Star Gold 2 is a Hindi movie channel in India owned by the Star TV network. Originally launched in 2012 as Movies OK, it rebranded on 1 February 2020 along with Star Gold. It serves as a sister channel to Star Gold, Star Gold Select and Star Utsav Movies, as well as the upcoming Star Gold Thrills and Star Gold Romance.
Movies OK
2012–2020
Launched on 6 May 2012, Movies OK was the second and last Star India channel to use the OK brand targeted at an urban audience, the first being Hindi general entertainment channel Life OK, which was launched on 18 December 2011.
2012–2017
2017–2020
The logo and graphics package were slightly modified around 2017.
Star Gold 2
2020–present
Movies OK was renamed to Star Gold 2 at midnight on 1 February 2020, officially signifying the retirement of Star’s OK brand, as sister channel Life OK had rebranded to Star Bharat in 2017. Simultaneously, an HD feed of Star Gold 2 was launched (though it is not officially available on any television platforms as of August 2020), and Star Gold rebranded for the first time in eight years. Star Gold 2 uses the same graphics as Star Gold that were introduced on that day, but with a greenish shade.
An HD version was supposed to be launched at the same time. After several delays, it was scheduled to be launched on 1 December 2021, along with UTV Movies, UTV Action and UTV HD being replaced by Star Gold Romance and Star Gold Thrills on that day.[1] However, on 26 November 2021, these launches were indefinitely postponed, due to a delay in the TRAI’s new tariff rules. They are now expected to launch some time in 2022.[2]
References
Hindi-language television channels
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| General entertainment channels (GECs):
Major, pay-TV: Star Plus HD | Zee TV HD | SET/Sony TV HD | Colors HD | Sony Sab HD | Star Bharat HD | &TV HD | Big Magic1 Movies: Pay-TV: Free-to-air: Music channels: Pure music: 9XM | Mastiii | MTV Beats HD | B4U Music | Music India | Showbox | ILove News channels: Major national: Food, health and lifestyle channels: Kids’ channels: Sports channels: Devotional channels: Teleshopping channels: Defunct channels: Entertainment: Star One and Life OK HD | Zindagi | Imagine TV | 9X | Real TV | Zee Smile | Zee Next (Youth: Channel V) Notes: 1These channels are free on DD Free Dish but paid on cable and satellite TV platforms. |
| Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)
Star India English: Entertainment: Star World HD | Star World Premiere HD | Disney International HD1 | Movies: Star Movies HD | Star Movies Select HD (SD upcoming) | Knowledge and infotainment: National Geographic HD | Nat Geo Wild HD | Lifestyle: Fox Life HD | Kids: Disney Channel1 (HD upcoming) | Hungama1 (HD upcoming) | Super Hungama1 | Disney Junior1 | BabyTV HD Regional languages: Star Sports: Upcoming and planned channels: International channels: Other assets: Former channels and properties: Indian channels: Non-Indian channels: Notes:  |
