Colors Gujarati

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Colors Gujarati
Colors Gujarati.png
Country India
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Headquarters Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Programming
Language(s) Gujarati
Picture format 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner Viacom18
Sister channels
History
Launched27 January 2002;22 years ago (27 January 2002) (India)
1 June 2021;3 years ago (1 June 2021) (UK)
ReplacedETV Gujarati
Links
Website Official website

Colors Gujarati (formerly known as ETV Gujarati) is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Gujarati entertainment shows.

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History

Based in Ahmedabad, it was started by Prism TV Pvt. Ltd. It is now part of Viacom18 [1] and TV18 [2] which are owned by Network18 Group. [3] ETV Gujarati was re-branded under the Colors franchise on 20 April 2015. [4] Colors Gujarati initiated the BIG Gujarati Entertainment Awards for excellence in the world of Gujarati entertainment and also telecasts Gujarati films.

Current broadcast

Non-fiction show

Premiere dateShow
25 October 2004 Rasoi Show

Former broadcast

Dubbed series

Sister Channel

Colors Gujarati Cinema is an Indian pay television movie channel broadcasting in Gujarati language owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 1 June 2019 as India's first and only Gujarati language movie channel. [6] [7]

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References

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