Star Sports 2 Hindi

Sports18 1 is the first sports channel of the Indian broadcaster Viacom18 under the new Sports18 brand. It was launched on 15 April 2022 in both SD and HD versions. Its Hindi counterpart, Sports18 Khel was launched on 25 April.

Sports18 1[]

2022–2025[]

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

Unknown

Launched:

15 April 2022

Star Sports 2 Hindi[]

2025-present[]

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Disney Star

Part of Viacom18 (TV18/Reliance Industries Limited) and Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

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

Former channels and properties:

Video-on-demand service: Star Player
Indian channels:
Defunct: General Entertainment: Life OK, Star One, Star World, Star World Premiere HD, FX and Fox Crime | Sports: Star Sports 1 Bangla, Star Sports 1 Marathi, Star Sports 4, Star Sports First, ESPN, ESPN Star Sports and Star Sports 4K | Movies: Movies OK, Star Movies Action, UTV World Movies¹, UTV Action Telugu¹, UTV Movies¹, UTV Action¹, UMP Movies¹, Star Gold 4K and UTV HD¹ | Music: Channel V, Bindass Play¹ and Vijay Music | Youth: UTV Stars and Bindass | Infotainment: Nat Geo Tamil, Nat Geo Telugu and The History Channel | Lifestyle: Star Life and Fox Life | Kids: Jetix, Disney XD and Marvel HQ | Star Sports Premium Service HD
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 | Nat Geo People | BabyTV (SD only)
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam | Jalsha Josh

Notes

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

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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

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi | Tamil: Colors Tamil | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
Colors | MTV India

Other assets
Video-on-demand: JioHotstar
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, pending merger with Skydance Media

Home entertainment:
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Comedy Central Home Entertainment | Paramount Home Entertainment | Paramount Presents

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Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount

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Telefe

Part of Paramount Networks Americas

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

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias | Canal Once

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Chilevisión

Part of Paramount Networks Americas

Other resources:
Mi CHV | Chilevisión Música | Chilevisión Live | Chilevisión Deportes

Notes

¹	Owned by Universidad de Chile (former owners of CHV), operating as a secondary channel.
²	Local stations until 1993.
³	Local version of The Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁴	Under license of Fremantle.
⁵	Under license of Venevisión.
⁶	Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁷	Local version of the game show The Alphabet Game.
⁸	Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹	Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰	Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹	Local version of the Big Brother program, currently licensed by Banijay.
¹²	Alongside all the members of Anatel.
¹³	Cancelled proyect, with 14 episodes recorded.
¹⁴	Local version of the First Dates program.

Streaming assets:
Paramount+ | Pluto TV | Mi Telefe¹ | Mi Chilevisión²

Streaming assets:
MTV Play | Nickelodeon Play | Comedy Central Play | Noggin | BET Play

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.

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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 & Ireland (Extra)² | New Zealand

Other channels:
UK & Ireland: True Crime (Xtra)³ | Legend (Xtra)³ | Colors (Rishtey | Cineplex | Gujarati)⁶
Australia: CMT

Production companies:
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: 5 | Win on 5 | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 Play (Pluto TV) | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: Milkshake! (preschool block on 5) | 5 News (news program)
Australia: 10 News First (news program) | 10 Sport (sport television) | 10 Intensify (advertising)

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10 News First

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Lunchtime | Afternoon | NEWS+ | Late

Notes

¹	Under license from Direct Group, later moved to Seven Network.
²	Joint venture with Sky Group.
³	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴	Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵	Joint venture with Travlr.
⁶	Managed by Viacom18.

Notes

¹	Joint venture with BeIN Media Group.
²	Co-owned with TV18.
³	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
⁴	Owned by A+E Global Media
⁵	Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
⁶	Co-owned with Nexstar Media Group (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (12.5%).
⁷	Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸	Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰	Co-owned with 1+1 Media.
¹¹	Co-owned with RTL Group.
¹²	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³	Joint venture with BBC.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Marvel Comics.
¹⁵	Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶	Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
¹⁷	Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸	Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁹	51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting.
²⁰	Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
²¹	Joint venture with RTL Group.
²²	Co-owned with ABC.
²³	Joint venture with Comcast.
²⁴	Co-owned with Viaplay Group.
²⁵	Co-owned with CH Media.
²⁶	Co-owned with Vodafone & UPC.
²⁷	Owned by ARY Digital Network, but licensed by Paramount.
²⁸	Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
²⁹	Owned by Amblin Partners.
³⁰	Joint venture with Grupa Polsat Plus.
³¹	Joint venture with Sky Group (25%).
³²	Co-owned with Blue Ant Media.
³³	Operated by E-Plus, but under license from VIMN.
³⁴	Operated by TIM, but under license from VIMN.
³⁵	Operated by T-Mobile/KPN, but under license from VIMN.
³⁶	Operated by T-Mobile, but under license from VIMN.
³⁷	Operated by Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, but under license from VIMN.
³⁸	Operated by Sunrise, but under license from VIMN.

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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:

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

International channels:
Colors | MTV India

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18¹
Business news channels²: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

AETN18 network³:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

Unlaunched channels: News18 Bharat | News18 Goa

⁺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.

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Reliance Industries Limited

Telecommunications:

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 Network18 (Reliance Industries Limited)

Subsidiaries: Viacom18 (Viacom18 Studios)

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

International channels:
Colors | MTV India

News18 network:
National news channels: Hindi: News18 India | English: CNN-News18¹
Business news channels²: Hindi: CNBC Awaaz | English: CNBC-TV18 ^HD | Gujarati: CNBC Bajar

AETN18 network³:
History TV18 ^HD

Other channels: Topper TV | Shop CJ

Defunct channels: FYI TV18 ^HD

Divested channels: Home Shop 18

Unlaunched channels: News18 Bharat | News18 Goa

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

International channels:
Colors | MTV India

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 | SA20: MI Cape Town | International League T20: MI Emirates | Major League Cricket: MI New York

Defunct/Former properties:
Defunct retail stores: Furniture and home décor: Reliance Living | Books, movies and games: Reliance Timeout | Former streaming service: JioCinema ⁴

Notes:
¹Acquired from The Times Group.
²Joint venture with Paramount.
³CNBC-branded channels and properties are under license from NBCUniversal.
⁴Moved to Viacom18.