ETV (Telugu)

ETV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel. It is owned by Ramoji Rao under Ramoji Group. It was the second 24-hour Telugu Satellite channel after Gemini TV. It was also one of the earliest private satellite channels in South India. The letter E in ETV stands as a Telugu letter "ఈ" meaning "This" collectively meaning as "This TV". The letter E also stands as a short cut form of Eenadu, a Telugu newspaper owned by Ramoji Rao.

ETV (Eenadu Television)

Country	India
Broadcast area	India
Network	ETV Network
Slogan	ETV-Mee TV ఈ టివి - మీ టివి
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 Andhra Pradesh ETV Life ETV Abhiruchi ETV Telangana (Available in all other indian language)
History
Launched	27 August 1995
Links
Website	www.etvwin.com
Availability
Satellite
d2h	Channel 693 (SD) Channel 988 (HD)
Tata Sky	Channel 1417 (SD) Channel 1416 (HD)
IPTV
APSFL	Channel 4 (HD)

The network was launched on 27 August 1995 with its first broadcasts in united Andhra Pradesh in 1995.[1] It also has a HD version which was launched on 29 July 2016 under the name ETV HD.