9X was a Hindi general entertainment channel launched on 12 November 2007 by INX Media (whose other channels were 9XM and NewsX ). It was acquired by Zee on 28 April 2010 to complement Zee TV .
However, its ratings did not improve, and 9X closed down on 30 April 2015 along with Hindi movie channel Zee Premier .
In late 2010, INX Media was renamed to 9X Media and launched several music channels under the 9X brand, complementing 9XM . As for NewsX, it has been owned by the iTV Network since 2012.
2007–2015 [ ]
The channel was one of a number of Hindi GECs launched in the late 2000s, of which Colors was the only one to be successful; all others such as 9X and Imagine TV failed.
Part of Essel Group
Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV , &TV , Anmol TV and Big Magic | Zindagi 1 | Movies: Zee Cinema , &Pictures , Zee Bollywood , Zee Classic , &Xplor HD , Zee Action , Anmol Cinema and Anmol Cinema 2 | Music/youth: Zing
English: Entertainment: Zee Café | Movies: &Flix and &Privé HD | Lifestyle: Zee Zest
Regional languages:
Entertainment channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil | Telugu: Zee Telugu | Kannada: Zee Kannada | Malayalam: Zee Keralam | Bengali: Zee Bangla | Marathi: Zee Marathi and Zee Yuva | Odia: Zee Sarthak | Punjabi: Zee Punjabi
Movie channels: Tamil: Zee Thirai | Telugu: Zee Cinemalu | Kannada: Zee Power | Bengali: Zee Bangla Sonar | Marathi: Zee Talkies and Zee Chitramandir | Bhojpuri: Zee Biskope
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )
Hindi national: Zee News | Zee Bharat | Zee Business | English: WION | Hindi regional: Zee Delhi NCR Haryana | Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand | Zee Rajasthan | Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh | Zee Bihar/Jharkhand | Gujarati: Zee 24 Kalak | Bengali: Zee 24 Ghanta | Marathi: Zee 24 Taas | Urdu/Hindi: Zee J&K Ladakh | Salaam TV | Punjabi/Hindi: Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal | Kannada: Zee Kannada News | Telugu: Zee Telugu News
Digital news channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil News | Malayalam: Zee Malayalam News | Odia: Zee Odisha News
Upcoming channels:
Zee Power (Kannada) | Zee 24 Ghanta North East (Assamese)
Unlaunched channels:
Zee Rang | Zee Chanderi | Zee Josh
International channels:
Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | Latin America: Zee Mundo and Zee Bollyworld | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Vietnam: Zee Phim | Philippines: Zee Sine and Zee Bollymovies | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World , Zee One , Zee Bollynova , Zee Zonke and Zee Family | Kenya: Zee Dunia | Ethiopia: Zee Alem | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic | Germany: Zee One | United Kingdom: Zee Punjabi
Non-television businesses:
Film production: Zee Studios and Zee Studios International | Music label: Zee Music Company | Theatrical production: Zee Theatre | Live events: Zee Live | Media marketing: Zee Melt | Licensing and syndication arm for international markets: Zee Global Content Sales
Other properties: Zee Digital | Zee Educare | Zee Learn | Zee Family.TV | Zee International | Z5X Technology | Zee R.I.S.E | Zee What's Next
Video-on-demand services:
Streaming platforms: India: ZEE5 (Club | Kids | Premium | Zindagi 1 ) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play
Pay-per-view cinema: Zee Plex
Defunct channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Zindagi 1 (as a TV channel), Zee Next , 9X and Zee Smile | Movies: Zee Premier | Music: Zee ETC Bollywood | Devotional: Zee Jagran | Lifestyle: Zee Khana Khazana | Shopping: Asian Sky Shop , and EZ Mall
English: Movies: Zee Studio and Zee Select | Lifestyle: Zee Trendz , Living Foodz , Living Travelz and Living Zen | Kids’: ZeeQ | Sports: Zee Sports
Regional languages: Zee ETC Punjabi (Punjabi) | Zee Gujarati (Gujarati) | Zee 24 Gantalu (Telugu) | Zee Odisha (Odia) | Zee Vajwa (Marathi) | Zee Ganga (Bhojpuri) | Zee Bangla Cinema (Bengali) | Zee Picchar (Kannada)
International channels: Zee Lamhe | Zee Hiburan (Indonesia) | Zee Variasi (Malaysia)
Divested channels:
Ten Sports Network 2 Ten 1 (Ten Sports) | Ten 2 (Ten Action) | Ten 3 (Ten Cricket) | Ten Golf
Other channels: Z Living 3
Notes
1
Discontinued as satellite channel in 2017. Relaunched as a service channel on DTH platforms in 2022.
2
Sold to Sony Pictures Networks India .
3
Sold to NIA Broadcasting.