Star Vijay

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Star Vijay
Type Television channel
Country India
Broadcast area World wide
Network Jio Star
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Programming
Language(s) Tamil
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Jio Star
Key people
  • Krishnan Kutty
    (EVP & Channel Head)
  • Balachandran Rathinavel
    (Business Head)
  • Pradeep Milroy Peter
    (Programming Head)
Sister channels Disney Star Channels
History
Launched24 November 1994;30 years ago (1994-11-24)
Former names
  • Golden Eagle Communication (GEC)
    (until 1995)
  • Vijay TV
    (1995–2001, 2021–present, International Feed only)
  • Star Vijay
    (2001–present, India)
Links
Website Star Vijay on Disney+ Hotstar
Availability
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar India

Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. The channel telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Tamil films.

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History

The channel was first launched by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC). [1] [2] That same year it applied for the line-up of Singapore Cable Vision becoming the first Tamil channel on offer. [3] United Breweries Group acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. [4] The UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for 180 million. [5] [6] In 2001, Star India took over the channel and rebranded it as Star Vijay. [7] Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. [8] In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vijay TV to Star India for ₹31 crores. [7] [9]

This channel, along with Star One, was launched in Hong Kong in 2007. [10]

The High-Definition feed, Star Vijay HD, was launched on 29 May 2016. [11]

On 25 August 2016, its sibling channel Star Vijay Super was launched, which airs non-stop films and legacy television shows and later got revamped into a full movie channel with a tagline "Dhool Cinema Dhinam Dhinam". [12]

On 4 October 2020, it launched a music channel named Star Vijay Music. [13] [14]

Programming

Sister channels

Star Vijay Music was an Indian Tamil language music pay television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India, that was launched on 4 October 2020 during the grand launch of Bigg Boss season 4 by Kamal Haasan. The channel was replaced and rebranded as Star Vijay Takkar from 10 October 2022 onwards. [15]

Reception

When Star India took over the channel from UTV Communications, the channel's revenue, shares and advertising rates increased. [16] A revamp in 2017 brought with it a new logo and launched Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1, after which the audience share of the channel—which had been 10%-15%—increased by 10%, being the second most-watched Tamil television channel. [17]

In week 48 of 2020, Star Vijay became the most watched Tamil GEC in prime time while being the second most watched Tamil GEC overall after Sun TV. [18] In week 50, it garnered its highest viewership ratings of 7,14,002 AMAs (average minute audience (in hundreds)) being the fifth most watched Indian television channel. [19]

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