Colors Cineplex

For the new Rishtey Cineplex, relaunched in June 2020, see its corresponding article.

Colors Cineplex is Viacom18’s Hindi movie channel. Launched as Rishtey Cineplex in May 2016, it was renamed to Colors Cineplex in 2019 (but Rishtey Cineplex was relaunched on 5 June 2020). Besides India it is available in Europe and North America, like Colors Rishtey.

Colors Cineplex airs predominantly South Indian dubbed movies, far more than its competitors such as Sony Max, Zee Cinema and Star Gold, with a few Hindi movies.



2016 (prelaunch)	2016–2019	2019–present

Rishtey Cineplex

2016 (prelaunch)

The channel started testing in February 2016 with a pink logo.

2016–2019

Rishtey Cineplex was launched on 8 May 2016 in India. It followed in September in the UK and Europe, and in October in the United States and Canada. As with Colors and Colors Rishtey, which also rebranded in 2016, the graphics were designed by Made With Love Studio.

Rishtey Cineplex

Cineplex HD

2017–2019

An HD version, called Cineplex HD without the Rishtey name, was launched on 19 February 2017. This is because the Rishtey brand was targeted at rural audiences that used the free-of-cost DD Free Dish platform; as HD channels are perceived to be premium in India (and not free-to-air), the Rishtey name was not used for the HD version.

Colors Cineplex

2019–present

Following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s changes in TV channel packaging and pricing in December 2018 and January 2019, several channels from four Indian broadcasters (Star, Zee, Sony and Viacom18) that had been running free-to-air on DD Free Dish, the government-owned satellite TV platform, were converted to pay-TV channels in January 2019. and removed from DD Free Dish on 1 March 2019. Accordingly, Viacom18 renamed Rishtey to Colors Rishtey, and Rishtey Cineplex and Cineplex HD to Colors Cineplex and Colors Cineplex HD.

However, since most of these channels are scheduled to be readded on DD Free Dish in June 2020, Viacom18 relaunched Rishtey Cineplex on 5 June 2020, to be added on DD Free Dish.

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD, Colors Cineplex Superhits and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Kids: Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Sonic | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

Sports: Sports18 1 ^HD | Sports18 Khel

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada ^HD, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla ^HD and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi ^HD | Tamil: Colors Tamil ^HD | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors ^HD

Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.)

Upcoming channels: Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Video-on-demand: Voot (Voot Kids | Voot Select)
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Television production: Viacom18 Studios
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

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Paramount

Part of National Amusements

Home entertainment:
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Comedy Central Home Entertainment | Paramount Home Entertainment | Paramount Presents

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

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Chilevisión

Part of Paramount

Other resources:
Mi CHV | Chilevisión Música | Chilevisión Live | Chilevisión Deportes

Notes:
¹Owned by Universidad de Chile (former owners of CHV), operating as a secondary channel.
²Local stations until 1993.
³Local version of The Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁴Under license of Fremantle.
⁵Under license of Venevisión.
⁶Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁷Local version of the game show The Alphabet Game.
⁸Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹Local version of the Big Brother program, currently licensed by Banijay.
¹²Alongside all the members of Anatel.
¹³Under online availability.

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Telefe

Part of Paramount

Former channels & assets
Canal 7 Jujuy | Canal 11 Lapacho | Canal 13 Rio Grande | Radio Continental

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount

Nickelodeon:
UK & Ireland (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)
Australia & New Zealand (Nick Jr. | NickMusic)

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland² (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Other channels:
UK & Ireland:³ True Crime (Xtra) | Legend (Xtra)
Australia: CMT

Production companies:
United Kingdom: VIS UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 Play | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: (Milkshake! | 5 News)
Australia: (10 News First | 10 Sport | 10 Intensify)

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10 News First

Part of Network 10

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

Midday | The Project | The Sunday Project

Upcoming
Late

¹Under license from Direct Group.
²Joint venture with Sky Group.
³Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵Joint venture with Travlr

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

Sports: Sports18 1 ^HD | Sports18 Khel

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors ^HD

Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.)

Upcoming channels: Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BeIN Media Group
²Co-owned with TV18
³Co-owned with NBCUniversal
⁵Co-owned with 20th Century Fox
⁶12.5% stake co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery, the remaining 75% stake is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
⁷Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting
⁸Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System
⁹Co-owned with Corus Entertainment
¹⁰Co-owned with 1+1 Media
¹¹Co-owned with RTL Group
¹²Joint venture with AMC Networks International
¹³Joint venture with BBC
¹⁴Joint venture with Marvel Comics
¹⁵Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009
¹⁶Co-owned with Viva Entertainment
¹⁷Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting
¹⁸Co-owned with Solar Entertainment
¹⁹51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting
²⁰Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
²¹Joint venture with RTL Group
²²Co-owned with ABC
²³Joint venture with Comcast
²⁴Co-owned with Viaplay Group
²⁵Co-owned with CH Media

Colors Cineplex

Rishtey Cineplex

2016 (prelaunch)

2016–2019

Cineplex HD

2017–2019

Colors Cineplex

2019–present

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