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The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is the largest Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai
, Maharashtra
. It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group
. The company's Chairman, Managing Director and Founder is Subhash Chandra
and its Chief Executive Officer is Puneet Goenka.
It was previously known as Zee Telefims until 2006 when it was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four smaller divisions. Zee currently operates over 15 different television channels, a cable company SitiCable, a record label Zee Records, a production company and other businesses as well. It launched in October 1992 and has since grown into a dominant player in Indian television. It has expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK and U.S. as well as Africa and Asia.
In 2002 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, they acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, Zee acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports
.
In FEb 2010 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN sports
. It has been widely noted by Indian viewers that since the sale of the channel, the NEWS matter is now biased and favoring the Congress party of India at any cost.
As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd.
. The company was spun off from Zee Telefilms on 31 March 2006 and it currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group
Essel Group
Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...
. The company's Chairman, Managing Director and Founder is Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...
and its Chief Executive Officer is Puneet Goenka.
It was previously known as Zee Telefims until 2006 when it was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four smaller divisions. Zee currently operates over 15 different television channels, a cable company SitiCable, a record label Zee Records, a production company and other businesses as well. It launched in October 1992 and has since grown into a dominant player in Indian television. It has expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK and U.S. as well as Africa and Asia.
In 2002 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, they acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, Zee acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports
TEN Sports
TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...
.
In FEb 2010 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN sports
TEN Sports
TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...
. It has been widely noted by Indian viewers that since the sale of the channel, the NEWS matter is now biased and favoring the Congress party of India at any cost.
As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd.
Channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. currently operates the following TV channels:| Hindi general entertainment | |
| Zee TV Zee TV Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,... |
Hindi general entertainment Channel and flagship station |
| Zee Cinema Zee Cinema Zee Cinema is a Hindi satellite movie channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel is owned by the popular Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is a part of Essel Group, and broadcasts in many countries around the world. The channel was formerly a part of STAR TV channel umbrella.Zee Cinema was the... |
Hindi movie channel |
| Zing Zing (TV channel) Zing, formerly known as Zee Muzic and Music Asia, is an India-based satellite music television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, which carries broadcasts in Hindi and other regional languages of India. As well as broadcasting in South Asia, it also reaches audiences in Europe. It is... |
Hindi music channel |
| TEN Action+ | Sports channel dedicated to football |
| TEN Cricket TEN Cricket TEN Cricket is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is part of Taj Television India, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is part of the Essel Group. TEN Cricket was launched on August 10, 2010. TEN Cricket is one of the three channels broadcast by the network, the... |
Sports channel dedicated to cricket |
| TEN Sports TEN Sports TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab... |
General sports channel |
| Zee Premiere | Hindi new movie channel |
| Zee Action | Hindi action movie channel |
| Zee Classic | Hindi classic movie channel |
| Zee Smile Zee Smile Zee Smile is an India's first 24 hour comedy television channel that was launched on September 11, 2004. The channel was launched by Zee Network as Smile TV, but on March 28, 2005 as part of Zee Network's revamp, the channel was renamed as Zee Smile.... |
Hindi comedy channel |
| Zee Jagran Zee Jagran Zee Jagran is an Indian religious TV channel, part of the Zee Group, that aims to entertain the viewers with mythological movies, serials, and healing programmes.... |
Hindi religious channel |
| Zee Trendz | Fashion channel |
| Zee Cafe Zee Cafe Zee Café is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and known for general entertainment channel... |
English general entertainment channel |
| Zee Drama | Drama , English and Punjabi drama channel |
| Zee Studio | English movie channel |
| Zee Aflam Zee Aflam Zee Aflam is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Dubai, UAE, which broadcasts Hindi Movies in Hindi with Arabic Subtitles. It also shows the movies Dubbed in Arabic. It is the most famous channel in Middle East and in KSA... |
Hindi movie channel with Arabic subtitles |
| Zee Next Zee Next Zee Next was a Hindi language general entertainment channel established by Zee Entertainment Enterprises promoted by Essel Group based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The channel was launched on December 11, 2007 in India, and was available on almost all cable operators in India... |
Hindi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Salaam | Urdu infotainment channel |
| Zee Telugu Zee Telugu Zee Telugu is a Telugu-language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.By 2004, the Zee Network already had a strong presence in northern and eastern India, with channels in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, and Punjabi; their proposed Telugu-language... |
Telugu general entertainment channel |
| Zee Bangla Zee Bangla Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.It was actually first launched in the year 1996, but was taken off air within two months due to its poor popularity. It was relaunched as Alpha Bangla in the year 1999. It ran... |
Bengali general entertainment channel |
| Zee Kannada Zee Kannada Zee Kannada is a 24 hour Kannada-language channel that launched in May 2006 and is owned by Zee Network. It features a wide array of programming including series, movies, soap-operas, gameshows, talk shows and current affairs programmes. It is a subscription channel that is available via cable and... |
Kannada general entertainment channel |
| Zee Marathi Zee Marathi Zee Marathi is India-based satellite television channel, which carries broadcasts in Marathi. Zee Network, India's leading infotainment network launched it in the year 1999. It is the most viewed television channel in Mumbai... |
Marathi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Talkies Zee Talkies Zee Talkies is a Marathi television channel broadcasting Marathi movies by Zee Entertainment. Its the only Marathi movie channel broadcasting old classics and latest Marathi movies 24 hours a day. Zee Talkies was launched on 25 August 2007 by Zee Network with the sole objective of maximising the... |
Marathi movie channel |
| Zee Punjabi | Punjabi general entertainment channel |
| Zee Tamil Zee Tamil Zee Tamil is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Zee Network, which carries broadcasts in Tamil and other regional languages of India. As well as broadcasting in South Asia, it also reaches audiences in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia,... |
Tamil general entertainment channel |
| Akash Bangla Akash Bangla Akash Bangla is a famous Bengali television station that displays daily soap operas, serials and movies for the common people in India and abroad. Some of the famous daily serials are listed below -- Popular programmes :... |
Bengali general entertainment channel |
| ETC Channel | Hindi music channel |
| ETC Punjabi | Punjabi music channel |
| Zee 36 Ghar | |
| Zee Khana Khazana | Hinglish food channel |
Zee News Limited
Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is a media and entertainment company and a subsidiary of the Essel GroupEssel Group
Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...
. The company was spun off from Zee Telefilms on 31 March 2006 and it currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:
| Hindi news channel | |
| Zee Business Zee Business Zee Business is one of the fastest growing Hindi business news channel in India based in Mumbai. The channel has redefined business news, by its innovative programming and path-breaking strategy of making business news a 24/7 activity and not just limited to the stock market... |
Hindi business channel |
| Zee News Uttarpradesh/Utranchal | Hindi news channel |
| Zee 24 Ghantalu Zee 24 Ghantalu Zee 24 Ghantalu is a popular 24x7 Telugu news channel, owned by the Zee News Ltd.... |
Telugu news channel |
| Zee News chatshisghad | Hindi news channel |
| Zee 24 Taas Zee 24 Taas ZEE 24 TAAS is a 24-hour Marathi news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. It was launched on 12th Feb 2007. Zee 24 Taas created history by becoming the first 24/7 Marathi News Channel of India. Since its inception Zee 24 Taas has always been ahead in delivering quality and hardcore news... |
Marathi news channel |
| 24 Ghanta 24 Ghanta is a 24x7 Bengali news channel, covers local news of West Bengal, India as well as other national and International News, owned by the Zee Akaash News Pvt. Ltd.. The channel believes in Leftism... |
Bengali news channel |
| 24 Ghante Chhattisgarh | Chattisgarhi news channel |