Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide 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 | |
History | |
Launched | 21 July 2008 |
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]
It was launched on 21 July 2008 by Viacom18 under then CEO Rajesh Kamat. [3]
Over the years, series like Sasural Simar Ka , Balika Vadhu , Uttaran , Bigg Boss , Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Naagin helped the channel surpass the decade-old market-leader StarPlus in weekly Gross Rating Points (GRPs). [4] [5]
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]
In Now, Colors TV are Separated Different Feed for Each Countries, but aired Programming are different times for local Time:
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]
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