SUN Group is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai, founded by Kalanithi Maran

in 1992. The group has many business operations in Publishing, Broadcasting, Radio, Film,

Cable television and Sports franchising. The group has seven main business divisions:

Television

SUN TV Networks is one of the largest TV networks in Asia and represents a major

portion of the group’s business. SUN Group currently owns and operates 32 TV channels

across Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.

DTH and Cable provider

Sun Direct is a DTH service provider established in 2008.Sun direct is the fourth

largest DTH service provider in India.

Radio

The group owns 70 FM radio stations across India broadcasting under the names Red

FM,[3] Suryan FM, Magic FM 106.4.

Newspapers and Magazines

SUN Group owns two daily newspapers and five magazines in Tamil. The group owns

magazines Kungumam, Kumguma Chimizh, Kungumam Thozhi, Aanmigam,Mutharam and

Vannathirai.

Film production

Sun Pictures is a film production and distribution company established in 2000. It produced

the TV film Siragugal and Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran. It has distributed more than 20 Tamil

films starting from Kadhalil Vizhunthen.

OTT Platform
Sun NXT is a global online audio/video streaming platform owned and operated by Sun TV

Network.

Sports

The Sun group currently owns the IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad based in the city of

Hyderabad.

Organisational Structure of SUN Group

The Sun group is a large organisation with many different product offerings and business

divisions. The group’s business has a large presence in India and across the globe. The group

was founded by Kalanithi Maran in 1992. He currently acts as the Executive chairman of the

group. SUN Group’s SUN TV Network is listed in the Indian stock market. While listed as a

public company, the group still operates as a family business with many family members

acting as executive directors in the board of directors. With many products and divisions, the

group follows a product-based hierarchical structure. Most of the group’s product offerings

are in the media/entertainment industry and hence the organisational structure followed is a

hybrid between functional and divisional groupings. Following a hybrid structure, the group

follows a dotted-line reporting structure across the organisation. A dotted-line reporting

structure is one in which an employee reports to multiple managers. The Human Resources

administration also follows a dual reporting procedure in which reports are submitted to the

Managing Directors of each division and the chairman of the group.

Sun Group’s employees can be categorised into a three-level structure:

Junior level: The Junior level constitutes the bottom layer of the three-level structure. The

layer includes employees ranking from Executives, Senior Executives and Assistant

managers.
Mid-level: The Mid-level includes employees ranking from Managers, Senior managers,

General managers, and Senior General managers.

Senior level: The Senior-level includes senior positions like Vice-President, Senior Vice-

President, and Executive level VPs.

Above the three level structure lies key executives including Chief Financial Officer(CFO),

Chief Operating Officer(COO), Chief Technical Officer(CTO) and Company Secretary and

Compliance Officer.

The group follows a reporting system in which employees report to managers on a weekly,

monthly and quarterly basis.