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![]() 9X Logo | |
Country | India |
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Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Ownership | |
Owner | 9X Media (2007-2010) [1] Zee Entertainment Enterprises (2010-2015) [2] |
Sister channels | 9XO 9XM 9X Jhakaas 9X Tashan 9x Jalwa |
History | |
Launched | 12 November 2007 |
Closed | 2015 |
Replaced by | Ummah Channel |
9X was an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. [3] It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL). The channel was launched on 12 November 2007 in India as the flagship of the INX Network.
On 8 March 2010, it was reported that Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. had made a bid of Rs 650 million for 9X, who owe Rs 1.30 billion to creditors. [4] The 9X Media acquired the deal with the creditors. On 20 April 2010, Zee Enterprises confirmed that it had secured an in-principle approval from its board for acquisition of 9X, under a Scheme of Arrangement, subject to appropriate statutory and regulatory approvals. [5] On 29 April 2010, ZEE Network's board of directors has approved the Scheme of Arrangement between ZEEL and 9X Media, former owners of 9X. [6] [7]
The channel ceased all its operations on 10 August 2009 in the UK, where the ongoing shows were shifted to its sister music channel 9XM, making it a hybrid channel. [8] The channel ceased all its operations on 13 April 2015 in India as it stopped airing new content since 2009 and aired re-runs most of Zee TV shows. [9] [10] [11] The channel even suffered losses due to lack of GRP and viewership. [12] [13]
The following is a list of all programs broadcast on 9X before it ceased all its operations.