Zee Picchar is a Kannada-language movie channel from India’s Zee Network . It was launched on 1 March 2020, a month and a half after the launch of Tamil movie channel Zee Thirai . Its competitors are Udaya Movies , Star Suvarna Plus and Colors Kannada Cinema , as well as the smaller Public Movies .
Zee Picchar will be launching its HD version on 5.9.2021, along with the Tamil movie channel Zee Thirai . Therefore it is the 1st ever Kannada HD movie channel.
2020–present
The logo colour and channel graphics are the same as those first introduced by Zee Cinema and later by Zee Cinemalu , as well as, more recently, Zee Thirai .
Logo with slogan: Hit Dinada Feeling (Hit Feeling Daily).
Logo of the HD Version to be launched on 5th September 2021.
Part of Essel Group and 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
Upcoming channels:
Zee Rang | Marathi: Zee Chanderi | Hindi: Zee Josh
News channels: (Zee Media Corp. )
Hindi national: Zee News | Zee Hindustan | 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 | Bangla: 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 | 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) | 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)
Divested channels:
Ten Sports Network (sold to 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
Z Living (sold to NIA Broadcasting)