chennai the dmk familypromoted kalaignar tv is set for a revamp including changes in operations and shareholding pattern sources said the plans include bringing back the channels former ceo and having the 20 version ready before the 2019 elections kalaignar tv was launched in 2007 after difference cropped up between the karunanidhi family and the marans who owned sun network karunanidhis daughter kanimozhi and wife dayalu ammal have been shareholders in the company they were named in the 2g scam for taking financial assistance from one of the beneficiaries of telecom license when dmk minister a raja was the telecom minister the trial court dismissed the case and set sharad kumar and shareholders of the channel free the government has gone on appeal against the trial court verdict a core group is working on reviving the channel said a source channel to invest more for sprucing up contentseveral meetings have happened at stalins residence with e v velu former dmk minister a raja amirtham director in kalaignar tv have been involved in the discussions stalins son udayanidhi and soninlaw sabareesh have also been part of the discussion being spearheaded by siva subramanian the auditor of the channel kanimozhi though a significant shareholder has kept away from these discussions said the source the channel wants to invest more to spruce up its content it is also possible that an external investor may step in but that is only a probability at this stage said a source messages and calls to sharad kumar went unanswered while amirtham said he was not aware of such plans the idea for the internal debate is to ensure the party and the family is not dependent on sun tvthe marans tell us that there an independent business when the dmk is in trouble or out of power and speaks the opposite when the dmk is in power the family thinks that sun tv didnt support the dmk as much as it should have in the last assembly elections said a source the channel meanwhile has made job offers to the posts of news editor and programming head even from a completely business standpoint restructuring is essential given that the channel has been on a slow burner for some years now the tv entertainment map is rapidly changing with the entry of ott players it is imperative for existing operators to change the way they did business and look at newer emerging models