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

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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 Paramount

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD, Colors Cineplex Superhits and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Kids: Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Sonic | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ 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

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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

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

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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 Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁴Under license of Fremantle.
⁵Under license of Venevisión.
⁶Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁷Local version of the game show The Alphabet Game.
⁸Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹Local version of the Big Brother program, currently licensed by Banijay.
¹²Alongside all the members of Anatel.
¹³Under online availability.

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Telefe

Part of Paramount

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

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount

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

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland² (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Other channels:
UK & Ireland:³ True Crime (Xtra) | Legend (Xtra)
Australia: CMT

Production companies:
United Kingdom: VIS UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 Play | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: (Milkshake! | 5 News)
Australia: (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

Midday | The Project | The Sunday Project

Upcoming
Late

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

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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+ 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
⁶12.5% stake co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery, the remaining 75% stake is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
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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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

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

Planned channels:
National channels: 'Kids:' Hungama¹
Regional languages: 'Bengali:' Jalsha Josh

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus , Utsav Gold and Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV, Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life, Star Select

Former channels and properties:

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)

1991–2010

2010–present

HD: 2017–present

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