Super Hungama

For the website of the same name formerly known as Marvel Kids, see Marvel HQ.



2004–2009 (Toon Disney)	2004–2009 (Jetix)	2009–2016	2016-2019	2019–2022	2022–present

Super Hugama is a kids’ TV channel in India owned by The Walt Disney Company India via its subsidiary Star TV. It was originally launched in 2004 as Toon Disney/Jetix, then renamed to Disney XD in 2009 and again to Marvel HQ in 2019. It rebranded yet again to Super Hungama in March 2022.

Toon Disney/Jetix[]

2004–2009[]

Toon Disney/Jetix was launched in India on 17 December 2004,^[1] the same day as Disney Channel, with Toon Disney broadcasting in the morning hours and Jetix in the evening hours.

Disney XD[]

2009–2016[]

On 14 November 2009, Toon Disney/Jetix was rebranded to Disney XD.^[2]

2016-2019[]

On 1 March 2016, Disney XD India rebranded a new logo.^[3]

Marvel HQ[]

2019–2022[]

On 10 January 2019, it was announced that Disney XD in India would rebrand to Marvel HQ,^[4] with the launch date being 20 January.^[5] This is the first TV channel worldwide to carry the Marvel HQ name, as Marvel HQ began as a website in 2017 (replacing Marvel Kids).

Super Hungama[]

2022–present[]

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Marvel HQ was scheduled to be renamed to Super Hungama on 1 December 2021. On the same day, HD versions of Hungama and Disney Channel were scheduled to be launched, while BabyTV HD was to be withdrawn from India.^[6] However, on 26 November 2021, these launches were indefinitely postponed, due to a delay in the TRAI’s new tariff rules. ^[7]

Nevertheless, Disney India proceeded with the rebrand of Marvel HQ to Super Hungama on 1 March 2022, while the other changes remain indefinitely postponed.

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References[]

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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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

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.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar | UTV Software Communications (UTV Motion Pictures)

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

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

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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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

U.S. television networks:
Disney Branded Television: Disney Channel | Disney XD | Disney Jr.
ABC Entertainment: ABC (ABC News (News Now))
ABC Family Worldwide: Freeform
FX Networks: FX | FXM | FXX
National Geographic Global Networks: National Geographic⁵ | National Geographic Wild | Nat Geo Mundo

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | ABC News | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Radio, Inc.

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

Notes

¹	WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
²	Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
³	These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
⁴	WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Other assets
ABCtek

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Canada¹⁰ | Netherlands and Flanders | Poland

Cinecanal
Latin America | Brazil

Other assets:
A+E Networks⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

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

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.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar | UTV Software Communications (UTV Motion Pictures)

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

Signature Experiences: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | National Geographic Expeditions

Other assets: Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney Live Entertainment | The Muppets Studio

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (ESPN2) | Brazil (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Extra (Argentina | Ecuador) | Premium (Argentina | Chile)) | Africa (ESPN 2) | Netherlands (2 | 3 | 4 | Ultra HD)

Canadian networks (Co-owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5 | TSN 4K) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info

Japanese networks (J Sports)
J Sports 1 | J Sports 2 | J Sports 3 | J Sports 4

Notes

¹	Operated by BT under license.
²	Also airs on MLB Network.
³	Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴	Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵	Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2
Upcoming: Marvel Zombies | Eyes of Wakanda | What If...? Season 3

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Marvel Television series⁶:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁷: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

Notes

¹	Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
²	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
³	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
⁴	Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+.
⁵	Released under the Marvel Spotlight label.
⁶	Produced by the original Marvel Television company, which went defunct in 2019.
⁷	Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022.

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

Notes

¹	Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
²	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
³	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
⁴	Distributed by Netflix.
⁵	Produced by Toei.
⁶	Sponsorship with Australian Football League.

Notes

¹	Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²	Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro with several titles licensed in Japan to Toei Company.
³	Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴	Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁵	Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶	Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷	Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸	Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹	Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹¹	Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²	Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³	Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴	Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵	Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶	Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸	Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹	Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰	Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹	Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²	Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³	Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴	Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵	Owned by The Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶	Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.

Super Hungama

Toon Disney/Jetix[]

2004–2009[]

Disney XD[]

2009–2016[]

2016-2019[]

Marvel HQ[]

2019–2022[]

Super Hungama[]

2022–present[]

References[]

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