Entertainment sector is one of the fast-growing sectors in India and it includes the television and film industry. Initially, when the television industry came into existence there was only a single television network that had monopoly over the industry, but now there are about 300 local, national and regional channels.

There are some of the top players in India in entertainment industry as well as in any other industry and the names of the top players in this sector are given below:

Top 10 Entertainment Companies in India:

• Sony Pictures

• Zee Televisions

• Star TV

• Pritish Nandy Communications

• Cinevistas

• Sahara One Media & Entertainment Limited

• Saregama India Limited

• UTV Software Communications Limited

• Balaji Telefilms Limited

• Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Visions Limited

Some of the details regarding these top ten players in entertainment industry is given below:

Sony Pictures:

Sony Pictures Entertainment shortly called as SPE is the subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and they are popular among people as Sony TV or SET. Some of their sister channels are:

• Animax

• AXN

• PIX

• SET MAX

• SAB

They are playing a wonderful part in the entertainment arena by offering different entertainment options like home entertainment, mobile games, television, movies through their website and through television as well.

Zee Televisions:

Zee Televisions is from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is a leading player in the entertainment, media and television world. They are the largest aggregators and producers of Hindi Programs in the world with a library of more than 80,000 hours of television content. They hold the right to more than 3000 movie titles of iconic film stars and from foremost studios in the world of Hindi films.

Star TV:

Star Television network is run by STAR India and they have the highest reach among the braoadcasters of the country, beaming to over 65 countries and 168 million people over the world. This television group has 32 channels in 8 languages and some of their popular channels are:

• STAR Vijay

• STAR Sports

• STAR News

• STAR Movies

• STAR Plus

• ESPN

This company manages a portfolio of business ventures, which is inclusive of cable system hathway, DTH operator Tata Sky, film production and distribution, etc…

Pritish Nandy Communications:

Pritish Nandy Communications hold the pride of being the first corporate entities in the industry of Bollywood entertainment. Shares of this company are listed in the National and Bombay Stock Exchanges and they are the first to go public in the industry of media and entertainment. The company has launched some of the biggest names in the business of creativity and has won several awards.

Cinevistas:

Cinevistas made its humble beginning with production of advertisement commercials for some of the popular brands and now the company has grown as a leader in a wide range of media-based businesses. They are acting as content provider and as distributor. While playing the role of distributor, the company operates in the area of feature films and when acting as content provider, they are creating television ad films, films and television software programs.

Sahara One Media & Entertainment Limited:

Sahara One Media & Entertainment Company is playing a leading part in the television and motion pictures arena and they are also acting as a leading movie production house in the arena of distribution, marketing and production of motion pictures not only in Hindi, but also in several other local languages. The company is prepared for rapid growth in the next few months since they have produced more than 35 movies in the last two years, which are watched by people all over the world with great interest.

Saregama India Limited:

Saregama India Limited is among the leading players in the music and entertainment space and their website is one of the biggest music archives in the world of music. They are engaged in home video, television software, movies, etc…The company is proud to have associations with some of the leading music producers, composers and musicians in India with its corporate office at Kolkata.

UTV Software Communications Limited:

They are one of the leading entertainment and media company in India and their focus is on disseminating, aggregating and creating outstanding content and they believe in setting trends rather than following trends. This group has five expanded verticals and these verticals include:

• Television content

• Interactive

• Motion pictures

• Games content

• Broadcasting

They are listed in the premier stock exchanges in India and the company has subsidiary offices in countries like Japan, the USA and the UK.

Balaji Telefilms Limited:

This company came into existence in the year 1994 and gave a strong start to the entertainment industry by giving some of the popular shows like Hum Paanch. In the late 1990 and 2000s, the company reached larger heights in the minds of television watchers by offering some of the best television shows. The company has produced more than 15000 hours of television content right from its inception in different regional languages like Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi.

Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Visions Limited:

The integrated approach, a professional and capable team of staff members, corporate structure and a strong balance sheet has made this company to reach good heights in the entertainment sector in India. They integrate the value chain the commercial motion picture sector right from production to distribution and exhibition.

Movies and television are always acting as a mode of stress relievers for the households in India even with the introduction of internet and other means of entertainment nowadays. Thus, the entertainment industry in India is ever growth with several other top players as well.