2015–2017 | Jan,2017–Oct,2017 | 2017–2018 | 2018–present |
Zee World is an Indian broadcaster Zee’s English entertainment channel for sub-Saharan Africa. It shows Zee TV soaps in English. It is one of the most popular TV channels in Africa by viewership.[1][2][3] In response to Zee World’s success, competing Indian TV network Star launched Star Life in August 2018.
A sister channel, Zee One, was launched on 1 November 2021 on South Africa’s free-to-air OpenView platform.
2015–2017[]
Zee World was launched on 3 February 2015.
2017[]
On 1 January 2017, the gap in the top right corner of the Z was closed and the swoosh within it was modified. This was also done by all other Zee channels and properties.
2017–present[]
2017–2018[]
On 15 October 2017, the channel introduced a new logo along with all other Zee channels. The logo colours are similar to those in Zee Marathi’s new logo.
2018–present[]
On 1 January 2018, the logo colours were changed from yellow-orange to pink.
Competing Indian TV network Star’s channel for African audiences, Star Life, was launched on 27 August 2018. It is available in HD on DStv in South Africa, and in SD elsewhere in Africa. In response, Zee World was converted into an HD channel on DStv in November 2018.[4] As with Star Life, the HD feed is restricted to South African DStv customers; other platforms across the continent carry the channel in SD (standard definition).
References[]
Part of Essel Group
Indian TV channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV HD, &TV HD, Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Zindagi1 | 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: Upcoming channels: News channels: (Zee Media Corp.) 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 | France: Zee France | Germany: Zee One | United Kingdom: Zee Punjabi Non-television businesses: Video-on-demand services: Defunct channels: Divested channels:
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