How many Tamil Channel are owned by Politicians
Most of them are owned by politicians directly, politician come business
men, relatives of famous politicians, and so on. It has become a the trend nowadays for each political party to represent itself with a
distinct TV.
- Sun TV - Kalanidhi Maran is the MD and chairman of Sun Network. He is the Grand nephew of late DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. Also the Sun Group owns K Tv, Chutti Tv, Sun Music, Sun News.
- Kalaignar TV - Owned by Karunanidhi family, where 20% of its stake is said to be held by Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi (daughter of M.Karunanidhi) and 60% is held by Dayalu Ammal (wife of Karunanidhi)
- Jaya TV - Presently owned by V.K. Sasikala’s family. Jaya TV also includes Jaya News, Jaya movies, Jaya max, Jaya Plus.
- Captain TV - Actor turned politician Vijayakanth better known as Captain Vijayakanth - DMDK chief owns this channel.
- Vasanth TV - Business icon of Tamilnadu Congress MLA H. Vasantha Kumar of Vasanth & Co Group owns this channel whose niece is Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan.
- Mega TV - This is a again a Congress-backed TV owned by Former Union Minister K.V. Thangabalu.
- Makkal TV - PMK Chief Ramadoss is the founder and owner of Makkal TV.
- Raj TV - Businessman Raajhendran who owns Raj TV is said to have joined the DMK and currently owns 11.3% of its stake.
- Puthiya Thalaimurai News Channel - Owned by SRM Group which has a political party called IJK (however I know this only now;)
Irrespective
of the fact, the dolddrums of the drama series will be found in heaps
..guess what - same plot but with names slightly changed lol . For
instance, if it is “Pandiyan Stores” here, it is “Lakshmi Stores” in the
other..one is Chinnaiya and the other one to be Periyaaiya ; Sembaruthi
here and Roja there.
Whoever owns the channel, they have really got a trap for people to get glued to the channel;)
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