Diksat Transworld Ltd.

The company was incorporated as Diksat Transworld Limited on January 08, 1999 under the Companies Act, 1956, with the Registrar of Companies, Chennai and received the Certificate of Commencement of Business dated January 14, 1999. The company is promoted by T. Devanathan Yadav who has over 2 decades of experience in various business sectors including the media and entertainment industry. He also has overall business knowledge and manages several of its group companies engaged in diverse industry sectors like manufacturing, finance, imports & exports, etc.

The company started its operations on small scale in the year 1999, and has since expanded horizontally over the years to cover various geographical areas via setting up of various channels and also via circulation of its newspaper. Currently, it owns four satellite channels, namely; “Win TV (Tamil)”, “Win TV (U.P.)”, “Cuisine TV”, and “Aaseervatham TV”, and it also circulate a daily newspaper named “Tamil News”. It has recently ventured into production of movies under a separate division - ‘GR8 Talkies’ and it has recently released its first Tamil movie.

Majority of these programmes are produced in-house or through a co-producer. The company’s major broadcast revenues are derived from advertising income, which it receive for advertisement slots in-between its shows or by selling advertisement rights for the whole show. These advertisements are part of its film and non-film content. The company also maintains a content library which has a collection of various movies, programs and music, primarily in Tamil language. The company has also started Production House under the name of GR8 Talkies, a division of Diksat Transworld Limited. Its Promoter Dr. T. Devanathan Yadav under the banner of GR8 Talkies has produced and released a movie named “Gugan”.

Business area of the company

 The company is an established television broadcaster and newspaper in India, headquartered from Southern India.The company is engaged in the business of Media and Entertainment through the mediums of Television, Newspapers and Movies.

Major events

• 1998-1999: Incorporation of the Company with the Name of “Diksat Transworld Limited”.
• 2002-2003: Win TV was commercially launched and the license was granted by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Delhi. Win TV Started airing its news and current affairs programme in Tamil to the entire state of Tamil Nadu.
• 2004-2005: License granted from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for setting up of Second Channel named Win TV Kannada.
• 2006-2007: Permission received from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for change of name of the Channel - Win TV Kannada to Aaseervatham TV.
• 2007-2008: New Merit Printers submitted an affidavit in the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai for transfer of rights of ownership, publishership and editorship of the newspaper “Tamil News” to Dr. T. Devanathan Yadav.
• 2009-2010: The company entered into a Slot Agreement with ‘Jesus Loves Trust’ for lease of channel slot of Aaseervatham TV on a fixed monthly revenue basis.
• 2009-2010: Obtained the Certificate of Registration from the Office of Registrar of newspaper for India for its daily newspaper “Tamil News”.
• 2009-2010: License granted from Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for setting up of two more Channels named Win TV U.P. and Cuisine TV as News & Current Affairs TV Channels.
• 2013-2014: Completed production of its 1st full length movie, “Gugan” under the banner of GR8 Talkies (division of Diksat Transworld Limited).
• 2013-2014: Received Certificate for Theatrical Release of the company’s 1st full length movie, “Gugan” from the Central Board of Film Certification.
• 2016-2017: Public release of the company’s 1st full length movie, “Gugan” under the banner of GR8 Talkies in theatres across the State of Tamil Nadu and to other media.