MTV (India)

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).

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Viacom18

Part of 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)

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)

Video-on-demand: Voot
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures

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ViacomCBS

Part of National Amusements

Broadcast networks:
CBS (HD) | The CW¹⁷ | Decades¹⁸| DABL

VH1:
Europe (VH1 Classic) | Latin America (VH1 Classic | VH1 MegaHits) | Poland

Spike:
Australia | Hungary (RTL Spike)¹⁰ | Netherlands | Russia | Ukraine¹¹

Former channels
MTV Extra | MTV Flux | MTV Shows | Viva

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Viacom18

Part of 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)

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors (HD)

Video-on-demand: Voot
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures

Notes
¹ and ²Co-owned with NBCUniversal.
²Joint-venture with Sony Wonder.
³Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
⁴Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
⁵Co-owned with Network18.
⁶Co-owned with Gaumont.
⁷Joint-venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
⁸Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
⁹Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁰Co-owned with RTL Group.
¹¹Co-owned with 1+1 media.
¹³Co-owned with Sky Limited.
¹⁴Co-owned with NHK.
¹⁵Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
¹⁶Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
¹⁷Co-owned with WarnerMedia
¹⁸Joint venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
¹⁹Co-owned with ABC
²⁰51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting
²¹Joint venture with AMC Networks International
²²Joint venture with RTL Group
²³Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Star TV

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star India (Special logos)
Television channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Star Plus (HD), Star Bharat (HD) and Star Utsav | Movies: Star Gold (HD), Star Gold Select (HD), Movies OK 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) (Tamil | 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)

International channels:
Africa: Star Life (HD in South Africa, SD elsewhere)

Other assets:
Video-on-demand service: Hotstar | Film production: Fox Star Studios (Other)
Affiliated company: Tata Sky² (HD, + HD; defunct: Tata Sky+, Tata Sky Transfer)

Notes:
¹Withdrawn from India in March 2019 (SD feeds) and June 2019 (Nat Geo Music and People HD); BabyTV HD is still running in India. They were run by Fox Networks Group Asia; there was no dedicated Indian feed.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ E&M.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V.

Non-Indian companies using the Star brand:

Taiwan: Star Movies HD (Taiwan)

Disbanded channels and properties:
China: Star China Media¹ (Star Sports | Xing Kong | Channel V (China) | Fortune Star)
Southeast Asia²: Star World (Asia) and Star Movies (Asia, Philippines and Taiwan), MTV³
Indonesia: antv⁴ | Film Indonesia
Philippines: Viva Cinema⁵
South Korea: Channel V (Korea)

Notes:
¹Sold to China Media Capital.
²Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Now owned by Fox Networks Group.
³Formerly a joint-venture with Viacom International but ended in 1994. MTV Southeast Asia later relaunched in 1995.
⁴Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁵Relauched as Pinoy Box Office.

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1996–2010

2010–present

HD: 2017–present