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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | October 1992 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Key people | Pradeep Guha (CEO) |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Television broadcasting |
| Owner(s) | Essel Group |
| Website | www.zeetelevision.com[1] |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is the largest media and entertainment company in India and is a subsidiary of Essel Group. 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 Asian sports network TEN Sports.
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.[1]
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Channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. currently operates the following TV channels:
- Zee TV - Hindi General Entertainment Channel and Flagship station
- Zee Next - New Hindi General Entertainment Channel
- Zee Cinema - Hindi Movie Channel
Zing - Hindi Music Channel- Zee Sports - A Sports Channel
- TEN Sports - 50% in the Sports Channel
- Zee Premiere - Hindi New Movie Channel
- Zee Action - Hindi Action Movie Channel
- Zee Classic - Hindi Old Movie Channel
- Zee Smile - Hindi Comedy Channel
- Zee Jagran - Hindi Religious Channel
- Zee Trendz - A Fashion Channel
- Zee Café - English General Entertainment Channel
- Zee Studio - English Movie Channel
- Zee Aflam - Hindi Movie Channel with Arabic Subtitles
Zee News Limited
Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is a media and entertainment company and a subsidiary of Essel Group. The company was spun off from Zee Telefilms on March 31, 2006 and it currently operates various news and regional entertainment channels.
- Zee News - Hindi News Channel
- Zee Business - Hindi Business Channel
- Zee Telugu - Telugu General Entertainment Channel
- Zee 24 Ghantalu - Telugu News Channel
- Zee Bangla - Bengali General Entertainment Channel
- Zee Kannada - Kannada General Entertainment Channel
- Zee Marathi - Marathi General Entertainment Channel
- Zee Tamil - Tamil General Entertainment Channel
- Zee 24 Taas - Marathi news channel
- 24 Ghanta - Bengali news channel
Movie productions
Zee Networks have launched two banners: Zee Limelight and Zee Motion Pictures[2]
References
External links
- Official site
- Official site of Zee News
- Official site of Zee Television UK
- Official site of Zee Television USA
- Official site of Zee Television Asia/Pacific
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