MTV (India)

MTV is Viacom18’s youth entertainment channel. It was launched in 1991 as part of the pan-Asian Star TV bouquet that also consisted of Zee TV, Star Plus, Prime Sports and Star Movies. The joint venture between Viacom and Star expired on 1 May 1994; therefore, Star launched Channel V in India on 23 May. MTV got a dedicated Indian feed in October 1996, and both channels targeted the youth until Channel V closed down in September 2018.

Much like its American counterpart, MTV moved its focus away from Bollywood music in the late 2000s to concentrate on youth-oriented reality shows, most famously Roadies and Splitsvilla, as well as serialised fiction shows (much like the now-defunct Channel V, Star’s music-turned-youth channel). However, it does air some music programmes, such as MTV Unplugged. All programming is in Hindi.

Viacom18 does have a full-fledged Hindi music channel, MTV Beats, which was launched in 2016. There is also a Middle Eastern channel called MTV India.

1991–2010

2010–present

HD: 2017–present

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An HD feed, called MTV HD+ (named similarly to Nick HD+), was launched in February 2017 along with Cineplex HD (now Colors Cineplex HD).

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Viacom18

Parent companies: TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and ViacomCBS

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD, Rishtey Cineplex and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD+ | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

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

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
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

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ViacomCBS

Part of National Amusements

See also: List of CBS-owned stations

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

VH1:
India | Italy

Spike:
Australia | Italy | Netherlands

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Grupo Telefe

Part of ViacomCBS

Other assets
Telefe Contenidos | Telefe Films | Telefe Móvil | Telefe Música | Telefe Teatro

Former channel & assets
Radio Continental | Canal 11 Lapacho | Canal 13 Rio Grande

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia

Part of ViacomCBS

Nickelodeon:
UK & Ireland³ (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)
Australia & New Zealand (Nick Jr. | NickMusic²)

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland³ (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Production companies:
United Kingdom: ViacomCBS International Studios UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes
Australia: 10 Play | 10 All Access⁵ | 10 Speaks | 10 Travlr

Other assets:
Milkshake! | 5 News | 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

Studio 10 | Sports Tonight | The Project | The Sunday Project

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

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Viacom18

Parent companies: TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and ViacomCBS

Indian television channels:

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

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 Studios
⁶Co-owned with WarnerMedia
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
²³Process of acquisition from WarnerMedia Latin America still pending approval from the local governments.

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Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star India
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus ^HD (Other), Star Bharat ^HD and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold ^HD, Star Gold 2 ^HD, Star Gold Select ^HD and Star Utsav Movies

English: Entertainment: Star World ^HD and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies ^HD and Star Movies Select HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life ^HD | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic ^HD and Wild ^HD | Kids: BabyTV HD

Regional languages:
Entertainment channels: Tamil: Star Vijay ^HD | Telugu: Star Maa ^HD | Kannada: Star Suvarna ^HD | Malayalam: Asianet ^HD and Asianet Plus | Bengali: Star Jalsha ^HD | Marathi: Star Pravah ^HD
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa Movies ^HD and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies | Bengali: Jalsha Movies ^HD
Music channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Telugu: Star Maa Music

Star Sports:
English: Star Sports 1 ^HD, Star Sports 2 ^HD and Star Sports 3 | Hindi: Star Sports 1 Hindi ^HD and Star Sports First
Regional languages: Star Sports 1 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla and Marathi
Star Sports Select: Star Sports Select 1 ^HD, Star Sports Select 2 ^HD

Upcoming and planned channels:
Bangla: Jalsha Josh | Malayalam: Asianet Movies HD | Marathi: Pravah Picture | Odia: Star Kirano ^HD | Tamil: Vijay Super HD
Sports: Star Sports 3 HD, 1 Malayalam, 1 Tamil HD and 1 Gujarati

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus ^HD, Utsav Gold ^HD and Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV
Africa: Star Life
Taiwan: Star Movies HD

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Disney+ Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky¹ (HD, + HD, Tata Sky Binge+; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
¹Joint venture with Tata Group.
²Sold to ABP Group.
³Sold to CJ ENM.
⁴Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V.
⁵Sold to China Media Capital.
⁶Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁷Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Pending shutdown in 2021.
⁸Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office.

MTV (India)

1991–2010

2010–present

HD: 2017–present

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