Zee TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992, as the oldest privately owned Television channel in India. The defunct and unsuccessful Asia Television Network started earlier.
Star World is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 by Star TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus. Originally available in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, as well as India and South Asia, since 2024 it is only available in the Middle East and North Africa after the closure of the Indian and Taiwanese feeds.
The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programmes in many Indian languages. Nearly 87% Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 900 channels of which 184 were pay channels. National channels operate in Hindi and English, in addition to channels in several other languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Kashmiri, Konkani and Haryanvi, among others. The Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language television industries are by far the largest television industries in India.
Sony Entertainment Television is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures.
DD Free Dish is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2022, It has a reach of over 43 million households which is more than 25% of the total TV households in the country. DD Free Dish earns by selling slots to private broadcasters through e-auction.
Disney Branded Television is an American television production company and a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content which oversees development, production and acquisition of content geared towards children, teenagers and families for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Jr. and Disney XD. The unit also oversees Disney-branded unscripted series, documentaries and specials for Disney+ and the Disney channels.
Hungama TV is an Indian television channel aimed at children, mainly showcasing Japanese and Indian animated series. It was launched on 26 September 2004. It is owned by The Walt Disney Company India, itself wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel primarily airs Japanese kids animation with some other children's television series in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu.
Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979. The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video.
Star Maa is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Star India. It primarily telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Telugu films.
Cartoon Network is an Indian cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division. It is the Indian equivalent of the original American network and was launched on 1 May 1995 as the first television channel in India dedicated to children. The channel primarily airs animated programming in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.
Star World was an Indian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India, a company wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. During its tenure it had mainly telecast shows from multiple Disney-owned studios such as FX Productions, ABC Signature, and 20th Television. Its programming was content that would appeal to the 14 to 35-year-old urban population, with 24-year-old working professionals being its primary target demographic.
Dangal TV is a free-to-air Hindi language general entertainment channel owned by Enterr10 Television Network. It was launched on 2009 as a Bhojpuri-language movie channel but was being converted into Hindi entertainment channel. Its programming consists of family dramas, fantasy, and crime shows.
Manoranjan TV is an Indian Hindi-language entertainment and movie channel which was owned by Manoranjan TV Group Limited. Earlier, the channel aired Bollywood and Hindi-dubbed movies. Now it is an entertainment channel airing children's programming. In 2022 the channel launched content in Bhojpuri and in 2023, in Urdu.
Dum TV Kannada was a Kannada 24x7 Entertainment channel. It was owned by Oneplex Television Private Limited as it was formerly owned by Enterr10 Television Network. This channel was launched on 28 September by the brand ambassador and Kannada Film Actress Hariprriya. This channel broadcast Kannada movies and Kannada shows that were dubbed from their own sister channel Dangal and some shows were taken from Sony Sab and Sony Entertainment Television.
Disney Channel is an Indian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network and was launched on 16 December 2004. Disney Channel is available as a pay television channel on most subscription television providers in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu,.
Enterr10 Bangla is an Indian Bengali-language general entertainment channel launched in 2019. The channel broadcasts Bengali movies and dubbed series from its sister channel Dangal along with some original Bengali shows. The owner of the channel is Enterr10 Television Company. The channel is available for audiences as free-to-air.
Azaad TV was an Indian Hindi language general entertainment channel that was owned by Beginnen Media. This channel aired re-runs from other television channels and some original shows of their own. Azaad was also available on DD Free Dish. Azaad TV was shut down on 10 August 2022.
Sidharth TV is an Odia language General Entertainment Channel in Odisha, India, which was launched on 15 May 2021 along with 2 other channels - Sidharth Gold & Sidharth Bhakti. The fourth channel of this group is "Jay Jagannath TV" which has been launched in May 2022., owned by the parent company - Sidharth TV Network.
Atrangii was an Indian over-the-top freemium streaming platform and was a Hindi GEC channel launched on DD free dish. 5 months after its launch, it was closed down from the DD free dish on 20 November 2022. Atrangi is owned by Vibhu Agarwal, who also owns Ullu App.
IN10 Media Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered at Mumbai. it has interests in television, movies and businesses related to mobile content, and operates 6 channels. Led by Aditya Pittie, Managing Director of IN10 Media Network.
