MTV Asia [ ]
1991–1994 [ ]
MTV Asia started broadcasting on 15 September 1991 as a joint venture between STAR TV and Viacom . It was part of the STAR TV Network package of channels that also consisted of STAR Plus , STAR Chinese Channel , Prime Sports , and BBC WSTV .
Channel [V] Mainland China [ ]
1994–2008 [ ]
2008–present [ ]
Since 2014, Channel V Mainland China became part of Star China Media .
Despite the said shutdown from the international counterpart on October 1, 2021, Channel V Mainland China is still active till this day.[1]
References [ ]
Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company )
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus | Star Bharat | Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold | Star Gold 2 | Star Gold Select | Star Utsav Movies | UTV Movies 1 | UTV Action 1 | UTV HD 1 | Youth entertainment/music: Bindass 1
English: Entertainment: Star World | Star World Premiere HD | Disney International HD 1 | Movies: Star Movies | Star Movies Select | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic | Nat Geo Wild | Lifestyle: Fox Life | Kids: Disney Channel 1 | Hungama 1 | Super Hungama 1 | Disney Junior 1 | BabyTV
Regional-language TV channels:
Entertainment channels: Tamil: Star Vijay | Telugu: Star Maa | Kannada: Star Suvarna | Malayalam: Asianet and Asianet Plus | Bengali: Star Jalsha | Marathi: Star Pravah | Odia: Star Kiran
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa Movies and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies | Bengali: Jalsha Movies | Marathi: Pravah Picture
Music channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Telugu: Star Maa Music
Star Sports :
English: Star Sports 1 | Star Sports 2 | Star Sports 3 | Hindi: Star Sports 1 Hindi | Star Sports First
Regional languages: Star Sports 1 Tamil , Telugu , Kannada , Bangla and Marathi
Star Sports Select : Star Sports Select 1 , Star Sports Select 2
Upcoming and planned channels:
National channels: Hindi movies: Star Gold Romance | Star Gold Thrills | Star Gold 2 | English movies: Star Movies Select SD | Kids: Hungama | Disney Channel
Regional languages: Tamil: Vijay Super | Star Sports 1 Tamil | Telugu: Star Sports 1 Telugu | Malayalam: Asianet Movies | Bengali: Jalsha Josh
International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus , Utsav Gold and Utsav Bharat | UMP Movies 1
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV , Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life , Star Select
Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Disney+ Hotstar (Originals | Specials ) | Film production: Star Studios (Other )
Satellite TV, broadband and OTT: Tata Play 2 (Tata Play+ | HD | + HD | UHD 4K | Binge/Binge+ | Fiber )
Former channels and properties:
Indian channels:
Defunct: Life OK /Star One | Star Movies Action | FX | Fox Crime | Channel V | ESPN | Movies OK | Nat Geo Tamil and Nat Geo Telugu | ESPN Star Sports | UTV World Movies 1 | UTV Stars | Bindass Play 1 | UTV Action Telugu 1
Divested: News network 3 (Star News | Star Ananda | Star Majha ) | Star CJ Alive 4 | MTV (India) 5 | Bloomberg UTV/UTVi 1
International channels discontinued in India: Nat Geo Music | Nat Geo People | BabyTV (SD only)
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam
Non-Indian channels:
Star China Media 6 (Star Sports (China) | Xing Kong | Channel V (China) | Fortune Star ) | antv 7 | Film Indonesia | MTV Asia 5 | Star World Asia 8 , Star Movies8 (Asia , Philippines and Taiwan ) | Viva Cinema 9 | Channel V (Korea)
Notes:
1 Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
2 Joint venture with Tata Group .
3 Sold to ABP Group .
4 Sold to CJ ENM .
5 Joint venture between Star and Viacom . Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India .
6 Sold to China Media Capital.
7 Sold to Visi Media Asia , which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
8 Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
9 Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO .