Marathi-language television


The Marathi language television industry was started in India in 1984. Although earlier confined to a half an hour slot in the national television Doordarshan, the industry has now expanded with many commercial TV channels currently on air. Various dedicated categories like news and movies have been added and have considerably expanded the horizon of Marathi TV entertainment.

News

The Marathi Television got its first round-the-clock news channel in the form of Saam TV in the year 2008 leading marathi News channel in the state. Nilesh Khare is the Channel Head and Editor of the channel since 2018. Zee 24 Taas was launched in year 2007. STAR TV launched its Marathi news channel Star Majha in June 2007, which was later named as ABP Majha from 1 June 2012. Network 18 and Lokmat together formed a joint venture to launch IBN Lokmat in 2008 and which was later renamed as News18 Lokmat. In 2009, TV9 Maharashtra launched. On 1 May 2013 another channel launched, namely Jai Maharashtra, by Mumbai-based media group Sahana Films. Marathi News Channel Lokshahi TV Launched 26th January 2020

Film channels

Marathi got its first round-the-clock Marathi movie channel in the form of Zee Talkies in November 2007.

Music channels

was the first 24-hour Marathi music TV channel, launched on 31 October 2011.
Sangeet Marathi another brand new Marathi music channel launched on 18 September 2015.

List of Marathi television channels

Govt. owned channels

There is currently 1 Government owned Television Stations in Marathi - DD Sahyadri
ChannelGenreLaunchOwned ByBroadcast ByAvailability on DTH Platforms
DD SahyadriGovt. Owned TV Channel1972Prasar BharatiDoordarshanALL

General Entertainment Channels (GEC)

There are currently 6 General Entertainment channels in Marathi.
ChannelGenreLaunchParent CompanyRemarks
Zee MarathiGEC1999Zee Entertainment EnterprisesLaunched as Alpha Marathi in 1999 then renamed as Zee Marathi, first 24 Hr Marathi GEC
Colors MarathiGEC2000Viacom 18Launched as ETV Marathi, later renamed as Colors Marathi after acquisition by Viacom 18
Star PravahGEC2008Star IndiaSecond Individual venture Regional Channel by Star after Bengali GEC Star Jalsha
Sony MarathiGEC2018Sony Pictures Networks India2nd Regional GEC By SONY, and First GEC from Sony in Marathi
Zee YuvaGEC2016Zee Entertainment Enterprises2nd Marathi GEC by ZEE and First Youth Centric Regional Channel
Fakt MarathiGEC2011Enterr 10 Television Pvt. Ltd.Launched in 2011 as Aapla Talkies : Movie Channel, later re-branded as Fakt Marathi, In 2019 revamped as GEC

Entertainment

There are currently 4 High-Definition channels in Marathi.
ChannelGenreLaunchBroadcastVideoAudioParent Company
Colors Marathi HDGEC20 July 2015Own ScheduleFull HDDolby Digital | 7.1Viacom 18
Star Pravah HDGEC1 May 2016Own ScheduleFull HDDolby Digital Plus | 7.1Star India
Zee Marathi HDGEC20 November 2016Own ScheduleFull HD
Dolby Digital| | 7.1		Zee Entertainment Enterprises-
Zee Talkies HDMovies15 October 2016Own ScheduleFull HDDolby Digital | 7.1Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Top 5 Marathi Channels

This is a list of top five Marathi Channels in India as per BARC ratings. This data is generated weekly based on number of impressions measured per channel.
RankChannel NamePay Platform
RankChannel NameWeek 28
1Zee Marathi234661
2Star Pravah173602
3Zee Talkies151652
4Colors Marathi60871
5Sony Marathi49619