Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Type	Public (BSE: 505537, NSE: ZEEL)
Industry	Mass media
Founded	October 1992
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Key people	Subash Chandra (Chairman) Punit Goenka (MD&CEO)
Products	Broadcasting, publishing, cable, movie production
Revenue	3178 crore (US$580 million) (2012)[2]
Net income	589 crore (US$110 million) (2012)
Employees	2,200 (2011)
Parent	News Corporation (1991-1996) Essel Group (1991-present)
Website	www.zeetelevision.com

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (BSE: 505537, NSE: ZEEL) is the second-largest Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.^[3] It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group. The company's Chairman, Managing Director and Founder is Subhash Chandra and its Chief Executive Officer is Puneet Goenka. Through its strong presence worldwide, Zee entertains over 670+ million viewers across 168 countries.

History [edit]

The company was launched on 15 December 1991 and was previously known as Zee Telefims until 2006, when it was renamed and the news and entertainment units were spun off into four smaller divisions. Zee currently operates over 15 different television channels, a cable company SitiCable, a record label Zee Records, a production company and other businesses as well.^{[citation needed]} It has expanded operations abroad, with several of its channels available in the UK and U.S. as well as Africa and Asia.

In 2002 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired a majority stake (51%) in ETC Networks. In 2006, they acquired Integrated Subscriber Management Services Limited and in November 2006, Zee acquired an interest (50%) in Taj television TEN Sports.

In February 2010 Zee Entertainment Enterprises acquired an additional stake (95%) in TEN Sports.

As Zee Telefilms, the company formed part of BSE Sensex from 2000-2005. The news and regional entertainment channel business was spun off into a separate company in 2006 under the corporate banner Zee News Ltd.^{[4][not in citation given]}

Channels [edit]

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. currently operates the following TV channels:

Zee News Limited [edit]

Zee News Ltd (ZNL) is a media and entertainment company and a subsidiary of the Essel Group. The company was spun off from Zee Telefilms on 31 March 2006 and it currently operates the following news and regional entertainment channels:

Movie productions [edit]

In 2008, Zee Networks launched Zee Motion Pictures,^[5] an independent subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises focusing on development, production, distribution and marketing of mainstream films in Hindi and five regional languages (Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil). Zee Motion Pictures also operates Zee Limelight for modestly budgeted films targeted at niche audiences.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official site
• Official site of Zee News
• Official site of Zee Television UK
• Official site of Zee Television USA
• Official site of Zee Television Asia/Pacific

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