Companies in entertainment sector provide outstanding contribution to the economic growth of the country. This booming sector also offers enormous job opportunities for aspirants who are interested in this area. Television and radio can be considered as the major contributors to this flourishing sector in India. We can expect a revolutionary growth in the next decade in this sector. Introduction of innovative techniques in the entertainment industry such as digital theatres, use of internet, multiplexes etc adds to growth of the companies in this sector. As these companies are coming up with latest technologies, career opportunities in this area have also improved a lot.

Top Companies in Entertainment Sector in India:

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment is a leading company in the entertainment sector. This company which is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America deals with production of motion pictures and television programming. Some of their other channels are:

• Animax
• AXN
• PIX
• SET MAX
• SAB

They have proved themselves as an outstanding company in the entertainment sector by offering a variety of entertainment options. These options include home video, mobile games, distribution of films etc.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

Zee Televisions is promoted by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited a reputed company in the entertainment and media sector. This company is the leading provider of Hindi Programs in the world. They offer entertainment options to about 500 million viewers across 167 countries.

Star TV

Star Television network which is owned and operated by STAR India extends to over 65 countries and 168 million people across the world. This entertainment company has 32 channels in 8 languages. Some of their popular channels are:

• STAR Vijay
• STAR Sports
• STAR News
• STAR Movies
• STAR Plus
• ESPN

Pritish Nandy Communications

Pritish Nandy Communications was the first company in the media and entertainment sector to go public. They were the first company in the media and entertainment sector to get listed in the NSE and BSE stock exchanges of India.

Cinevistaas Limited

Cinevistaas is popular company in the area of entertainment who contributes in diverse sectors such as production of advertisement commercials, content creation, distribution etc. This company is providing contents for television advertisement films, television software, films etc.

Sahara One Media & Entertainment Limited

Sahara One Media & Entertainment Company is a pioneer company in the area of entertainment which operates on motion pictures and television arena. This company operates three television channels, first one for general entertainment (Sahara One Television) second one for hindi movies( Filmy) and the last one is world television channel in Hindi(Firangy)

There are many other leading players in media and entertainment sectors. Some of them to be worth noticed includes Saregama India Limited , UTV Software Communications Limited,  Balaji Telefilms Limited, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Visions Limited etc.