Colors TV

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CountryIndia
Broadcast areaWorldwide except Bangladesh
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Viacom18
Sister channels
List
History
Launched21 July 2008;15 years ago (2008-07-21)
Links
Website colorstv.com

Colors (stylized as colors viacom 18) is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 21 July 2008. [1] Its programming consists of family dramas, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime, and television films. [2]

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History

It was launched on 21 July 2008 by Viacom18 under then chief executive officer, Rajesh Kamat. [3]

Reception

Over the years, series like Sasural Simar Ka , Balika Vadhu , Uttaran , Bigg Boss , Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Naagin helped the channel to pass the decade-old market-leader StarPlus in weekly Gross Rating Points (GRPs). [4] [5]

Programming

International

On 21 January 2010, Colors became available on Dish Network in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, where it is called Aapka Colors (Your Colors) that gives English subtitles on every show and to avoid confusion with now-defunct Colours TV. [6] [7] Amitabh Bachchan served as brand ambassador for the UK and USA launches. [8]

Colors launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky on 25 January 2010. [9] [10] On 9 December 2009, INX Media confirmed that Colors had bought 9XM's Sky EPG slot on channel 829 and on 5 January 2010, Colors secured a deal to join the ViewAsia subscription package. [11] [12] Initially the channel was available free-to-air and then subsequently was added to the ViewAsia package on 19 April 2010. [13] Colors was added to Virgin Media on 1 April 2011, as a part of the Asian Mela pack. [14] On 2 September 2013, Colors left the ViewAsia package and became free-to-air on satellite again, as well as moving to Virgin's basic package. [15] On 18 August 2017, this decision was later reversed, and Colors left Freeview and became a pay channel again. [16] [17] [18] [19]

Golden Petal Awards

Golden Petal Awards is an award function to honour personalities and reward them for contributing to Colors TV. It was also broadcast on the channel itself. [20] [21]

Sister Channel

Colors Rishtey

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Colors Rishtey is an Indian pay general entertainment television channel that mainly broadcasts re-runs of programming from Colors TV and also airs shows from NDTV Imagine & DD National. International Feeds Of ‘Colors Rishtey’ Also Air Dubbed Shows And Regional Shows. Programs of Pakistani channels have been aired, such as Humsafar. [22] Rishtey rebroadcasts series from many other channels as well. [23] The channel started original production of its shows as well. Produced by BBC Media Action, Navrangi Re! is the channel's first original programming. [24] On 1 March 2019, the channel was rebranded as Colors Rishtey. [25] In 2016, Viacom18 launched a Nick programming block named "Nick Hour India" on Colors Rishtey India. [26]

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References

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  12. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Colors joins VIEWASIA package". 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Date confirmed for Colors encryption". 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "Colors & Sunrise Radio launch on Virgin Media". 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
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  17. ↑ "Rishtey and Colors HD go behind the paywall − Astra 2" . Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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  19. ↑ "Change Log - KingOfSat" . Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "Colors Golden Petal Awards 2017 Winners: Complete list of winners". The Times of India . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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