UTV Software Communications (UTVSOF) is an integrated media and entertainment company. It was incorporated as a private company on June 22, 1990 and became a public limited company with the current name on March 19, 1998. The company is engaged in the production and licensing of television content and broadcasting, motion pictures, interactive programs including animation and gaming. It has content creation abilities across platforms and genres. UTV Motion Pictures has films including India`s official Oscar entry and BAFTA nominated Rang De Basanti and many more.
The company has strategic alliances with Hollywood studios like Fox, Walt Disney, Sony, Will Smith`s Overbrook, and is the largest movie studio from South Asia. UTV Toons is the animation arm, a leading block in the company`s new media interests that includes games, animated content and VFX. The company owns India`s largest mobile and online gaming company Indiagames and UK-based Ignition, a console gaming company for Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and others. As a television content provider, the company has been a dominant airtime seller on channels like Sun TV, Udaya TV, Surya TV, Gemini TV. The company has channels like Hungama TV for children; Bindass for the youth and World Cinema to be launched in late 2007. The World Cinema initiative would include a DVD label and TV movie channel dedicated to world cinema. Subsidiaries of the company include UTV International (Singapore) Pte, UTV International Holdings, UTVNET Solutions, and Vijay Television. The company has its own distribution network across markets like the US, UK, Middle East, South Africa, Australia, Japan and India. The registered and corporate office is located at Paarijaat House, 1076, Dr. E. Moses Road, Worli Naka, Mumbai-400018. n