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ETV Network
ETV Network is one of India’s prominent regional television channel groups, started by Ramoji Group in Hyderabad in 1995. It was acquired by the TV18 broadcasting group in 2013.

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ETV Network, Indian Regional Channel GroupETV Network is an Indian regional channel group, based in the capital city of Hyderabad, India. It is a network of satellite television channels operating and broadcasting news, entertainment and reality-based programmes in different languages. The network"s channels cater to the television viewers" population speaking different languages and based in different states/group of states.

Inception of ETV Network
The Ramoji Group conglomerate headquartered in Hyderabad, which runs the Telugu-language Indian daily newspaper Eenadu (implying "today" in Telugu) circulated in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, started its own television channel named Eenadu TV on August 27, 1995 in Telugu, as satellite broadcasting took off in India. The network later added channels in other Indian languages to cater viewers of multiple regions, and built a large network of channels providing local news.

Acquisition of ETV Network
The Ramoji Group divested its television assets to the television broadcasting company TV18, jointly owned and operated in India by NBCUniversal and Network18 Group, in 2013. In March 2015, Viacom 18, another TV broadcasting group again owned by Network18 and American media conglomerate Viacom and jointly operating with TV18, decided to re-brand 5 ETV regional general entertainment channels, namely ETV Marathi, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla and ETV Odia into Colors Marathi, Colors Gujarati, Colors Kannada, Colors Bangla and Colors Odia respectively.

There are currently 20 channels under the ETV Network, broadcasting news, lifestyle, health and fitness and general entertainment programmes in as many as 10 different languages, catering to the viewers of different states and regions. In April 2016, 3 regional news channels were added to the network"s multilingual range of channels, under the brand name of News 18, namely News 18 Kerala, News 18 Tamil Nadu and News 18 Assam NE. They cater to the audiences of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam/Northeast states, being broadcast in Malayalam, Tamil and Assamese language respectively.

List of Television Channels under ETV Network
The television channels broadcasted under the ETV Network are listed hereunder alongside their languages and regions wherein they cater to the viewers.

Channel Language State/Region
ETV Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Plus Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Life Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Cinema Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Abhiruchi Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Andhra Pradesh Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Telangana Telugu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
ETV Urdu Urdu Andhra Pradesh/Telangana/Maharashtra/West Bengal/Karnataka
ETV News Bangla Bengali West Bengal
ETV News Kannada Kannada Karnataka
ETV News Odia Odia Odisha
ETV News Gujarati Gujarati Gujarat
ETV Bihar Jharkhand Hindi Bihar/Jharkhand
ETV Madhya Pradesh Chatishgarh Hindi Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh
ETV Rajasthan Hindi Rajasthan
ETV Uttar PradeshUttarakhand Hindi Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand
ETV Haryana/Himachal Hindi Haryana/Himachal Pradesh
News 18 Kerala Malayalam Kerala
News 18 Tamil Nadu Tamil Tamil Nadu
News 18 Assam/North-East Assamese Assam/North East


Related Readings:
Indian Regional Channels
Satellite Television in India
Indian TV Channels
Entertainment Channels in India
News Channels in India


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