Colors Cineplex

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Colors Cineplex
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Country India
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Viacom18
Key peopleRockteem Bhattacharjee
Sister channels
History
Launched8 May 2016;8 years ago (2016-05-08) (India)
29 September 2016;7 years ago (2016-09-29) in (UK)
5 October 2016;7 years ago (2016-10-05) in (USA)
Former namesRishtey Cineplex (2016-2019)
Links
Website colorscineplex.com
Availability

Colors Cineplex (formerly Rishtey Cineplex) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 8 May 2016.

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History

In June 2016 Viacom18 decided to launch the channel in the UK as Rishtey Cineplex. [1] It launched on 29 September 2016 on Sky, replacing UMP Movies. [2] The channel also launched in US in October 5, 2016 on Dish Network.

The channel was launched on Freeview on 17 January 2017. [3] However, it was later removed on 1 July 2017. [4]

In 2017, Viacom18 launched HD movie channel Cineplex HD and it was rebranded as Colors Cineplex HD in 2019.

In October 2017, the channel was launched in Virgin Media. [5]

On 1 March 2019, Rishtey Cineplex was rebranded as Colors Cineplex and Cineplex HD as Colors Cineplex HD. [6]

Viacom18 relaunched Rishtey Cineplex on 5 June 2020 on DD Free Dish. Viacom18 launched another Hindi movie channel Colors Cineplex Bollywood on 1 April 2021. [7] The channel broadcasts Bollywood and the hindi dubbed South Indian movies.

Original shows

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Ravi Gaikwad, Chairman of Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat appreciated Yohan Blake's visit to India and his efforts for road safety campaign, which required the need to educate the people and make them aware of their responsibilities so as to save as many lives as possible on Indian roads. [18]

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