ZEE5 (officially in uppercase, also spelled Zee5 ) is the streaming service of Indian commercial TV broadcaster Zee . It was launched in February 2018 (shortly after the company-wide rebrand of Zee in October 2017) as the amalgamation of its two existing services, DittoTV and Ozee. ZEE5 is positioned as a competitor to similar streaming services run by Indian broadcasters such as Disney+ Hotstar , SonyLIV and Voot , as well as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video .
DittoTV (live-streaming) 2012–2016 2016–2018 Ozee (video on demand) 2016–2018
ZEE5 2018–present
The logo of ZEE5 was teased during the rebrand of the Zee network on 15 October 2017. The service was officially launched in February 2018.
Logo with white circle against black background.
Part of Essel Group Sony Pictures Entertainment pending merger with Sony Pictures Networks India
Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV HD , &TV HD , Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Movies: Zee Cinema HD , &pictures HD , Zee Bollywood , Zee Classic , &xplor HD , Zee Action and Zee Anmol Cinema | Music/youth: Zing | Teleshopping: EZ Mall
English: Entertainment: Zee Café HD | Movies: &flix HD and &privé HD | Lifestyle: Zee Zest HD
Regional languages: Entertainment channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil HD | Telugu: Zee Telugu HD | Kannada: Zee Kannada HD | Malayalam: Zee Keralam HD | Bangla: Zee Bangla HD | Marathi: Zee Marathi HD and Zee Yuva | Odia: Zee Sarthak | Punjabi: Zee Punjabi | Bhojpuri: Zee Ganga Movie channels: Tamil: Zee Thirai HD | Telugu: Zee Cinemalu HD | Kannada: Zee Picchar HD | Bangla: Zee Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Zee Talkies HD and Zee Chitramandir | Bhojpuri: Zee Biskope Music channel: Marathi: Zee Vajwa
Upcoming channels: Zee Rang | Marathi: Zee Chanderi | Hindi: Zee Josh
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )Hindi: Zee News | Zee Hindustan | Zee Business | Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand , Zee Rajasthan , Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh and Zee Bihar/Jharkhand | English: WION | Gujarati: Zee 24 Kalak | Bangla: Zee 24 Ghanta | Marathi: Zee 24 Taas | Odia: Zee Odisha | Urdu/Hindi: Zee Salaam | Punjabi/Hindi: Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal
International channels:
Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Living and Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Vietnam: Zee Phim | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World , Zee One and Zee Bollynova | Ethiopia: Zee Alem | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic
Non-television businesses: Film production: Zee Studios and Zee Studios International | Music label: Zee Music Company | Theatrical production: Zee Theatre | Live events: Zee Live | Media marketing: Zee Melt | Licensing and syndication arm for international markets: Zee Global Content Sales Other properties: Zee Digital | Zee Educare | Zee Family.TV | Zee International | Z5X Technology
Video-on-demand services: Streaming platforms: India: ZEE5 (Club | Kids | Premium | Zindagi ) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play Pay-per-view cinema: Zee Plex
Defunct channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zindagi (as a TV channel), Zee Next , 9X and Zee Smile | Movies: Zee Premier | Music: Zee ETC Bollywood | Devotional: Zee Jagran | Lifestyle: Zee Khana Khazana | Shopping: Asian Sky Shop English: Movies: Zee Studio HD | Lifestyle: Zee Trendz , Living Foodz HD , Living Travelz and Living Zen | Kids’: ZeeQ | Sports: Zee Sports Regional languages: Zee ETC Punjabi | Zee Gujarati | Zee 24 Gantalu (Telugu)International channels: Zee Punjabi (UK) | Zee Lamhe | Zee Bollymovies (Africa) | Zee Hiburan (Indonesia) | Zee Sine (Philippines) | Zee Variasi (Malaysia) | Zee One (Germany)
Divested channels: Ten Sports network Sony Pictures Networks India ): Ten 1/Ten 1 HD (Ten Sports/Ten HD) | Ten 2 (Ten Action) | Ten 3 (Ten Cricket) | Ten Golf/Ten Golf HD
Media and broadcast assets:
Television broadcast: Zee Entertainment Enterprises 1 (3.99%)News broadcast: Zee Media Corporation
Part of Essel Group Sony Pictures Entertainment pending merger with Sony Pictures Networks India
Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV HD , &TV HD , Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Movies: Zee Cinema HD , &pictures HD , Zee Bollywood , Zee Classic , &xplor HD , Zee Action and Zee Anmol Cinema | Music/youth: Zing | Teleshopping: EZ Mall
English: Entertainment: Zee Café HD | Movies: &flix HD and &privé HD | Lifestyle: Zee Zest HD
Regional languages: Entertainment channels: Tamil: Zee Tamil HD | Telugu: Zee Telugu HD | Kannada: Zee Kannada HD | Malayalam: Zee Keralam HD | Bangla: Zee Bangla HD | Marathi: Zee Marathi HD and Zee Yuva | Odia: Zee Sarthak | Punjabi: Zee Punjabi | Bhojpuri: Zee Ganga Movie channels: Tamil: Zee Thirai HD | Telugu: Zee Cinemalu HD | Kannada: Zee Picchar HD | Bangla: Zee Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Zee Talkies HD and Zee Chitramandir | Bhojpuri: Zee Biskope Music channel: Marathi: Zee Vajwa
Upcoming channels: Zee Rang | Marathi: Zee Chanderi | Hindi: Zee Josh
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )Hindi: Zee News | Zee Hindustan | Zee Business | Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand , Zee Rajasthan , Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh and Zee Bihar/Jharkhand | English: WION | Gujarati: Zee 24 Kalak | Bangla: Zee 24 Ghanta | Marathi: Zee 24 Taas | Odia: Zee Odisha | Urdu/Hindi: Zee Salaam | Punjabi/Hindi: Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal
International channels:
Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Living and Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Vietnam: Zee Phim | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World , Zee One and Zee Bollynova | Ethiopia: Zee Alem | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic
Non-television businesses: Film production: Zee Studios and Zee Studios International | Music label: Zee Music Company | Theatrical production: Zee Theatre | Live events: Zee Live | Media marketing: Zee Melt | Licensing and syndication arm for international markets: Zee Global Content Sales Other properties: Zee Digital | Zee Educare | Zee Family.TV | Zee International | Z5X Technology
Video-on-demand services: Streaming platforms: India: ZEE5 (Club | Kids | Premium | Zindagi ) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play Pay-per-view cinema: Zee Plex
Defunct channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zindagi (as a TV channel), Zee Next , 9X and Zee Smile | Movies: Zee Premier | Music: Zee ETC Bollywood | Devotional: Zee Jagran | Lifestyle: Zee Khana Khazana | Shopping: Asian Sky Shop English: Movies: Zee Studio HD | Lifestyle: Zee Trendz , Living Foodz HD , Living Travelz and Living Zen | Kids’: ZeeQ | Sports: Zee Sports Regional languages: Zee ETC Punjabi | Zee Gujarati | Zee 24 Gantalu (Telugu)International channels: Zee Punjabi (UK) | Zee Lamhe | Zee Bollymovies (Africa) | Zee Hiburan (Indonesia) | Zee Sine (Philippines) | Zee Variasi (Malaysia) | Zee One (Germany)
Divested channels: Ten Sports network Sony Pictures Networks India ): Ten 1/Ten 1 HD (Ten Sports/Ten HD) | Ten 2 (Ten Action) | Ten 3 (Ten Cricket) | Ten Golf/Ten Golf HD
Digital and online properties: Daily News and Analysis | India.com | CricketCountry | Bollywoodlife.com | BGR.in | TheHealthSite.com Content creation platform: HiPi
Television platforms: Satellite television (DTH): Dish TV (Zing Digital | Dish SMRT Hub ) | d2h 2 Cable television: Siti Networks
Education: Zee Learn | Kidzee | Himgiri Zee University
Amusement park: EsselWorld
Other companies: Cyquator | Essel Finance Home Loans Limited | Essel Vision Productions | EZ Mall | Sugarbox
Former companies: Divested: Fun Cinemas 3
Notes: 1 Joint venture with Sony Pictures Networks India , a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment .2 Acquired from Videocon .3 Sold to Cinépolis .
