News18 Tamil Nadu

News18 Tamilnadu is a Tamil-language news channel in India owned by the TV18 group, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. It was launched on 15 April 2015 along with News18 Kerala and News18 Assam/Northeast.



2015–2017	2017–present

2015–2017[]

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Subsidiaries: Viacom18¹ (Viacom18 Studios)

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Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex, Colors Cineplex Superhits and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Kids: Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Sonic | Youth entertainment: MTV | Music: MTV Beats

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity and Comedy Central | Music: VH1 | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

Sports: Sports18 1 | Sports18 2 | Sports 18 3 | Sports18 Khel

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi | Tamil: Colors Tamil | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors

Upcoming channels:
Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Rishtey Laheriya
Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Other assets
Video-on-demand: JioCinema (Paramount+)
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Television production: Viacom18 Studios
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Defunct/former:
Television: TeenNick (Nick Jr. block)
VOD services: Voot (Kids | Select)

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18²
Business news channels³: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

Regional news channels: (most acquired from the ETV Network)
Hindi-speaking regions: News18 Punjab/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, Bihar/Jharkhand and Rajasthan
Other regional channels: News18 Kannada, Bangla, Odia, Lokmat⁺ (Marathi), Gujarati, Urdu, Assam/Northeast⁺ (Assamese), Tamil Nadu⁺ (Tamil) and Kerala⁺ (Malayalam)

AETN18 network⁴:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

⁺Not formerly owned by ETV Network; these channels have always been owned by TV18.
¹Joint venture with Paramount.
²Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
³Joint venture with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴Joint venture with A&E Networks.

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