media founded 1992 ; 24 years ago 1992 founders kalanidhi maran headquarters chennai tamil nadu india area served india key people kalanidhi maran chairman products publishing broadcasting radio film cable television sports franchising divisions sun tv network website www.sun.in sun group is an indian media conglomerate company based in chennai tamil nadu india . 1 2 it was founded by kalanithi maran in 1992 . 3 contents 1 divisions 1.1 television 1.2 radio 1.3 newspapers and magazines 1.4 film production 1.5 sports 1.6 aviation 2 controversies 3 references 4 external links divisions edit television edit in 1990 maran started a monthly video vhs news magazine in tamil called poomaalai which was stopped in 1992 . sun tv is the first and flagship channel of the group started on 14 april 1993 . 4 5 6 7 sun tv was listed on the bombay stock exchange on 24 april 2006 upon raising 133 million . 8 sun group owns 33 tv channels across four south indian languages tamil telugu kannada and malayalam . 3 sun direct is a dth service provider established in 2008 . 9 10 sun direct is the fourth largest in india dth service provider as of march 2015 . 11 sumangali cable vision scv is a cable distribution company owned by sun network . radio edit the group owns 48 fm radio stations across india broadcasting under the names suryan fm and red fm . 3 newspapers and magazines edit sun group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines in tamil . dinakaran was founded in 1977 by k. p. kandasamy and was acquired from k. p. k. kumaran by sun network in 2005 . 12 13 it is the second largest circulated tamil daily in india after dina thanthi . 14 15 tamil murasu is an evening newspaper . the group owns magazines kungumam kumguma chimizh kungumam thozhi aanmigam mutharam and vannathirai . film production edit sun pictures is a film production and distribution company established in 2000 . it produced the tv film siragugal and rajnikanth starrer endhiran . it has distributed more than 20 tamil films starting from kadhalil vizhunthen . 16 sports edit sunrisers hyderabad is a cricket franchise based in the city of hyderabad that plays in the indian premier league ipl . 17 the team was bought by kalanithi maran in october 2012 . 18 tom moody is the head coach and david warner is the captain of the team . 19 year indian premier league champions league twenty20 2013 playoffs 4 9 group stage 7 12 2014 group stage 6 8 dnq 2015 group stage 6 8 dnq 2016 champions aviation edit sun group acquired 37.7 % stake in indian low cost carrier spicejet in june 2010 . 20 21 in 2012 despite the losses kalanithi maran increased his stake in spicejet by investing 1 billion us 15 million in the airline . 22 in january 2015 the sun group sold its entire shareholding to the airline s founder ajay singh and transferred control . 23 controversies edit in may 2007 followers of m karunanidhi s son m. k. alagiri attacked maran s newspaper office after a survey in the newspaper claimed that m. k. stalin was the preferred successor to m karunanidhi . 24 later in 2008 the dispute between maran and karunanidhi families was resolved . 25 government investigator central bureau of investigation filed charges against founder kalanidhi maran for fraudulent in the takeover of aircel by maxis communications . 26 in a status report to the joint parliamentary committee on telecom cbi said mala fide considerations and an illegal gratification of 550 crore us 82 million were behind the active intervention of dayanidhi in curbing the business interests of aircel s former owner c sivasankaran . alleging the marans of arm twisting former aircel owner sivasankaran into selling aircel to maxis the cbi report states that an illegal gratification of rs 5 499 601 793 was accepted as quid pro quo through his brother kalanithi maran in the garb of share premium invested in sun direct owned by kalanithi maran . 27 28 29 references edit from cable tv to aviation biz maran s march continues . the financial express . 13 july 2010 . retrieved 8 august 2010 . sun zee remain top on profitability charts . rediff.com . 31 december 2004 . retrieved 8 august 2010 . a b c kalanithi maran defying the odds . forbes . 25 november 2015 . sun tv history . economic times . retrieved 28 november 2015 . menon jaya 8 november 2005 . karunanidhi pulls out stake in sun tv . the indian express . karmali naazneen 30 november 2009 . strong signal . forbes . retrieved 8 august 2010 . rediff india abroad april 28 2006 kalanithi maran a sunshine story by sanjiv shankaran and s. bridget leena in new delhi . rediff.com . retrieved 24 january 2012 . bharatan shilpa 27 march 2006 . variety.com monday april 24 2006 6 36pm pt sun tv shines on exchange . variety . retrieved 24 january 2012 . sun astro deny media reports of impropriety in deal . the economic times . 16 february 2011 . pil plea against sun dth services . thehindu . 17 january 2012 . airtel dth crosses 1 crore users . economic times . retrieved 28 november 2015 . jeffrey robin 24 march 2000 . india s newspaper revolution . c. hurst & co. p. 79 80 114 135 . isbn 978 1 85065 383 7 . sun acquires dinakaran newspaper . rediff.com . retrieved 7 november 2010 . judy franko 13 march 2010 . tamil daily dinakaran takes over the lead . exchange4media.com . retrieved 7 november 2010 . india s 15 most read newspapers . rediff.com . 5 may 2010 . retrieved 7 november 2010 . sun tv bails out endhiran . behindwoods.com . retrieved 28 november 2015 . sun risers to represent hyderabad in ipl . wisden india . 18 december 2012 . sun tv network win hyderabad ipl franchise . wisden india . 25 october 2012 . srh appoint muralitharan as bowling coach . www.iplt20.com . 20 january 2015 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . kalanithi maran to buy 37 % stake in spicejet . the economic times . 11 june 2010 . retrieved 30 august 2010 . kalanidhi maran buys 37.7 p.c. stake in spicejet . the hindu . 13 june 2010 . retrieved 8 august 2010 . marans to pump rs 100 cr into spicejet up stake to 48.6 pc . cnn ibn india . retrieved 3 march 2012 . mishra laltendu 15 january 2015 . spicejet changes hand . the hindu . retrieved 15 january 2015 . warring sons shadow dmk s sun . cnn ibn . 10 may 2011 . retrieved 21 december 2011 . marans reconcile with karunanidhi . indian police charge ex minister malaysian tycoon in telecoms scandal . the rakyat post . kuala lumpur . 30 august 2014 . archived from the original on 15 september 2014 . hello who will bell this cat . tehelka magazine . 8 . 4 june 2011 . archived from the original on 15 september 2014 . chauhan neeraj 27 july 2012 . marans got rs 550cr bribe in aircel maxis deal cbi . the times of india . archived from the original on 15 september 2014 . probe over cbi soon to file chargesheet against marans . the pioneer . 11 september 2012 . archived from the original on may 6 2015 . external links edit tamil nadu portal companies portal official website v t e sun group key people kalanithi maran w. hansraj 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