telugu, Maa TV, Zee Telugu, Raj Vissa, ETV2, TV9, TV5, NTV, Bhakti TV, Sakshi TV, ABN Andhra Jyothi and DD Saptagiri.

Here are the screenshots of all the Telugu channels.