Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | India |
| Availability | India, Asia, Middle East, USA, UK and Africa |
| Owner | Subsidiary of Essel Group |
| Key people | Pradeep Guha (CEO) |
| Launch date | October 1992 |
| Website www.zeetelevision.com |
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Zee Entertainment Enterprises (aka Zee Telefilms Ltd.) is the largest media and entertainment company in India and is a part of the Essel Group. It owns over 14 different television channels, a cable company SitiCable, a record label Zee Records, a production company and other businesses as well. It was 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, U.S. as well as Africa and Asia.
During 2006, the Group acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, it acquired 50% of interest in Ten Sports channel and in 2002 has also acquired 51% in ETC Networks.
The group, as Zee Telefilms, formed part of the BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. Its news and regional entertainment channel business was demergrd from it in year 2006 to Zee News Limited and it was renamed Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.[1]
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[edit] Channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd television network consists of the following channels:
- 1. Zee TV - Hindi General Entertainment Channel
- 2. Zee Next - New Hindi General Entertainment Channel
- 3. Zee Cinema - Hindi Movie Channel
- 4. Zee Muzic - Hindi Music Channel
- 5. Zee Sports - A Sports Channel
- 6. Zee Premiere - Hindi New Movie Chn.
- 7. Zee Action - Hindi Action Movie Chn.
- 8. Zee Classic - Hindi Old Movie Chn.
- 9. Zee Smile - Hindi Comedy Channel
- 10. Zee Jagran - Hindi Religius Channel
- 11 Zee Trendz - A Fashion Channel
- 12. Zee Café - English General Entertainment Chn.
- 13. Zee Studio - English Movie Channel
- 14. Zee Arabiya - Arabiya Music Channel
Besides that Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is also a part of the Essel Group, which operates news and regional entertainment channels and is listed on stock exchange. It was demerged from Zee Entertainment Enterprises ltd in 2006.[2], and following are the list of channels that Zee News Ltd operates:
- 15. Zee News - Hindi News Channel
- 16. Zee Business
- 17. Zee Marathi - Marathi General Entertainment Channel
- 18. Zee Bangla - Bengali General Entertainment Channel
- 19. Zee Gujarati - Gujarati General Entertainment Channel
- 20. Zee Telugu - Telugu General Entertainment Channel
- 21. Zee Kannada - Kannada General Entertainment Channel
- 22. Zee Punjabi - Punjabi General Entertainment Channel
- 23. Zee 24 Taas
- 24. 24 Ghanta
- 25. Zee Talkies
[edit] Alliances and partners
- TEN Sports
- ETC Networks
- Zee Turner


