Vijay TV is a well-known popular Tamil television channel. It is an entertainment channel.  The channel was started by Golden Eagle Communication (GEC) by Sri Ramachandra University in 1994 but was later acquired by Vijay Mallya and changed the name to Vijay TV; he later sold the channel to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation through STAR TV and Fox International Channels. Now it is called as STAR Vijay or Vijay TV. The channel is also broad cast in several other countries and also available in several DTH services.