News18 Urdu

News18 Urdu is an Indian television news channel that broadcasts in Urdu and is owned by Network18. It was launched on 15 August 2001 by the ETV Network as ETV Urdu. On 16 March 2018, ETV Urdu was rebranded as News18 Urdu. Another Urdu news channel in India is Zee Salaam, which broadcasts in both Urdu and Hindi.

Indiantelevision



2001–2018	2018–present

ETV Urdu[]

2001–2018[]

News18 Urdu[]

2018–present[]

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TV18

Part of Network18 (Reliance Industries Limited)

Subsidiaries: Viacom18 (Viacom18 Studios)

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

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

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

Sports: Sports18 1 | Sports18 2 | Sports 18 3 | Sports18 Khel

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi and Colors Marathi Cinema | Tamil: Colors Tamil | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema | Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri and Rishtey Laheriya

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors

Other assets
Video-on-demand: JioCinema (Paramount+)
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

Defunct/former:
Television: TeenNick (Nick Jr. block)
VOD services: Voot (Kids | Select)

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18¹
Business news channels²: 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 network³:
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 Warner Bros. Discovery.
²Joint venture with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
³Joint venture with A&E Networks.