This is a list of television stations in the

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India

Government owned channel

DD Podhigai DD Podhigai is Doordarshan's Tamil language channel. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite. History Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's (''சென்னை தொலைக்காட்சி நிலையம்'') Regional sate ...

- GEC from Doordharshan for Tamil Nadu.

General entertainment channels

Star Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

- part of

Star India Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reac ...

Colors Tamil Colors Tamil is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Viacom 18 on 19 February 2018. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The network's programming consists of Tamil Series, Comedies, y ...

- part of

Viacom 18 Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an Indian media and entertainment joint venture between TV18 and Paramount Global based in Mumbai. It was founded in 2007 and owns various channels, as well as content production studios in India. History In ...

Jaya TV Jaya TV HD is a Tamil language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV HD is also broadcast to the expatriate Tamil community via various media partnerships. Hemant Sahai of HSA had Jaya TV HD as his first client. Jaya TV ...

- part of Jaya TV Network *

Kalaignar TV Kalaignar is an Indian general entertainment satellite television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The channel was launched on 15 September 2007 as Kalaignar in respect of former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. Malaysia ...

- part of Kalaignar TV Network *

Makkal TV Makkal TV is a Tamil language TV channel. It was launched on 6 September 2006 and is promoted by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Ramadoss is the founder of TV and T.Bhuvaneswari is the Vice President and Administrat ...

* Mega TV - part of Mega TV Network *

Polimer TV Polimer TV (also known as Polimer) is an Indian Tamil language entertainment channel that was owned by Polimer TV Network. The channel shows dubbed series from other television channels and some original shows. It was earlier launched as a ...

Puthuyugam TV Puthuyugam TV is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment channel based in Chennai, India. It complements its sister channel Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, which was launched on 23 October 2013. It is run by Chennai-based The New Era Media Corpo ...

- part of New Generation Media Corporation *

Raj TV Raj TV is a Tamil language Indian general entertainment channel based in Chennai, India, which was launched on 14 October 1994. Rajtv became as the second most popular channel in Tamil. It is available through digital and mobile entertainment ...

- part of

Raj Television Network Raj Television Network is an Indian satellite television network established on 3 June 1994 and is based in Chennai, India. It owns television channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Its flagship chann ...

* Sun TV - part of

Sun TV Network Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1992 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television c ...

Vendhar TV Vendhar TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel broadcasting in the Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also ca ...

- part of SRM Group *

Zee Tamil Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, T ...

- part of

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Zee Entertainment Enterprises (formerly Zee Telefilms) is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Essel Group. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has interests in television, print, internet, film, businesses related to mobile contents, and operates 45 ...

Movie channels

* J Movies - part of Jaya TV Network * KTV - part of

* Mega 24 - part of Mega TV Network *

Raj Digital Plus Raj Television Network is an Indian satellite television network established on 3 June 1994 and is based in Chennai, India. It owns television channels across four South Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Its flagship chann ...

- part of

* Sony Pix - part of

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian pay television network originally owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd., Fox Networks Group Middle East and Disney Star. In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired Star TV for $71 billion with 2 ...

- part of

with

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audio feed only on Saturdays * &flix - part of

- with Tamil audio feed *

Vijay Super Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

- part of

STAR India Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reac ...

Zee Thirai Zee Thirai is an Indian Tamil-language pay television channel which broadcasts Tamil movies 24x7. Launched on 19 January 2020 and owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). Zee Thirai offering Latest Blockbuster Kollywood Premiere Movies.No ...

- part of

Music channels

Raj Musix Raj Music Kannada is a 24-hour music channel presented by Chennai-based Raj Television Network in Karnataka. This is the third Music channel for Karnataka. The channel went on air on 6 March 2009. Raj TV has tied up with MQ Networks Pvt. Ltd., ...

- part of

Star Vijay Music Star Vijay Music or Vijay Music is a 24×7 Indian Tamil Music genre Television Channel that was launched on 4 October 2020 during the grand launch of Bigg Boss Tamil Season 4 by Kamal Haasan. It is the fourth channel of Star India launched in Ta ...

- part of

Sun Music Sun Music ( ta, சன் மியூசிக்) is India's first 24-hour music channel led by the well-known Sun TV Network of India. The channel features Tamil music from Kollywood. Most of the shows in Sun Music requires call-in audience p ...

- part of

Classic channels

Murasu TV Kalaignar Murasu is a Tamil-language 24x7 movie channel that was owned by Kalaignar TV Private Limited. Earlier it was launched as a classic movie and classic music channel. It was launched on 26 January 2012. History Kalaignar Murasu was l ...

- part of Kalaignar TV network *

Sun Life Sun Life Financial Inc. is a Canadian financial services company. It is primarily known as a life insurance company. Sun Life has a presence in investment management with over CAD$1.3 trillion in assets under management operating in a number o ...

- part of

News channels

* Captain News - part of Captain Media Network *

Lotus News Lotus News was a Tamil news satellite channel headquartered at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. History Lotus News was launched on 11 October 2012 by a consortium headed by industrialist and Former BJP State General Secretary Dr.G.K.S.Selvakum ...

- Seventh Vision India Private Limited *

News18 Tamil Nadu News18 Tamil Nadu is an Indian Tamil language 24 hour news channel based in Chennai. which is owned and operated by Mukesh Ambani owned Network 18. See also * Network 18 * CNN-News18 CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-lan ...

- part of

Network 18 Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned b ...

News7 Tamil News7 Tamil is a Tamil news channel headquartered at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the ...

- part of VV Group * Polimer News * Seithigal 24/7 - part of Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd. * Sun News - part of

Thanthi TV Thanthi TV is a 24-hour Tamil news satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. It is owned by Dina Thanthi. History NDTV Hindu was launched on 16 May 2009, owned by NDTV (51%) and The Hindu Group (49%). It was started as a Chennai ...

- part of

Dina Thanthi ''Dina Thanthi'' ( en, Daily Mail; known as Daily Thanthi in English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. ''Dina Thanthi'' is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil language and the nin ...

Comedy channels

Adithya TV Adithya TV ( ta, ஆதித்யா தொலைக்காட்சி, romanized ''Ātityā Tolaikkāṭci'') is a 24-hour Tamil comedy channel from the Sun TV Network in India. It ranks fifth in BARC's top five channel list in Tamil. I ...

- part of

Sirippoli Sirippoli is a Tamil-language comedy channel which was launched in 2009. The channel, owned by Kalaignar TV Private Limited Kalaignar TV Private Limited (கலைஞர் டிவி பிரைவேட் லிமிடெட்) is ...

- part of Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd.

Kids channels

Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Chithiram TV Chithiram TV is a Tamil kids television channel from the Kalaignar TV Network in India.The target audience are children aged between 2 and 14. It was launched on 2010, making it Kalaignar TV Network's first ever television channel for kids.ht ...

- part of Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd. *

Chutti TV Chutti TV is a 24-hour Tamil cartoon television channel from the Sun TV Network in India. The target audience are children aged between 3 and 17. It was launched on 29 April 2007, making it Sun TV Network's first ever television channel for kids ...

- part of

Discovery Kids Discovery Kids (stylized as Discovery K!ds) is a brand name owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Starting as a television segment within the Discovery Channel, the brand expanded as a separate television channel. Most of its worldwide channels were ei ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Disney Junior Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven yea ...

- with Tamil audio feed * ETV Bala Bharat - part of

ETV Network ETV Network is a network of Telugu language news and entertainment satellite television channels in India. It is based in Hyderabad. It also had some non Telugu language satellite television channels. All non-Telugu language satellite televisi ...

Hungama TV Hungama TV is an Indian television channel aimed at children, mainly showcasing Japanese and Indian animated series. It was launched on 26 September 2004. The Hindi word "hungama" means 'ruckus' in English. It is owned by Disney Star. The chann ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Marvel HQ Super Hungama is an Indian pay television channel owned by Disney Star, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It airs primarily children's animated series and is a direct sister channel to Hungama TV. It was launched as ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Nickelodeon Sonic Nickelodeon Sonic (formerly Sonic-Nickelodeon) is an Indian children's pay television channel operated by Viacom18 as part of the Nickelodeon India network. After on the air, Sonic became the fourth most watched channel across all genres with ...

- with Tamil audio feed * Pogo - with Tamil audio feed *

Sony Yay Sony YAY! is an Indian pay television channel aimed at children, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel created for age groups between 6 and 14. The channel primarily airs foreign animated series and some animes in native languages. ...

- with Tamil audio feed

Sports Channels

* Sony Ten 4 - with Tamil audio feed * Star Sports 1 Tamil - separate channel for Tamil, part of

Infotainment channels

Animal Planet Animal Planet (stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American multinational pay television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. First established on June 1, 1996, the network is primarily dev ...

- with Tamil audio feed * Discovery Channel HD - with Tamil audio feed (HD Version) * D Tamil (Discovery Tamil) - separate channel for Tamil, part of Discovery Networks Asia Pacific *

Fox Life Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece. The ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

History TV18 History TV18 (formerly known as The History Channel) is a television channel in India. It broadcasts infotainment and documentry shows. It is owned by a joint venture between A+E Networks, owner of the American History channel, and TV18, an Ind ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). T ...

- with Tamil audio feed *

Sony BBC Earth Sony BBC Earth is an Indian pay television channel owned by BBC Studios and Culver Max Entertainment. The channel broadcasts BBC programming in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu through its four audio tracks available. The BBC entered into a join ...

- with Tamil audio feed * Travel XP Tamil - separate channel for Tamil, part of Celebrities Management Private Limited

Shopping Channels

* HomeShop18 Tamil - 24X7 Home Shopping Channel

Devotional

* Sri Sankara TV - Tamil and Kannada Hindu spiritual channel * SVBC 2 - Tamil Hindu spiritual channel

Malaysia

* Astro Box Office Movies Thangathirai - Tamil's hottest movies channel *

Astro Vaanavil Astro Vaanavil is a Malaysian pay television channel that broadcasts programming in Tamil, targeting the Indian community in Malaysia. It was launched on 1 June 1996. It was created by Astro. Starting 1 June 2020, Astro Vaanavil has been offic ...

- Tamil entertainment channel *

Astro Vellithirai ''Astro Vellithirai HD'' is a 24-hour Tanglish movie channel and also known as the Tamil version of the Asian HBO, showing the local and Kollywood movies. The channel began its broadcast on 16 April 2007 on channel 74, and moved to channel 202 o ...

- Tamil movie channel *

Astro Vinmeen HD Astro Vinmeen HD is a Malaysia Tamil language high-definition free-to-view commercial satellite entertainment television channel network that is co-owned by Southeast Asia's second richest man, Ananda Krishnan and Astro Malaysia Holdings. It is ...

- Tamil entertainment channels in HD *Yupp Thirai, Tamil movie channel.

Singapore

* MediaCorp TV12 Vasantham - part of government owned

MediaCorp TV12 Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prop ...

Vannathirai Vannathirai (VTV) is a 24-hour Tamil language, Tamil movie channel that includes live talks with hosts and Singaporean celebrities. Launched on 24 September 2008 and broadcast in Singapore through cable television, it is suitable for all age gro ...

Sri Lanka

Nethra TV The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; ta, இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika R ...

- entertainment; government owned by the SLRC, timeshift programming with

Channel Eye The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; ta, இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika R ...

Shakthi TV In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and rep ...

- entertainment; part of privately owned

MTV Channel MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd is a Sri Lankan media company which owns three national television channels - Shakthi TV, Sirasa TV and TV 1. It also owns the Hit TV, News First and Ethalaya.com. The company was established in 1992 as joint venture between ...

network, broadcasting in Sri Lanka *

Star Tamil TV Vettri TV is a Tamil television service in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officia ...

- general entertainment; part of privately owned Voice of Asia Network * Udhayam Tv - entertainment, privately owned by the SATIS Agency (Pvt) Ltd *

Vasantham TV Vasantham TV (Tamil: வசந்தம் தொலைக்காட்சி) (also known as Wasanthan TV) is a Tamil language television channel which broadcasts in Sri Lanka. The channel is operated by the Independent Television Network Li ...

- general entertainment; part of government owned

Independent Television Network Independent Television Network Ltd ( si, ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය ජාලය; ta, சுயாதீன தொலைக்காட்சி ஊடக வளையமைப்பு) also known a ...

group

Canada

ATN Jaya TV ATN Jaya TV (still unofficially known as ATN Tamil) is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from Jaya TV, a popular television channel from India, and Cana ...

- cable TV *

Tamil One Tamil One is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations ...

- cable TV, previously known as Tamil TV *

Tamil Vision International Tamil Vision International (officially abbreviated as tvi or simply called Tamil Vision) is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language specialty channel, based in Toronto, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territ ...

- cable TV *

TET Tet or TET may refer to: Vietnam *Tết or Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese new year, Lunar new year *Tet Offensive, a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began in 1968 **Tet 1969 Geography *Têt (river) in Roussillon, France *Tét, ...

- a part of

International

Deepam TV Deepam TV is a UK-based Tamil Channel in Europe Tamil language digital satellite Free to Air (FTA). Its main audience are Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamil living in Europe and the Middle East. The channel was launched in June 2000. The ch ...

; pro-Tamil; previously known as

Thendral TV Global Tamil Vision (GTV) is a Tamil language digital satellite television channel. Its main audience are Sri Lankan Tamils living in Europe, Australia and the Middle East. Tharisanam TV Australia was launched in January 2007 after the closure of ...

and Tharisanam TV *

IBC Tamil IBC Tamil (International Broadcasting Corporation - Tamil) is a mass media company offering 24-hour television, radio and online services to the Tamil diaspora. Headquartered in London, the company is licensed and regulated under European media l ...

- London based news channel *

Tamil Television Network Tamil Television Network (TTN) is a France-based Tamil language satellite television channel. Its main audience were Sri Lankan Tamils living in Europe, Australia and the Middle East. The channel mainly broadcast films, live broadcast of football ...

- France based

Internet Protocol Television

* TVI On Demand

All Tamil HD Channels

India

HD * KTV HD * STAR Vijay HD * Sun Music HD * Sun TV HD * Zee Tamil HD

Canada

Malaysian Peninsula

* MediaCorp TV12 Vasantham HD

Audio feed

Kids

Nick HD+ Nickelodeon (abbreviated as Nick) is an Indian children's pay television network based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the Indian equivalent to the original American Network and is owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Glob ...

Infotainment

Discovery HD Discovery HD is the international name of the high-definition television channels owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The international Discovery HD (later Discovery HD World in Asia-Pacific markets, no ...

Fox Life HD Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece. The ...

* fyi TV18 HD * History TV 18 TRUE HD * Nat Geo HD * Nat Geo Wild HD

References

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