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

2010–2022

HD: 2017–2022

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

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

2022–present

On April 1, 2022, MTV India updated its logo. Unlike other MTV channels, MTV India has not adopted the new 2021 on-screen branding.

HD: 2022–present

References

MTV HD Revamped with Modified Logo and Refresh Look

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Hindi-language television channels

General entertainment channels (GECs):

Movies:

Music channels:

News channels:

Major national:
Minor national:
Business news:
State-owned: (Parliamentary: )

Food, health and lifestyle channels:

Kids’ channels:

Sports channels:

Devotional channels:

Teleshopping channels:

Defunct channels:

Notes:

¹These channels are free on DD Free Dish but paid on cable and satellite TV platforms.

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Reliance Industries Limited

Telecommunications:

Main telecom brand: Jio | Smartphone brand: LYF

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 Reliance Industries Limited (Network18)

Subsidiaries: Viacom18¹ (Viacom18 Studios)

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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 | 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.

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

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18²
Business news channels³: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

Regional news channels: (most acquired from the ETV Network)
Hindi-speaking regions: News18 Punjab/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, Bihar/Jharkhand and Rajasthan
Other regional channels: News18 Kannada, Bangla, Odia, Lokmat⁺ (Marathi), Gujarati, Urdu, Assam/Northeast⁺ (Assamese), Tamil Nadu⁺ (Tamil) and Kerala⁺ (Malayalam)

AETN18 network⁴:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

⁺Not formerly owned by ETV Network; these channels have always been owned by TV18.
¹Joint venture with ViacomCBS.
²Joint venture with Turner Broadcasting System (WarnerMedia).
³Joint venture with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
⁴Joint venture with A&E Networks.

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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+, Nickelodeon Sonic 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

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

Defunct properties:

Defunct retail stores: Furniture and home décor: Reliance Living | Books, movies and games: Reliance Timeout

Notes:
¹Acquired from The Times Group.
²Joint venture with ViacomCBS.
³CNBC-branded channels and properties are under licence from Comcast.

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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+, Nickelodeon Sonic 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

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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

See also: List of CBS-owned stations

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

VH1:
India | Denmark | Italy

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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 game show The Alphabet Game.
⁴Local version of The Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁵Under license of Fremantle.
⁶Under license of Venevisión.
⁷Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁸Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹Alongside all the members of Anatel.

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Telefe

Part of Paramount

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

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount

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: VIS UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁵
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes
Australia: 10 Play | 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 Paramount Streaming.

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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+, Nickelodeon Sonic 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
⁶Co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery
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

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TV18

Part of Reliance Industries Limited (Network18)

Subsidiaries: Viacom18¹ (Viacom18 Studios)

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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+, Nickelodeon Sonic 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

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18²
Business news channels³: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

AETN18 network⁴:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Regional-language TV channels:
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 | Odia: Star Kiran ^HD
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super (HD upcoming) | Telugu: Star Maa Movies ^HD and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies (HD upcoming) | Bengali: Jalsha Movies ^HD | Marathi: Pravah Picture ^HD
Music channels: Tamil: Vijay Music | Telugu: Star Maa Music

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

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus ^HD, Utsav Gold ^HD and Utsav Bharat | UMP Movies¹
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV, Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life

Former channels and properties:

Indian channels:
Defunct: Life OK ^HD/Star One | Star Movies Action | FX ^HD | Fox Crime | Channel V | ESPN | Movies OK | Nat Geo Tamil and Nat Geo Telugu | ESPN Star Sports | UTV World Movies¹ | UTV Stars^{HD, 1} | Bindass Play¹ | UTV Action Telugu¹
Divested: News network³ (Star News | Star Ananda | Star Majha) | Star CJ Alive⁴ | MTV (India)⁵ | Bloomberg UTV/UTVi¹
International channels discontinued in India: Nat Geo Music ^HD | Nat Geo People ^HD | BabyTV (SD only)
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam

Notes:
¹Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

MTV (India)

Contents

1991–2010

2010–2022

HD: 2017–2022

2022–present

HD: 2022–present

References

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