Zee Classic is a Hindi movie channel that shows old movies released before the 2000s. A similar channel is Sony Max 2 , which shows Hindi movies released until the mid-2000s.
Zee Classic was launched in 2005 along with Zee Action and the now-defunct Zee Premier . It was shut down in August 2018 and replaced by Zee Bollywood , but was resurrected in May 2019.
2005–2011 2011–2015 2015–2016 Zee Classic was rebranded in 2015 by the Argentine design agency Steinbranding, which had also rebranded Sony Sab and NDTV Good Times in 2013.
1 January–15 October 2017 As with other Zee channels, the gap in the top right corner of the Z was closed, and the swoosh within it was modified.
15 October 2017–2018 2019–present Zee Classic was rebranded to Zee Bollywood on 31 August 2018. However, Zee Classic was resurrected on 15 May 2019 as a standalone channel.
Part of Essel Group Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV HD , &TV HD , Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Zindagi 1 | 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 | Bengali: 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 | Bengali: Zee Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Zee Talkies HD and Zee Chitramandir | Bhojpuri: Zee Biskope
Upcoming channels: Zee Rang | Zee Chanderi | Zee Josh
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )Hindi national: Zee News | Zee Bharat | Zee Business | English: WION | Hindi regional: Zee Delhi NCR Haryana | Zee Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand | Zee Rajasthan | Zee Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh | Zee Bihar/Jharkhand | Gujarati: Zee 24 Kalak | Bengali: Zee 24 Ghanta | Marathi: Zee 24 Taas | Urdu/Hindi: Zee Salaam | Punjabi/Hindi: Zee Punjab/Haryana/Himachal
Digital news channels: Zee Tamil News | Zee Telugu News | Zee Kannada News | Zee Malayalam News | Zee Odisha News
International channels:
Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | 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: 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 1 ) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play Pay-per-view cinema: Zee Plex
Defunct channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zindagi 1 (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) | Zee Odisha | Zee Vajwa (Marathi)International channels: Zee Punjabi (UK) | Zee Lamhe | Zee Bollymovies (Africa) | Zee Hiburan (Indonesia) | Zee Sine (Philippines) | Zee Variasi (Malaysia) | Zee One (Germany) | Zee Mundo (Latin America and US Hispanic)
Divested channels: Ten Sports Network 2 Ten 1/Ten 1 HD (Ten Sports/Ten HD) | Ten 2 (Ten Action) | Ten 3 (Ten Cricket) | Ten Golf/Ten Golf HD Other channels: Z Living 3
Notes: 1 Discontinued as satellite channel in 2017. Relaunched as a service channel on DTH platforms in 2022.2 Sold to Sony Pictures Networks India .3 Sold to NIA Broadcasting.
