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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian Telugu-language television network}}<br />
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| headquarters = [[Hyderabad]]<br />
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'''ETV Network''' is a network of [[Telugu language]] news and entertainment [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television channels]] in India. It is based in [[Hyderabad]]. It also had some non [[Telugu language]] [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television channels]]. All non-[[Telugu language]] [[satellite television|satellite]] [[television channels]] were acquired by [[Reliance Industries]]-owned [[TV18]] for Rs. 2,053 Crore in FY 2014-2015 and later rebranded.<ref>[http://www.network18online.com/About-Group-tv18.html ABOUT US Tv 18]</ref><ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/network18-finishes-rs-2053-cr-deal-to-acquire-etv-stakes/articleshow/29215772.cms Network18 finishes Rs 2,053-cr deal to acquire ETV stakes]</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
===Telugu language network===<br />
The Hyderabad daily newspaper ''[[Eenadu]]'' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]] for 'today') started its own [[Telugu language]] channel named Eenadu TV on 27 August 1995.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shrivastava|first1=K M|title=Broadcast Journalism in the 21st Century|date=2005|publisher=New Dawn Press Inc|isbn=1932705457|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Broadcast_Journalism.html}}</ref> <br />
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The flagship company ETPL launched four new television channels in November 2015 - namely ETV life - a health and wellness channel, ETV Abhiruchi, a cookery channel, ETV plus - an entertainment and reality channel, and ETV cinema - a movie channel in Telugu language.<br />
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===Non-Telugu language TV asset===<br />
The network also added regional channels in other Indian languages and built a large local news network using ETV brand after success in Telugu region. [[Ramoji Group]] sold its non [[Telugu language]] TV asset to [[TV18]] in 2013 with a permission to use ETV brand name.<br />
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In March 2015 [[TV18]]'s [[Viacom 18]] decided to rebrand all five non [[Telugu language]] ETV regional general entertainment channels. ETV Marathi, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla and ETV Odia were rebranded into [[Colors Marathi]], [[Colors Gujarati]], [[Colors Kannada]], [[Colors Bangla]] and [[Colors Odia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2015/03/viacom18-extends-colors-franchise-with-5-new-regional-avatars|title= ETV re-branding to Colors|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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In March 2018, non-[[Telugu language]] TV assets of [[TV18]] still using the ETV brand were rebranded as part of the News18 network.<br />
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In April 2016, ETV network added three more regional news channels catering to the audience of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and [[Northeast India|North East]] under the brand name of News 18. The channels are named News 18 Kerala, News 18 Tamil Nadu and News 18 Assam NE. <br />
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==TV channel==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Channel<br />
! Genre<br />
! Video Format<br />
! Language<br />
|-<br />
| [[ETV (Telugu)|ETV]]<br />
| align="center" |GEC<br />
| align="center" |[[Standard-definition television|SD]] + [[High-definition television|HD]]<br />
| rowspan="7" align="center" |[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
|-<br />
| ETV Plus<br />
| align="center" |Comedy<br />
| rowspan="6" align="center" |SD<br />
|-<br />
| ETV Life<br />
| align="center" |Health & well-being <br />
|-<br />
| ETV Cinema<br />
| align="center" |Movies<br />
|-<br />
| ETV Abhiruchi<br />
| align="center" |Food & cookery<br />
|-<br />
| ETV Andhra Pradesh<br />
| rowspan="2" align="center" |News<br />
|-<br />
| ETV Telangana<br />
|-<br />
| [[ETV Bal Bharat]]<br />
| align="center" |Kids<br />
| align="center" |SD + HD<br />
| English, Hindi and 10 regional languages<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Reflist|group=Times Of India}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.etv.co.in Official site]<br />
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{{Network 18}}<br />
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[[Category:ETV Network| ]]<br />
[[Category:Television networks in India]]<br />
[[Category:Television stations in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995]]<br />
[[Category:24-hour television news channels in India]]</div>>Rodw