MTV is Viacom18’s youth entertainment channel. It was launched in 1992 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.
1996–2010
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).
| Parent companies: TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and ViacomCBS
Indian television channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Colors (HD) and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex (HD) | Youth entertainment: MTV (HD) | Music: MTV Beats (HD) English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity (HD) | Comedy Central (HD) | Music: VH1 (HD) | Kids: Nickelodeon (HD) | Nickelodeon Sonic | 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: Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.) Video-on-demand: Voot  |
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Star India (Special logos) English: Entertainment: Star World (HD) and Star World Premiere HD | Movies: Star Movies (HD) and Star Movies Select HD (SD upcoming) | Lifestyle: Fox Life (HD) | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic (HD) (Nat Geo Tamil | Nat Geo Telugu) and Nat Geo Wild (HD) | Kids’: BabyTV HD1 Regional languages: Tamil: Star Vijay (HD) and Vijay Super | Telugu: Star Maa (HD), Star Maa Movies (HD), Star Maa Music and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna (HD) and Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet (HD), Asianet Plus and Asianet Movies | Bangla: Star Jalsha (HD) and Jalsha Movies (HD) | Marathi: Star Pravah (HD) Star Sports: International channels: Other assets: Former channels and properties: Notes: Non-Indian companies using the Star brand: STAR Greater China: Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan) Disbanded channels and properties: Notes:  |
