Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
Headquarters: Mumbai
Founded in: October 1992. ZEEL listed as an independent company in 2007.
Includes: Asia Today Limited. Television channels Zee TV, Zee Cafe, Zee Cinema, Zee Studio, Zee Music, Zee Classic, Zee Smile, Zee Trendz, Zee Action, Zee Sports, Zed, Zee Premiere, Zee Turner, Zee Touch India, Zee UK, Zee USA, Zee Next, Zee Learn, Zee Gold, Zee Marathi, Zee Punjabi, Kidzee Ten Sports, ETC, ETC Punjabi, ZICA.
What it does: Zee Entertainment was previously known as Zee Telefilms Ltd, which demerged into four companies in 2006. It produces and sources television software for general news and entertainment.
It has also forayed into film production; its release, Gadar--Ek Prem Katha was massive box office grosser. Zee Cine Awards is now an annual event.
Promoter: Subhash Chandra
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Did you know? Zee is the largest producer and aggregator of Hindi television programming in the world and has an archive of more than 30,000 hours of original programming. It reaches over 500 million viewers in over 120 countries.
It was the first media company to be listed in India. It was also the first to set up a general entertainment channel, a Hindi cinema channel and a 24--hour news channel.
In the news: ZEEL plans to hive off Zee Next to its wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Today Limited.
Image: Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra (right), actress Smriti Mishra (center) and Paris-based Indian writer-producer Vijay Singh. | Photograph: Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images
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