ETV (Telugu)

ETV
Country	India
Network	ETV Network
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Programming
Language(s)	Telugu
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Ramoji Group
Sister channels	ETV Plus; ETV Cinema; ETV Life; ETV Abhiruchi; ETV Andhra Pradesh; ETV Telangana; ETV Bal Bharat
History
Launched	27 August 1995
Links
Website	ETV Telugu; ETV Win

ETV is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel. The channel was launched on 27 August 1995 focusing on the state of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is a part of the ETV Network owned by Ramoji Group.^[5]^[6] It is the second oldest Telugu satellite channel after Gemini TV.^[7]^[8] It is also one of the earliest private satellite channels in South India.

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^ "ETV rejoices 25 years of successful operations, wishes pour in". ETV Bharat News. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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^ Bel, Bernard; Brouwer, Jan; Das, Biswajit; Parthasarathi, Vibodh; Poitevin, Guy (13 December 2005). Media and Mediation. SAGE Publications India. p. 331. ISBN 978-81-321-0269-4.
^ "ETV Network celebrates 25 years of infotainment". afaqs!. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Desai, Mira K. (21 November 2021). Regional Language Television in India: Profiles and Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-47008-6. The second channel to be launched in Telugu was ETV on August 28, 1995 .....
^ Kumar, Shanti (1 October 2010). Gandhi Meets Primetime: Globalization and Nationalism in Indian Television. University of Illinois Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-252-09166-7.