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THE CHENNAI EDITION 2026

Chennai’s
media & entertainment industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping media & entertainment in Chennai. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Media & Entertainment illustration
Companies tracked 413Media & Entertainment ecosystem in Chennai Disclosed funding $76.7M17 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 26With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 632 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

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24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Media & Entertainment company highlights in Chennai, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
Sun TV Networksunnetwork.in$22M—3,750$405.93MFYFY2025 filing
Qube Cinemaqubecinema.com$20.92M6 roles873—
Magztermagzter.com$13M—72$1.36MFYFY2025 filing
Pepulpepul.com$9.16M—32—
Jouvejouve.in$3.98M——$4.15MFYFY2025 filing
LetzConnectletzconnect.com$1.5M—26—
Westland Bookswestlandbooks.in$1.4M———
BetterInvestbetterinvest.club$1.19M—14Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Blacksheepblacksheepindia.com—6 roles—Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ChainScript Labschainscript.dev—6 roles——
Quick Sortquicksortindia.com—5 roles175—
Contuscontus.com—4 roles287—
Divodivo.in—4 roles30$23.49MFYFY2025 filing
AyeVeeayevee.com—3 roles41—
Kriyadocskriyadocs.com—3 roles—$2.74MFYFY2025 filing
Dinamalardinamalar.com————
Dinamanidinamani.com————
Fortis Malarfortismalar.com——1$0FYFY2025 filing
Godgod.tv——164—
Knack Studiosknackstudios.in——216Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Malaimurasumalaimurasu.com——165—
Mediaone Globalmediaoneglobal.in———Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Radaan Mediaworksradaan.tv——13Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Raj Television Networkrajtvnet.in——162$13.17MFYFY2025 filing
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Media & Entertainment industry KPIs in Chennai

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

3 September 2026
Hiring participation6.3%

26 of 413 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation5.6%

23 of 413 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share72.9%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$321.27K

Midpoint of 28 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 72.9% of disclosed capital, while 94.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Chennai media & entertainment has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Chennai media & entertainment
$0$1.41M$2.81M$4.22M$5.62M2016: $3.42M20162017: $402.8K20172018: $4.93M20182019: $612.77K20192020: $457.17K20202021: $1.84M20212022: $4.04M20222023: $671.71K20232024: $4.2M20242025: $02025
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Annual media & entertainment funding and company formation in Chennai
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$3.42M225
2017$402.8K312
2018$4.93M173
2019$612.77K252
2020$457.17K252
2021$1.84M253
2022$4.04M123
2023$671.71K271
2024$4.2M173
2025$040
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Sun TV Network28.7%
  • Qube Cinema27.3%
  • Magzter16.9%
  • Other companies27.1%

Funding by stage

34 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel28 82.4%
Series A–B0 0.0%
Series C+ / PE0 0.0%
Grants, debt & other6 17.6%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Seed07/2024
Pepulpepul.com$4M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Seed04/2022
Pepulpepul.com$3.66M

Backed by Dasa Consulting and Balaji Srinivasan and others.

Seed10/2021
Pepulpepul.com$1.5M

Backed by Hourglass Venture Partners and Girish Mathrubootham and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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₹ crore · standalone

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 57 reporting entities from 92 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts₹7,491.4 crore

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Chennai market sales.

Net profit / loss₹1,701.0 crore

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+22.7%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue₹7.7 crore

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+63.2%

36 of 57 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+88.1%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 57 reporting entities

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CHENNAI · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does media & entertainment compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Chennai companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

17 of the 413 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (4.1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 214,609 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
FoneArena Mobilefonearena.com16,571,9934999.1%
SunNXTsunnxt.com2,342,4135958.5%
Maalaimalarmaalaimalar.com1,852,8765089.4%
Medindiamedindia.net767,6386084.9%
Magztermagzter.com758,2704649.7%
NotionPressnotionpress.com454,9243943.9%
Nettv4unettv4u.com385,8903783.6%
MovieCrowmoviecrow.com214,7173177.4%
Passport Photosmakepassportphoto.com214,6093647.2%
Behindwoodsbehindwoods.com208,5354261.7%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

63 of these companies (15.3%) publish at least one Android app — 1,420 apps in all, carrying 239.7M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Sun NXTSunNXT68M3.8Entertainment
101 Room Escape Game - MysteryHFG Entertainments15.4M4.4Puzzle
501 Room Escape Game - MysteryHFG Entertainments14.4M4.3Puzzle
My Sun Direct AppSun Direct TV11.8M2.9Business
Offline Map NavigationVirtualmaze10.6M4.3Maps & Navigation
TicketNew: Book Movie TicketsTicketNew10.2M3.5Entertainment
501 Doors Escape Game MysteryHFG Entertainments7.1M4.2Puzzle
SappaSappa5.6M4Social
101 Room Escape- Endless GamesHFG Entertainments5M4.4Puzzle
Escape Room: Grim of Legacy 2HFG Entertainments4.8M4.4Adventure

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Services For Gaming16993.4M101 Room Escape Game - Mystery 15.4M
Vernacular Platforms776.8MSun NXT 68M
Ott Video1772.5MBlacksheep Value 1.8M
Internet First Media1,12521.1MMagzter: Magazines, Newspapers 4.2M
Tv Broadcasting Services416.3MMy Sun Direct App 11.8M
It Services6014MOffline Map Navigation 10.6M
Online Event Ticketing3614MTicketNew: Book Movie Tickets 10.2M
Social Platforms78.5MSappa 5.6M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 42023Q2: 22023Q22023Q3: 52023Q3: 492023Q32023Q4: 72023Q4: 72023Q42024Q1: 182024Q1: 222024Q12024Q2: 232024Q2: 202024Q22024Q3: 72024Q3: 122024Q32024Q4: 72024Q4: 92024Q42025Q1: 82025Q1: 132025Q12025Q2: 232025Q2: 72025Q22025Q3: 262025Q3: 7812025Q32025Q4: 172025Q4: 192025Q42026Q1: 82026Q1: 2052026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 1,392 of 1,420 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Chennai media & entertainment market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital235
Enterprise tech79
B2c e-commerce60
Internet first news publishers34
Marketplaces31
Enterprise software30
Saas18
Loneliness economy16
Edtech14
Real money gaming13
Video on demand13
Media & entertainment saas10

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

235companies
3.4%have hiring activity

8 companies hiring · $27.06M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Advertising224
Subscription170
Commission on transaction115
Sponsorship99
E-commerce - service88
Fee-for-service67
E-commerce - product44
Affiliate marketing40
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 5 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsfortismalar.com ↗

IHH Healthcare completed a mandatory tender offer in December 2025, raising its shareholding in Fortis Healthcare to 31.17% and to 62.73% in Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd.

Mergers & acquisitionssunnetwork.in ↗

Sun TV Network is acquiring Northern Superchargers Limited, a company registered in London, for a sum amounting to £100.5 million (over ₹1,000 crore).

IPO activityrajtvnet.in ↗

Public issue of 35,68,250 equity shares of face value of Rs.10/- each at a price of Rs.257/- for cash (including premium of Rs.247/- per share) aggregating Rs.91.70 Crores, consisting of a fresh issue of 22,70,700 equity shares by Raj Television Network Limited ('company' or 'issuer') and an offer for sale of 12,97,550 equity shares by selling shareholders.

Company announcementsqubecinema.com ↗

Qube Cinema’s premium large-format cinema, EPIQ, plans to expand its chain to 20 locations as it aims to build a national footprint.

Leadership movesthehindu.com ↗

Sundar Kondur assumed responsibilities for the CRO role on January 5, 2026.

Full recorded event mix

Top 9 categories among 71 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
51
Mergers & acquisitions
6
Lawsuit
4
Leadership moves
3
IPO activity
2
Asset acquisitions
2
Funding rounds
1
Regulatory
1
Company announcements
1
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Leadership moves

3 tracked people moves

The Hindu ↗
Suresh Balakrishna

Retirement Previously Chief Revenue Officer

The Hindu ↗
Sundar Kondur

Appointment Chief Revenue Officer

Pavan Kumar Allada

Appointment Head of Corporate Strategy

Regulatory events

1 recorded events

Qube Cinema ↗

penalties slappedCompetition Commission of India

Litigation

3 tracked suits

Company
Ivy Entertainment v people media factory, Vishwa Prasad Tumbalam Gooty, Subraman

contractual breaches in film production and rights acquisitionCivil · Filed

Company
Dayanidhi Maran v Kalanithi Maran, sun tv network

Defamation and family disputeCivil ·

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

6companies
51period observations
-2.2%median reported growth

Median across 53 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
PVR→Spi Cinemas ↗Completed2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
ihh healthcare berhad→Fortis Malar ↗Completed2026-02-20Not stated in snapshot
Sun TV Network→northernAnnounced2025-07-21Not stated in snapshot
verse→Magzter ↗Announced2024-08-29Not stated in snapshot
six red marbles→Jouve ↗Announced2024-06-06Not stated in snapshot
Alibaba Pictures Group→TicketNew ↗Completed2024-06-05Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

1 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 1-posting snapshot covers 1 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Lead Architect Rdk Entertainment (Rdk B/Rdk C)1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

1 postings specify a level.

lead
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 1 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Rdkb
1
Rdkv
1
Opensync
1
Ccsp
1
Docsis
1
Easymesh
1
Tr069Tr369
1
Wifi 66E7
1
Settop Boxes
1
Broadband Gateways
1
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

189 founders and chief executives across 154 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

10 profiles with education records.

BITS Pilani
4
IIT Madras
2
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
1
IIM Ahmedabad
1
Indian Institute Of Management–Lucknow
1
Anna University
1
Indian School of Business
1
IIM Calcutta
1

Prior employers

5 profiles with prior-work records.

Zoho
2
Google
1
Cisco
1
McKinsey
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

43,587 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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43,587articles in the measured year
17,473articles in 2026Q1
75.7%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Media & Entertainment coverage tagged Chennai · articles per complete quarter

05,02310,04715,07020,0942021Q2: 4,6492021Q22021Q3: 4,5502021Q4: 4,0452022Q1: 4,8542022Q2: 5,7652022Q22022Q3: 7,0982022Q4: 7,0522023Q1: 7,6672023Q2: 8,0052023Q22023Q3: 8,3732023Q4: 8,8062024Q1: 7,4152024Q2: 7,5762024Q22024Q3: 10,1262024Q4: 8,8822025Q1: 9,5752025Q2: 6,8832025Q22025Q3: 8,1882025Q4: 8,4532026Q1: 17,4732026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q24,649
2021Q34,550
2021Q44,045
2022Q14,854
2022Q25,765
2022Q37,098
2022Q47,052
2023Q17,667
2023Q28,005
2023Q38,373
2023Q48,806
2024Q17,415
2024Q27,576
2024Q310,126
2024Q48,882
2025Q19,575
2025Q26,883
2025Q38,188
2025Q48,453
2026Q117,473

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
9,481 positive · 247 neutral · 4,373 negative
2022
18,233 positive · 439 neutral · 6,037 negative
2023
23,839 positive · 560 neutral · 8,383 negative
2024
26,347 positive · 544 neutral · 7,023 negative
2025
25,018 positive · 491 neutral · 7,537 negative

Leading coverage topics

Media & Entertainment coverage tagged Chennai · ranked by full-period article count.

Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,769 articles in the full recorded period
108,120 recent · 81,398 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,749 articles in the full recorded period
108,111 recent · 81,397 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,694 articles in the full recorded period
108,088 recent · 81,386 prior
International Sports Competitions112,319 articles in the full recorded period
27,079 recent · 27,094 prior
International Political Relations73,586 articles in the full recorded period
23,014 recent · 15,399 prior
Political Party Dynamics65,164 articles in the full recorded period
12,227 recent · 14,398 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations59,166 articles in the full recorded period
17,759 recent · 13,744 prior
Cricket Test Matches55,615 articles in the full recorded period
13,477 recent · 11,964 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations51,248 articles in the full recorded period
15,725 recent · 11,627 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements46,960 articles in the full recorded period
22,803 recent · 11,726 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

India comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations11,6265,700104%
bilateral trade4,6122,43889%
trade dispute mechanisms4,5162,208105%
trade barrier reduction4,4952,44484%
trade facilitation commitments4,3302,20197%
countries4,1931,860125%
free trade deals4,0822,43668%
multilateral diplomacy3,9242,72944%
diplomatic strategies3,8332,36262%
bilateral trade imbalance3,2812,05060%
odi cricket6,0439,710-38%
limited overs cricket5,7849,370-38%
odi tactics5,6378,809-36%
odi series5,2658,376-37%
odi rankings5,0198,104-38%

Event and signal lenses

India comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

1,933,977 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, test cricket

43.4% critical · 27.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

249,110 classified articles

pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, ipo pricing

48.7% critical · 46.6% positive
Rising

Growth

528,540 classified articles

gdp growth rate, economic output growth, economic growth statistics

46.9% critical · 50.5% positive

Media & Entertainment coverage tagged Chennai. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Media & Entertainment in Chennai: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

KEEP EXPLORING

Put Chennai in context

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