Bindass Play

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Bindass Play
Country India
Broadcast areaIndia
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Picture format 576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Disney India Media Networks
Sister channels Bindass
Disney Channel (India)
Disney Junior (India)
Disney XD (India)
Hungama TV
UTV Movies
UTV Action
History
Launched19 August 2011;13 years ago (2011-08-19)
Replaced UTV Stars
Closed29 October 2017;7 years ago (2017-10-29)
Replaced by Disney International HD
Links
Website Official website

Bindass Play was a Hindi Indian music television channel based in India, owned by The Walt Disney Company (India). The channel was launched on 1 October 2014 and replaced an HD Bollywood news and entertainment channel, UTV Stars.

The channel was shut down on 29 October 2017 and has been replaced with Disney International HD, the first Disney-branded HD channel in India. [1] Bindass Play content moved to the Bindass channel.

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References

  1. "Disney to shut Bindass Play on 29 Oct to launch Disney Intl HD | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.