Colors (international)

Colors (formerly Aapka Colors) is the American feed of Colors, the flagship TV channel of Viacom18. In Hindi it translates to ‘Your Colors’.

Aapka Colors[]

2008–2016[]

2016–2023[]

Colors[]

2023-present[]

Aapka Colors quietly dropped "Aapka " on late November 2023.

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Reliance Industries Limited

Telecommunications:

Acquisitions: Haptik¹

Reliance Retail: Indian stores:
Supermarkets: Neighbourhood grocery: Reliance Fresh | Hypermart: Reliance Smart | Wholesale: Reliance Market
Apparel: General: Reliance Trends | Women: Project Eve | Online fashion: Ajio
Electronics: Store: Reliance Digital (Xpress and Xpress Mini) | Home appliances: Reconnect
Footwear: Reliance Footprint
Jewellery: Reliance Jewels

Acquisitions: Urban Ladder | Zivame (15%)

International stores:
Toys and games: Hamleys (also present in India)

Media and broadcast:
Media group: Network18 (TV18 | Viacom18²)
News portals: News18.com (CricketNext) | Firstpost | Moneycontrol | CNBC-TV18.com³

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TV18

Part of Network18 (Reliance Industries Limited)

Subsidiaries: Viacom18 (Viacom18 Studios)

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Regional networks:
Bengali: Colors Bangla (Cinema) · Star Jalsha (Movies) | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati (Cinema) | Kannada: Colors Kannada (Cinema) · Colors Super · Star Suvarna (Plus) | Malayalam: Asianet (Plus · Movies) | Marathi: Colors Marathi · Star Pravah (Picture) | Odia: Star Kiran | Tamil: Colors Tamil · Star Vijay (Super · Takkar) | Telugu: Star Maa (Gold · Movies · Music)

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.
⁴	Unlaunched channels.

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18¹
Business news channels²: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

AETN18 network³:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

Unlaunched channels: News18 Bharat | News18 Goa

⁺Not formerly owned by ETV Network; these channels have always been owned by TV18.
¹Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
²Joint venture with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
³Joint venture with A&E Networks.

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.
⁴	Unlaunched channels.

Cable TV operators: Hathway | DEN Cable | GTPL

Industrial products: Petroleum and fuels: Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Gas | Synthetic fibres: Recron | Readymade garments and suitings: Only Vimal

Sports franchises:
Indian Premier League: Mumbai Indians | SA20: MI Cape Town | International League T20: MI Emirates | Major League Cricket: MI New York

Defunct/Former properties:
Defunct retail stores: Furniture and home décor: Reliance Living | Books, movies and games: Reliance Timeout | Former streaming service: JioCinema ⁴

Notes:
¹Acquired from The Times Group.
²Joint venture with Paramount.
³CNBC-branded channels and properties are under license from NBCUniversal.
⁴Moved to Viacom18.

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.
⁴	Unlaunched channels.

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Paramount Skydance

Predecessors:

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Paramount Pictures

Part of Paramount Skydance

Television production
Paramount Television Studios (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Television International Studios (Other | On-Screen Variations)

Home entertainment
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Paramount Home Entertainment (Other | On-Screen Logos) | Paramount Presents

Video games:
Paramount Game Studios | Skydance Interactive | Skydance New Media

Others:
Paramount Music | Paramount Production Support Inc. | Premium Large Format

Notes
¹Joint-venture with BeIN Media Group.
²Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
³Joint-venture with Universal Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with 20th Century Fox.

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Paramount International Networks

Part of Paramount Skydance

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Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount Skydance

Streaming assets:
Paramount+ | Pluto TV | Mi Telefe¹ | Mi Chilevisión²

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.
³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount Skydance

Other channels:
UK & Ireland: True Crime (Xtra)³ | Legend (Xtra)³ | Colors (Rishtey | Cineplex | Gujarati)⁶

Production companies:
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Comedy Productions | 10 Drama Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: 5 | Win on 5 | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 (Pluto TV) | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: Milkshake! (preschool block on 5) | 5 News (news program)
Australia: 10 News (news program) | 10 Sport (sport television) | 10 Intensify (advertising)

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10 News

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Bulletins
Lunchtime | Afternoon | News+ | Late

Notes

¹	Under license from Direct Group, later moved to Seven Network.
²	Joint venture with Sky Group.
³	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴	Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵	Joint venture with Travlr.
⁶	Managed by JioStar.

Cinema chains
Showcase Cinemas (United Kingdom | Argentina) (Cinema de Lux) · Multiplex | UCI (Brazil) (UCI Kinoplex³⁹ | UCI Orient⁴⁰)

Notes

¹	Joint venture with BeIN Media Group.
²	Co-owned with TV18.
³	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
⁴	Owned by A+E Global Media
⁵	Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
⁶	Co-owned with Nexstar Media Group (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (12.5%).
⁷	Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸	Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰	Co-owned with 1+1 Media.
¹¹	Co-owned with RTL Group.
¹²	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³	Joint venture with BBC.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Marvel Comics.
¹⁵	Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶	Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
¹⁷	Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸	Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁹	51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting.
²⁰	Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
²¹	Joint venture with RTL Group. Now owned by Rock Networks since 2021.
²²	Co-owned with ABC.
²³	Joint venture with Comcast.
²⁴	Co-owned with Viaplay Group.
²⁵	Co-owned with CH Media.
²⁶	Co-owned with Vodafone & UPC.
²⁷	Owned by ARY Digital Network, but licensed by Paramount.
²⁸	Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
²⁹	Owned by Amblin Partners.
³⁰	Joint venture with Grupa Polsat Plus.
³¹	Joint venture with Sky Group (25%).
³²	Co-owned with Blue Ant Media.
³³	Operated by E-Plus, but under license from VIMN.
³⁴	Operated by TIM, but under license from VIMN.
³⁵	Operated by T-Mobile/KPN, but under license from VIMN.
³⁶	Operated by T-Mobile, but under license from VIMN.
³⁷	Operated by Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, but under license from VIMN.
³⁸	Operated by Sunrise, but under license from VIMN.
³⁹	Joint-venture with Kinoplex
⁴⁰	Joint-venture with Orient Cinemas
⁴¹	Co-owned with Sony Music Entertainment
⁴²	Owned by Viacom18, but licensed by Paramount Skydance.
⁴³	Sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral.
⁴⁴	Sold to Vytal Group.