Colors Odia



2001–2015	2015–2016	2016–2025

Colors Odia was an Odia-language general entertainment channel in India. It was the only such channel until Tarang TV and Sarthak TV (now Zee Sarthak) were launched in 2008 and 2010, respectively. It was rebranded to Colors Odia in 2015, after its acquisition by Reliance Industries Limited via its Viacom18 subsidiary.

ETV Odia[]

2001–2015[]

Colors Odia[]

2015–2016[]

2016–2025[]

Colors Odia, along with Bindass and Star Kiran HD shut down on March 15, 2025^[1]. Although their YouTube channel remains active and still uploading after the shut down.

References[]

↑ Srivastava, Akansha (2025-02-17). JioStar shuts 9 channels including Comedy Central; introduces 8 new sports channels (en-IN). Best Media Info. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025.

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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

Part of Paramount Skydance

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

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Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount Skydance

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Telefe

Part of Grupo Televisión Litoral

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

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias | Canal Once

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Chilevisión

Part of Paramount Networks Americas

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

Notes

¹	Owned by Universidad de Chile (former owners of CHV), operating as a secondary channel.
²	Local stations until 1993.
³	Local version of The Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁴	Under license of Fremantle.
⁵	Under current license of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, previously made by competitor TVN.
⁶	Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁷	Local version of the game show The Alphabet Game.
⁸	Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹	Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰	Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹	Local version of the Big Brother program, currently licensed by Banijay.
¹²	Alongside all the members of Anatel.
¹³	Cancelled proyect, with 14 episodes recorded.
¹⁴	Local version of the First Dates program.

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

Streaming assets:
MTV Play | Nickelodeon Play | Comedy Central Play | Noggin | BET Play

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount Skydance

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

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland (Extra)² | New Zealand

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 Viacom18.

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.
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	Co-owned with Sony Music Entertainment
⁴⁰	Owned by Viacom18, but licensed by Paramount.

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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

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

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ETV Network

Current channels:

Children’s channels: ETV Bal Bharat ^HD (English | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam)

Online portals: Video-on-demand app: ETV Win | News portal: ETV Bharat

Divested channels: (sold to Reliance Industries Limited)

Generalist (all Colors-branded): ETV Kannada | ETV Marathi | ETV Bangla | ETV Odia | ETV Gujarati

News: ETV News Haryana/Himachal Pradesh (Hindi), Kannada, Bangla, Odia and Gujarati
Urdu/Hindi: ETV Urdu | Hindi: ETV Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, Bihar/Jharkhand and Rajasthan

Other regional-language News18 channels which were not part of ETV: News18 Assam/Northeast, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lokmat (Marathi)